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Well, I thought Kappa's naming system was pretty straightforward. Until I took a good look at my Kappa Notebook's chapter listing, that is. It starts out with single letter naming, in order of the Greek alphabet. But then things start getting really strange. Here's the names of our first few chapters, with their founding date. (Deuterons are used to indicate an active chapter that was once inactive, and I've starred currently inactive chapters.)
Alpha Deuteron 1870
*Beta 1871
*Gamma 1872
Delta 1872
Epsilon 1873
*Zeta 1874
Eta 1875
Iota 1875
Theta 1875
*Beta Gamma 1876
Lambda 1877
Mu 1878
*Nu 1879
Omicron Deuteron 1880
Chi 1880
Pi Deuteron 1880
Rho Deuteron 1880
*Tau 1881
Kappa 1881
Beta Beta 1881
Upsilon 1882
Beta Zeta 1882
*Phi 1882
*Xi 1882
Beta Tau 1883
Psi 1883
Omega 1883
Sigma 1884
Beta Rho Deuteron 1885
Gamma Rho 1888
Beta Nu 1888
*Beta Alpha 1890
After that, the naming system more or less stabilizes into a pretty common pattern, based on the date of founding. I'm at a loss to explain this... perhaps a more knowlegeable Kappa can step in. I'll try to ask some of our advisors, or try some of the resources in our archives. *conspires to get her hands on KKG: A history*
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