Glenn Campbell, Eta, then Editor of the Sickle & Sheaf and a member of the staff of the Connecticut Experiment Station, was the only member of the Executive Council east of the Alleghenies, and to him fell the task of installing the new chapter.

The schedule was held up a little but by 10:30 p.m., April 28, 1917, 18 active men had been initiated. The ranks of the chapter had already been greatly reduced by the entrance of Uncle Sam into the World War and many of the seniors had left college April 1. So the full strength of the chapter was not present for the installation. Following the ceremony a house meeting was call and Frank S. Binks was elected first Noble Ruler of the chapter. Activities of the chapter between installation and 1943 were not recorded for the records. During the war years of 1943 to 1945 the campus was devoid of fraternity life. By the spring semester of 1946 Alpha Gamma Rho men were back on campus in sufficient numbers to hold a meeting. The meeting was held in Room 302 of Adams Hall. Bob Ryan, Butch Cole, Walt Glista, Bob Chorite, Bill Litz, Dick Williams, George Butler, Bill Leoznar, Chet Kuralwicz and Charlie Rogers were the brothers who were responsible for picking up the thread of life for Alpha Gamma Rho again.

Things really began to get under way in the fall of 1946 when the men moved back into the house. Twelve members, one pledge and four non-members were living in the house at this time, while several other members and their families were at Federal Circle. Cleaning up the interior of the house was a big project for the fall. Much painting, papering and sanding was done until the interior of the house was brought into really fine shape by the brothers. It was about this time that Professor Thayer resigned as faculty adviser to Mu Chapter. This ended a long period of loyal and helpful service by him which began in 1920 when he first accepted the position. He was succeeded by Doctor Lindsay, head of the Agricultural Economics Department.

Mu finished out the winter in fine shape with a second place award for the snow sculpture contest and a close second for the scholarship. The house average was 82.32. With the coming of April the alumni banquet was held. This was the first in five years.

In 1947 things were settling down into the normal course of fraternity life. Mu took second place in inter-fraternity competition and had a fine social season as well. The National Fraternity awarded them for having the best chapter Crescent for the year 1946-47. Again in 1947 Alpha Gamma Rho men dominated the scene in the Little International Livestock Show with Kip Waugh as manager and Don Kinsman as his assistant. The big event of the year was when the College became the University of Massachusetts. This was something that the student body and faculty had been pushing for quite some time.

When the fall term rolled around in 1948, several of the brothers returned to campus early and did a wonderful job painting the exterior of the house. This feat climaxed the post-war reorganization because it showed how a fraternity as a group of cooperating men can accomplish things. A college is a place to learn, and if a fraternity can show that it has taught men to act together in a common cause, then it has earned its place on campus.

Unfortunately, in the late 1950s Mu Chapter began to initiate ineligible men. This was partly due to the attitude towad agriculture on the campus but more especially due to the unwillingness of the chapter members to engage in an effective rush program. The Executive Council of Alpha Gamma Rho made numerous efforts to induce the chapter to maintain its professional status. The agreements made with the chapter were never fulfilled. By 1962, the chapter had become completely antagonistic to Alpha Gamma Rho and decided to sever its connections with the National Fraternity, thus surrendering its charter.