 Theta Delta Chi ( " Theta Delt , TDX " ) was founded at Dartmouth College in 1869 as the Omicron Deuteron chapter of the national fraternity , and was the eighth fraternity founded at Dartmouth . Theta Delta Chi was the scene of a famous murder in June , 1920 . Henry Maroney , class of 1920 , was shot to death in his room at Theta Delta Chi by Robert Meads , class of 1919 . Meads was reportedly the central figure in a large @-@ scale bootlegging operation at the college during the early years of Prohibition . An already intoxicated Maroney reportedly stole a quart of Canadian whisky from Meads . Later that same night , Meads found Maroney in his room at the fraternity and shot him through the heart . Meads was convicted of a lesser charge of manslaughter and given a sentence of 15 to 20 years hard labor . The sensational murder is reportedly the source of the nickname given to the Theta Delta Chi residence : the " Boom Boom Lodge " . Theta Delta Chi has several distinguished alumni , including Robert Frost , who attended Dartmouth for a time in 1892 . 
