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The 1898 Catalogue mentions 1872 as the founding year for Gamma, but the chapter records say 1873. This discrepancy is explained by '''Marian “Minnie” Kendall''', Alpha—'------------ 'Monmouth''Charter members: Kate Beckwith, daughter of the president and principal of Smithson College. She said that although she left her Alpha friends and went to Logansport in January of 1872, she did not get Gamma underway until the winter of 1873-74Ella C. (Her sisters, '''Flora''' and '''Gertrude''', were initiated by Delta in 1875; and her half-sister, ''Rittenhouse'Abbie Kendall''', became an honorary Beta Beta in 1882.) The fact that Gamma was named “Gamma” implies that it was planned for and became a short-lived chapter before Delta.
Smithson, the first college in Logansport Indiana, was a Universalist college on the Wabash River 67 miles northwest of Indianapolis and 117 miles southeast of Chicago. It was built in 1872 and destroyed by fire in 1896. It had perhaps a dozen graduates in all.
Minnie The 1898 Catalogue mentions 1872 as the founding year for Gamma, but the chapter records say 1873. This discrepancy is explained by Marian “Minnie” Kendall could remember the names of only two , Monmouth, daughter of the four or five members president and principal of Gamma: '''Kate Beckwith (Lee)''' and '''Ella Rittenhouse (Kilgour)'''Smithson College. Mrs. Kilgour agreed many years later She said that although she left her Alpha friends and went to Logansport in January of 1872, she did not get Gamma underway until the approximate founding date was winter of 1873-74. Her sisters, addingFlora and Gertrude, “ … the chapter never grew very much.” She waswere initiated by Indiana in 1875; and her half-sister, she saidAbbie Kendall, “ … very proud to say I am a Kappa as it had become became an influential college societyhonorary St. … '''Mary ALawrence member in 1882. Livermore''' introduced herself to me years agoThe fact that Gamma was named “Gamma” implies that it was planned for and became a short-lived chapter before Delta, going down the Hudson River, when she saw my little keyIndiana.”
'''Smithson, the first college in Logansport Ind., was a Universalist college on the Wabash River 67 miles northwest of Indianapolis and 117 miles southeast of Chicago. It was built in 1872 and destroyed by fire in 1896. It had perhaps a dozen graduates in all. Minnie Kendall could remember the names of only two of the four or five members of Gamma: Kate Beckwith (Lee) and Ella Rittenhouse (Kilgour). Mrs. Kilgour agreed many years later that the approximate founding date was 1873, adding, “ … the chapter never grew very much.” She was, she said, “ … very proud to say I am a Kappa as it had become an influential college society. … Mary A. Livermore introduced herself to me years ago, going down the Hudson River, when she saw my little key.” Alice Pillsbury (Shelley, Reesor),''' Alpha—''Monmouth'', whose letters have such documentary importance, wrote to '''Ida Woodburn (McMillan),''' Delta—''Indiana'', on July 13, 1875, “We did get somewhat out of patience with the Logansport Smithson girls for not taking in more members, but on hearing their reasons, we don’t blame them. If they took the girls they wanted and left out the ones they did not want, it would be sure to raise a ‘fuss.’ Think it will be better next year.” It was not; opposition to secret societies became strong and no new members were added after the spring of 1874.
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|Name= Gamma
|GreekSymbol= Γ
|Image= [[File:Smithson College Photo-1870s.png|200px]]
|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1873|01|01}}
|College= [http://youtu.be/yS2DUSqv95I Smithson College]
|Location= Logansport, IN
|Homepage= http[https://www.kappakappagamma.orgKappa Kappa Gamma]|Media= [https://wiki.kkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Gamma Media related to Gamma Chapter]}}
'''Gamma Chapter, Smithson College'''
'''Founded 1873; Closed 1875'''
'''Smithson College established in 1872 in Logansport, Indiana'''
'''Charter membersInitiates: 4 (as of 1875)''': Kate Beckwith, Ella C. Rittenhouse
The name Gamma was also given to the present Beta Gamma, University of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, at a time when new chapters were given the names of dead chapters. Later, that policy was changed.