Alpha Lambda Tau

Alpha Lambda Tau (ΑΛΤ) was a men's college fraternity founded in 1916 at Oglethorpe University. For its first decade Alpha Lambda Tau permitted expansion only within the southern states. At the start of its fourth decade, in 1946, the national organization of Alpha Lambda Tau dissolved; most of its chapters affiliated with Tau Kappa Epsilon.

Alpha Lambda Tau
ΑΛΤ
Founded1916 (1916)
Oglethorpe University
TypeSocial
ScopeNational
Colors     Old gold and      Black
FlowerAmerican Beauty Rose
PublicationAlpha Lambda Tau (Monthly) The Rose Leaf (Quarterly)

History

Alpha Lambda Tau was founded at Oglethorpe University, of Brookhaven, Georgia (a northeastern suburb of Atlanta) on October 8, 1916.[1] The organization at Oglethorpe became Alpha chapter on March 27, 1921.[1] Being of southern origin, it was originally decided that the fraternity would not expand north of the Mason–Dixon line. By 1927, the anti-northern expansion policy was met with disapproval at the fraternity's national convention. The policy was dropped in 1927, and a charter was issued to a new chapter at the University of Illinois.[2]

Merger with ΤΚΕ

In 1946, the national organization of Alpha Lambda Tau dissolved. Five of the eight chapters that were active in 1946 merged with Tau Kappa Epsilon.[3]

Chapters
# Chapter Institution Chartered Status Notes
01 Alpha Oglethorpe University October 8, 1916 Closed Founded in 1916, became Alpha chapter March 27, 1921.
02 Beta Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1922 became the Beta-Lambda Chapter of ΤΚΕ in July 1947
03 Gamma Mercer University October 13, 1923 Closed [4]
04 Delta Louisiana Polytechnic Institute May 31, 1925 became the Beta-Zeta Chapter of ΤΚΕ in April 1947 founded in 1901 as Alpha Omega local fraternity[5]
05 Epsilon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1925 Closed
06 Zeta North Carolina State College January 22, 1925 became the Beta-Beta Chapter of ΤΚΕ in January 1947 [6]
07 Eta Howard College April 15–17, 1926 Closed Formed in January 1925 as Phi Beta Tau.[7]
08 Theta University of Georgia 1929
09 Iota Presbyterian College 1927 became the Zeta-Theta chapter of Sigma Nu in January 1951 founded as the Rapier Club of Presbyterian College
10 Kappa Wofford College January 14, 1928 Closed [8]
11 Lambda University of Illinois 1928 Closed first chapter north of the Mason–Dixon line
12 Mu University of Arkansas 1928 Closed
13 Nu Lyon College 1929 Inactive in the early 1930s founded as Eta Beta Kappa[9]
14 Xi University of Chattanooga May 5, 1929 Became the Delta Epsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha in 1947[10] originally founded as a local fraternity, Phi Beta Gamma, 1921[10][11]
15 Omicron Transylvania University 1929 Founded as Alpha Gamma Chi[12]
16 Pi University of Alabama 1931
17 Rho Culver-Stockton College 1931
18 Sigma University of Kentucky January 30, 1932 [13]
19 Tau University of Maryland December 15, 1934 became the Beta-Delta Chapter of ΤΚΕ in February 1947 founded as Iota Nu Delta local fraternity in 1914[14]
20 Upsilon Michigan State 1935 [15]
21 Phi Missouri Mines September 1935 [15][16]
23 Psi Tri-State College June 7, 1936 became the Beta-Epsilon Chapter of ΤΚΕ in March 1947. TKE revoked the charter because Tri-State was not accredited, and the chapter affiliated with Kappa Sigma Kappa in 1952. founded as the Alpha chapter of Sigma Mu Sigma in 1921[17]

Alumni chapters existed as of 1941 in Chicago, Birmingham and Atlanta.[17]

References
  1. 1923 Yamacraw (Oglethorpe Yearbook) p 103
  2. "Fraternity News". The Tri-Angle of Tri-State College. Nov 11, 1946. p4
  3. http://www.tke.org/about/history
  4. 1924 Cauldron (Mercer College Yearbook) p 173
  5. 1933 Lagniappe (Louisiana Tech Yearbook) p161
  6. Agromeck (NCSC yearbook) 1944, p142
  7. Entrenous (Howard College Yearbook) 1930 p. 158
  8. 1936 The Bohemian (Wofford College Yearbook) p 182
  9. Lyon College, 1872-2002: The Perseverance and Promise of an Arkansas College
  10. The Shield and Diamond - Jun 1948, p34
  11. The University of Chattanooga Sixty Years p225
  12. John D. Wright Jr. (13 January 2015). Transylvania: Tutor to the West. University Press of Kentucky. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-8131-4920-2.
  13. The Kentucky Kernel January 19, 1932, p1, notes this chapter's formation as local Phi Psi Phi on 26 Oct 1930 for the purpose of eventual expansion into Alpha Lambda Tau.
  14. Maryland Alumni News December 1934
  15. Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. VIII–2–3. ISBN 978-0963715906.
  16. 1936 Rollamo (MSM Yearbook) p 81
  17. 1941 Modulus (Tri-State College Yearbook) p 78
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