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We started out at the University of New Hampshire as a local agricultural fraternity, Beta Sigma Alpha in the early 1920's. After realizing that their ideals were in line with those of Alpha Gamma Rho, our charter members, Farnum; Farnum; Hepler; Clay and Horn went through the process of becoming a recognized chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho National. After a lot of work, we became the Omega Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho on April 21, 1924. The installation of the chapter was overseen by National Officer Sleeter Bull at the Colony Cove Restaurant in Durham, NH.
Omega's first pledge was Nicholas Colovos, and a street on campus is named after him. Quickly building a brotherhood, it was decided to purchase a house. All of the brothers took out insurance premiums and used their rewards to save up. The Chapter house was purchased from Dean Hewitt for 12,000 dollars in 1924. Despite a breif period of time during the 1940's where most brothers went off to fight in the war, the Omega house has never been occupied by anyone other than brothers of Alpha Gamma Rho. Disaster struck on Christmas Day of 1972, as a falling Christmas tree caused the chapter house to burn to the ground. Members utilized that lounges of stoke for chapter meanings, and did not allow tragedy to disrupt the brotherhood. The house was quickly rebuilt, though in a slightly different structure. The new house is located directly on top of the old house, a tribute to the fact that Omega has and always will be located in the same place. In recent years many reparations have been made to the house, including the addition of a new library. An original menu from the day our chapter was installed in 1924 remains framed in the library along with our original charter and many other pieces of Omega history. To remember those who have been in the house over the years, we have composites and pledge paddles from every year since the fire and some from before.
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Sunday, September 05, 2010 
