Alpha Theta () is a gender-inclusive Greek house at Dartmouth College. Alpha Theta is a 501(c)(7) non-profit and the chapter house and property are owned by the Alpha Theta House Corporation, a 501(c)(2) non-profit. History Early years Alpha Theta was founded as a local fraternity named Iota Sigma Upsilon on March 3, 1920, by a group of seven students: Robert L. Farwell James W. Frost Howard A. Hitchcock Robert L. Loeb (Alpha Theta / Theta Chi's first president) Robert J. Minor Burdette E. Weymouth Ralph K. Whitney In 1921 the fraternity received a charter as the Alpha Theta chapter of Theta Chi. John Sloan Dickey, later president of the college, joined the fraternity in 1928 and was elected house president only two weeks later, while still a pledge. Coal furnace accident Nine brothers of Alpha Theta chapter of Theta Chi died in a tragic accident on the morning of Sunday, February 25, 1934, when the metal chimney of the building's old coal furnace blew out in the night and the residence filled with poisonous carbon monoxide gas. The bodies were not discovered until the afternoon of the same day, when M.B. Little, a janitor, entered the chapter house and found the students dead in their beds. A pet collie dog was also found dead in one of the bedrooms. News of the tragic deaths was widely reported in papers and magazines. This is still the most fatal accident ever to occur at Dartmouth College. At the time the chapter had 35–40 members (reports vary), and seventeen of them lived in the chapter house. Eight residents escaped death because they had left campus for the weekend. The deceased were: William F. Fullerton '34 Edward F. Moldenke '34 (president) William M. Smith Jr. '34 Edward N. Wentworth Jr. '34 Americo S. De Masi '35 (vice president) Harold D. Watson '35 Wilmot H. Schooley '35 John J. Griffin '36 Alfred H. Moldenke '36 (Edward's younger brother) Following the tragedy people asked if the members would move out of the house, but faculty advisor Professor William H. Woods said: "Of course they will move back, we have men with blood in them." The surviving members met at the Hanover Inn shortly after the disaster. John Trickey Jr. '33 T'34, past president of the chapter and a student at the Tuck School of Business, was elected to replace Moldenke. The surviving members moved back into