I did win it, payed a lot more than i wanted to, but a pin collector who was bidding against me sent me a message, that annoyed me, so I had to make sure the pin collector didn't get the pin.

As of right now I will keep the pin, but I am researching still and would love to return it to a member of the fraternity, because I think thats where it belongs, in the hands of one of the members, but we will see if I can find anyone to return it to.

YAY!! I'm glad you won it!! Keep me posted on your research...I'll help you poke around when I can. I love the history of Greek orgs, etc.

PsychTau

New pin!
 

There is a gorgeous AST badge from 1940 for sale.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

http://tinypic.com/5ed3li

PS - When this happens, does Nationals buy badges back? I know some sororities do this (I believe KKG does). Just wondering what happens to our badges. :confused:

ohhhh I want it

Oh it's gone! Hopefully someone here got it. I woulda loved to bid on it. Oh well.

This is a pin collector who won it...sorry to say. I have received emails from her in the past having Alpha Xi Delta badges that I could buy from her. I know most pin collectors are greek though...I don't know what her affiliation is.

Im new to this forum and that was very interesting reading about that pin. I was really entertained with all the news. :)

I didn't know there was a seperate AST Fraternity at EMU, even way back when, and I think the original charter of the Alpha Chapter has fraternity written on it, before the Alpha chapter was recharted in the 1980's.Is there another Alpha sister that can go to the Halle Library and look through the old yearbooks they have on display to see if there was a seperate local fraternity?

There was a seperate local fraternity. I didn't keep all the research and info I had on it. But there were several pictures I found, along with the names of all the brothers, so it wasn't the Alpha chapter, but indeed a fraternity pin.

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Just a slight clarification (since we are one of the groups who has a program). The Headquarters do NOT buy them. They are purchased with donations from sisters.