Theta Phi Alpha at High Point University?

[AXOrushadvisor]

What happens when a local is absorbed by an NPC Chapter? Are the records merged?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor

What happens when a local is absorbed by an NPC Chapter? Are the records merged?

That all depends on the school, the local, and the national.

I'm betting her grandma was in Theta Alpha Phi or some similarly-named local...or even a local named Theta Phi Alpha. I found a 1950s yearbook from my college and there was a local fraternity named Alpha Phi Alpha...and it definitely was not affiliated with the national organization of the same name, even though the national did exist at the time.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by 33girl

That all depends on the school, the local, and the national.

I'm betting her grandma was in Theta Alpha Phi or some similarly-named local...or even a local named Theta Phi Alpha. I found a 1950s yearbook from my college and there was a local fraternity named Alpha Phi Alpha...and it definitely was not affiliated with the national organization of the same name, even though the national did exist at the time.

If the OP could get her hands on a yearbook from when her grandmother was enrolled, I bet the mystery would be solved.

This may not be the appropriate year, but I found this by googling High Point College Yearbook. Pretty sure they were HPC before High Point University. You could contact their library.

http://www.archive.org/details/TheZe...ointCollege_14

I was looking at the 1950 yearbook because I guess I'm a closeted stalker. There was an org called Alpha Theta Psi and one called Theta Phi, which are pretty close. Also, there is a Sigma Alpha Phi, which isn't really that far off the mark, either. What would be interesting to find out is what national orgs these groups became a part of. I imagine from the founding dates that the nationals absorbed the locals.