Each chapter in Zeta Psi has a unique name composed of one or two Greek letters. A colony petitioning Zeta Psi to become a chapter chooses a name for its chapter upon receiving its charter. From this point on, the name is fixed. Even if the chapter goes inactive—in that it has no undergraduate members—the name will be taken up by any group that re-establishes a chapter at the university campus.
The name can be based on many different factors. For instance, it is common for new chapters to take on an element from an existent chapter that has helped them form. Theta Xi chapter in Toronto adopted the Xi from their neighbor chapter in Michigan. In turn, every chapter in Ontario has a "Theta" as part of their name from their relationship to the Toronto chapter. Other times, a name is related to other factors like the Roman Catholic Villanova University chapter being named Alpha Omega chapter due to the Christian significance.
A one or two-letter name can only be re-used if the chapter possessing the name is pronounced "deceased." This has not happened since 1892.
Chapters
edit- Active chapter names are noted in bold, inactive and deceased chapters are noted in italics, and those considered "deceased" are in grey fields.[1]
- Inactive Chapters are those either recently inactive or those which are planned for eventual reorganization.
- Deceased chapters are generally, long dormant chapters. Some may have been restored on the same campus under a new name.
Explanatory notes
edit- ^ The original Zeta chapter withdrew from ΖΨ in 1852 to join Delta Psi in 1853 where it became the Lambda chapter of that fraternity. ΖΨ re-established its chapter at Williams in 1881, by absorbing Phi Gamma Delta's original Iota chapter on that campus, which had formed in 1880, but which had withdrawn from that national one year later. This all occurred before the development of the NIC, which prohibited much of the poaching that had occurred in earlier years.
- ^ Greek letter organizations are banned at Williams, though there have been reports of sub rosa chapters of another fraternity.
- ^ Renamed Omicron Epsilon chapter on the same campus after the long dormancy.
- ^ This chapter originated as Alpha Omega (local) in 1849.
- ^ Greek letter organizations are banned at Colby.
- ^ The former Epsilon chapter of Zeta Psi went co-ed, renaming itself Zeta Delta Xi on January 24, 1987.
- ^ In its 1919 reorganization, this chapter absorbed Delta Gamma Psi (local), formed earlier that same year.
- ^ Chapter closed due to the loss of its members in the Civil War.
- ^ At the beginning of the Civil War, all but two of Michigan's Beta chapter active members left campus to enlist in the Union or Confederate armies. The brotherhood in Ann Arbor was subsequently reorganized under a new name with the chartering of the Xi chapter in 1861 and morally supported by the efforts of Elders Lewis Pilcher and James F. Spalding. However, this new Xi chapter's founding is officially recorded in Fraternity history as occurring in 1858. It was founded through the efforts of Liberty Emery Holden, a transfer from Chi chapter at Colby College. The later use of the name Beta chapter at Virginia was unrelated to the Michigan group, whose use of that name only lasted a few years.
- ^ Greek letter organizations are banned at Amherst.
- ^ Charter "moved" to Rensselaer after Civil War.
- ^ In its 1885 revival, this chapter absorbed Rho Sigma Tau (local) formed earlier that year.
- ^ Xi chapter operations suspended through end of 2021.
- ^ This school was closed after the school was destroyed during the Civil War, on November 15, 1864.
- ^ This chapter died with the Institute's demise following the Civil War.
- ^ This chapter ended because of unfavorable conditions following the Battle of Gettysburg.
- ^ This chapter originated as the Cuardrumas Club (local), before 1864.
- ^ This chapter died along with the Old University of Chicago in 1887.
- ^ The charter for this chapter was moved from Amherst College after the Civil War.
- ^ The use of the name Beta chapter at Virginia is wholly separate from that name's earlier short-term usage at Michigan.
- ^ Closed due to "government restrictions against fraternities".
- ^ This chapter originated on the Syracuse campus as Theta Chi (local) in 1874. No relation to the national fraternity of that same name, which only had one chapter at the time.
