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'''Founded as Alpha Deuteron on October 13, 1934''' ...ce Burton Roth''', Beta Delta--''Michigan'', Historian at the 1916 General Convention, Ithaca, New York)

...d Beta, St.Mary’s School (Knoxville, Ill.), 1871. Alpha delegate to 1882 Convention (Madison, Wis.). Signed with two others the 1883 letter to Monmouth College ...A, October 25, 1930, as the last KKG honorary member, so voted by the 1930 Convention; letter of August 18, 1928, states that she helped Minnie with details of K

...held. In 1878, after having been the hostess chapter for the Kappa General Convention, Epsilon was designated Grand Chapter and found itself filled with the spir When Epsilon entertained the Fraternity Convention again in 1890, there were signs of increasing chapter sophistication: a rec

...nan, 1960, selected as the chairman of the National Student Alumni Council Convention in 1981; Lesley Bush (Hickcox), 1966, member of the United States Olympic S ...he power of greater influence fell from the hands of Alpha to Delta in the Convention of 1876. Delta was the Grand Chapter from 1876 to 1878.

...ira Johnson McNaboe, Director of Provinces 1932-1934; Grand Vice President 1934-1936, 1936-1938, 1938-1940; Gail Guthrie (Valaskakis), Field Secretary 1962 ...ished. Mary Hill was secretary to the 1878 General Convention, and Eta was convention hostess in 1882.

...8 Grand Secretary, 1908-10 Grand President; Marie Bryden Macnaughtan, 1930-1934 Grand Registrar; Marian Klingbeil Williams, 1972-76 Director of Personnel, ...rs later, after serving as Grand Registrar and Grand Secretary. During the Convention, Theta Chapter hosted a dance for the delegates in Read Hall despite a shor

...apel, (cut to three days a week in 1912 and finally ended as compulsory in 1934), was a firm rule. ...bda presented another honorary member, Emma White Perkins, who sang at the Convention. Mary Krenzke (Grandlin) was Grand Secretary, 1886-1888. Lambda had continu

...ional officer, Mary Rodes Leaphart, inspected the chapter; and at the 1914 Convention in Estes Park, Colorado, Beta Theta was installed. Beta Mu was the installi ...rary Beta Theta KKB. The chapter was host to a smashingly successful state convention in the spring of 1929, its purpose to arouse alumnae support.

...was purchased with a Fraternity loan and ground was broken on Founders Day 1934. The chapter moved into the new house on February 10, 1935. The "Kappa Kott '''Chapter Convention Awards:'''

...tess with Idaho at Sun Valley in 1940, 1948, and 1964, and with Wyoming in 1934. Several Iota Province Conventions have been held in Missoula: 1925, 1939 a '''Chapter Convention Awards:'''

...selor 1948-1949; Curtis Buehler, Mu Province President 1947-1949, General Convention Chairman 1958-1966; Elise Bohannon Maier, Mu Province Director of Chapters ...hey borrowed the idea of the powdered hair and candle light from the Kappa Convention. Tiny blue and blue feather fans were chose as favors and the alumnae were

A 1934 issue of ''The Key'' carried a ...p flourished until in 1909 several members met a group of Kappas at a YWCA Convention. Fired with enthusiasm for the international fraternity movement, Xi Zeta G

...f Alumnae1940-1944, Director of Provinces 1936-1938, Director of Standards 1934-1936; Elizabeth Voris Lawry, Grand Treasurer 1906-1908 ...r’s Club had raised a considerable fund to help refurnish the house. In 1934 the house association constructed a much-needed wing to provide additional

...as made the first Executive Secretary when the position was created at the Convention in Glacier National Park. ..., another chapter member succeeded her. Beta Xi hosted the second Province Convention in May 1927, during which the chapter celebrated its 25th anniversary. The

...6-77; Rheva Ott Shryock, Province President 1932-34, Director of Provinces 1934-36, Grand President 1936-1940; At the Convention of 1890 it was voted “that all active chapters designated by the same Gre

...sident, came to Ithaca and persuaded the group to carry on. At the General Convention the following summer, the Psi delegate, Mila Tupper (Maynard) later to beco ...uilt on the site. It was opened in the fall of 1937 for the Alpha Province Convention, and was famed as the first Kappa house for which steel construction had be

...ng from the Grand Council to be “very careful in selecting members.” A Convention discussion had declared that fine arts students were a “weakening” infl The matter was not settled until 1900 when the Convention voted that each chapter should limit its fine arts membership to 20 percent

...ritten by one of the first pledges, describe the joy felt on September 26, 1934, when from the simple, twilight pledging ceremony at the home of a local al Working through 1934 and 1935, and meeting around the Louisiana State University campus, includi

...Mrs. Esmiol, with a three-weeks-old baby at home, left for the Swampscott Convention to present the petition. On November 4, 1932, installation of Delta Zeta ch ...pter. As a chapter we receive honorable mention for Academic Excellence at convention. Furthermore at Province we received honorable mention for recruitment and

...receive recognition at General Conventions: Fraternity Scholarship Award, 1934; first recipient of the Minnie Royce Walker Scholarship Award, 1936 and aga ...er honor and a large silver tray was presented to her. It was announced at Convention in 1968 that a $500 graduate fellowship in her name would be given by Gamma

...s recognized twice with the Westermann Efficiency Cup. At the 1956 General Convention, the chapter performed a model initiation service. One portion of “Kappas ...ll unsettled, five Kappas resigned, and then one reconsidered. In February 1934, Gamma Lambda began to function again, with back dues and pledge fees paid

...lifornia Christian College, which held classes in downtown Los Angeles. In 1934, the school was renamed after the chairman of its board of trustees (and pr ...ace for sororities with our performance to Mamma Mia. At the 2016 Biennial convention, we are honored to

...long-awaited History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1930, and in a Convention toast in 1932, she famously said, “Buy the History, Read the History, Nev ...pointed deputy to the Grand Treasurer. She held that office until the 1900 Convention in Columbus, Ohio, when she was elected Grand Secretary. When the Grand Cou

As President of the Pi Alumnae Association, Eleanor was delegate to the 1906 Convention. She wrote essays for The Key and in 1909 was made Business Manager. She wa ...en death in 1933. Eleanor was elected Grand President at the Convention of 1934, which also saw the creation of a Director of Standards (again, Helen Snyde

...Mortar Board member and vice president of her class. She attended the 1928 Convention as delegate and became a Co-organizer (the forerunner of Chapter Consultant When she became Director of Standards in 1934, she embraced “the fine idea of relating standards and ideals closer to a

...nsion because she had recommended, while serving as Director of Provinces (1934-1936), that such an office be created to divide the director’s workload. ..., which contained letters from Council to alumnae, was published. The 1938 Convention saw the start of a new bequest program. And at Sun Valley, conventioneers w

...her death August 23, 1956, at the age of 57. She was too ill to attend the Convention at which the Loyalty Award was first dedicated in her honor. Helena served ...y chairman. She was the last Grand Registrar to serve the Fraternity, 1930-1934, after which the office was discontinued.

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