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Installed on Thanksgiving – Pi Beta Phi at UVM

It’s Thanksgiving and that always makes me think of an event that happened in 1898 in Burlington, Vermont. The installation of the Vermont Beta Chapter of Pi Beta Phi took place in the Goodhue family home. The Goodhue’s only child … Continue reading

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College Pennants, Knox College, Grace Coolidge, Baseball, Lloyd G. Balfour and Culver Military Academy, Oh My!

This photograph is so typical of the rooms in which college co-eds lived and played during the early 1900s. The pennants from other colleges and schools were standard decorations. A look through any woman’s fraternity magazine from that time period … Continue reading

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Grace Goodhue Coolidge – Vermont Beta

Grace Goodhue Coolidge is my very favorite First Lady. Find out why at http://www.franbecque.com/grace-goodhue-coolidge-my-favorite-first-lady-and-a-loyal-pi-phi/ Share this:FacebookEmailRedditDigg

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