Beta Trivia

Miami1839 · #1 12-12-2001, 10:56 PM

ZZ, are you up for some trivia?

-kai-

ZZ-kai- · #2 12-13-2001, 06:18 PM

Roger that........lay it on me, I bet I get it right.

Miami1839 · #3 12-13-2001, 09:44 PM

your probably right bro. my memory is kind of rusty. Ok, here goes.

Ok. How about. What is the significance of the Beta House at Hampton-Sydney College in Virginia.

ZZ-kai- · #4 12-14-2001, 12:26 AM

Been a while, so off the top of my head, I'm guessing first chapter house, which was built in like 1885.. However, prior to them building that house, in 1850 or so, they occupied part of one of the Hampden-Sydney buildings, which is known in greekdom to be one of the first, if not the first fraternity building/house.

Heres one for ya...what year did Beta Theta Pi 'acquire' the Alpha Sigma Chi fraterniy, and who was the man responsible for the merger of their chapters into Beta Theta Pi? (Easy one)

Miami1839 · #5 12-14-2001, 09:22 PM

Correctamundo bro!

My lore is so rusty. I'm gonna make a big guess and say Willis O. Robb and 1879? ha ha.

Which state has the most active beta chapters.

what unique physical characteristic did David Linton possess?

ZZ-kai- · #6 12-15-2001, 01:27 AM

Miami1839,

I am so disappointed, you should pick up the Son of the Stars or the Faithful Home of the Three Stars and read a little bit each night. There is stuff in those manuals that you wouldn't beleive

William Raimond Baird was the man I was asking about, and he completed his research, deciding that Beta Theta Pi was the only fraternity that he thought was worthy enough for Alpha Sigma Chi to merge into. That happened in 1879 and gave Beta Theta Pi its chapters at Rutgers, Cornell, Stevens, St. Lawrence and Maine. Hows that for history? Won't find that much in other fraternities.

So, heres the answers to your question:

1. Either Ohio, Indiana or California. (I'm going with Ohio??)
2. David Linton had a wooden leg, and I beleive its on display at HQ in Oxford, OH. (I could be wrong though)

Question for you (or BetaRulz - NE Pledge):

Which chapter of Beta Theta Pi was saved, when one member decided not to 'jump ship' and seek membership in Psi Upsilon, in the mid 1800's? (Hint, there wasn't many chapters at this time, so that should narrow it down)

Miami1839 · #7 12-15-2001, 02:49 PM

Ouch

Man, why did I miss that. I knew it was 1879. I was going to say Raimond Baird but then I changed my mind. Yeah, I remember the manual. I just havent looked at it in a long time. I agree. Its got some great stuff in it. Especially the merger with Alpha Sigma Chi. You definitely cant find that with the other fraternities.

1) You might be right about Ohio. ha ha. But I think its California. I'll have to research that.

2) No, I think with David Linton. He had a problem with one of his eyes? Like he could only see out of one eye? Maybe I'm wrong but I remember something like that.

Betarulz! · #8 12-16-2001, 01:23 AM

Okay, thought I could jump in here seeing how I just finished all my lore two weeks ago.

Answers: State with the most chapters is Ohio, I thought I knew that one and then picked up Son of the Stars and looked at the maps, and it becomes very obvious.

I'm not sure about David Linton's condition, but I'm pretty sure that John Holt Duncan was the one with the wooden leg that is on display in Oxford. One of our Sophomores who went to Convention last year was telling us about holding it, back at the beginning of the semester.

I'm going to guess that the chapter saved by the member who didn't go to Psi Upsilon was Lambda chapter at Michigan.

Now for a question for you guys to answer:

What was the amount owed by the Toronto chapter in order to save their house in 1917? How much money was actually raised?

On a personal note, after some rough times at the beginning of the semester, I had my last pledge review and was voted into the house last week, and so I'm only a month away from initiation (as long as nothing screwy happens with my grades - like they all drop to C's which I don't forsee happening). I must say that as I look back at the semester I accomplished more than I could have ever imagined, started building some amazing relationships that have become stronger than almost all my friendships in HS except for a select few, and had the most fun. Obviously most of these things are due to Beta, whether it be giving me the chance to meet such an awesome group of guys, or letting me know of the opportunities that are available to me on campus. It's truly been the best thing to happen to me, and I can't wait to become a full-fledged brother.

