Theta Upsilon Omega

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Fraternity Theta Upsilon Omega (Script error: No such module "Lang".), was a national collegiate fraternity in the United States. It was formed by the merger of nine local fraternities in 1924. On April 23, 1938, Theta Upsilon Omega merged with Sigma Phi Epsilon.

History

Representatives of several local fraternities at a December 1, 1923 meeting of locals, organized by the National Interfraternity Conference (NIC), determined to form a new national through amalgamation.[1] The following nine local fraternities were part of the NIC meeting and formed Theta Upsilon Omega:

They were joined by Pi Rho Phi of Westminster College at the Charter Arch Convocation meeting, held at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania from February 21 to 23, 1924.[1][2] The result was the creation of Theta Upsilon, later called Theta Upsilon Omega.[2] All then chapters received their charter and inducted members on May 2, 1924.[2] With the merger of the ten fraternities, Theta Upsilon's formed with 544 members.[2] Merle C. Cowden, of Worcester, was chosen first national president of Theta Upsilon Omega.[3]

The fraternity established its first alumni club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1925.[2] The fraternity had twelve chapters and 988 active members on June 1, 1926.[2]

Additional chapters were chartered, but growth stalled during the Great Depression. Following negotiations on April 23, 1938, Theta Upsilon Omega merged with Sigma Phi Epsilon. Of its thirteen active chapters, four merged with existing Sigma Phi Epsilon chapters, and seven others were granted new charters in Sigma Phi Epsilon. One chapter reverted to local status under its original name and another merged with Theta Chi on its campus.[4]

Symbols

Theta Upsilon Omega's official seal was a voided fusil bearing inscriptions regarding the fraternity and having in the center, the Squire's helmet facing to the left.[5] Its crest was a dragon sitting on a mural crown, above an esquire's helmet.[6] Its coat of arms was designed by Emily Helen Butterfield.[6]

The fraternity's badge was a small pin of blue enamel with a circular contour in the center of which was a ten-pointed gold star enclosing a jewel.[5][2] The badge had three short triangular arms which were equidistant around the pin, and on them, in gold, the Greek letters Script error: No such module "Lang"..[5][2] In the spaces between the arms will be six pearls, two between each pair of arms.[5] Charter members could wear the pin with a diamond center, and initiated members could substitute a ruby for the diamond or wear a plain pin.[5]

The fraternity's pledge button was a cross fitchy of midnight blue with a border of gold.[5][2] Its recognition pin was its crest in old gold, consisting of a mural crown from the top of which issues a dragon's head.[5][2]

The fraternity's flag was equally sized vertical bands of blue, gold, and blue with a blue cross fitchy in the center of the gold band.[2] Its colors were midnight blue and gold.[5][2] Its flower was a dark red rose.[5][2] Its publication was The Omegan.[2]

Chapters

Following is a list of Theta Upsilon Omega chapters.[7][8][9][10][2]

Chapter Charter date and range Institution Location Status Reference
Beta Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
Gamma Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Delta Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts University of Illinois Illinois Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
Epsilon Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Zeta Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Eta Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts George Washington University Washington, D.C. Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Theta Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire Inactive Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Iota Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
Kappa Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina Inactive Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Lambda Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts Westminster College New Wilmington, Pennsylvania Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Template:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
Beta Beta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Miami University Oxford, Ohio Inactive - later became OH Eta chapter Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Efn
Gamma Beta Template:Dts – Template:Dts University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) [11]Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Delta Beta Template:Dts – Template:Dts Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) [12]Template:Efn
Epsilon Beta Template:Dts – Template:Dts University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Inactive [13]Template:Efn
Zeta Beta Template:Dts – Template:Dts Monmouth College Monmouth, Illinois Inactive [14]Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Eta Beta Template:Dts – Template:Dts Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn, Alabama Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) [15]Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Theta Beta Template:Dts – Template:Dts Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Merged (Script error: No such module "Lang".) [16]Template:EfnTemplate:Efn

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Notable members

See also

References

  1. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Shepard, Francis W., ed. (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (11th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. p. 228-229. – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Herbert Foster. Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1937. p.324
  4. ↑ Adams, John P., ed. The Lifetime Responsibility of Brotherhood: Sigma Phi Epsilon. Rand McNally, 2000. p.74
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ a b Butterfield, E. Helen. (1931). College fraternity heraldry. Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Pub. Co., 1931. p. 86. via Hathi Trust
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  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
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  12. ↑ The Omegan Volume V Number 2
  13. ↑ The Omegan Volume VI Number 2
  14. ↑ The Omegan Volume VII Number 2
  15. ↑ The Omegan Volume VII Number 4
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