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SigmaChiCard: There is no set rule for locals. Some use the letters of the group they are petitioning plus another letter (not necessarily alpha) at the beginning, end or even in the middle. If the group was a local prior to even considering petitioning a national group, they may simply continue using their original name. Some groups petitioning GLOs do not even have Greek letter names.
CutiePie2000: Good point on the Deuterons. But it’s not just related to reinstated chapters. Theta Delta Chi for example, when they reached the end of the alphabet simply started again at Alpha and added Deuteron. Kappa Alpha did something similar, but used the word “Prime” instead of “Deuteron”. Phi Sigma Kappa too, but they have a lot more chapters, so they’ve gone through Deuteron, Triton, Tetarton, Pentaton, Hexaton and Septaton.
Other chapter naming conventions and “oddities”:
- Simply named after university (Acacia, Alpha Delta Phi, Delta Chi, Delta Upsilon).
- Calling chapters “Zetas” (Lambda Chi Alpha) or “Phis” (Alpha Chi Rho) or “Alphas” (Chi Psi) or “Charges” (Theta Delta Chi).
- Skipping specific letters in chapter naming (Sigma Chi and “Beta”).
- Using the name of the local fraternity as the chapter name when absorbed.
- Merger of several nearby chapters into one (Beta-Gamma-Zeta chapter of Tau Epsilon Phi).
- Special symbolic or honorary chapters (Constantine chapter, Omega chapter, Chapter eternal).
This is an interesting topic.
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