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|Image= [[File:Beta_Epsilon.jpg|200px]] | |Image= [[File:Beta_Epsilon.jpg|200px]] | ||
|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1891|01|16}} | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1891|01|16}} | ||
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|Location= New York, NY | |Location= New York, NY | ||
− | |Homepage= | + | |Homepage= http://www.kappa.org |
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+ | '''Beta Epsilon Chapter, Barnard College''' | ||
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'''140 total initiates''' | '''140 total initiates''' | ||
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− | ''' | + | '''Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:''' |
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+ | Josephine Paddock, 1949, artist, painter noted for oils and watercolors in collections throughout America and Europe; Virginia Gildersleeve, 1946, Dean of Barnard College and only female delegate to the 1945 conference that drafted the United Nations charter; Jessica Garretson Finch (Cosgrave), 1948, president of Finch Junior College, educator and author | ||
+ | '''Outstanding Barnard Alumnae:''' | ||
− | + | Alice Duer Miller—author and poet who wrote many columns on the Women’s Suffrage Movement for the New York Tribune; Shelley Smith Mydans—author; wife of Carl Mydans; Mary Harriman Rumsey—founded the first Junior League chapter in New York in 1901. (Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.) | |
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==The Early Years (From The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870–1976)== | ==The Early Years (From The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870–1976)== | ||
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A sophomore pledge day and the careful issuing of invitations to women whose scholarship, personalities and abilities were well known, accounted for this unvarying affirmative. The Fraternity was well aware of Barnard’s superiority. Kappa’s emphasis on high scholarship, positive action and alumna progress was received by Barnard members as if scholarship, action and progress were the most natural demands in the world. | A sophomore pledge day and the careful issuing of invitations to women whose scholarship, personalities and abilities were well known, accounted for this unvarying affirmative. The Fraternity was well aware of Barnard’s superiority. Kappa’s emphasis on high scholarship, positive action and alumna progress was received by Barnard members as if scholarship, action and progress were the most natural demands in the world. | ||
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==Honors and Activities== | ==Honors and Activities== | ||
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At a faculty meeting May 26, 1913, a resolution was made stating that for the three-year term starting October 1913, no society at Barnard of which the organization, the emblems and the rites were in any way secret, and which had national affiliations, should be allowed to elect new members. | At a faculty meeting May 26, 1913, a resolution was made stating that for the three-year term starting October 1913, no society at Barnard of which the organization, the emblems and the rites were in any way secret, and which had national affiliations, should be allowed to elect new members. | ||
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Anti-fraternity feeling caused the chapter to abandon the idea of becoming a local group. In the spring of 1914 Barnard’s fraternities proposed certain reforms within their groups but the petition was refused by the faculty. | Anti-fraternity feeling caused the chapter to abandon the idea of becoming a local group. In the spring of 1914 Barnard’s fraternities proposed certain reforms within their groups but the petition was refused by the faculty. | ||
On April 25, 1916, the Barnard chapter announced that, although it was convinced of the advantages of fraternities, “we do not wish to reorganize … under the system in force three-years ago,” and on May 29 a committee recommended the adoption of a resolution against reorganization. This was the end of Greek social groups at Barnard. The Fraternity mourned, “As a chapter she had always borne the Kappa standards high, and in all matters … served faithfully.” | On April 25, 1916, the Barnard chapter announced that, although it was convinced of the advantages of fraternities, “we do not wish to reorganize … under the system in force three-years ago,” and on May 29 a committee recommended the adoption of a resolution against reorganization. This was the end of Greek social groups at Barnard. The Fraternity mourned, “As a chapter she had always borne the Kappa standards high, and in all matters … served faithfully.” | ||
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The previous information was excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1976. | The previous information was excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1976. |