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Category Archives: GLO
Happy Founders’ Day, Alpha Delta Pi!
Alpha Delta Pi was founded as the Adelphean Society on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia. In 1905, the Society changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi and installed its second chapter at Salem College in … Continue reading
Grace Coolidge, Pi Beta Phi and First Lady, Speaks!
By now, readers of this blog know that Grace Goodhue Coolidge is one of my favorite First Ladies. She was a charter member of the Vermont Beta Chapter of Pi Beta Phi and the chapter was installed in the Goodhue … Continue reading
Mary E. Gladwin, R.N., Winner of the Florence Nightingale Medal and a ΔΓ
National Nurses Week started on May 6, National Nurses Day, and it ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. In 1920, Mary Elizabeth Gladwin, an 1881 initiate of Delta Gamma’s Eta Chapter, was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the … Continue reading
The Graduation Edition – Alumna / Alumnae /Alumnus / Alumni
I love the pomp and circumstance of graduation ceremonies. After all, I earned a degree based mainly on the color of the hood (two of my favorite colors wine and silver blue, which just happen to be Pi Beta Phi’s … Continue reading
On National Teacher Appreciation Day: SIUC and the AES / NPC Merger
May 7 is National Teacher Appreciation Day. In honor of Southern Illinois University’s beginnings as a teaching training institution (a/k/a normal school), I am including this segment of the history of SIUC’s fraternity system. There were three mergers which affected the … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Gamma Delta, Association of Education Sororities, Delta Zeta, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Sorority History, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged AES, Alpha Gamma Delta, Association of Education Sororities, Delta Sigma Epsilon, National Panhellenic Conference, NPC, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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The First Fraternity House Built by Women for Women
Syracuse University has the distinction of being home to the first fraternity house owned by women. There were no dormitories for women when Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi Beta were founded in 1872 and 1874, respectively. In 1884, the Alpha … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, National Panhellenic Conference, Sorority History, Syracuse University, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, first sorority house, first women's fraternity house, Syracuse University, Wellesley P. Coddington
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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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May 1 – Phi Gamma Delta’s Founders’ Day and FIJI Sires and Sons Anniversary
May 1, 1848 is the date of Phi Gamma Delta’s founding. John Templeton McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, James Elliott, Daniel Webster Crofts, Ellis Bailey Gregg and Naaman Fletcher – the Immortal Six – were students at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst College, Calvin Coolidge, Founders' Day, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Beta Phi
Tagged Amherst College, Calvin Coolidge, Fiji, Phi Gamma Delta, Sires and Sons
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Theta Phi Alpha’s Founders’ Day and Its Connection to a Saint
Theta Phi Alpha was founded at the University of Michigan on August 30, 1912. Its ten founders are Amelia McSweeney, Mildred M. Connely, May C. Ryan, Selma Gilday, Camilla Ryan Sutherland, Helen Ryan Quinlan, Katrina Caughey Ward, Dorothy Caughey Phalan, … Continue reading
Posted in Founders' Day, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, National Panhellenic Conference, Theta Phi Alpha, University of Michigan, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Elizabeth Smart, Saint Catherine of Sienna, St. Catherine, Theta Phi Alpha, University of Michigan
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Happy Founders’ Day, My Dear Pi Beta Phi!
When Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois opened in September 1856, 26 of the 99 students were women. Ten years later, when the 1866-67 academic year began, the cost of the first term was $12 in tuition and $9 for each … Continue reading
