Is Beta Theta Pi our father fraternity?

[thetalady]

Originally posted by fijijr
I will say knowing the character of the Thetas I have met; I could see why a brother would have tried to permanently attach himself to your founding. Have a wonderful day ladies and hopefully this post is seen in just congenial intergreek relations.

Absolutely!!! What a lovely thing to say! You know we Thetas are independant, strong women. Standing on our own 2 feet is a big deal to us

[zhbeta158]

I hope I am not intruding but I was always under the interpretation that there was a brother/sister fraternal link with Theta. We were told that Theta founder Bettie's father had aided in the writings of the Theta ritual as well as incorporated some Beta ritual into it.
We had a Theta from Penn come not too long ago and she had identified herself as from "your sister sorority." (we havent had Theta here at San Jose State for 30+ yrs so most brothers in our chapter aren't too familiar with them, but there is a Theta chapter at a nearby univ).
Whether it's true or not I do not know but upon hearing the news I thought it pretty cool and was honored to have one of our alumni to be somehow affiliated in the history of a well-represented organization

Take care-

Vik

[ThetaPrincess24]

If you read the above posts about this you'll find that we do not currently nor in the past have an official "father" fraternity. Kappa Alpha Theta is indebted to no one.

[Janerz222]

Vik,

Thanks for your kind words about Theta.

Glad to know some Greek life is alive and well at SJSU. I have many older alumnae friends who were members of our Theta chapter at SJ State, and they are fabulous ladies and miss their chapter.

I had a good friend who was president of the Beta house at Stanford years ago. Solid guy (still is!). I know the house has changed hands a few times at Stanford since then, but it will always be the Beta house to me!

Good luck at SJSU!

[zhbeta158]

I do not know if you know but the Betas left Stanford in 1993. I have recently gotten in touch with a Stanford Beta, perhaps you know him? Brian Job; he was an olympic medalist in swimming. Anyway, you should ask the Thetas from SJSU if they might possibly want to reactivate the SJSU Chapter, sororities rarely are able to expand on this campus but I think they are thinking about adding a chapter. Hope all is well, take care!

[Janerz222]

Yes, I knew that Betas left Stanford. But, the big white house on the Row will always be the Beta house to me!

Thanks for the heads-up about possible extension at SJ State. We'll stay tuned.