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Silent Cal, My Favorite Phi Gamma Delta, on Its Founders’ Day

Calvin Coolidge is my favorite Phi Gamma Delta, hands down. It is my feeling the press did not understand the Vermont zeitgeist of the 30th President, but that is neither here nor there because it is Fiji’s Founders’ Day. On … Continue reading

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“By God! Mother Cahill’s Picture!”

As I was researching sorority women’s service during World War I, I came across this entry in a post WWI Banta’s Greek Exchange and it sent me down a rabbit hole. Who was Mother Cahill? Ann, who was sometimes referred to as … Continue reading

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Kappa Alpha Psi and Calvin Coolidge Share January 5th

Happy Founders’ Day to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., founded on January 5, 1911 by ten students at Indiana University. Originally called Kappa Alpha Nu, the name was changed to Kappa Alpha Psi at the Grand Chapter meeting of December 1914. The … Continue reading

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Meetings, Milestones, and More

The annual meeting of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA), which was held in Indianapolis, wrapped up this weekend. Hazing took center stage when parents who have lost sons to fraternity hazing shared their stories with the attendees. I applaud … Continue reading

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U.S. Presidents and Fraternity Men – First Ladies and Sorority Women

Ever wonder which Presidents belonged to fraternities? Or which First Ladies were in women’s fraternities/sororities? Or which Presidential offspring belong to these organizations?  National Panhellenic Conference women who have served as First Lady Lucy B. Hayes, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Ohio … Continue reading

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Here’s to Convention Name Tags!

I was in awe of this name tag which was posted on Facebook by the Archives of Phi Gamma Delta. It is in excellent condition for being almost a century old. The purple ribbon appears flawless! This type of circa … Continue reading

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A Phi Delt, Three Phi Gams, and a Kappa Alpha Psi

Burt Reynolds, an initiate of the Florida State University chapter of Phi Delta Theta has passed away at age 82. *** Vice President Mike Pence, a Phi Gamma Delta alumnus from Hanover College, made an unannounced visit to Plymouth Notch, … Continue reading

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95 Years Ago a Pi Phi and a Phi Gam Became FLOTUS and POTUS

I should call this blog “I get by with a little help from my friends.” This time it was a post by the Phi Gamma Delta Archives (and Archivist Towner Blackstock) that reminded me about the events of the early … Continue reading

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#4 Gehrig, Phi Delt, and #30 Coolidge, Fiji, for the Fourth

Three U.S. Presidents, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on the fourth of July, but only one, John Calvin Coolidge, Jr., was born on this day. The year was 1872 and the place was Plymouth Notch, Vermont. As a … Continue reading

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Frank Lloyd Wright, Phi Delt, and His Fraternity House Designs

Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. His parents divorced the year Wright graduated from high school. In 1886, Wright enrolled at the University of Wisconsin – Madison to study civil engineering. He became … Continue reading

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