Chi Omega Chapter name ordering questions

[NutBrnHair]

This is a great question and only someone who truly has studied the entire list would see this! I wish there was a good answer. Some chapter designations were skipped and some were re-used. It is/was confusing!

As a rule of thumb, typically I know that the single letter chapters are the oldest. The next decade ended in ____ Alpha, then ____ Beta, etc. We are currently in the _____ Mu designation.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

This is a great question and only someone who truly has studied the entire list would see this! I wish there was a good answer. Some chapter designations were skipped and some were re-used. It is/was confusing!

As a rule of thumb, typically I know that the single letter chapters are the oldest. The next decade ended in ____ Alpha, then ____ Beta, etc. We are currently in the _____ Mu designation.

Given the comment below that you are the sorority archivist, I'm not sure where to go from here.

Just curious, what chapter designations were re-used? (Chi and Epsilon?)

Does Chi Omega use the term "decade" to refer to the _____ Letter groupings?

Can you recommend a location to get a complete list of Chi Omega charters, right now the best that I've found is the Chi Omega Eleusis Summer 2015 (http://digital.watkinsprinting.com/a...7/article.html)

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by naraht

Given the comment below that you are the sorority archivist, I'm not sure where to go from here.

Just curious, what chapter designations were re-used? (Chi and Epsilon?)

Does Chi Omega use the term "decade" to refer to the _____ Letter groupings?

Can you recommend a location to get a complete list of Chi Omega charters, right now the best that I've found is the Chi Omega Eleusis Summer 2015 (http://digital.watkinsprinting.com/a...7/article.html)

Chi Omega Chapter Names Used More Than Once

Chi Jessamine Institute, Nicholasville, KY 1898-1901
Chi Transylvania Univ, Lexington, KY 1903-present

Phi Hellmuth Woman’s College, London Ontario 1899-1900
Phi Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1940-1996

Upsilon Belmont College, Nashville, TN 1899-1902
Upsilon Union University, Jackson, TN 1903-1911; 1924-present

Epsilon Barnard College, Columbia Univ, New York, NY 1906-1915
Epsilon Univ of Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo) Buffalo, NY 1940-1997

Upsilon Beta Hollins College, Hollins, VA 1919-1929
Upsilon Beta Rollins College, Winter Park, FL 1931-present

Iota Beta Hunter College, New York, NY 1922-1940
Iota Beta Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1941-present

Psi Gamma Univ of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 1923-1941
Psi Gamma Mercer Univ, Macon, GA 1943-present

Sigma Gamma Oglethorpe Univ, Atlanta, GA 1924-1945
Sigma Gamma Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV 1948-1984
Delta Theta Oglethorpe Univ, Atlanta, GA 1969-present

[honeychile]

Hollins & Rollins with the same designation - that has got to cause troubles!

[naraht]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Sigma Gamma Oglethorpe Univ, Atlanta, GA 1924-1945
Sigma Gamma Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV 1948-1984
Delta Theta Oglethorpe Univ, Atlanta, GA 1969-present

Thanks a *lot*. I wonder why they transfered Sigma Gamma given that Oglethorpe was still an active school? (and Psi Gamma could end up in the same situation!)


I'd *love* to get the complete list that this comes from. (If you paste it into
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php...rs&action=edit
and click save, I will make the page at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Omega_chapters
look beautiful!