- ^ The chapter letter name Mu was originally given to the chapter but changed to Alpha a few years later with permission of the Grand Chapter in January 1882
- ^ The Columbia chapter was evicted from campus housing in 2007.
- ^ First Greek letter fraternity in Canada.
- ^ This chapter originated as the Varsity Club in 1893
- ^ This chapter originated as the Algoma Club (local) in 1908. It had also absorbed Delta Sigma Pi (local), formed in 1923.
- ^ This chapter originated as Alpha Theta Epsilon (local) in 1913.
- ^ This chapter originated as the Hexagon Club (local) in 1919.
- ^ This chapter originated as Sigma Zeta (local) in 1919. It retained this name as a chapter designation when it merged into ΖΨ.
- ^ This chapter originated as Phi Lambda Rho (local) before 1926.
- ^ This chapter originated as the Athenian Club (local) in 1926.
- ^ This chapter originated as Alpha Kappa Psi (local) in 1931.
- ^ This chapter originated as Phi Sigma (local) in 1955.
- ^ This chapter originated as the Crescent Club (local) earlier in 1958.
- ^ This chapter originated as Delta Chi Delta (local) in 1952.
- ^ This chapter originated as Pi Sigma Upsilon (local) in 1955, and was granted its ΖΨ chapter designation in honor of the former local name.
- ^ Penn State University suspended the fraternity through June 2022.
- ^ This chapter originated as Pi Kappa Epsilon (local) in 1966, and was granted its ΖΨ chapter designation in honor of the former local name.
- ^ This chapter originated as Sigma Phi Omega (local) in 1967, and was granted its ΖΨ chapter designation in honor of the former local name.
- ^ This chapter originated as Tau Delta Phi (local) in 1927, and was granted its ΖΨ chapter designation in honor of the former local name.
- ^ This chapter originated as Alpha Pi Tau (local) in 1966, and was granted its ΖΨ chapter designation in honor of the former local name.
- ^ This chapter originated as Phi Epsilon Pi in 1960 which had gone local at the University of Maryland rather than merge with Zeta Beta Tau, and was granted its ΖΨ chapter designation in honor of the former local name.
- ^ Temporarily Active in 2017, 2019. OSU suspended all its IFC chapters' activities including Psi Zeta's in November 2017.
- ^ The Princeton chapter was re-established under this new name after a long vacancy.
- ^ Suspended by the University for five years in 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Not recognized by its university.
- ^ Viewed as a separate chapter from Omega at the Old University of Chicago active 1864–1868, 1879–1887
- ^ This chapter in Ontario is missing the customary "Theta" letter referred to in the Toronto chapter.
- ^ This chapter is also referred to as Epsilon Sigma.
References
edit- ^ William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive), document showing Zeta Psi chapters". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved 8 Aug 2022. The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
- ^ a b c Semicentennial Biographical Catalogue of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. New York, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. December 1899. p. 161.
- ^ "Univ. of Pennsylvania says Zeta Psi fraternity didn't abuse camel". CBS News. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America Pledge Manual. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. 2006. p. 22.
- ^ a b c d e Pledge Manual of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. August 2000. p. 32.
- ^ Biographical Catalogue of the Xi Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity. New York, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. June 1897. p. 7.
- ^ "Zeta Psi - Xi Chapter History". Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Xi Chapter Status". Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ This chapter had been noted as the first fraternity chapter to form West of the Mississippi. Cited in the historical study "The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi" by Laurie Wilkie.Wilkie, Laurie (April 2010). The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520260603.
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- ^ Pledge Manual of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. August 2000. p. 33.
- ^ Pledge Manual of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. August 2000. p. 27.
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- ^ Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America: Double Diamond Jubilee. Paducah, KY, USA: Turner Publishing Company. 1997. p. 15.
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- ^ Pledge Manual of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. August 2000. p. 28.
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