Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (1879)/Defunct fraternities
Sigma Alpha Theta.[edit]
A fraternity originally organized in Ohio. It had an Epsilon Chapter at Hanover College, Indiana, which afterwards became the Phi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta. Nothing further is known of it.
Kappa Phi Lambda.[edit]
A fraternity formerly in Ohio and Michigan. It established a Gamma Chapter at Ann Arbor, which lived four years, and one at Mount Union College, Ohio, which lived longer. The former died in 1868, and the latter in 1874. The badge was a shield displaying at the top a balance, immediately below a sunburst and mountain, and beneath a pennant bearing the letters “ΚΦΑ.” The whereabouts of other chapters is unknown.
Theta Epsilon Mu.[edit]
A fraternity at Lenth College, since destroyed by fire; one other chapter existed but is now dead. The badge was a capital "E" in gold, encircled by a green wreath.
Iota Alpha Kappa[edit]
This fraternity is supposed to have been founded at Union College, in 1858 or 1859. It possessed some twenty chapters during its active life, and did not confine its membership to college students. Some trouble arising among the chapters, the fraternity was disbanded at a convention held at Easton, Pa. in 1874.
The “Delta,” at Lafayette, became a chapter of Chi Phi, the Psi the Alpha of Phi Delta Kappa. Other chapters existed at Columbia, N. Y., etc.
Upsilon Beta[edit]
A fraternity which once possessed chapters at Wabash College, Pennsylvania College, Franklin and Marshall, and several other institutions. The defection of the Grand Chapter, at Gettysburg, Pa., resulted in the disorganization of the fraternity, and the chapters joining other fraternities it soon passed from sight.