unique δκε house celebrates sesquicentennial

May a chapter has a history delving back into earlier local organizations absorbed or subsumed by a national fraternity when they reached a certain size. But the Zeta Zeta of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Louisiana State University, which is celebrating its one hundred fiftieth anniversary, has a special honor. Deke was a early pioneer in the South, spreading quickly in the 1850’s where other fraternities feared to tread — below the Mason-Dixon line. They reached LSU in 1858, but the chapter dissolved soon after in the civil war. It was only reactivated in 1923 after over a decade or petitioning by a local group, the Friars. Deke recognizes their uncommon diligence by their rare allowance in wearing the Friars’ pin alongside the Deke. Now alumni from around the nation are arriving with double pins to celebrate the Zeta Zeta’s history and future.