 The fortunes of the fraternity system at Dartmouth followed a boom and bust pattern in the early twentieth century . Several organizations purchased frame houses or built their own between 1898 and 1907 , including Beta Theta Pi , Kappa Kappa Kappa , Phi Delta Alpha , and Psi Upsilon . The economic expansion of the 1920s created a boom in the fortunes of the fraternities , allowing many to build new brick residences near campus , including Zeta Psi , Kappa Kappa Kappa , Phi Sigma Kappa , Sigma Nu , Sigma Alpha Epsilon , Chi Phi , Theta Delta Chi , Phi Gamma Delta , Sigma Chi , Gamma Delta Chi , and Delta Tau Delta . It was during this period that Webster Avenue developed as " fraternity row " . The new residences were built without significant dining facilities , as the Trustees of the college had banned fraternities from serving regular meals in their chapter houses and had limited the number of resident brothers by the fall semester of 1909 . College administrators also challenged the fraternities to become more engaged in College life and less focused on their fraternity life during this time . College President Ernest Martin Hopkins personally decided to abolish freshman rush in 1924 . 
