Category Archives: Fraternity Magazines

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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Designed by Members for Members – KAT, AGD, AXiD

What do Syracuse University’s Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Xi Delta, and Alpha Gamma Delta chapters have in common? Their chapter houses were all designed by alumnae of their respective organizations. Kappa Alpha Theta Marjorie Wright designed the home of the … Continue reading

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Before 210 Walnut Place, Syracuse, New York

Before the New York Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi moved to 210 Walnut Place in the late 1930s, the chapter members called several other places home, including the house pictured above at 801 Ostrom Avenue. It was designed by … Continue reading

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Happy Founders’ Day Alpha Xi Delta!

I recall so vividly visiting the Alpha Xi Delta house at Syracuse University in the mid 1970s. The designer Betsey Johnson was Eta Chapter’s most famous alumna. Chapter lore included the tidbit that she had carved her name in a piece of furniture, a … Continue reading

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The Key, The Arrow, and The Kappa Alpha Theta Debut – Lawrence, Kansas, 1880s

The University of Kansas holds a unique distinction within the fraternity magazine world. Three of the seven founding National Panhellenic Conference organizations had the first issue of their magazines published by their respective chapters at Kansas. The three groups are … Continue reading

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