Lafayette College and the Greek Experience

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Appendix IA (a-k)

Fraternities at Lafayette College, 1853-

718 Hamilton Street Sullivan Lane (March Field)	Alpha Chi Rho Chapter name: Phi Alpha Local fraternity name: Psi Alpha Kappa Date organized: 1902 Date of national affiliation: 1903 Date closed: 1985 due to low membership Location and date of house(s): 718 Hamilton St. (1919); Sullivan Lane
	Alpha Sigma Delta (local) See Phi Kappa Tau Chapter name: Local fraternity name: Date organized: 1920; created from 2 clubs, Order of Sphinx and Arrows Date of national affiliation: Date closed: Location and date of house(s):
	Arrows Club -- See Alpha Sigma Delta
West Campus	Chi Phi Chapter name: Rho Local fraternity name: Date organized: 1874 Date of national affiliation: 1874 Date closed: 2005 Location and date of house(s): West Campus, next to Easton Hall (1909)
	Delta Beta Phi Chapter name: Psi Local fraternity name: Date organized: 1878; re-established 1881 Date of national affiliation: 1878 Date closed: 1884 Location and date of house(s):
March Field (1903) March Field (1962)	Delta Kappa Epsilon Chapter name: Rho Local fraternity name: Date organized: 1855 Date of national affiliation: Date closed: Location and date of house(s): March Field (1903), destroyed by fire, Dec. 3, 1959.New house built, March Field (1961-62)	Interior 1903 house
West Campus	Delta Tau Delta Chapter name: Nu Local fraternity name: Skull and Raven (1900-1906) Date organized: 1874; reorganized in 1878; inactive in 1893; becomes Skull and Raven in 1900; formally reinstated in 1906 Date of national affiliation: 1874 Date closed: 1988 due to disciplinary action Location and date of house(s): West Campus, beside Marquis Hall	Interior West Campus house
East Campus, beside Hogg Hall	Delta Upsilon Chapter name: Lafayette Chapter Local fraternity name: Date organized: 1885; 1988 closed due to disiplinary action; 1993 reinstated Date of national affiliation: 1885 Date closed: Location and date of house(s): East Campus, house located at current site of Farinon Center (1912); Sullivan Lane (former Phi Delta Theta house), 1996; former Chi Phi house after 2005	Interior East Campus house
	Elms -- See Theta Xi
	Friars -- See Sigma Alpha Epsilon
	Iota Alpha Kappa Chapter name: Delta Local fraternity name: Date organized: 1863 Date of national affiliation: 1863 Date closed: 1874-75 Location and date of house(s):
East Campus, opposite Soles Hall	Kappa Delta Rho Chapter name: Rho Local fraternity name: Krescent Fraternity; ca. 1927-1931 merged with Tarms (est. 1920) Date organized: 1922 Date of national affiliation: 1928 Date closed: Location and date of house(s): Original house on Porter St.; 1929 moved to Sullivan Lane; 1931 moved into house opposite Soles Hall (original Home of the Tarms)
East Campus Drive Sullivan Lane Quadrangle	Kappa Sigma Chapter name: Delta Beta Local fraternity name: Omega Delta Phi Date organized: 1909 Date of national affiliation: 1921 Date closed: 1986 due to low membership Location and date of house(s): Sullivan Lane; 1 East Campus Drive (1945); Four house quadrangle, Sullivan Lane (1963)
	Krescent Fraternity -- See Kappa Delta Rho

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