Zeta Chi

Zeta Chi (ZX) is an independent men's fraternity founded on May 23, 1905 at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. Zeta Chi claims to be the oldest continuously operating independent fraternity west of the Mississippi River.
Some of its alumni are Rhodes scholars.
History
Zeta Chi is the oldest independent fraternity west of the Mississippi. Zeta Chi was founded by sixteen Baker men who did not wish to join any of the existing national fraternities. These men were members the Biblical and Athenian Literary Societies, A formal 18-page petition was made on September 1926.
On October 5, 1957, an accident involving the collapse of a 25-foot-high pyramid of logs injured nine fraternity members. Forty-five members were standing on top of the structure before its collapse.
A three-phase improvement to the Zeta Chi fraternity house began with extensive remodeling to the hour in 1972. Then, in 1973, construction began for the three-story sleeping addition to the Zeta Chi fraternity house. A new front was added to the house the next year.
A fraternity hazing accident on March 2, 1991 left James Schottel a quadriplegic. Schottel had slipped on water in the Zeta Chi fraternity house and hit his head against a wall.
Notable members
*Don Coldsmith - was an American author of primarily Western fiction.
*Greg Rogers - completely blind since birth, yet graduated with a major in business, and minoring in music and psychology.
*James Schottel - an attorney, who became a quadriplegic after an accident in the Zeta Chi fraternity house while a student.<ref name=rombeck2005/>

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