It is official. The #WHM posts nearly did me in as they were combined with a to-do list that has its own zip code. But I loved writing about those “Unsung Heroines.” April has several Founders’ Days that I want to write a post about and I’ve come across other things in my travels that I hope to get to soon. Until then, I offer you these tidbits.
The first is from my facebook feed:
Student Life and Culture Archives
The Student Life and Culture Archives will be featured in the season premiere of “Mysteries at the Museum” on the Travel Channel this Thursday! Here are a few behind-the-scenes shots of the crew filming the segment.
“Mysteries at the Museum” follows host Don Wildman as he digs into the world’s greatest institutions to unearth extraordinary relics that reveal incredible secrets from the past. Through compelling interviews, rare archival footage and arresting recreations, “Mysteries at the Museum” illuminates the hidden treasures at the heart of history’s most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.
The show’s website gives this clue about tonight’s episode. My guess it that the yearbook is the connection to the Student Life and Culture Archives:
Indestructible Mike; Bubble Trouble; The Penny Man
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My facebook feed told me this was trending the on April 5. I’m not sure if it was just my facebook feed because I tend to follow many GLO pages, or if it was there for everyone to see. Thought my Chi Omega friends would get a kick out of this.
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I spent last night speaking to Panhellenic women at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. The three groups on campus were founded within 14 months of each other. There was a fourth group which was installed between the now second and third chapters, but it left campus in the 1990s. Ths is from a Tri Delta history: “James Millikin University was founded in 1900 through the beneficence of James Millikin and the co-operation of the citizens of Decatur, and the Synods of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.” Beneficence, “the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity,” is a terrific word to use often and by which to live.
This photo of the “New Gymnasium” at Millikin University was used as an illustration in the articles about the foundings of the NPC groups on the Millikin University campus. The women let me know that what was new in 1913 was now the “Old Gym” in 2016.
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