Talk:List of Delta Kappa Epsilon chapters

message: I created this page in accordance with Wikipedia policy of not having an entire chapter listing on a fraternity's article page. Jmlk17 19:29, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Creation

message: In looking at the 175th anniversary magazine article, I noticed a few things about how reuse is handled.
*Gamma - chartered at University of Nashville, Revived at Vanderbilt. Note, University of Nashville was functionally dead by the time that the chapter was Revived
*Iota - chartered at Kentucky Military Institute, Revived when Central University of Kentucky merged with Centre College. I have no idea why the merger of the schools was the cause of the revival.
*Zeta Zeta - chartered at Centenary College (1858-1861), Revived at LSU after 14 years of work for revival. Not sure why a new charter would not have been acceptable. Also note, https://www.lsu.edu/greeks/join/greek_tiger/2018/2018_LSU_GreekTiger_web.pdf which indicates *15* years of work. and https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/data/230495042 and even https://web.archive.org/web/20180924014007/https://kappadke.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DKE-EDUCATIONAL-MANUALOct-Edits.pdf (which indicates that the Friars group petitioned the DKE convention year after year.)
*Tau Delta - Chartered at Union University, Tau Delta name transfered to University of the South at its chartering in 1968. The Union University in Murphreesboro where it was formed had closed due to the war (and then restarted and died in the 1870s) and the new name was given to a merger school due to a *large* book donation by the son of the president of the old school. So whether the new UU is a descendent of the old is complicated. The letters were assigned to University of the South on that chapter's chartering. This one is actually listed as the name being transfered and the only example of a duplication of the DKE chapter roll.
So from DKE's perspective, Gamma, Iota and Zeta Zeta are of one type and Tau Delta another, I guess.
Also, for the difference between the original list and today. The chapter at University of Indiana was considered by some sources apparently to be a new one in 2000, (and is ordered that way in the chapter roll, but apparently was active from 1853 to 1855. So it moved *much* farther up our list. Naraht (talk) 17:45, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's really strange that the 1918 General Catalogue didn't list the pre-Civil War Indiana chapter. One would think that would have been listed as a point of pride, even if it only lasted two years. I note that the DePauw group (also in Indiana) was founded in 1866; could an error have crept in, where someone conflated the two? I wrote to the national historian for comment and a source. Jax MN (talk) 20:09, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

text: As for Zeta Zeta the petioned for several years for DKE charter because the wanted to be like the Tulane chapter.  When they got the charter DKE Nationals allowed to as a reward to also keep initiating their members as Friars a local fraternity they had been.  As part of their punishment time they lost this priveledge if they ever are allowed back. PhiAlpha3000 (talk) 10:57, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reuse of chapter letters