Category Archives: Phi Gamma Delta

A Facebook Picture Inspires a Post About Lombard College – Gone But Not Forgotten

I love it when random historical pictures show up on my facebook feed. The photo below was posted by a Monmouth College Pi Beta Phi alumna who is a facebook friend of a friend of mine. It’s a picture from … Continue reading

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The PhiGamArchives Tweet Brings on a Post About Fraternity Magazines

Today’s post was spurred on by a tweet from Curator of Archives @PhiGamArchives: 12/17/1860 Lambda Chapter writes other chapters to propose publishing “Phi Gamma Delta Monthly.” #badtiming #CivilWar Bad timing indeed! First off, writing letters took time. The Lambda chapter … Continue reading

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Researching a Stranger and Finding a Familiar Face

The internet has made so many publications available at the click of a mouse. Last night while looking for some information about a prominent Delta Gamma, I came across, completely by accident, a digitized copy of the Goucher College yearbook. My … Continue reading

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“Let Us Start This Year Right” – Timeless and Still True

“Start the year with a resolution to make scholarship paramount, and then do it. Fraternities are judged by the outside world more by their scholarship record than by their array of captains, managers, and social stars. An efficient chapter does … Continue reading

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Sorority Hankies – “As the Late Queen Said: ‘We Are Not Amused!'”

While doing research for my dissertation  I came across this newspaper ad; it was reprinted in a 1930s Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma. I made a copy and put it in a file. I had no idea that 12 years later … Continue reading

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The West Baden Springs Hotel, the “Eighth Wonder of the World” and the Site of Several Fraternity Conventions

This past Saturday, August 24, a tweet from Phi Kappa Tau noted that “On this day in 1926, Phi Kappa Tau’s first convention at a resort hotel took place in West Baden, Ind.” In the 1920s, West Baden Springs was … Continue reading

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U.S. Vice Presidents Who Belong to Fraternities and Sororities

How many U.S. Vice Presidents have been in a fraternity or sorority? A goodly number, it turns out. Here is a list of Vice Presidents since 1869,* when Schuyler Colfax became the first fraternity man to become Vice President. I’ve … Continue reading

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8/3/1923 Calvin Coolidge, ΦΓΔ, and Grace Coolidge, ΠBΦ, Their First Full Day as President and First Lady

Ninety years have passed since Grace Goodhue Coolidge went to bed the evening of August 2, 1923, as the wife of the Vice President. She was awakened in the middle of the night, dressed and went downstairs to join her … Continue reading

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“When He (Calvin Coolidge, Jr.) Died, the Power and the Glory of the Presidency Went With Him,”

On June 30, 1924, the day that the above photograph was taken, Calvin Coolidge, Jr. and his older brother John played tennis on the White House court. Calvin Jr. wore tennis shoes, but not socks. Afterwards, he developed a blister … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Calvin Coolidge, a President (and FIJI) Born on the 4th of July!

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr., the 30th President of the United States, was born on July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. He attended Amherst College in Massachusetts where he became a member of Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI). After graduation, while … Continue reading

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