Английская Википедия:Alpha Delta Alpha

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Fraternity Alpha Delta Alpha (Шаблон:Lang) was an American fraternity that was established in 1920. It ceased operation as a national in Шаблон:Dts with six chapters continuing as local organizations, and of these, at least three eventually merged into another national fraternity.

History

Alpha Delta Alpha was founded at Coe College in Шаблон:Dts as a local scientific and radio society, emerging out of a radio club that had existed for the previous decade. Shortly thereafter, it became a national fraternity when it merged with a similar society at the University of Iowa.

By Шаблон:Dts it had shifted focus to become a general social fraternity, adding chapters at six additional regional institutions in Iowa and Indiana. A merger was discussed with Beta Phi Theta in the early Шаблон:Dts's but was not consummated.

The organization was dissolved in Шаблон:Dts, at a national meeting held in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Baird's notes no single national successor group, However, several chapters continued as locals, sooner or later joining other national fraternities.

The Gamma chapter at the University of Northern Iowa was present for nine years after the national was disbanded, operating as a local fraternity according to that institution's yearbooks. Due to World War II enlistment, by Шаблон:Dts all fraternity activity on the campus appears to have ceased; no fraternities are shown in the 1944 yearbook; the sororities at Northern Iowa continued in operation. On that campus, other fraternities resumed in 1946 but these did not include Alpha Delta Alpha.

The Beta chapter appears to have withdrawn from Шаблон:Lang by Шаблон:Dts, forming (or reforming) as a local for three years. Some of its members went on to join a new chapter of Theta Tau on that campus.

In 1935, the Eta chapter joined Alpha Kappa Pi, a national organization that later merged into Alpha Sigma Phi.

Symbols

The badge of Alpha Delta Alpha was an equilateral triangle, one point down, having a border of 21 pearls. The inner triangle was formed of black enamel with a single pearl, a radio antenna, and the letters Шаблон:Lang, Шаблон:Lang and Шаблон:Lang.

The fraternity's colors were red, white, and purple.

Chapters

The Baird's Manual Archive notes the formation of eight chapters by 1932. Active chapters at the time of dissolution in Шаблон:Dts listed in bold, inactive chapters listed in italics.