Thanks so much for posting this! This is my chapter - I lived in the farthest left upstairs room. Nice to see now, I should go back for a visit and see the new house!

ZTA at S.M.U. in 1960
 

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Is that a ZTA embroidered monogram or a piece of jewelry on the collar of the rush chairman? Either way I'm liking it.

I wondered the same thing -- I was thinking it might have been an embroidered collar that one could use with several outfits. Too cute!

What about the pref picture with the members in huge long dresses sitting on the floor?!

Does the ZTA pic on the bottom left have a Texas A&M pennant on the wall? Because I just lost all respect for ZTA at SMU if so! :D

LOL -- Might be, but... the pennant does appear to be "backwards," so maybe they were ridiculing A&M?

The SMU Pi Phi poem
 

The golden arrow pointing high
Is our cherished badge of Pi Beta Phi
With pendant chain and Greek letters
It symbolizes happiness that has no fetters
Pledges wear the Greek Beta and arrowhead of gold
To symbolize the rare experiences in pledgeship that they hold
All actives once were and pledges still are so
Very, very eager to see their arrowhead grow.

# # #
Pledge Class assignment, 1960: write a new poem for next year's rush book.
:D:D

No Sigma Kappa page?

Ask, and ye shall receive...
 

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Thanks NBH. I didn't want to miss the 60s splendor at SK, and the cat's eye glasses on the rush chair did not disappoint! :-)

Wow, the SK president looks like a movie star. So glamorous!

It seems doubtful, as A&M didn't even admit women until 1963. Wouldn't you love to have a video of some of those skits?

Love the formal dresses. And everyone looks so glamorous, with all of those short hair styles!

Theta at S.M.U. 1960
 

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I wondered if First Lady Laura Bush might have been in those Theta photos, but these predate her by a few years. She graduated in 1968 (ain't google handy?).

Wouldn't THAT have been fun!

Do you also have the pages for DZ and KKG? Love these so much, curious about the rest :)

You bet!

Delta Zeta at S.M.U. 1960
 

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Thanks!

Bumping this thread for SMU recruitment. I stumbled across it and it’s so neat!

This is a really cool thread thanks for the bump! Seeing that fall rush was the thing in 1960, I wonder when SMU switched to deferred. Though now they finally switched back to fall recruitment.

Now, THIS is what GreekChat was all about!