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for updating the NPV page so consequently and in so much detail! :) —Nightstallion 11:16, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words, Nightstallion! You and I make a good team, working together to keep the table and map current for 2007. —Swingline2000 07:30, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

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Sigma Tau

Thank you for the great contribution on Sigma Tau. I found more information in a copy of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities 9th edition 1920 at Baird's. I will add the information from there including Beta and years of founding for some of the earlier chapters. It lists U of South Dakota for Delta chapter though. Please drop me a note on this.Naraht (talk) 03:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

I found an entry in the South Dakota State University archives that includes the line "Sigma Tau Honorary Engineering Fraternity, Delta Chapter—South Dakota State University." (http://lib.sdstate.edu/Archives/ua/ua8_0.html), as far as I'm concerned, that confirms the archives at UTK that you worked from are right and that Baird's is wrong. Both the UTK list that you built it from and the sdstate archives page should probably be added as references on the page, let me know if you want help with that. Also, a reference location for the absorbing/new would be good. That can be placed after the "(Charter Year)" in the header box. Naraht (talk) 15:26, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

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