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|Image= [[File:Nu.jpg|200px]] | |Image= [[File:Nu.jpg|200px]] | ||
|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1879|01|31}} | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1879|01|31}} | ||
− | |College= | + | |College= Franklin College |
|Location= Franklin, IN | |Location= Franklin, IN | ||
− | |Homepage= | + | |Homepage= http://www.kappa.org |
− | |Media= [ | + | |Media= [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/index.php?title=Category:Nu Media related to Nu Chapter] |
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Founded January 31, 1879; Closed October 30, 1884 | Founded January 31, 1879; Closed October 30, 1884 | ||
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'''Nu charter members''': Jessie Evelyn Grubb, Isabel Douglas Hackett, Ida Hall, Alice Cinna Moore, Anna Pfendler, Marion Maud Tracey | '''Nu charter members''': Jessie Evelyn Grubb, Isabel Douglas Hackett, Ida Hall, Alice Cinna Moore, Anna Pfendler, Marion Maud Tracey | ||
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(from ''The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870-1976'') | (from ''The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870-1976'') | ||
− | If Nu Chapter had been allowed to live beyond her five years, the whole philanthropic history of Kappa might have been changed, for the Nu member who promised to be the liveliest, Emma Harper Turner, begged honorable dismission in 1888, became a member of | + | If Nu Chapter had been allowed to live beyond her five years, the whole philanthropic history of Kappa might have been changed, for the Nu member who promised to be the liveliest, Emma Harper Turner, begged honorable dismission in 1888, became a member of Pi Beta Phi, and the originator of that fraternity's famous settlement work among the southern mountaineers. She became grand president of Pi Beta Phi in April, 1890. |
It's a fact that she fought hard for Nu. The unpleasantness began before the 1884 Convention when the charter was revoked, in what seems to have been a class of personalities, misunderstandings, some laxity, and a switch in Fraternity policy. | It's a fact that she fought hard for Nu. The unpleasantness began before the 1884 Convention when the charter was revoked, in what seems to have been a class of personalities, misunderstandings, some laxity, and a switch in Fraternity policy. | ||
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Shocked, Nu called a meeting of Indiana chapters for October 11, 1884, but no one showed up. An appeal was sent to Grand Council asking for renewal, or a temporary charter, until 1886. The president and faculty of Franklin College sent letters, but to no avail. The temporary charter was refused, but Nu continued to fight. | Shocked, Nu called a meeting of Indiana chapters for October 11, 1884, but no one showed up. An appeal was sent to Grand Council asking for renewal, or a temporary charter, until 1886. The president and faculty of Franklin College sent letters, but to no avail. The temporary charter was refused, but Nu continued to fight. | ||
− | Friendly letters passed between the chapter and Charlotte Barrell Ware, of | + | Friendly letters passed between the chapter and Charlotte Barrell Ware, of Phi chapter at ''Boston'' |
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