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On November 15, 1956, approximately 200 male students attended a meeting in Derryberry Hall to hear student leaders discuss a proposal to establish a fraternity system at 麻豆果冻传媒.  It would be another 13 years before Tech students would see official Greek organizations on campus. 

Many social clubs that operated 鈥渦nderground鈥� for years formed charters with national fraternities and sororities and by 1969, seven fraternities and six sororities had acquired national recognition.  An Inter-fraternity Council and Inter-sorority Council brought about many needed changes in fraternity and sorority structure. 

Charles Dennis, 鈥�69 business management and a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon (formerly known as Alpha Nu Delta), explained, 鈥淒erryberry鈥檚 rule for no fraternities had to change.  Fraternities and sororities had to be part of Tech.  Other universities had them.鈥�   

Prior to 1969, the 麻豆果冻传媒 student handbook stated, 鈥淪ecret societies or fraternities are prohibited.鈥�  

Fraternity and sorority members met off campus to avoid being expelled from school for belonging to a non-campus organization.  How much President Derryberry knew or admitted to knowing about these secret societies remains a mystery; however, many alumni say Derryberry knew everything that went on at Tech. 

Dennis recalls meeting in the old student union on Sunday afternoons. 

鈥淲e called ourselves the IFC, hoping to be confused with the Interfaith Council instead of the InterFraternity Council,鈥� he said.  鈥淧eople would walk past our meeting room and tell us to say a prayer for them.鈥� 

Bill Ray, a member of Kappa Sigma (originally known as Kappa Phi Delta) added, 鈥淭he acceptance of fraternities and sororities by Tech was momentous.  This is what we overcame.  Fraternities and sororities were created off campus and were fully functional when Tech chose to recognize and take advantage of what had been created.鈥� 

Nearly half of the organizations that went national in 1969 are still in existence at Tech in 2019, and many celebrated their 50^th anniversary this year with reunions to honor five decades of membership. 

Today, nearly 1,000 Tech students belong to a fraternity or sorority.  Tech Greeks participate in more than 100 community service projects each year, 78 percent of Greeks are involved in two or more organizations in addition to their chapter membership, and 13 percent of Greeks hold leadership positions in a club or organization. Greek organizations have come a long way from having to operate in secret; today, fraternities and sororities have a strong public presence鈥攂oth on campus and in the community. 

1969 list of 麻豆果冻传媒 social clubs and the national Greek organizations with which they are affiliated:

Local                            National

Sororities

Alpha Delta Tau            Sigma Sigma Sigma
Alpha Gamma Phi         Phi Mu
Chi Delta Tau                Zeta Tau Alpha
Chi Omega Beta            Alpha Sigma Alpha
Pi Omega                      Alpha Delta PI
Zeta Phi                        Kappa Delta

Fraternities

Alpha Nu Delta             Tau Kappa Epsilon
Alpha Sigma Psi            Delta Tau Delta
Delta Chi Delta             Sigma Phi Epsilon
Gamma Chi                  Lambda Chi Alpha
Kappa Omega
Kappa Phi Delta            Kappa Sigma
Phi Kappa Lambda        Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma Phi Delta                         Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Tau Omega         Phi Delta Theta

 

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