Category Archives: National Panhellenic Conference

10/7/1995 – the NPC Rotation Began Anew

On October 7, 1995 at the close of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) meeting at which Harriet Rodenberg, Sigma Delta Tau, presided, Jean Wirths Scott, Pi Beta Phi, was installed as Chairman for the 1995-97 biennium. I was at that … Continue reading

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Welcome New Members – Here’s to a Lifetime of Loyalty

This is one of my new favorite photos. It was taken about 100 years ago. These women are recently initiated members of a college sorority. In fact, as charter members, they are the entire chapter.   All of these women … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Amy Burnham Onken, NPC Chairman 1945-47!

Amy Burnham Onken, an alumna of Pi Beta Phi’s chapter at Northwestern University, attended her first National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) meeting in 1917. She served on Pi Phi’s Grand Council and was a visitor at the NPC meeting. Who could have … Continue reading

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Emmy Awards and the Sorority Women Who Have Won One or More

Here is a list of past winners who are sorority women, as best as I could determine. Additions, corrections, etc. are welcomed and appreciated as I’d like to make this a complete list. Please note that I’ve included regional Emmy … Continue reading

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1933 Chicago World’s Fair – “Panhellenic Members Please Register Here”

In 1933, a Century of Progress International Exposition was held in Chicago to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the city’s incorporation. The Chicago City (Alumnae) Panhellenic kept a guest book on the second floor of the General Exhibits Building so that members of National … Continue reading

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On Another Friday, the 13th, 106 Years Ago, a ΧΩ Founder Chaired the 6th NPC Meeting

In 1907, September the 13th fell on a Friday, too. The 6th National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) meeting started on that day. NPC was then known as the Inter-Sorority Conference; it went though several name changes in its early years, as this … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Sarah Ida Shaw Martin!

Sarah Ida Shaw Martin holds a unique place in the women’s fraternity world. Not only was she a founder of Delta Delta Delta, but she was also an influential voice in the history of several other women’s fraternities/sororities, most notably … 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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Panhellenic “Refugees” Meet at Sea as World War I Begins

On September 2, 1914, 14 fraternity women met on board the S. S. San Guglielmo. Florence Eddy Hubbard, an alumna of the Pi Beta Phi chapter at Barnard College, chronicled the group’s travails as the women cut short their tours … Continue reading

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A Bishop’s Role in NPC History – Theta Phi Alpha, 8/30/1912

A few men have had roles in the founding of National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) women’s fraternities/sororities. Dr. Wellesley P. Coddington, George Banta, and Dr. Charles Richardson are some that quickly come to mind. Of that small fraternity of men involved in … Continue reading

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