Chi Omega Chapter name ordering questions

[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!

[ChioLu]

From the chapter's history that I'm aware of, as a former Oglethorpe Chi O advisor, the school ended Greek life for a while, then resurrected it in the 1960s. The groups that had been on campus prior were the first to be invited back. It was a way for the university to get the land that the chapter houses were built on to expand the campus (in a growing metro Atlanta and expensive neighborhood).
The school built Greek row back in the 1990s and all groups were given a 99-year lease on their house. All houses are built the same so there is not a rush advantage for anyone based on size or architecture. They are all two-story houses but built on a hill. So the entry level is four bedrooms (2 per room) and one bathroom, usually chapter officers. The downstairs is one big open living room, dining room plus a kitchen, another bathroom and storage. The downstairs is used during recruitment and chapter events.
I believe there are a couple of lots on Greek row (although it's a horseshoe) for Greek expansion.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

From the chapter's history that I'm aware of, as a former Oglethorpe Chi O advisor, the school ended Greek life for a while, then resurrected it in the 1960s. The groups that had been on campus prior were the first to be invited back. It was a way for the university to get the land that the chapter houses were built on to expand the campus (in a growing metro Atlanta and expensive neighborhood).

Lovely. We need land--let's kill the Greek System. I guess they never expected the system to come back.