The poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas was written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1822. Its original name was An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas and it has a connection to an Alpha Xi Delta, see the post at http://www.alphaxidelta.org/index.php?src=blog&srctype=detail&blogid=79#.VJsAq14AEB.
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Unbroken, the film directed by Angelina Jolie is the movie adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s book, “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. It is the story of Kappa Sigma Louis S. Zamperini, an Olympian and war hero. See the post at http://wp.me/p20I1i-1Im.
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The movie version of Into the Woods (one of my favorite Sondheim shows!) is opening on Christmas. Music and lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim, a member of the Williams College chapter of Beta Theta Pi. The book is by James Lapine, a Franklin and Marshall College alumnus. The first production of the show debuted in 1986 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. The shoe premiered on Broadway on November 5, 1987. See the post at http://wp.me/p20I1i-be.
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Some birthday wishes are in order…..
Delta Gamma was founded at the Oxford Female Institute, also known as the Lewis School, at Oxford, Mississippi. Delta Gamma’s three founders, Eva Webb [Dodd], her cousin Anna Boyd [Ellington], and Mary Comfort [Leonard], all from Kosciusko, Mississippi, were weather-bound at the school over the Christmas holidays in December of 1873. Happy Birthday Delta Gamma! See the post at http://wp.me/p20I1i-xb.
Chi Phi traces its history to the Chi Phi Society established on December 24, 1824 by Robert Baird at the College of New Jersey (later known as Princeton University). Phi Delta Theta was founded on December 26, 1848 at Miami University in Miami Ohio. Its Founders’ Day is celebrated on March 15, the birth date of founder Robert Morrison.
A belated 149th birthday to Kappa Alpha Order, founded on December 21, 1864 at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia.
There are so many pictures of decorated fraternity and sorority houses to chose from. Here is the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at Wichita State University.
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