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JL wrote:
> The same guy who mentioned "Tappa Kegga Bru" (it was 1975) also cited "I
> Phelta Thi."

A match in Google Books suggested that "Tappa Kegga Bru" appeared in
the "National Lampoon" circa 1973.

Many years earlier a fraternity publication printed the phrase. Yet,
an acknowledgment pointed to an even earlier appearance in The
Progressive.

Date: May 1942
Periodical: The Deke Quarterly, Volume 60
Note: Issued by the Council of Delta Kappa Epsilon
Section: Editorial,
Start Page 39, Quote Page 39,
Database: HathiTrust Full View

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015086619163
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015086619163?urlappend=%3Bseq=5

[Begin excerpt]
Hell Week

Ernest L. Meyer, writing in the Progressive of
March 7, makes a remarkable case for the elimina-
tion or regeneration of "Hell Week." We are lifting
Mr. Meyer's comments almost bodily as there are no
exhortations or aphorisms that we can add to his
panegyric:

"A few days ago the press was enlivened by a
story from a southern college town. One of the col-
lege fraternities, the story said, had shocked the citi-
zens by compelling a freshman initiate to walk down
the public streets while wearing nothing but a look
of imbecile pleasure at the prospect of soon becoming
a full-blown Tappa Kegga Bru.
[End excerpt]

Garson

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