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Moving on to March, the Farewell February Wrap-Up

February has been a long month. I’ve spent it with a 17 year-old-dog whose days are truly numbered. We love him; he’s been a terrific member of our family, and it is heartbreaking to see him go downhill. Worse than toilet … Continue reading

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Friends For Life, For Fun, and For Support

Today’s post is about things I’ve seen posted on the internet in the last 24 hours. The first is from an almost year-old news story which appeared in the Lansing State Journal last February. A friend posted it to her … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Leftovers With a Dash of GLO Flavor

Travelling from Illinois to Connecticut via the interstate highway system offered me plentiful opportunities to ponder random thoughts.  Whenever we are on the highway through metro New York and I see the sign for Yonkers, I want to take a … Continue reading

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143 Years of Sisterhood! Happy Birthday, Kappa Kappa Gamma!

Happy Founders’ Day, Kappa Kappa Gamma. This past Wednesday, I visited Stewart House in Monmouth, Illinois, the former home of Kappa Founder, Mary Moore “Minnie” Stewart. It is always a treat to visit Stewart House. The home and gardens are … Continue reading

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Holt House and Stewart House – THE Places to Visit in Monmouth, Illinois

I am in Monmouth, Illinois, for the Holt House Committee meeting. Holt House is the home in which Pi Beta Phi was founded on April 28, 1867. The Committee also visited Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Stewart House. The Monmouth Duo, Pi … Continue reading

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“Look On This Picture After That!” The University of Kansas Fraternity System, 1889

Let’s go back 124 years. Pretend it’s 1889 and we’re at the University of Kansas. Forget that generations of students have come and gone in Lawrence since then. An early student publication devotes a page to what seems to be … Continue reading

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E. Jean Nelson Penfield, KKG, and Carrie Chapman Catt, ΠΒΦ, the Monmouth Duo of Suffragists

Eliza Jean Nelson (Penfield), who was born and raised in Greencastle, Indiana, graduated from DePauw University in 1893. While a student, she became a member of the Iota chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She attended the 1891 Panhellenic meeting in … Continue reading

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A Kite, a Key, Some Arrows, and Two Alpha Phis, 1890 Panhellenic Spirit in D.C.

In the summer of 1890, a group of women who belonged to Pi Beta Phi’s two-year-old chapter at George Washington University spent the summer in D.C. “It has been our good fortune this summer to meet with members of other … Continue reading

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“Unworthy of Womanly Dignity,” Recruitment Rules, University of Kansas, 1888

In 1870, only eight state universities were coeducational; the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, was one of the eight. Its women’s fraternity system dates to April 1, 1873, when the Kansas Alpha chapter of Pi Beta Phi** was chartered. … Continue reading

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Bursting My Bubble – When a Kite Is Just a Kite

I feel a tad bit awful about my recent post refuting the current internet factoid on U.S. Presidents and fraternity membership. While the “all but two” statement is no longer true, the real statistic is nonetheless impressive. And for all … Continue reading

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