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During the early years, most Delta Xi members commuted, but after 1948 when a large apartment building was remodeled for women students there were ...Scholarship Award and the Chapter Finance Award in the 54th Biennial Kappa Convention

Patty Meily (Mershon): Graduate Counselor, 1948-1950; '''Chapter Convention Awards:'''

...bda presented another honorary member, Emma White Perkins, who sang at the Convention. Mary Krenzke (Grandlin) was Grand Secretary, 1886-1888. Lambda had continu ...da House Association was founded with 164 contributing charter members. In 1948 the move was made to 204 Spicer Street, a home which the chapter purchased.

...de Hartsuff (Kuhns) became the seventh initiate of Mu. When the 1881 Kappa Convention was held in Bloomington, Indiana, Mu was one of the nine chapters represent Mu was also prepared to propose a Fraternity publication at the convention and Lou Landers (Neff) made the motion that a magazine be called ''The Gold

...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.

...0. The mortgage-burning ceremony took place at the Founders Day Banquet in 1948. The 1974 Kappa General Convention was held in Columbus, Ohio and Gamma Beta received awards for Public Relati

Lulu Holmes, 1948, U.S. Army adviser on women’s education; dean of women at Columbia and Wa ...’s education. 1946-47, and had received the Alumnae Achievement Award in 1948. Fifty-year pins were also awarded to Gamma Gamma alumnae Henrietta Baker K

...Wilson (Vaughan), Upsilon-Northwestern, who affiliated with the chapter in 1948; Joan Rosazza; and Edith Elizabeth "Beth" Whittall (Couvrette), who was als ...officers and personnel. Katheryn Bourne Pearse was director of membership 1948-50. Marjorie Matson (Converse) was a graduate counselor to Delta Alpha, 194

...Flinn Ege, Fraternity Director of Alumnae 1944-1988, Fraternity President 1948-1952; Kelly Matyas Magyarics, Traveling Consultant 1995-1996; Leanne Aurich ...mber and former chapter president, when she became Fraternity president in 1948. Excitement, joy, and pride on such festive occasions were happily recorded

...chapter received the Fraternity’s Scholarship Award at the 1946 Biennial Convention at Mackinac Island, Michigan. ...lege. In 1956, the chapter received the runner-up Scholarship Award during Convention, and in 1972 received the honorable mention (large campus) Scholarship Awar

...nued, with an initiation held even after the graduation of 1884. The Kappa convention that summer voted to withdraw Rho's charter, and the records were turned in The Kappa Convention of 1924 gave permission for Rho Sigma to present a formal petition. The pet

...neral Convention of 1922, and co-hostess with Idaho at Sun Valley in 1940, 1948, and 1964, and with Wyoming in 1934. Several Iota Province Conventions have ...ppealing project, inspired by Adelle Beaman Forbis, Physical therapist, in 1948-49.

...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

...e is mention of 15 years when Beta Kappa led the campus. (Between 1933 and 1948 there were yearly elections to Phi Beta Kappa, and one year six chapter mem '''Convention Awards:'''

Emily Caskey Johnson, Vice President 1944-1948, Director of Alumnae1940-1944, Director of Provinces 1936-1938, Director of '''Convention Awards:'''

...pensation Committee; Lara Meinheit (Miller), Chapter Consultant 1990-1991, Convention Chairman 2012-current '''Convention Awards''':

In 1914 Beta Mu was hostess to the general convention at Estes Park and Estelle Kyle (Kemp) was made grand registrar...later she ...ra Stearns Wooten). Dr. Stearns was keynote speaker at the 1940 Sun Valley Convention, and Beta Mu enjoyed one of its finest hours by winning the Standards Cup.

Patricia Land (Stevens), Graduate Counselor 1947-1948 <br> In 1948, the Mothers Club was formed. Also, a weekly luncheon was inaugurated at th

...1894-1895, a June 1895 reunion, and the entertainment of the 1902 National Convention. ...ward (1944), the Standards Award (1946), and the Finance Efficiency Award (1948).

Jessica Garretson Finch (Cosgrave), 1948, president of Finch Junior College, educator and author; ...head of Finch Junior College, NY, received an Alumnae Achievement Award in 1948. The formal presentation of this award marked the first Kappa event ever te

...dant and one night the Sigma Chis, Phi Gams, and Betas all came around. In 1948 the Omega girls serenaded 19 fraternities with “I’d Gotten More Than My '''Chapter Convention Awards:'''

...ernity President 1922-1926; Ruth Kadel Seacrest, Fraternity President 1944-1948, Director of Chapter Programs 1940-1944; Kelly Riggs, Field Secretary 1978- ...2007; Sunny Backlund (Bellows) Chapter Consultant 2006-2007; Betsy Strain, Convention Chairman, Chairman of Field Reps, Sesquicentennial Committee.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher, 1948; International author; worked tirelessly for Kappa's Dorothy Canfield Fishe ...flourishing chapter." The "Nu" was changed to Beta Nu by vote of the 1890 Convention, to distinguish this Nu from the Nu of Franklin College, Indiana, which had

...y Kappas in her tours about the country, wrote a poem for the 1890 General Convention and was an inspiration to the young women of the Fraternity. When the 1886 Convention made publication of The Key Phi’s duty, Emma Cooper (Adams) was editor-in

...Centennial Chairman 1968-1972 ; Dorothy Obrecht (Keller), Field Secretary 1948-1950; Samantha Britney, Traveling Consultant 1993-1994; Barbara Adams Goett ...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

...al Registrar (1928-1930; Marjorie Kyes Amend, Director of Membership (1946-1948); Mary Pat Rooney, Vice President (2018-2020), Academic Excellence Director ...blication won the award for the best mimeographed paper at the KKG General Convention in 1958, when Julia Brower (Lyon) was editor.

