We are the Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at New Mexico State University!! Phi Delta Theta was the:
-First fraternity to adopt a pledge pin (1894)
-First fraternity to adopt an alumnus pin (1894)
-First fraternity to adopt a pledge manual (1886)
-First fraternity to adopt a National Day of Celebration (1889)
-First fraternity to adopt life subscriptions to the fraternity magazine (1875
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-First fraternity to expand west of the Mississippi River (Austin College, 1853)
-First fraternity to own a chapter house (University of California, Berkeley, 1873)
- First fraternity to have a member to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong(1969).
- Only fraternity to found and help expand two sororities, Delta Zeta(1902) and Delta Gamma(1873)
-First Fraternity to have a member's jersey number retired, Lou Gehrig July 4, 1939