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Originally posted by Diamond Delta
Beta Phi Alpha is not in my Bairds. Hmmmmmm....
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Just for you, DiamondDelta, the Beta Phi Alpha chapter roll typed out from the info in the 1940 edition of Baird's:
1909 Alpha, Cal Berkeley
1923 Beta, U of Illinois
1923 Gamma, Colorado State
1923 Delta U of Washington (d. 1938)
1923 Epsilon Southern Methodist (d. 1937)
1924 Zeta Lawrence (Wisconsin) (d. 1933)
1924 Eta U of Pittsburgh
1925 Theta Syracuse
1925 Iota U of Wisconsin (Madison) (d. 1933)
1926 Kappa U of Minnesota (d. 1939)
1926 Lambda UCLA
1926 Mu Ohio Wesleyan (d. 1932)
1926 Nu Kansas State (d. 1934)
1927 Xi Ohio State U. (d. 1932)
1927 Omicron Nebraska Wesleyan
1927 Pi Coe (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) (d. 1939)
1928 Rho Oregon State
1929 Sigma Samford (d. 1937)
1928 (sic) Tau Newcomb/Tulane
1929 Upsilon Miami (Ohio)
1929 Phi Purdue (d. 1934)
1930 Chi Oglethorpe
1931 Psi Florida State (for Women) (Tallahassee)
1931 Omega Wittenberg
1931 Alpha Alpha Randolph-Macon (d. 1939)
1931 Alpha Beta Adelphi
1931 Alpha Gamma U. of Oregon (d. 1935)
1932 Alpha Delta Louisiana Polytech (d. 1935)
1934 Alpha Epsilon Westminster (PA) (d. 1937)
1934 Alpha Zeta College of Charleston
1935 Alpha Eta George Washington U (d. 1938)
1935 Alpha Theta NYU
1937 Alpha Iota U of Miami (Florida)
Total membership reported in the 1940 Baird's: 3,295.
As you can see by the number of inactive chapters with ("d" and date), the Great Depression hit Beta Phi Alpha -- a relatively new national -- hard.