# of Single Letter Chapters Still Active?
 

This is a spinoff of AF's thread listing all of the NPC groups by single letters...

In this thread, ALL groups can play!

There are 24 letters in the Greek Alphabet -- how many single-letter chapters does your GLO have which are still open/active?

Here is the list for Alpha Delta Pi. We have 16 of 24 active single letter chapters. I am proud to say that my chapter, Tau, will celebrate 100 years in 2012!

ACTIVE:
1905 [Delta] University of Texas - Austin
1907 [Zeta] Southwestern University
1907 [Eta] University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
1909 [Iota] Florida State University
1910 [Kappa] Samford University
1910 [Lambda] Brenau College
1911 [Omicron] Duke University
1911 [Pi] Iowa State University
1911 [Rho] Boston University
1912 [Sigma] University of Illinois
1912 [Tau] University of Kansas
1912 [Upsilon] Washington State University
1913 [Phi] Hanover College
1913 [Chi] Wittenberg University
1913 [Psi] University of California - Berkeley
1914 [Xi] Ohio University

INACTIVE:
1851 [Alpha] Wesleyan College for Women (inactive since 1916)
1905 [Beta] Salem College - Winston-Salem, NC (inactive since 1909)
1905 [Gamma] Mary Baldwin College (inactive since 1910)
1906 [Epsilon] Tulane University (inactive since 1977)
1908 [Theta] Lawrence University (inactive since 1969)
1910 [Mu] Women's College of Alabama (inactive since 1913)
1910 [Nu] Randolph-Macon College (inactive since 1960)
1914 [Omega] Louisiana State Univ/A & M College (inactive since 1985)

Thank you seraphimsprite for the list.

Actives

Delta (1904) - Boston University
Zeta (1906) - George Washington University (DC)
Eta (1906) - Illinois Wesleyan University - oldest continuously open
Theta (1906) - University of Illinois
Lambda (1910) - UC Berkeley
Mu (1910) - University of Washington
Xi (1913) - University of Kansas
Upsilon (1918) - Oregon State University
Phi (1919) - University of Rhode Island

Inactives
Alpha (1874-1984) - Colby College - banned Greek life
Beta (1890-1893) - Colby College - absorbed into Alpha
Gamma (1892-1893) - Colby College - absorbed into Alpha
Epsilon (1905-1998?) - Syracuse University (New York)
Iota (1908-1993) - University of Denver
Kappa (1908-1910?) - Brown University (Rhode Island)
Nu (1911-1968?) - Middlebury College (Vermont)
Omicron (1913-1956?) - Tufts University (Massachusetts)
Pi (1915-1930?) - Stanford University
Rho (1917-1940?) - Randolph-Macon Women's College (Virginia)
Sigma (1917-1964?) - Southern Methodist University (Texas)
Tau (1918-1994) - Indiana University
Chi (1919-1998?) - Ohio State University
Psi (1919-1958?) - University of Wisconsin
Omega (1920-1999) - Florida State University

Chi Omega List
 

18 of 24

1. Psi (Univ. of Arkansas)
2. Chi (Transylvania Univ.)
3. Tau (Univ. of Mississippi)
4. Upsilon (Union Univ.)
5. Rho (Tulane Univ.)
6. Pi (Univ. of Tennessee)
7. Omicron (Univ. of Illinois)
8. Xi (Northwestern Univ.)
9. Nu (Univ. of Wisconsin)
10. Mu (Univ. of California - Berkeley)
11. Lambda (Univ. of Kansas)
12. Kappa (Univ. of Nebraska)
13. Iota (Univ. of Texas)
14. Theta (West Virginia Univ.)
15. Eta (Univ. of Michigan)
16. Zeta (Univ. of Colorado)
17. Gamma (Florida State Univ.)
18. Alpha (Univ. of Washington)

Sigma Chi

17 single letter chapters open
Alpha - Miami University
Gamma - Ohio Wesleyan
Delta - U of Georgia
Epsilon - George Washington (DC)
Zeta - Washington & Lee
Eta - Ole Miss
Kappa - Bucknell University
Lambda - Indiana University (oldest continous chapter)
Mu - Denison
Xi - DePauw
Omicron - Dickinson (although, not recognized by the college, it is still recognized by HQ)
Pi - Samford University
Rho - Butler University
Tau - Roanoke
Xi - Hanover
Psi - University of Virginia
Omega - Northwestern

Inactive Chapters

Beta - College of Wooster (no national GLOs at college)
Theta - Gettysburg College
Iota - Washington & Jefferson College
Nu - Cumberland University (the original Nu was chartered at Washington College which mergred with Jefferson College [Iota Chapter])
Sigma - Princeton University (the only inactive Sigma Chi chapter at an Ivy League college)
Upsilon - Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania (college no longer exists)
Phi - Lafayette College

