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The Mysterious 1941 Columbus Convention, Disney, and NPC’s 2014 Meeting

A reader of this blog recently purchased the photo which appears below. She found it at the Covered Bridge Festival which takes place every year in Parke County, Indiana, the “Covered Bridge Capital.” There is handwriting on the back of the … Continue reading

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Mary Love Collins, 1915, “Sequestered Ignoramuses to Intelligent Young Animals”

One of my favorite ways to waste time, and forgive me if I’ve said this before, is to page through fraternity and sorority magazines. Reading the old Arrows in the Pi Phi house was how I started down this path … Continue reading

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Indianapolis Alumnae Panhellenic Approaches the Century Mark

“Indianapolis boasts a local Pan-Hellenic, representing thirteen fraternities.  Since its establishment during the winter, two luncheons have been given and well attended, and at present, this organization is establishing a scholarship fund, part of the money to be furnished by the different alumnae clubs in this … Continue reading

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The 5 Bs of Sorority Recruitment

Last week I visited a friend and caught up on about six month’s worth of life. I hadn’t really talked to her since I left my position as Executive Director of a local non-profit organization. It was a great job and … Continue reading

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The ABCs of NPC History

A – Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Theta Phi Alpha was founded. B – Boston University, where Delta Delta Delta was founded. C – Colby College, where Sigma Kappa was founded. D – DePauw University, where Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha … Continue reading

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Oh, to Have Been a Fly on the Wall at the First NPC Meeting in 1902!

If I could time travel one of the events I would put on my list is the very first National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) meeting. It took place 112 years ago on May 24, 1902. NPC is the umbrella organization for 26 women’s fraternities … Continue reading

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An Alumnae Club, One of the Best BOGO Offers Around!

I have been a member of a Pi Beta Phi alumnae club since I graduated from college. Each club welcomed me with open arms. The wonderful women I have met and the instant connections have been a comfort and a … Continue reading

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April 16, 1891- The Meeting Before the First NPC Meeting in 1902

The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) celebrates May 24, 1902 as its first meeting date.* However, there was a meeting which took place in Boston more than a decade earlier than the 1902 meeting. The first meeting was called to order … Continue reading

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Q. The Only NPC Meeting Held in January? A. The Baker Hotel, Dallas, 1926

The Baker Hotel in Dallas, Texas, was the site of the 19th National Panhellenic Congress (NPC), as the Conference was then known. It was the first time NPC met in the southwest and it remains the only time NPC met … Continue reading

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December 7, 1941 About a Week After the Joint NIC-NPC Meeting

December 7, 1941, is a day that has lived in infamy. A little more than a week earlier, fraternity men and women were meeting in New York City at the first joint meeting of the National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) and … Continue reading

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