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Musings on a Western Union Telegram from Chi O to Pi Phi
This gem was found in a 1957 scrapbook. Evidently the Syracuse University Greek Week skit competition was fairly intense that year. The gracious ladies of the Chi Omega chapter sent a telegram to congratulate the winners, the sisters of the … Continue reading
Fraternity Women Who Were Lawyers, 1867-1902 (When Women Could Not Vote!)
During the time frame of this study, 1867-1902, women had few legal rights. Therefore, it is interesting to note that several of these early fraternity women became lawyers at a time when women were not yet allowed to vote. In … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, DePauw University, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Fraternity Women, Notable Sorority Women, Pi Beta Phi, Sorority History, Uncategorized, University of Minnesota, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Female lawyers who were sorority women. female lawyers who were fraternity women, NPC, sorority history
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Goucher College – Home of a Once Thriving Women’s Fraternity System
The Women’s College of Baltimore, today known as Goucher College, was founded in 1885 and graduated its first class in 1892. It was one of the few women’s colleges hosting chapters of national women’s fraternities. There is evidence of … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, GLO, Goucher College, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Sorority History, Uncategorized
Tagged Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Goucher College, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, May Lansfield Keller, Pi Beta Phi, sorority history, women's fraternity history
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The Syracuse – Michigan Match-Up, the Non-Athletic Version
Syracuse and Michigan play a basketball game tonight. It’s part of the coveted Final Four of NCAA basketball. The Final Four usually not a big deal in the Becque household (well, at least not in my life – my sons … Continue reading
The ΧΩ Connection – Founders’ Day and a Greek Theater at the University of Arkansas
Happy Founders’ Day to Chi Omega! With the help of a Fayetteville dentist, Kappa Sigma Dr. Charles Richardson, Chi Omega was founded by Ina Mae Boles, Jean Vincenheller, Jobelle Holcombe, and Alice Simonds on April 5, 1895 at the University of … Continue reading
Celebrating the Early NPC Delegates During Women’s History Month
To celebrate Women’s History Month, I wrote this post about some of the early NPC delegates. It was published in the March 2013 Alumnae Panhellenics Newsletter. The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) met for the first time on May 24, 1902 … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Mary Love Collins, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, Uncategorized, Women's Fraternities, Zeta Tau Alpha
Tagged May Agness Hopkins, May Lansfield Keller, National Panhellenic Conference, NPC
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Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and Its Cottey College Connection
Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for students in two-year college programs. Eligible members can be enrolled in programs at community and junior colleges or in Associate’s programs at four-year institutions. Patterned on the four-year senior honor society, … Continue reading
Posted in Cottey College, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, P.E.O., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Theta Kappa, Uncategorized, William Woods College
Tagged Cottey College, Hardin College, P.E.O., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Theta Kappa, Stephens College, William WOods College
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Happy Founders’ Day Sigma Delta Tau!
March 25, 1917 is the date that seven female Cornell University students founded Sigma Delta Tau. Their organization was originally called Sigma Delta Phi, but when they discovered the name belonged to another Greek-letter organization they changed the “Phi” to … Continue reading
Posted in Cornell University, Founders' Day, National Panhellenic Conference, Sigma Delta Tau, Sorority History, Uncategorized, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Cornell University, Sigma Delta Tau, sorority history
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From the Saltine Warrior to Otto the Orange – Happy Birthday Syracuse University!
Syracuse University celebrates its anniversary on Sunday, March 24, the day the Board of Trustees signed the University charter and certificate of incorporation. Syracuse is the only university whose mascot started as a goat, became an Indian, had a quick … Continue reading
Posted in GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Lambda Chi Alpha, Syracuse University, Uncategorized
Tagged Ivan Mestrovic, Luise Kaish, Otto the Orange, Saltine Warrior, Syracuse University
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Perpetual Scholarships – Higher Education’s Answer to Money Woes in the 1800s
Many colleges sold perpetual scholarships in the first half of the 1800s. It was a creative, yet poorly thought out scheme to bring in much needed funds. According to historian Frederick Rudolph, the perpetual scholarship idea was “particularly attractive idea … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Uncategorized
Tagged perpetual scholarships, Shurtleff College, SIUC
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