Here's how the TKN chapters received their zetas, and
what happened to the "combo" zetas:
A list was made of TKN chapters (even those closed)
in order of their charter date.
The Theta, Kappa and Nu series of zetas were then assigned
down the list (ThA, ThB, ThE...ThPsi, KA, KB, KG...KPsi,NA,NG,etc.)
In the case where there was one school that had both
LCA and TKN, the LCA zeta was officially used, but the
"assigned" TKN zeta name is "eternally reserved" in honor
of the TKN chapter there...basically, for the "combo" chapters,
they have one official zeta name (the LCA one), and one
unofficial/reserved, the TKN one that WOULD have been assigned
had there NOT already been LCA there. I'm sure some of
those chapters still boast about having 2 zeta names
(unofficially)
One exception was the TKN chapter at a Maryland college
(Washington? or something that starts with W). That college
only had 3 frats: LCA, TKN and one other. AMAZINGLY, the
president of the college wanted to EXPAND the frat system,
and forbade the two chapters from merging into one.
So the TKN chapter "left" TKN before the union (technically...
their delegate to the last TKN Grand Chapter was present,
and finally abstained on the union vote so that it would
be unanymous), reverted to local status and was later
chartered as a chapter of Theta Chi (I think). So we lost
1/2 chapter to ThX.
But a couple of years later, we got a chapter _from_ ThX...
Beta Kappa national frat merged with Theta Chi (1941/2).
The Georgia Tech BK refused to merge with the GT ThX
chapter...so they became BK local, then were chartered
by LCA as Beta Kappa zeta....the only LCA chapter ever
to be given a requested zeta name (out of standard order).
All of this is in the LCA History book...sure wish Intl. office
would print that again....seems they could sell alot of them!
Mine's in a box somewhere, need to find it
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