LSU sorority history question

[APhi4Ever]

Per the Alpha Phi Quarterly - Spring 1972:

"Beta Sigma Omicron, a member of NPC, became inactive in 1964, and Alpha Phi pledged three of her chapters. One of these was at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. There were sixteen NPC groups on campus. Twenty-three collegians and forty alumnae of the Beta Sigma Omicron chapter were initiated in May 1965 by Omega chapter and became the Delta Tau chapter of Alpha Phi. The group had been on campus since 1929 and had many loyal alumnae."

Zeta Tau Alpha absorbed all BSO's collegiate chapters except for 3 (LSU, Baldwin-Wallace, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania) because ZTA already had collegiate chapters at those colleges when BSO was absorbed. Baldwin-Wallace's chapter of BSO became Alpha Phi's Delta Upsilon chapter (still active) and the Indiana University of Pennysylvania's BSO chapter became the Delta Phi chapter of Alpha Phi (inactive). When we recolonize at LSU this fall, this will be Delta Tau chapter's return to LSU.

She would have been a legacy to Alpha Phi only since Zeta Tau Alpha did not absorb those chapters.

[ADPiEE]

Originally Posted by APhi4Ever

Per the Alpha Phi Quarterly - Spring 1972:

"Beta Sigma Omicron, a member of NPC, became inactive in 1964, and Alpha Phi pledged three of her chapters. One of these was at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. There were sixteen NPC groups on campus. Twenty-three collegians and forty alumnae of the Beta Sigma Omicron chapter were initiated in May 1965 by Omega chapter and became the Delta Tau chapter of Alpha Phi. The group had been on campus since 1929 and had many loyal alumnae."

Zeta Tau Alpha absorbed all BSO's collegiate chapters except for 3 (LSU, Baldwin-Wallace, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania) because ZTA already had collegiate chapters at those colleges when BSO was absorbed. Baldwin-Wallace's chapter of BSO became Alpha Phi's Delta Upsilon chapter (still active) and the Indiana University of Pennysylvania's BSO chapter became the Delta Phi chapter of Alpha Phi (inactive). When we recolonize at LSU this fall, this will be Delta Tau chapter's return to LSU.

She would have been a legacy to Alpha Phi only since Zeta Tau Alpha did not absorb those chapters.

Thank you! I knew someone would know the answer. Kind of interesting that my cousin ended up becoming a ZTA--just a coincidence. This also explains why my other aunt (a DG at LSU in the 50's) told me that her sister was in the group that became ZTA (because on a national level, they did, just not her chapter). No more confusion...case closed!