Chapter History

 

Kappa Theta Fraternity 1922-1927:  

Five men came together on the campus of the University of Oklahoma on a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1922 to found Kappa Theta Fraternity.  The Principles which justified this founding were mutual friendship among these men and the desire to cooperate in securing better fellowship, in promoting scholarship and in striving for higher social and moral ideals.

The growth of the chapter was at first slow; then rapid.  A chapter house was purchased in the spring in the spring of 1925.

In the January, 1927 when Kappa Theta petition the national Fraternity of Delta Chi, the chapter had an alumni organization of 36 men and an active membership of 35 men.

On May 13, 1927 Delta Chi initiated the Kappa Theta members and founded the Oklahoma Chapter of Delta Chi Fraternity.

Chapter House 1927

Members in front of house

Charter Members:

W. Raymond Kimball John K. Speck Claud C. Counts
Emmett F. Thompson Arlan Young Maurice Crownover
Robert H. White J. Edward Shields Ralph Marx
William Lorenzen R. Herbert Chase Otho Pate
Harlan E. Chase James R. Clanin Roscoe Roberts
Gerald A. Huggins Rene Francis Lloyd Shumate
Morris E. Halstead H. Baxter Spurr Bert S. Tua
Robert N. Chase Burl Abel Lee Vernon
George W. Colvert Oliver Abel Homer S. Windle
Carl Dyer Walter E. Alling J. Mared Ward
John Lorenzen Lillard Brandon J. Russel White
Ray Claiborne Halbert Barnett

Photo of a Unknown Kappa Theta Member dated 1927

   
1927 -1938:  
First Delta Chi Chapter meeting held on May 30, 1927.

1st Elected Officers

W. Raymond Kimball "A"
Emmett F. Thompson "B"
William Lorensen "C"
Robert H. White "D"
Oliver Able "E"
Herbert Chase "F"
William P. Kelly '12 (USC) "BB"
Assistant US Attorney, OKC, OK
S.W. Reaves  'Alumnus Faculty
Dean of the College of Arts and Science, University of Oklahoma

 

New House 1930

Some of the Past Chapter Houses

 
1940's  1950's - 1960's 1983-1987
Leased from AGD's Starkey Energy Center now sits here. Lease for Pi Kappa Phi
   
  1988-1991