Historical connections to other orgs?

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

I've always wondered if there is any connection between Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma because they both have the letters alpha omega omicron on their badges.

In one of the ancient Greek systems for representing numbers, alpha omega omicron would represent 1870 -- the founding year that both Theta and Kappa share. See the discussion of the alphabetic numbering system at

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac...k_numbers.html

Obviously, I have no way of knowing what meaning(s) are actually given to anything on the badge of either fraternity.