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[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by Katmandu

What she said!! People are often surprised to find out how old the greek system is on some of the land grant universities of the old Big 8. Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State have many single letter chapters that have been in continuous existence and are still thriving today. For instance, Kappa Delta, often regarded as a "deep south sorority" has Nu chapter at Oklahoma State and Pi chapter at the University of Nebraska.

Iowa State has quite a few established chapters as well. Mu (now Iowa Gamma) of Pi Beta Phi was founded in 1877, Delta (now Omega Delta) chapter of Delta Delta Delta in 1889, Sigma Sigma chapter of Kappa Delta in 1908, Pi chapter of Alpha Delta Pi in 1911, Rho chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta in 1917 and Omega chapter of Gamma Phi Beta in 1918.

[Hopeful_Bubbles]

Grats Ruaprincess!

[Katmandu]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

Iowa State has quite a few established chapters as well. Mu (now Iowa Gamma) of Pi Beta Phi was founded in 1877, Delta (now Omega Delta) chapter of Delta Delta Delta in 1889, Sigma Sigma chapter of Kappa Delta in 1908, Pi chapter of Alpha Delta Pi in 1911, Rho chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta in 1917 and Omega chapter of Gamma Phi Beta in 1918.

Wow, many, many older chapters at ISU as well--another great school. (I just love the old Big Eight schools...) 1877 is pretty darn old, even for Pi Phi! The change in chapter designation really disguises the seniority of many of these venerable chapters at ISU.

[irishpipes]

The old Big 8 (really old chapters are bold):

University of Colorado
Pi Beta Phi 1884, Delta Gamma 1886, Kappa Kappa Gamma 1901, Chi Omega 1906, Alpha Chi Omega 1907, Delta Delta Delta 1910, Alpha Delta Pi1914-1985, Kappa Alpha Theta 1921, Alpha Phi 1924-?/?, Delta Zeta 1924-1984, Alpha Omicron Pi 1927, Delta Phi Epsilon 1940-1966, Zeta Tau Alpha 1947-1972, Kappa Delta 1947-?, Sigma Delta Tau 1947-1971, Alpha Epsilon Phi 1952-?, Gamma Phi Beta 1954, Alpha Gamma Delta 1958-1988

Iowa State University
Pi Beta Phi 1877-?/1906, Delta Delta Delta 1890-1894/1912, Kappa Delta 1908, Alpha Delta Pi 1911, Alpha Gamma Delta 1917, Gamma Phi Beta 1918, Sigma Kappa 1920, Chi Omega 1922, Zeta Tau Alpha 1926-1939/1970-1998, Delta Zeta 1931, Kappa Kappa Gamma 1946, Kappa Alpha Theta 1948, Alpha Chi Omega 1961, Alpha Omicron Pi 1968, Alpha Xi Delta 1969-2003, Alpha Phi 1977-1998

Kansas State University
Alpha Delta Pi 1915, Delta Delta Delta 1915, Delta Zeta 1915-1976, Pi Beta Phi 1915, Chi Omega 1915, Kappa Kappa Gamma 1916, Kappa Delta 1920-1993/1999, Alpha Xi Delta 1922, Zeta Tau Alpha 1931-1940, Alpha Chi Omega 1947, Gamma Phi Beta 1957, Kappa Alpha Theta 1961, Sigma Sigma Sigma 1982-?, Alpha Gamma Delta 1985-1989, Sigma Kappa 1991

University of Kansas
Pi Beta Phi 1873, Kappa Alpha Theta 1881, Kappa Kappa Gamma 1883, Chi Omega 1902, Alpha Delta Pi 1912, Sigma Kappa 1913, Alpha Chi Omega 1914, Alpha Xi Delta 1915-1935/1992-1998, Gamma Phi Beta 1915, Alpha Omicron Pi 1918-1969/1980-1996, Theta Phi Alpha 1921-1955, Alpha Gamma Delta 1922-?/1965, Delta Zeta 1926-1936, Delta Gamma 1941, Delta Delta Delta 1946, Alpha Phi 1950-1989, Alpha Epsilon Phi 1970-1971, Sigma Delta Tau 1985, Kappa Delta 1990

