University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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DELTA DELTA DELTA Colors: Silver, Gold, Blue. Flower: Pansy. (Rows reading from top to bottom) Marian Buxton, Beatrice Combs, Elizabeth Green, Lucille Long, Blanche Osborne. Beth Skoog, Fannie Warten, Mildred Aiken, Betty J. Billingsley, Clara Bleidt. Elizabeth Cunningham, Margaret Davis, Margaret Hays, Katie Lowery, Olivelle Moore. Lucille Perkins, Mary L. Reagan, Emma F. Spellman, Lucy M. Taylor, Doris Walters. Lois Woods, Marie Adams, Julia Beard, Marjori Hunt, Sydney Bond. Jesse L. Cotton, Mary J. During, Alice Lewellyn, Vivian Nelson. Mary A. Pendelton, Katherine Perkins, Alicia Reed, Emily Reed.

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DELTA DELTA DELTA Founded at Boston University, 1888. Delta Iota Chapter Established at the University of Arkansas, 1913. OFFICERS Elizabeth Greene . . . President Beth Skoog .... Vice-President Blanche Osborne . . . Secretary Lucille Perkins .... Treasurer Delta Delta Delta was founded at Boston University, Thanksgiving Eve, 1888. The founders, Eleanor Dorcas Pond and Ida Shaw Martin, on that day associated with them twenty undergraduates and organized as a national sorority. The spirit of Delta Delta Delta has so been shared that there are now seventy-six college chapters and eighty alumnae chapters in the United States and Canada. Delta Delta Delta now numbers in its membership more than 15,000 women. The local chapter of Delta Delta Delta, Delta Iota, was granted a charter November 15, 1913. The anni¬ versary of the chapter is celebrated annually by the return of Tri Deltas from all parts of the state to the chap¬ ter house for the Delta banquet given on that day. Delta Delta Delta sponsors three endowment funds, the National Endowment Fund, the Trident Endow¬ ment Fund, and the Visiting Endowment Fund. The sorority is now building up a Thanksgiving Endowment Fund which is to be used for altruistic purposes among college women to further higher education. The three publications of Delta Delta Delta are the Trireme, the Triglyph, and the Trident. MEMBERS NOT IN PICTURE PROMINENT ALUMNAE Louise McPhetridge von Thaden . . . Ariatrix Jo Patterson Thormaline Jobe R. Louise Fitch . . Velma Alford Henri Cleveland Sarah Hart Mencken . Betty Fairfax .... Billie Vestal Mae Pershing .... Sister to General Pershing Katherine Willis Coleman . . Pres. Mortar Brd. Emily Reed Jaynet Gaynor . . . Bessie Leach Priddy . . Dean of Women, Mo. U. Alicia Reed Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Celara F. Sykes . . . Rep. to Disarmament Con.

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KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA Founded at Monmouth College, 1870. Gamma Nu Chapter Established at the University of Arkansas, 1925. OFFICERS Dorothy Kenney . . . President Virginia George .... Secretary Dorothy Beuse .... Treasurer Kappa Kappa Gamma was founded at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, in March, 1870, but did not make its public appearance until October 13, 1870, the anniversary of which date is observed as Founders’ Day. There are now sixty-three active chapters, including three in Canada; nine inactive chapters, and ninety- nine alumni associations. The total membership of the fraternity is 17,202. The management of fraternity affairs is in the hands of the National Council. The fraternity is grouped into ten geographical provinces, which hold biennial province conventions, alternating with the year of the National Convention. The central office is located at Columbus, Ohio. The fraternity sponsors various philanthropic funds, among which are the Rose McGill Fund and the Stu¬ dents’ Aid Fund. The latter was founded in 1902 as a memorial to the founders, and now totals $52,000. It is available as scholarship loans to any woman student in the institutions where Kappa has a chapter. Publications of the fratern ty include a quarterly magazine, ' ' The Key,” the song book, and a catalogue of members. MEMBERS NOT IN PICTURE Jeanne Porter Helen Mary Hessee Daphne Dailey Zillah Peel Virginia Rheinol Rebecca George Anna Lou Rife Pauline Gage j PROMINENT ALUMNAE j Helen Wills Moody .... Tennis Champion j Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Social Worker | Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes . . . Society Matron j Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Authoress j Lily Pons. Metropolitan Opera Star ] Mrs Owen D. Young ..... Philanthropist | J ANE Froman. R dc li 0 Star I Mary Ester Albright. Painter 1 Mrs. John G. Pratt. Social Worker