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Originally posted by AXiD670
Does anyone know further information regarding the groups that used to be in the NPC that are not anymore? Such as who they were, what happened to them, etc.?
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A lot of them were swallowed up by other nationals; other simply died out. Here's some information on those mentioned above:
Beta Phi Alpha: founded 1909 at California-Berkeley, admitted to the NPC 1926, merged with Delta Zeta in 1941.
Alpha Delta Theta: founded 1919 at Transylvania, admitted to the NPC 1926; from looking at their badge, one of their symbols appears to have been the key. They merged with Phi Mu in 1939.
Theta Upsilon: founded 1914 at California, admitted to the NPC 1928, merged with Delta Zeta in 1962. Sarah Ida Shaw, one of the Tri Delta founders, helped them to write their ritual.
Phi Omega Pi: founded in 1910 at Nebraska, originally affilated with the Order of the Eastern Star. They dropped the Masonic requirement in order to be admitted into the NPC in 1933. Later, in 1946 merged with Delta Zeta.
Delta Sigma Epsilon: founded in 1914 at Miami University in Ohio. They were originally a member of the education sorority governing organization (I forget the name). They joined the NPC in 1947, merging with DZ in 1956.
and associate NPC members:
Sigma Phi Beta: founded at the "University of New York" (I'm not sure what the modern-day equivalent would be) in 1920. They later merged with Phi Omega Pi and then into Delta Zeta. From looking at their badge one of their symbols appears to have been the compass.
Beta Sigma Omicron: went down to twelve chapters by 1962 and merged with ZTA in 1964.
Lambda Omega: founded at California-Berkeley in 1923, later in 1933 merged with Theta Upsilon which merged with Delta Zeta. Their symbols and motto were founded around a Norse theme.
Some of the associates might have been NPC members, I believe, but I'm not sure which or when. The sources I have list them as associate members.
In addition to these I know there was another member, possibly historically Jewish, that died out later. My details on them are sketchy but I remember their name started with Iota (maybe Iota Phi Alpha or Iota Pi Alpha?) and I think they died out in the 1970s.
If you can get your hands on a copy of Baird's, it often describes their expansion, tells how many chapters they have and what happened to them, and sometimes tells what their colors and symbols were. Your organization's written history might include some NPC history. And there is more information here:
http://www.dzalphaeta.org/history.html