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Category Archives: Baird’s Manual of American College Fraternities
Evelyn Peters Kyle, My Link to ΠΒΦ’s Founders
The history of Greek-letter organizations is sprinkled with the stories of men and women who have given of themselves, devoting their time, talents, and treasures to the organization they joined as college students. My Pi Beta Phi friend Evelyn Peters … Continue reading
Posted in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Monmouth College, Pi Beta Phi
Tagged Evelyn Peters Kyle, Monmouth College, Pi Beta Phi
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Baird’s Manual of American College Fraternities Debuted 135 Years Ago
My thanks to Christopher Walters, a fraternity history enthusiast and a member of Phi Mu Alpha, for writing this blog post. In 1879 a revolution occurred in the fraternity world. It was in March of that year when a little booklet, … Continue reading
Posted in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, Beta Theta Pi, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, NIC, North-American Interfraternity Conference, Sorority History, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Albert P. jacobs, Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, Christopher Walters, Fraternity, Greek-letter Organization History, National Panhellenic Conference, NPC, Women's fraternities, women's fraternity history
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NPC Organizations That No Longer Exist; A Reflection on International Badge Day
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) will celebrate International Badge Day on March 4, 2013 and sorority women are asked to “Wear Your Letters on Your Heart.” International Badge Day began in 1997. In the spring of 1996, after she wore … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Association of Education Sororities, Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, Delta Zeta, George Washington University, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Hunter College, Miami University, National Panhellenic Conference, Phi Mu, Sigma Kappa, Sorority History, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, The Phoenix of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Thiel College, University of California, University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois, University of Missouri, Women's Fraternity History, Zeta Tau Alpha
Tagged Alpha Delta Theta, Beta Phi Alpha, Beta Sigma Omicron, Defunct NPC groups, Delta Sigma Theta, Iota Alpha Pi, Lambda Omega, Nora M. Ten Broeck, Phi Omega Pi, Pi Kappa Sigma, Pi Sigma Gamma, Sigma Phi Beta, Theta Sigma Upsilon, Theta Upsilon
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Fraternity History and Sorority History Do Matter!
It’s been a year since I started this blog. Some people stumble upon it while trying to find out which presidents were fraternity men, or which Olympic athletes were sorority members, or any odd number of searches that will lead … Continue reading
Posted in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, Calvin Coolidge, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Knox College, Men's Fraternities, Mount Holyoke College, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women, P.E.O., Presidents, Sorority History, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Syracuse University, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, Women's Fraternities, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Chi Omega, famous NPC women, famous sorority women, Greek-letter Organization History, P.E.O., sorority history, Women's fraternities, women's fraternity history
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“My Dear Sisson,” Wrote Wm. Raimond Baird on Jan. 1, 1898
William Raimond Baird was a patent lawyer and mineralogist, but his hobby was his fraternity and the fraternity world at-large. He spent 25 years as editor of Beta Theta Pi’s magazine and his manual American College Fraternities is considered a … Continue reading
Posted in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, Beta Theta Pi, Fran Favorite, Knox College, Pi Beta Phi, Syracuse University, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi
Tagged Alpha Sigma Chi, Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, Beta Theta Pi, Francis H. Sisson, Grace Lass Sisson, Illinois College, Pi Beta Phi, Steven's Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, William Raimond Baird
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