From
A Centennial History of Alpha Phi Fraternity:
The first man walked in space in 1965. He stepped from a Soviet spaceship. Soon thereafter an American repeated the feat. Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 executed the first manned space rendezvous. The Watts riot in Los Angeles occurred in August, forerunner of future civil disorders. A massive power failure blacked out most of the northeastern United States and Canada on the night of November 9-10.
Beta Sigma Omicron, a member of NPC, became inactive in 1964, and Alpha Phi pledged three of her chapters. One of these was at
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. There were sixteen NPC groups on campus. Twenty-three collegians and forty alumnae of the Beta Sigma Omicron chapter were initiated in May 1965 by the
Omega (Texas) chapter and became
Delta Tau chapter of Alpha Phi. The group had been on campus since 1929 and had many loyal alumnae.
On November 20, 1964, thirty-two collegians and forty-seven alumnae of the Beta Sigma Omicron chapter at
Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, were initiated into
Delta Upsilon chapter of Alpha Phi. Five other NPC groups were on campus.
Beta Omega (Kent State) initiated;
Beta Omicron (Bowling Green State) conducted the model meeting;
Beta Kappa (Denison) also contributed to the weekend.
Nine NPC groups were on the campus of
Indiana University of Pennsylvania at Indiana, when thirty-eight collegians and seven alumnae of the former Beta Sigma Omicron chapter were initiated into
Delta Phi chapter of Alpha Phi on January 30, 1965. Because this was rush week, the newly initiated group held a rush party the Sunday following initiation.
Note: Delta Phi has been inactive since 1988. Delta Tau has been inactive since 1980. Delta Upsilon chapter at
Baldwin Wallace is doing very well. The alumnae of
Delta Tau are also still very active.
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