New York Gamma Undergrads Vanish; Charter Suspended As reported in the Spring 1991 issue of The Shield, the undergraduate members of New York Gamma did not return to campus this year and left nd word of their whereabouts. A routine check with Columbia University | revealed that no Phi Psis were registered stu- dents. Citing this lack of membership and large _payables to the National Fratemity for in- surance and an unpaid house foan, the Execu- tive Council suspended the Chapter charter on j March 24, 1991. The *80s did not treat New York Gamma well, A reorganization in 1985 brought a gliim- mer of hope for this 199-year-old chapter, but within four years, New York Gamma was smemberless again. A 1989 reorganization kept the Chapter going until this year. The Frater- | nity has no plans to return to Columbia. New York Gamma was first chartered on October 10, 1872, in the tumultuous years following the Civil War. Rechartered in 1892 due to the efforts of the New York Alumni Association, the Chapter’ s total membership is 944.