Kappa Kappa Gamma - 17 of 24

Active
Alpha deuteron: Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL - 1870-1884, 1934
Delta: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - 1872
Epsilon: Illinois Wesleyan, Bloomington, IL - 1873
Eta: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - 1875
Theta: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO - 1875
Iota: DePauw University, Greencastle, IN - 1875
Lambda: University of Akron, Akron, OH - 1877
Mu: Butler University, Indianapolis, IN - 1878
Omicron deuteron: Simpson College, Indianola, IA - 1880-1890, 1990
Chi: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - 1880
Pi deuteron: University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA - 1880-1885, 1897
Rho deuteron: Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH - 1880-1884, 1925
Kappa: Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI - 1881
Upsilon: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - 1882
Psi deuteron: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - 1883-1969, 1977
Omega: University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS - 1883
Sigma: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE - 1884

Inactive
Beta: St. Mary's School, Knoxville, IL - 1871-1874
Gamma: Smithson COllege, Logansport, IL - 1873-1875
Zeta: Rockford Seminary, Rockford, IL - 1874-1878
Nu: Franklin College, Franklin, IN - 1879-1884
Tau: Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, MA - 1881-1882
Phi: Boston University, Boston, MA - 1882-1971
Xi: Adrian College, Adrian, MI - 1882-1944

This is where things get confusing, though. Prior to 1890, chapters that were established after a previous chapter had folded were given that chapter's designation letter. Then, at the 1890 convention, it was determined the second chapters would use the letter Beta to preface the chapter letter to show they were the second chapter of that letter and closed chapter letters would not be re-used. Chapters that were closed and then later reinstated use the designation "Deuteron" (a small delta set superscript to the letter) for the Greek term meaning "second".

So theoretically:

Beta Gamma: University of Wooster, Wooster, OH - 1876-1914
Beta Beta: St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY - 1881-1903, 1915
Beta Zeta: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA - 1882
Beta Tau: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY - 1883

could/should have been single-letter chapters considering they were founded before the final single-letter chapter was founded in 1884.

Gamma Phi Beta
 

17 of 24 still open.

OPEN:
Alpha - Syracuse (1874)
Gamma - Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison (1885)
Delta - Boston University (1887)
Epsilon - Northwestern University (1888)
Eta - Univ. of California at Berkeley (1894)
Theta - University of Denver (1897)
Kappa - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (1902)
Lambda - University of Washington (1903)
Nu - University of Oregon (1908)
Xi - University of Idaho (1910)
Omicron - University of Illinois (1913)
Pi - University of Nebraska - Lincoln (1914)
Rho - University of Iowa (1915)
Sigma - University of Kansas (1915)
Tau - Colorado State Univ. (1915)
Psi - University of Oklahoma (1918)
Omega - Iowa State University (1918)

CLOSED:
Beta - University of Michigan (1882-2007)
Zeta - Goucher College (1893-1950)
Iota - Barnard College (1901-1915)
Mu- Stanford University (1905-1992)
Upsilon - Hollins College (1916-1929)
Phi - Washington University of St. Louis (1917-1993)
Chi - Oregon State University (1918-2002)

Beta chapters seem doomed.

For Alpha Xi Delta

Open 14 ... will be 15 when Kappa at Illinois is recolonized next year
Beta - Iowa Wesleyan 1902
Gamma - Mt. Union College 1902
Delta - Bethany College 1903
Epsilon - Univ. Of So. Dakota 1903
Eta - Syracuse 1904
Iota - Univ. Of West Virginia 1905
Kappa - Univ. Of Illinois 1905 - 1995 restablishing in 2008
Nu - Univ. Of Washington 1907 - 1974, 1979
Pi - Ohio Univ. 1911
Rho - Univ. Of Nebraska 1912
Sigma - Univ. Of Iowa 1912
Tau - Univ. Of New Hampshire 1914
Phi - Albion College 1915
Psi - Ohio State 1916
Omega - Stetson 1917

closed - 9

Alpha Lombard/Knox 1893-1973
Zeta Wittenburg 1904 - 1992
Theta Univ. Of Wisconsin 1905 - 1972, 1980 - 199?
Lambda Tufts 1907 - 1957
Mu Univ. Of Minnesota 1907 - 1960, 1983-1986
Xi Univ. Of Kentucky 1908 - 2004
Omicron UC-Berkeley 1909 - 1969
Upsilon Univ. Of Vermont 1915 - 1947
Chi Univ. Of Kansas 1915 - 1935, 1992 - 1998


Our Beta chapter is still going strong .. and in fact enjoys the distinction of actually being older as an organized group than our Alpha chapter. Beta chapter of Alpha Xi Delta was chapter S of PEO until PEO decided to withdraw collegiate chapters.

