List of Delta Sigma Rho chapters

Delta Sigma Rho was a collegiate honor society devoted to the promotion of public speaking (forensics).[1][2] It merged with Tau Kappa Alpha, a similar organization, to form Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha in 1963.[3] Following are its chapters at the time of its merger with Tau Kappa Alpha; inacative chapters and institutions are in italics.[2][4][5][6][7]

Chapter name Symbols Charter date and range Institution Location Status References
Chicago CH 1906 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Merged
Illinois ILL 1906 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois Merged
Iowa IU 1906 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Merged ?
Michigan M 1906 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Merged
Minnesota MN 1906 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Merged
Nebraska N 1906 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska Merged
Northwestern NO 1906 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois Merged
Wisconsin WIS 1906 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, Wisconsin Merged
Ohio Wesleyan OW 1907 Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, Ohio Merged
Georgie Washington GW 1908 George Washington University Washington, D.C. Merged
Indiana 1908–1922 Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Merged
Virginia VA 1908 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Merged
Missouri MO 1908 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri Merged
Beloit BE 1909 Beloit College Beloit, Wisconsin Merged
Brown BR 1909 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Merged
Harvard HR 1909 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Merged
Iowa State ISC 1909 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Merged
Missouri MO 1909 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri Merged ?
Pennsylvania P 1909 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Merged
Texas T 1909 University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Merged
Yale Y 1909 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Merged
Colgate COL 1910 Colgate University Hamilton, New York Merged
Colorado CLR 1910 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado Merged
Columbia CLB 1910–1947 Columbia University New York City, New York Inactive
Dartmouth D 1910–1943 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Merged
Kansas K 1910 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Merged
Ohio State O 1910 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Merged
Syracuse SY 1910 Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Merged
Wesleyan WES 1910 Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut Merged
Williams WM 1910 Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts Merged
Albion A 1911 Albion College Albion, Michigan Merged
Carleton CA 1911 Carleton College Northfield, Minnesota Merged
Cornell COR 1911 Cornell University Ithaca, New York Merged
Knox KX 1911 Knox College Galesburg, Illinois Merged ?
North Dakota ND 1911 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, North Dakota Merged
Princeton PR 1911–1947 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Inactive
Stanford ST 1911 Stanford University Stanford, California Merged
Swarthmore SW 1911 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Inactive
Western Reserve WR 1911 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Merged [a]
Allegheny AL 1913 Allegheny College Meadville, Pennsylvania Merged
Amherst AM 1913 Amherst College Amherst, Massachusetts Merged
Iowa State Teachers IT 1913 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa Merged
Oklahoma OK 1913 University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Merged
Washington and Lee WL 1913–1943 Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia Merged
Bates B 1915 Bates College Lewiston, Maine Merged
DePauw DP 1915 DePauw University Greencastle, Indiana Merged
Southern California SC 1915 University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Merged
Vassar 1917–1931 Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York Inactive [8]
Mount Holyoke MH 1917 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Massachusetts Inactive
Pennsylvania State PS 1917 Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania Merged
Washington State WSC 1917–1946 Washington State University Pullman, Washington Merged
Washington and Jefferson WJ 1917 Washington & Jefferson College Washington, Pennsylvania Merged
Wyoming WYO 1917 University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Merged
Pittsburgh PT 1920 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Merged
Whitman WHIT 1920–1957 Whitman College Walla Walla, Washington Inactive
Arizona AR 1920–before 1963 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Inactive
Washington Univ. (MO) W 1922 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Merged
Oregon State ORS 1922 Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon Merged [b]
Wooster WO 1922 College of Wooster Wooster, Ohio Merged
Hamilton H 1922 Hamilton College Clinton, New York Merged
California C 1922–1957 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Inactive
West Virginia WVA 1923 West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia Merged
Idaho I 1926 University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho Merged ?
Oregon OR 1926 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Merged
Pomona PO 1928 Pomona College Claremont, California Merged
Marquette MQ 1930 Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin Merged
Elmira EL 1931 Elmira College Elmira, New York Merged
American AMER 1932 American University Washington, D.C. Merged
Rockford R 1933 Rockford University Rockford, Illinois Merged
Creighton CR 1934 Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska Merged
Boston BU 1935 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Merged
Oberlin OB 1936 Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio Merged
Wayne State WAY 1937 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Merged
Brooklyn BK 1940 Brooklyn College New York City, New York Merged
Wells WEL 1941–1957 Wells College Aurora, New York Inactive
Wichita WICH 1941 Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas Merged
Hawaii HW 1947 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Honolulu, Hawaii Merged
Nevada NEV 1948 University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada Merged
Mundelein MU 1949 Mundelein College Chicago, Illinois Merged
Kansas State KA 1951 Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas Merged
Grinnell GR 1951 Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa Merged
Connecticut CON 1952 University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut Merged
Temple TE 1950 Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Merged
Indiana IN 1951 Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Merged ?
Texas Tech. TT 1953 Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas Merged
Mount Mercy MM 1954 Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids, Iowa Merged
University of Washington WA 1954 University of Washington Seattle, Washington Merged ?
Michigan State MSU 1958 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Merged
John Carroll JCU 1958 John Carroll University University Heights, Ohio Merged
Morehouse MR 1959 Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia Merged
Lehigh LU 1960 Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Merged
Loyola Chicago L 1960 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, Illinois Merged
Tulane TU 1960 Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana Merged
University of N.Y. (Fredonia) UNYF 1960 State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, New York Merged
North Carolina NC 1960 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Merged [b]
Washington State WSU 1960 Washington State University Pullman, Washington Merged
San Francisco State SF 1961 San Francisco State University San Francisco, California Merged
Kings KC 1961 King University Bristol, Tennessee Merged
Wisconsin-Milwaukee UWM 1962 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin Merged
At Large L

Notes

  1. ^ Chapter was established at Western Reserve University, which merged to form Case Western Reserve University in 1965.
  2. ^ a b With the national merger, this chapter merged with a chapter of Tau Kappa Alpha

References

  1. ^ From the description of Delta Sigma Rho--Tau Kappa Alpha archives, 1939-1974. (Butler University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 43964512
  2. ^ a b Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 571-572.
  3. ^ "Delta Sigma Rho - Tau Kappa Alpha Honor Society- Forensics". Association of College Honor Societies. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via web.archive.org.
  4. ^ Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho Vol 45 Number 4 May 1963
  5. ^ Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho Vol 31 Number 3 March 1949
  6. ^ Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho Vol 37 Number 1 1954
  7. ^ p 16
  8. ^ The Gavel Volume XIV November 1931 Number 1
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