Local history

Articles about the local history of our fraternity, including Omicron Zeta, ISWZA, Eleusis, and New York-Gamma of Theta Kappa Nu.

The Famous Freshman Melee

Cross and Crescent
Sep 1 1938
This article, excerpted from the September 1938 Cross and Crescent details the harrowing experience that bound four members of the Class of 1908 together so tight they refused to join the omnipresent Cornell fraternity system-- later to start an enduring society of their own.

… Because this department of our magazine did not begin until 1936, events for the quarter century preceding January of that year have usually not been referred to.