For Alpha Omicron Pi, 10 out of 23.

Active
Omicron-U of TN at Knoxville, 1902-present
Zeta-U of Nebraska, 1903-present
Sigma-California (Berkeley), 1907-present
Delta-Tufts, 1908-present (rechartered In 1987)
Gamma-Maine, 1908-present
Epsilon-Cornell, 1908-present (rechartered in 1989)
Iota-Illinois, 1911-present
Tau-Minnesota, 1912-present
Omega, Miami (OH), 1919-present
Xi-Oklahoma, 1924-1933, then rechartered recently

Inactive
Alpha-Barnard College, 1897-1915
Pi-Newcomb (Tulane), 1898-1976, and then like they were open again in the 1990s I think but closed again.
Nu-NYU, 1900-1961
Kappa-Randolph-Macon, 1903-1960
Theta-DePauw, 1907-1999? (I think it closed within the past 10-15 years)
Beta-Brown, 1908 (never really functioned as a chapter since I believe Brown banned sororities altogether)
Rho-Northwestern, 1909-1973
Lambda-Stanford, 1910-1944 (Stanford discontinued sororities)
Chi-Syracuse, 1914-1958, recharterd in 1985 but closed about 10-12 years later.
Upsilon-Washington, 1915-1995
Eta-Wisconsin, 1917-1942
Psi-Pennsylvania, 1918-1958
Phi-Kansas, 1918-1969, 1980-1996

There has never been a Mu chapter of AOII

For Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, 10, arguably 12, out of 26 (we've had two Gamma chapters and two Zeta chapters -- I'm not sure how that happened):

Delta -- Ithaca College (1901-present)
Epsilon -- University of Michigan (1902-1967, 1991-present)
Theta -- Syracuse university (1904-1972, 2005-present)
Zeta -- University of Missouri - Columbia (1907-present)
Iota -- Northwestern University (1910-present)
Mu -- University of Oklahoma (1912-present)
Xi -- University of Kansas (1914-1988, 1997-present)
Pi -- Simpson College (1917-present)
Tau -- Kansas State University (1921-1934, 1960-1985, 1999-present)
Phi -- University of Wisconsin - Madison

In addition, our Eta Chapter (Cincinnati College of Music, 1903-1955) and our Omicron Chapter (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, 1914-1955) merged in 1955 when their hosting institutions merged. The resulting chapter -- Eta-Omicron -- has existed continuously since 1955 and is our only chapter with a "hyphenated" name, which is done to commemorate the chapter's double history.

Theta Phi Alpha (As of Dec 2005)

Active - 3/24
Epsilon - University of Cincinnati
Kappa - University of Pittsburgh
Chi - The Creighton University

Inactive - 21/24
Alpha - University of Michigan
Beta - University of Illinois
Gamma - Ohio State University
Delta - Ohio University
Zeta - Indiana University
Eta - Boston University
Theta - University of Missouri
Iota - University of Kansas
Lambda - Syracuse University
Mu - University of Nebraska
Nu - University of Wisconsin
Xi - University of Iowa
Omicron - University of Denver
Pi - University of California at Los Angeles
Rho - Pennsylvania State University
Sigma - University of Akron
Tau - Marquette University
Upsilon - Loyola University
Phi - University of Detroit
Psi - Quincy College
Omega - St. Louis Missouri

Sigma Nu

17/23 (no Omega)

Alpha - CLOSED. Virginia Military Institue. No longer allows Fraternities.
Beta - OPEN. University of Virginia.
Gamma - OPEN. Duke University.
Delta - OPEN. South Carolina.
Epsilon - OPEN. Bethany College.
Zeta - CLOSED. Central College?
Eta - OPEN. Mercer.
Theta - OPEN. University of Alabama.
Iota - OPEN. Samford University.
Kappa - OPEN. North Georgia College.
Lambda - OPEN. Washington and Lee.
Mu - OPEN. University of Georgia.
Nu - OPEN. University of Kansas (just back on campus).
Xi - OPEN. Emory University.
Omicron - CLOSED. I think.. Bethel College.
Pi - CLOSED. Lehigh University.
Rho - OPEN. University of Missouri.
Sigma - OPEN. Vanderbilt University.
Tau - CLOSED. South Carolina Military.
Upsilon - CLOSED. University of Texas.
Phi - OPEN. Louisiana State University.
Chi - OPEN. Cornell College.
Psi - OPEN. University of North Carolina.
Omega - There are no Omega chapters as we have no ending ;)


*** Leader so far is Chi Omega with 18 of 24. Niiice.