Theta Epsilon History Greek life at AU did not begin until 1928 with the founding of Phi Alpha Theta. Later, the name was changed to Alpha Theta Phi because there was an honor society with the same name. The Alpha Theta Phi's were not alone for long. The first sorority organization was the Swaggers, followed by their male counterparts, the Jesters in December 1928 and January 1929. Phi Beta Zeta Fraternity established themselves in March, Alpha Chi Sorority in April, Phi Sigma Beta Sorority in September and Epsilon Kappa Sorority in November, Chi Phi, established in May 1929 was the first national sorority established at American.
Records exist of that chapter's founding but the sorority disbanded within a year.
A new system of bidding and pledging was designed that would utilize the registrar's office. Each Greek organization would hand in a list of prospective freshmen they wished to pledge. A prospective in turn would list his choices in order of preference. The lists would then be matched up and the chapters would be informed of the results. The IFC felt that this blind choosing of pledges would prevent hard feelings and inter-fraternal problems.