ZZ-kai- · #9 12-16-2001, 03:51 PM

Hey Geoff, congrats on making it to the next stage. Trust me, when you get initiated, you will feel like a whole different person. Kinda like your puzzle has been completed. Anyways, good luck with grades and everthing this semester and enjoy initiation, it is a beautiful ceremony.

Also, yep, I was wrong on David Linton, it was John Holt Duncan.

The Toronto Chapter needed $2500 to remain functional, but raised a generous $3,029. The second effort in 1918 raised an additional $2,221.60. I wonder what that money would be worth today? That was a lot of money then!

Congrats again Geoff!

Miami1839 · #10 12-16-2001, 10:13 PM

Hey Geoff,

Nice job on making it to the final round

Once you get to the other side it will feel like your born again. Ask ZZ. He'll tell you the same. The great thing about all those hard times and hard work is that you will be able to cherish that for the rest of your life. Plus you will have this in common with every beta that you will meet.

Quote:

Originally posted by Betarulz!
Okay, thought I could jump in here seeing how I just finished all my lore two weeks ago.

Answers: State with the most chapters is Ohio, I thought I knew that one and then picked up Son of the Stars and looked at the maps, and it becomes very obvious.

I'm not sure about David Linton's condition, but I'm pretty sure that John Holt Duncan was the one with the wooden leg that is on display in Oxford. One of our Sophomores who went to Convention last year was telling us about holding it, back at the beginning of the semester.

I'm going to guess that the chapter saved by the member who didn't go to Psi Upsilon was Lambda chapter at Michigan.

Now for a question for you guys to answer:

What was the amount owed by the Toronto chapter in order to save their house in 1917? How much money was actually raised?

On a personal note, after some rough times at the beginning of the semester, I had my last pledge review and was voted into the house last week, and so I'm only a month away from initiation (as long as nothing screwy happens with my grades - like they all drop to C's which I don't forsee happening). I must say that as I look back at the semester I accomplished more than I could have ever imagined, started building some amazing relationships that have become stronger than almost all my friendships in HS except for a select few, and had the most fun. Obviously most of these things are due to Beta, whether it be giving me the chance to meet such an awesome group of guys, or letting me know of the opportunities that are available to me on campus. It's truly been the best thing to happen to me, and I can't wait to become a full-fledged brother.

Miami1839 · #11 01-05-2002, 11:40 PM

ZZ-kai- are there other sororities like AXO or KAT that pay tribute to us in their new member education? Like the way we have that section devoted to Bette Locke?

ZZ-kai- · #12 01-05-2002, 11:53 PM

I was unaware that we had a section devoted to Bette Locke, she was the founder of Kappa Alpha Theta, right? I would think it would be in there history that we helped found them, but not in ours. I know that Sigma Nu played a very big part in the founding of Alpha Xi Delta.....7 of the ten AXiD founders married Sigma Nus...or something like that. My buddy is a Sigma Nu, and he said there is nothing about Alpha Xi in their history, however Sigma Nu is in Alpha Xi's history. Like I mentioned before, my guess is the sororities history has Beta in it, but we would not. I could be wrong though.

Miami1839 · #13 01-06-2002, 02:21 AM

You might be right. But for some reason I thought there was something mentioned about Bettie Locke in the son of the stars. At least a story about her. Maybe it was just Leila Mckee where it went on to talk about our flower.

Betarulz! · #14 03-11-2002, 04:56 PM

Sup bros

thought we could revive some of this trivia, or just expand each others Beta knowledge...

Did you know that there are two Alpha Tau chapters in Beta? The original Alpha Tau was at William & Mary, but when that chapter disbanded the moniker Alpha Tau was given to my chapter at Nebraska in order to cover up chapter mortality rates. Upon the revitalization of the William & Mary Chapter (which is fairly recent)they were given Alpha Tau' as their chapter designation.

That's pretty interesting I think

yours in

___Kai___

ZZ-kai- · #15 03-12-2002, 12:48 PM

Yeah, that is quite an interesting fact. I really think that chapters that have letters which derive from their colony name, or the name of their fraternity at the time of the merger, is pretty neat. For example: Zeta Phi chapter at Missouri. They were the Zeta Phi fraternity prior to merging into Beta Theta Pi back in the late 1800's, and now is considered the Zeta Phi of Beta Theta Pi. I am pretty sure we have several chapters like this.

-kai-