Currey Gayle, Joe McDaniel and Greg Colson met and decided to put a group together. Within days we had put together a group of 14 and submitted our petition to the school. We had discussed which fraternities they would contact for possible affiliation. They were Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, and Kappa Sigma. Letters of intent were written to all three. SAE was quick to respond that they were not interested. They felt Georgia Southern was not ready for fraternities and those they would not survive here. Phi Delta Theta met with us and another group that had contacted them. This was a group that had been formed from one of the service fraternities that had split into three groups. They wanted our two groups to combine into one. We said we would consider this only if we took a vote on each individual member and everyone in our group approved every member of the other group. We knew the other group and knew this would never happen.

We then moved our attention to Kappa Sigma. We met with DGM Robert King. He was a very impressed but was concerned about our numbers. We felt ours was one of the strongest on campus. Our members included varsity athletes from the baseball and basketball teams. One member was in the student government, one was a dorm adviser and we even had a musician who played guitar in a popular local band. We then met with WGMC Brad Holbrook.  Brother Holbrook was very supportive, he advised us, "Stress quality and the numbers will come." He was so sincere and interested in us that our decision was made.

We formally petitioned Kappa Sigma and were established as a colony and pledges. Kappa Chi colony then began the task of fulfilling the requirements to become a fully chartered chapter of Kappa Sigma International Fraternity. As a colony we actually pledged to Kappa Sigma International Fraternity. We had goals for recruitment, academics, athletics, and scholarship. We were expected to learn the history of Kappa Sigma just as pledges are today and compete with the other Greek organizations on campus. A telling story about the early success of Kappa Chi colony is told by President Currey Gayle, "The president of the student body was a member of the a rival group, and told me that we were too small, didn't know what we were doing, and we would probably fail. That spring the same student body president had to present me with the Most Outstanding Fraternity Award." The following fall on October 26, 1968 Kappa Zeta chapter was chartered as chapter in Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Brothers from the Alpha Beta chapter at Mercer, and Epsilon Omega chapter at Georgia State initiated 21 brothers into Kappa Sigma. Worthy Grand Master of Ceremonies Brad Holbrook also assisted. It was especially gratifying to have Brother Holbrook with us, since it was his faith that gave us the confidence we needed to begin our journey to become Kappa Sigma's.

The chapter grew quickly during our first years. By May of 1970 Kappa Zeta had initiated 77 brothers and established itself as the dominant fraternity on campus. We regularly won the All Sports Trophy, sponsored several service projects and annually won the Greek Week competition. In fact between 1968-1976 our Greek Week record was 7-1, and during the 1971-72 school year Kappa Zeta chapter was undefeated in intramural sports for the entire year.

However, it's not the success that Kappa Sigma enjoyed that made us a special fraternity; it's the friendship, the BROTHERHOOD that made Kappa Sigma successful. Young men going through rush could see how much the brothers enjoyed the fraternity, and each other, and wanted to be a part of that experience. Ask any brother and he'll tell the same thing. It's the lifelong friendships, the love and support of his brothers that makes Kappa Zeta Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity so special.