.... The Fraternity architect drew plans for the new house and in the fall of 1948, these plans were presented to the active chapter. However, the lot, which At the 1972 Fraternity Convention Delta Omicron received the Edith Reece Crabtree Panhellenic Award and the R

...te University became the first Kappa chapter to be installed at a Province Convention. ...Director of Chapters, reported findings to the Province Convention, and in 1948 the application was presented to the Extension Committee.

Knoxville area Kappas organized in 1948 and their president, Mary Hamilton Ewing, Delta Xi- Carnegie Tech, Province Kappa Convention Awards

...affiliation. The petition to the Kappa General Convention in Sun Valley in 1948 was granted by unanimous vote. Thus a chapter was extended to this oldest a

|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1948|10|30}} '''Delta Phi founded October 30, 1948 - 36 charter members'''

|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1948|02|14}} '''Delta Upsilon founded in February 14, 1948'''

...and a hostess lived. This house was torn down when construction started in 1948. During that school year the girls lived in a crowded rented house on Ramse ...ek Week and Relay for Life. Our chapter president attended Kappa National Convention, and the Delta Sigma chapter was awarded Most Improved chapter. We teamed u

...beth “Betsy” Foster West, Duke, was sent as a delegate to the Mackinac Convention. The vote was affirmative, and rush plans were made for the fall of 1946. ...The chapter moved into the lovely red brick Colonial house in the fall of 1948. The house was the first on the campus to accommodate as many as 20 members

...ted the local and approved the proposal to petition at the Diamond Jubilee Convention on Mackinac Island. ...of the Tulsa Alumnae Association, sent a jubilant wire from the Fraternity Convention announcing the affirmation of Delta Pi Chapter. The charter was granted Jul

...ynn Latham (Chaney) was Graduate Counselor at the University of Georgia in 1948. This year, our officers went to Atlanta for Convention, where we were honored to receive awards for Risk Management and the Kappa

...rter accompanied by a film prepared by the members was granted at the 1930 Convention. Installation, October 25, 1930, was attended by Clara O. Pierce, Ohio Stat ...was formerly worn by Rheva Ott Shryock. She presented it to the chapter in 1948.

Marian Simpson Garber, 1948; NBC and CBS radio host and manager ...and trembling in 1932, just three years after its installation. In June of 1948 the Kappa Jubilee, a reunion to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the f

Elaine Smith (Woolman), Graduate Counselor 1947-1948; ...d nor given permission to petition, and it was only after the 1928 General Convention that Gamma Beta Pi was to be allowed to petition formally. In April 1929, i

...her “low and moving voice” in reading a poem. When Charlotte left the Convention, she was a member of three committees and the second Grand President of Kap ...century-old candlesticks were used in the closing service at each General Convention and in the installation of new chapters before they were retired in 1998.

(1874-1948) ...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

...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 ...(Chapter Consultants) from 1946-1948 and became Director of Chapters from 1948-1950. She was also Ritualist and served three years as President of the San

Beth served as 1908 Convention delegate and chapter Corresponding Secretary. She did her graduate work at ...pletion of Mu’s chapter house in 1930 and the burning of the mortgage in 1948 --- a tribute to Beth Schofield’s financing and business skills. A trust

..._Kadel_seacrest.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Ruth Kadel Seacrest, President 1944 - 1948]] ...irmen. It was difficult to conduct Fraternity business without the General Convention.

[[File:Helena_Flinn_Ege.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Helena Flinn Ege, President 1948-1952]] As 26th President (1948-1952), Helena Flinn Ege was always alert to the changes demanded in a post-

...t in the West to the Director of Alumnae (1945-1948), Director of Alumnae (1948-1952) and Director of Membership (1952-1956). ...viser from each chapter to Convention for training; the first attended the Convention of 1958. The Rehabilitation Program and its attendant scholarship aid repre

...al of which she served as President. She became Beta Province President in 1948, Director of Chapters in 1950, and both Fraternity President and National P ...ial assignments: Mary planned and executed a model initiation for the 1956 Convention, conducted a Kappa-wide campus survey of conditions affecting fraternities,

...sy, exciting, challenging, demanding, heartbreaking.” But the Centennial Convention of 1970 balanced the trauma of the ‘60s. Although it was shadowed by the ...e have a good chance of being placed in that category,” Lou said at that Convention. “…The Fraternity stands firm in its principles and is determined to pr

(1948- ) ...rent avenues, the Fraternity’s right to be a single-gender organization. Convention programming dealt with the larger women’s issues facing members and incre

...s page will include links to images and materials from Kappa Kappa Gamma's Convention files. |Image= [[File:GrandSeal.jpg|100px|link=1876_Convention|1876 Convention]]

Kappa Kappa Gamma first presented the Alumnae Achievement Awards at the 1946 Convention on Mackinac Island, Michigan, recognizing alumna members for outstanding co |1948

Given in memory of Helena Flinn Ege, Pittsburgh, Fraternity President from 1948 to 1952, it was first presented in 1956 by Helen Cornish Hutchinson, Oklaho ...a served as Director of Alumnae from 1944-1948 and as Fraternity President 1948-1952.

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