Chapter Designations

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Cool didn't know that. (Do you have any more info on that merger btw? I'm interested in details of Pi Kappa Sigma, but don't know where to find info about it. )

For information about Pi Kappa Sigma's early years a good bet if you cn find it is the book "Golden Years with Pi Kappa Sigma 1894 - 1949," by Emma Newell Seaton (historian). It's hardcover, 529 pages plus index, but only take the sorority up to 1949, long before the merger. It might still be around in some college libraries or used bookstores, as well as possibly some of the SK chapters that were formerly Pi Kappa Sigma.

ETA: Back to the topic: Pi Kappa Sigma used the Alpha - to- Omega, then Alpha Alpha ans so on system, with very rare exceptions. For instance the Pi Kappa Sigma chapter at Southwest Missouri State *should* have been "Alpha Upsilon," but it was formed from a local, Theta Nu Theta. and

"So great was the attachment to the parent name that the petitioners asked permission of the Grand council of Pi Kappa Sigma to keep at least part of that name . . . ."

The result? The chapter designation was Theta Nu.

[notmanhattan]

I know earlier in the thread they talked about FIJI chapters being named after their towns or their schools. But what about the FIJI chapter at the University of Georgia-- Kappa Deuteron. Anyone know where this came from?

[banditone]

I think that Fiji naming scheme is pretty cool. Mostly because I know Fiji's who are awesome guys.

Question: So how do you determine your oldest chapters if you don't do it by a standard 1) letter, then 2) two letter form?

For instance, in Sigma Nu if I hear a chapter update from a single letter chapter, I KNOW it's some old-school chapter founded in the 1800's. (Beta is the oldest still active chapter. As our founding site, VMI, no longer allows fraternities)

How do you know?

[Pike_Cardinal]

Pike goes in order of alphabet, then repeats with Alpha Alpha and so on.

[banditone]

Originally Posted by Pike_Cardinal

Pike goes in order of alphabet, then repeats with Alpha Alpha and so on.

Cool.... So if someone says Im' from the Gamma chapter you're like. Niiiice.

[Pike_Cardinal]

Originally Posted by banditone

Cool.... So if someone says Im' from the Gamma chapter you're like. Niiiice.

What do you mean?

[banditone]

Originally Posted by Pike_Cardinal

What do you mean?

Meaning you know who is from an OLD SCHOOL chapter due to the actual letter designation.

[Pike_Cardinal]

How does it work with your organization if a chapter is closed and then rechartered? Do they take the old name or a new one?

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by Pike_Cardinal

How does it work with your organization if a chapter is closed and then rechartered? Do they take the old name or a new one?

With Kappa, chapters that had closed at one time but then reopened are designated with a deuteron (small superscript delta) at the end of the chapter name. For example, the Omicron chapter at Simpson College was originally chartered in 1890, but closed shortly thereafter due to pressure from the school administration. They were rechartered 100 years later in 1990 and are known as Omicron Deuteron.

[Pike_Cardinal]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

With Kappa, chapters that had closed at one time but then reopened are designated with a deuteron (small superscript delta) at the end of the chapter name. For example, the Omicron chapter at Simpson College was originally chartered in 1890, but closed shortly thereafter due to pressure from the school administration. They were rechartered 100 years later in 1990 and are known as Omicron Deuteron.

ahhhh...thats interesting and practical...I'm pretty sure Pike chapters just reassume the old title.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

With Kappa, chapters that had closed at one time but then reopened are designated with a deuteron (small superscript delta) at the end of the chapter name. For example, the Omicron chapter at Simpson College was originally chartered in 1890, but closed shortly thereafter due to pressure from the school administration. They were rechartered 100 years later in 1990 and are known as Omicron Deuteron.

you know, thats not a bad idea...

We name our undergraduate chapters in the traditional Alpha-Psi, then Alpha Alpha through Alpha Psi,then Beta Alpha, and so forth. Sigma is skipped over as the second letter (see below why). i want to say we are up to Rho Kappa. My UG chapter is Alpha Pi (so yes, i can understand the "old chapter designation" thing since my chapter is old-ish. i have a soror friend from Gamma chapter and im like niiiiiiice. some folks are VERY proud about their "single letter status")

our graduate chapters end in Sigma, ie. Alpha Sigma, Beta Sigma, Gamma Sigma, etc. my alum chapter is Eta Nu Sigma

Like many other organizations, Omega is reserved for deceased members. Ours is the Omega Rho chapter.


(i mightve left something out... i'll come back and edit)

[tallgreekalum]

Originally Posted by banditone

I think that Fiji naming scheme is pretty cool. Mostly because I know Fiji's who are awesome guys.

Question: So how do you determine your oldest chapters if you don't do it by a standard 1) letter, then 2) two letter form?

For instance, in Sigma Nu if I hear a chapter update from a single letter chapter, I KNOW it's some old-school chapter founded in the 1800's. (Beta is the oldest still active chapter. As our founding site, VMI, no longer allows fraternities / U. of Virginia - Gamma - 1871.....)

How do you know?

If you're asking me, we've only had 48 chapters in all, so we just learn them in order.

[rufio]

For DU we just go by the name of the school. my Chapter is the Arizona State Chapter. then theres San Diego chapter, Northern Arizona Chapter... etc. etc.

[banditone]

Originally Posted by rufio

For DU we just go by the name of the school. my Chapter is the Arizona State Chapter. then theres San Diego chapter, Northern Arizona Chapter... etc. etc.

So if you were to tell someone your badge/pin number you'd say "I'm Arizona State Chapter #1156" or something like that?

[FSUZeta]

zta does the alphabetical chapter names:alpha thru omega and then alpha alpha, etc. the exception is that we do not have any chapters beginning with the greek letter epsilon. rumor has it that the presiding president at the time of what would have been epsilon alpha thought that epsilon ____ was too wordy, and decided to skip epsilon all together. odd!