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Quick – Name the Five GLOs Founded on December 10

Five GLOs were founded on December 10. The theme of the foundings is a common one in the history of Greek-letter organizations, “let’s create a society of our own.” The University of Virginia was the founding campus of the oldest of … Continue reading

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BOTD – Thomas Wolfe, Pi Kappa Phi

Thomas Clayton Wolfe’s first novel Look Homeward Angel was based on his childhood in Asheville, North Carolina. Wolfe was born on this date in 1900. He spent some of his childhood in St. Louis while his mother ran a boardinghouse during the 1904 World’s Fair. The University … Continue reading

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4Σ + 2Κ + 2Φ +Α + Δ + Λ + Π + Ρ + Υ = 5 Founders’ Days

Five GLOs were founded on December 10. The theme of the foundings is a common one in the history of Greek-letter organizations, “let’s found a society of our own.” The University of Virginia was the founding campus of the oldest … Continue reading

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Four Founders’ Days, Three Recommends, Two Kudos, and a ChiO from Mississippi

Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959, died yesterday at the age of 75. She was a Chi Omega from the University of Mississippi. In 1960, as the outgoing Miss America, she crowned Lynda Lee Mead. Both were initiated into the Tau chapter … Continue reading

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December 10th – A Fine Time for Being Founded and Other 10ths, Too

The tenth of the month seems a grand time for founding an “organization of our own.” In my opinion, that is a theme common to the founding of a good many, if not most or nearly all, Greek-letter organizations (GLOs). … Continue reading

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