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Category Archives: Fraternity Magazines
Fraternity and Sorority Magazines – Preserving History, Fostering Enthusiasm and Promulgating Lifelong Loyalty
This week, I had the opportunity to read hard copies of recently published sorority magazines.* What fun it was to turn the pages and read about some of the 26 National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) organizations! Good works are being done. … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Delta Zeta, Gamma Phi Beta, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Ida Shaw Martin, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Alpha Theta (magazine), Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women, Phi Mu, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, Sorority History, The Anchora of Delta Gamma, The Angelos of Kappa Delta, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, The Eleusis of Chi Omega, The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma, The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega, The Quill of Alpha Xi Delta, The Themis of Zeta Tau Alpha, The Trident of Delta Delta Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha
Tagged Florence Armstong, L. Pearle Green, National Panhellenic Confrence, NPC, NPC Editors, R. Louise Fitch
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Champaign’s Virginia Theater – Home of Ebertfest
(This blog was posted a week or so before Roger Ebert’s death. I am so sorry to hear of his passing. I also discovered that a P.E.O. friend and Knox College alumna was Ebert’s childhood friend and neighbor. What a … Continue reading
Posted in Beta Theta Pi, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Sigma, National Panhellenic Conference, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, University of Illinois
Tagged EbertFest, Roger Ebert, University of Illinois, Virginia Theater
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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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The 100th Anniversary of the Suffage Parade, Sorority Women, and a Guest Appearance by High School Student J. Edgar Hoover
This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the March 3, 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C. Among the women who marched were sorority/fraternity women. Pi Beta Phi Carrie Chapman Catt was one of the speakers. Pi Beta Phi’s former Grand … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Chi Omega, Carrie Chapman Catt, Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Theta, Fran Favorite, George Washington University, GLO, Goucher College, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Howard University, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged 1913 suffrage parade, Carrie Chapman Catt, Edna Stone, Emilie White, J. Edgar Hoover, Myra Jones, women's suffrage
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A Smoking Issue at the 1928 NPC Meeting
The 20th National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) meeting took place at the Parker House in Boston from February 27 to March 1, 1928. By that time, more than 210,000 women had joined the 21 NPC organizations. At the meeting, it was … Continue reading
Posted in Mount Holyoke College, National Panhellenic Conference, Sorority History, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged cigarette smoking, NPC, sorority history, women's fraternity history
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The First Time NPC Met in Denver, Winter 1930
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) usually meets in the fall. However, there have been some exceptions. The 21st NPC meeting took place from February 23-28, 1930 at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. It is likely most of the … Continue reading
Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch, Settlement House Founder and Kappa Kappa Gamma
Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch was a social worker at a time when that discipline was in its infancy. She was also a fraternity woman and played a role in the first gathering of what came to be the National Panhellenic Conference. … Continue reading
Posted in Boston University, Conventions, Fraternity meetings, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Kappa Kappa Gamma, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women, The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma
Tagged Boston University, Greenwich House, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch, Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma
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The Surprises Archivists Love to Get – Kappa Delta’s Unexpected Gift
Meeting archivists from other fraternities has been a joy! Shirley McCann Gee is the Kappa Delta Foundation Archives Manager. Shirley and I have attended the two National Archives Conference for Fraternities and Sororities that have taken place at the University … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Delta Phi, Delta Gamma, Fran Favorite, George Banta, Panhellenic House, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega
Tagged Kappa Delta, scrapbook, Shirley McCann Gee, USC
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George Banta and the Delta Gamma / Phi Delta Theta Connection
There are a few men who names emerge in the history of women’s fraternities/sororities. These men include Dr. Wesley P. Coddington, Dr. Charles Richardson, Dr. Guy Potter Benton, and the Right Reverend Edward D. Kelly. The man most influential in … Continue reading
Posted in Delta Gamma, Fran Favorite, Franklin College, Fraternity meetings, George Banta, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, National Panhellenic Conference, Phi Delta Theta, Sorority History, The Anchora of Delta Gamma
Tagged Delta Gamma, Franklin College, George Banta, Lewis School, Lillian Vawter Banta, Phi Delta Theta, University of Mississippi
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Choosing a Convention Delegate – As True Today As It Was Almost 100 Years Ago!
In the early 1900s, the magazines of the National Panhellenic Conference organizations would often contain an “Exchanges” section. The editors would chose items from the other NPC and men’s fraternity magazines and publish them. The May 1915 issue of the … Continue reading