University of Missouri
Kappa Kappa Gamma 1875, Pi Beta Phi 1899, Delta Gamma 1909, Kappa Alpha Theta 1909, Alpha Phi 1910-?/1998, Phi Mu 1913-1944/2001, Chi Omega 1913, Alpha Delta Pi 1915 , Delta Delta Delta 1915, Gamma Phi Beta 1921, Theta Phi Alpha 1921-1927, Alpha Gamma Delta 1922-1978/1981-?, Alpha Chi Omega 1922, Zeta Tau Alpha 1924-?/195?, Alpha Epsilon Phi 1929-1997, Phi Sigma Sigma 1935-1955, Sigma Delta Tau 1957-1968, Sigma Kappa 1968-?/1990-2004, Kappa Delta 1975, Delta Phi Epsilon 1978-1984, Alpha Omicron Pi 1986-1994

University of Nebraska
Kappa Kappa Gamma 1884, Kappa Alpha Theta 1887-1891/1896, Delta Gamma 1888, Delta Delta Delta 1894, Pi Beta Phi 1895, Alpha Omicron Pi 1903, Chi Omega 1903, Alpha Phi 1906, Alpha Chi Omega 1907, Delta Zeta 1910-1971, Alpha Xi Delta 1912, Gamma Phi Beta 1914, Alpha Delta Pi 1915-?/1963, Kappa Delta 1920, Phi Mu 1921-?/?, Zeta Tau Alpha 1922-1962/?-1980, Sigma Kappa 1923-1972, Theta Phi Alpha 1924-1937, Sigma Delta Tau 1925-?

Oklahoma State University
Kappa Delta 1919, Kappa Alpha Theta 1919, Pi Beta Phi 1919, Chi Omega 1920, Delta Zeta 1922-?/1989-1994, Zeta Tau Alpha 1923, Alpha Delta Pi 1921-1930/1939, Alpha Chi Omega 1947, Kappa Kappa Gamma 1947, Gamma Phi Beta 1958, Delta Delta Delta 1962, Alpha Xi Delta 1968-1981, Phi Mu 1973-?/1991

University of Oklahoma
Kappa Alpha Theta 1909, Delta Delta Delta 1910, Pi Beta Phi 1910, Kappa Kappa Gamma 1914, Alpha Chi Omega 1916, Alpha Phi 1917-1998/2007, Gamma Phi Beta 1918, Delta Gamma 1918-?/199?, Alpha Gamma Delta 1919, Chi Omega 1919, Alpha Xi Delta 1921-1952/1984-1984, Phi Mu 1923-1965/1998-2007, Alpha Omicron Pi 1924-1933/2002, Sigma Delta Tau 1929-1975, Alpha Delta Pi 1947-1970, Zeta Tau Alpha 1953-200?, Kappa Delta 1955-199?, Alpha Epsilon Phi 1956-1979, Delta Phi Epsilon 1966-1969, Sigma Sigma Sigma 1980-1982

[NUBlue&Blue]

I stand corrected--ADPi was founded before the 1920's. However, I think both ADPi and Phi Mu have had periods where they were gone for a few years and then came back, or got down to a very small size and hung in there unhoused. This means no legacies and no group of alums to look to for support for big blocks of years.

This is what happened to my husband's fraternity, TKE, which was Phi chapter. When we were in college, it was huge. They won intramurals every year, had somebody on homecoming court, SAA, Mortar Board, etc. and they lived in 2 houses on University Terrace (next door to both KD and DG--this was the ZTA house), an annex next to the AXiD house and in the Hotel California on T St. (Yikes!) But they had been on and off campus several times during their history and at that time had no alums of the prime money producing age to help out and within ten years they were gone again.

The good thing is that sororities can keep it going better, especially if they have support from nationals, and it looks like ADPi has decided to work with their situation rather than going away. Good for them!