 Gamma Delta Chi ( " <unk> " ) can trace its history to two fraternities on the Dartmouth College campus , Phi Kappa Sigma and Alpha Chi Rho . Gamma Delta Epsilon , a local fraternity , was founded in 1908 , disbanded in 1912 , but was reformed in 1921 . In 1928 , the Gamma Delta Epsilon house sought to establish itself as a chapter of a national fraternity and obtained a charter from the Phi Kappa Sigma national fraternity , becoming its Kappa Chapter . Epsilon Kappa Alpha , was established as a local fraternity on the Dartmouth campus in 1915 . As with Gamma Delta Epsilon , Epsilon Kappa Alpha sought to become a chapter of a national fraternity and was granted a charter as the Phi Nu chapter of Alpha Chi Rho in 1918 . The Dartmouth chapters of Alpha Chi Rho and Phi Kappa Sigma found themselves in similar financial situations in 1934 . Both chapters owned prime lots near campus that lacked adequate residential structures . The two fraternities decided to share their resources and in 1935 merged to become a new local fraternity , Gamma Delta Chi . The lot formerly owned by Alpha Chi Rho was sold to the Church of Christ at Dartmouth where a new church building was constructed , and the revenue from the land sale supported the construction of a new house at Gamma Delta Chi 's current location . ( The Alpha Chi Rho national fraternity would later re @-@ establish a Phi Nu chapter at Dartmouth in 1956 as a separate fraternity from Gamma Delta Chi . This second Phi Nu chapter would dissociate from the Alpha Chi Rho national in 1963 to become a local fraternity named Alpha Chi Alpha . ) In the 1960s Gamma Delta Chi was especially well known for its antique fire engine , which transported brothers and their dates to football games ; and for its Sunday morning <unk> parties , open to all who had survived the previous night 's activities . 
