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wrong again, Russ
Theta Nu Epsilon was never called ONE...other than by folks who
knew nothing of it and even less about greek letters. The O must
be an attempt at Theta without the crossbar....duh.
TNE is on the web, all you have to do is type it in
TNE, to my knowledge, has nothing on earth to do with the Order
of the Omega, which on at least some campuses, is a bona-fide
organization with many applicants seeking entry.
TNE never, that I ever heard of, required inductees to spill their guts about their rituals. There were other important and fun things to do. The Nebraska tale is pure bullshit.
TNE had sub-rosa chapters at both Kansas and Kansas State.
Sometimes TNE was called "Teens", and many old yearbooks
have a composite, photos of houses, etc. The Theta Nu Epsilon
site, I believe, has pix. The organization now is just a money maker's attempt at capitalizing on fraternalism and intrigue. I have seen, on the net, a page on the outfit, but Greek Pages has
it, too, but not without having to fill out more information than one might want...whatever.
There have been a goodly number of sub-rosa groups from time
to time..crop up on various campi, and some have tried to align
themselves, unsuccessfully, with Theta Nu Epsilon.
TNE was founded as a sophomore class society in 1870 at Wesleyan. The governing of the fraternity, nationally, was so
loose that the poor reputation induced many chapters to join
other nationals. Attempts at reorganization failed and TNE was
down to five chapters by the outset of World War II. Check Baird's for a rather melancholy historical treatise of TNE
TNE, while adversarial at times, was as a rule, highly respectful
of the NIC-fraternity rituals. I know of a couple of fraternities which have a specific vow about joing Theta Nu Epsilon and the
consequences. There was another one, at Nebraska in the 50s
called Pi Xi, and it had no contact with TNE at all; it was a poor
imitation. The symbolism of TNE is just part of the attractiveness
and members were generally of the highest calibre I've been told.
Unfortunately, Theta Nu Epsilon has lost some of its luster and
has, kinda, been put to bed...'nite all
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