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Category Archives: Phi Delta Theta
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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Happy Founders’ Day Delta Gamma and Phi Delta Theta!
March 15 is the day on which both Delta Gamma and Phi Delta Theta celebrate Founders’ Day. It is the birthday of Robert Morrison, one of Phi Delta Theta’s six founders. The organization was founded on December 26, 1848 at … Continue reading
Posted in Delta Gamma, Founders' Day, George Banta, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Miami University, National Panhellenic Conference, NIC, North-American Interfraternity Conference, Phi Delta Theta, Sorority History, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Delta Gamma, Founders' Day, George Banta, Lewis School, Miami University, Oxford Mississippi, Oxford Ohio, Phi Delta Theta
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“Hazing as Girls Practice It” – The University of Chicago’s Esoteric Club, 1896
“What objection can Miss Talbott (sic) make to a national fraternity in the face of this?” was written on a page that had an undated article entitled “Hazing as Girls Practice it.” It was in with some late 1890s correspondence … Continue reading
Posted in American Association of University Women, Bradley University, Davida Harper Eaton, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), National Panhellenic Conference, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Sorority History, University of Chicago, Women's Fraternities, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Bradley University, Davida Harper Eaton, Kappa Kappa Gamme, Marion Talbot, NPC. women's fraternity history, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Beta Phi, University of Chicago, William Rainey Harper
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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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December 24 Through January 2 – A Busy Time in Fraternity and Sorority History
It’s hard for today’s collegians to contemplate spending December 24 through January 2 on campus. Most higher education institutions shut down for the holiday week. However, that week has been a significant one in the history of Greek-letter organizations. Delta … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Phi, Delta Gamma, Founders' Day, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Miami University, National Panhellenic Conference, NIC, North-American Interfraternity Conference, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Iota Alpha, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Nu, Sorority History, Women's Fraternity History, Zeta Beta Tau
Tagged Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Phi, Delta Gamma, fraternity history, Greek-letter Organization History, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Iota Alpha, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Nu, Zeta Beta Tau
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Happy Birthday Delta Gamma – Founded During a Christmas Holiday!
Delta Gamma was founded at the Oxford Female Institute, also known as the Lewis School, at Oxford, Mississippi. The school was established before the Civil War and eventually was absorbed by the University of Mississippi. Delta Gamma’s three founders, Eva … Continue reading
Posted in Delta Gamma, Founders' Day, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women, Phi Delta Theta, Sorority History
Tagged Delta Gamma, George Banta
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Syracuse University and the Tragedy of Pan Am Flight 103 Over Lockerbie
December 21, 1988, four days before Christmas, was to have been filled with joyful reunions. It quickly turned horrible for the families and friends of the 259 people on board and 11 on the ground who perished when Pan Am … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Tau Omega, Brown University, Delta Tau Delta, Fran Favorite, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Kappa Kappa Gamma, National Panhellenic Conference, NIC, North-American Interfraternity Conference, Ohio Wesleyan University, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sorority History, SUNY - Oswego, Syracuse University, Zeta Psi
Tagged Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Lockerbie, Pan Am Flight 103, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Syracuse University, Zeta Psi
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The Congress of Fraternities at the Chicago World’s Fair, July 19-20, 1893
The second organized meeting of Panhellenic women took place July 19- 20, 1893, at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This gathering at the World’s Fair was one of the items discussed at the prior meeting that took place in Boston … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Fran Favorite, Gamma Phi Beta, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Men's Fraternities, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Women's Fraternities
Tagged 1893 Chicago World's Fair, 1893 Columbian Exposition, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, famous NPC women, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, National Panhellenic Conference, Panhellenic Day at the Fair, Pi Beta Phi, sororities, Women's fraternities
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There Are No Alumni of Women’s Colleges or Women’s Fraternities/Sororities
“Once a Student, Always an Alumna” reads an ad on the back of the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, one of my favorite college magazines. Mount Holyoke College is a women’s college. It has only graduated women since its founding in … Continue reading
Posted in Delta Gamma, National Panhellenic Conference, Phi Delta Theta, The Angelos of Kappa Delta, Women's Fraternities
Tagged alumnae, alumni, Women's fraternities
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