National officers present for the installation were Grand Secretary Sleeter Bull, Past Grand President Maynard Coe, and Nathan L. Rice, Grand President, who acted as the chief installation officer. Members of the Alpha Theta [Maryland] active chapter assisted in the initiation. On July 21, 1953 the old Sigma Phi Epsilon house, located at 950 George Street, was purchased by the alumni group. In the fall of 1961 this house was torn down to make room for a library building. Another house was secured later and it was necessary to make various repairs and remodel the cellar. Alpha Mu functioned well enough to serve as host for the Officers Training School in the spring of 1958. Housing problems again plagued the fraternity as the university desired the area where the house was located for the building of university dormitories. The old property at 590 George Street was sold to the university for $37,500 and the university allowed an additional $1,500 for moving expenses of the fraternity. In the fall of 1961, the chapter was forced to content itself with quarters in one of the men's dormitories, Ford Hall. The years in Ford Hall hindered Alpha Mu's activities considerably, yet the fraternity spirit did not falter, as the chapter captured first place in the Princeton pep rally with its float. At the beginning of the second semester in February, 1963, the chapter moved into a duplex house located at 79-81 Easton Avenue. On April 15, 1964, Alpha Mu again served as host for the Officer's Training School of the Northeast Province. In the 1964-65 academic year members of the chapter made good showing scholastically in military affairs and athletics. In December, 1965, Dr. Wm. Drinkwater, Massachuetts, resigned as Chapter Adviser, after nine years of service, and he was followed by Donald Reimer, Rutgers.

By 1965 the chapter had started to take ineligible men. Their excuse was the small number of eligible men on the campus. Actually, the separation of the Ag Campus from the rest of the university was a factor. This put the chapter somewhat out-of-touch with agricultural students and affairs. An unfriendly adviser in the Dean of Men's Office was also a factor in influencing the men to ignore Alpha Gamma Rho eligibility and ideals. Thus in 1966 the Executive Council had no alternative but to accept the return of the charter. At a later date it should be possible to re-establish a chapter at Rutgers (Cook Campus).