NPC National Member Presidents, 1912
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/npc/
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/npc/panhel2.GIF

Co-sign. And in the spirit of opening this up for the fraternities...

http://scholar.library.miami.edu/umh...ges/LG0120.jpg
Sigma Chi Cadets - The Sigma Chi chapter at the University of Miami [Florida] during World War II was composed chiefly of Navy personnel. Over 8,000 war personnel, including members of the British Royal Air Force, received training at the University.

http://studentorganizations.missouri...i/oldskool.jpg
Earlier in the 20th century, new initiates of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. in Tennessee can be seen carrying their canes.

http://www.iit.edu/alumni/updates/ye...ity%201963.jpg
[Illinois Tech] - Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity 1963

http://www.taudelt.net/Images/convention.jpg
Tau Delta Phi - circa 1960s

http://www.iit.edu/alumni/updates/ye...ity%201970.jpg
[Illinois Tech] Triangle Fraternity - 1970

I found a few from the Vancouver Panhellenic on google:

Alpha Gamma Delta (1980's?):

http://www.msusigs.com/photos/oldpics/takeover.jpg
The Takeover... [Murray State - Sigma Chi circa 1970s]

http://archives.syr.edu/images/exhib...rit/greek1.jpg
Alpha Tau Omega - Syracuse

The ATO Cannon

Fired for every Orange touchdown and every winning game, the ATO Cannon was a symbol of Syracuse's football excellence.

The cannon was a gift from an alumnus in 1922. It was supposedly from the Civil War, but the exact origin is unknown. Four brothers from Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, called cannoneers, would wheel the gun to each home game and blast it after every Syracuse scoring drive.

The cannon was the main target for pranks in the weeks prior to games. Cornell and Colgate loved to try to steal the cannon and on two occasions they each made commendable efforts.

In 1948, Colgate participated in perhaps the most notable attempt to steal the cannon, even if not the most successful. On a rainy day at Archbold Stadium, during a game between the two schools, four Colgate men snuck to the Syracuse sideline and tried to run the cannon across the stadium to the Colgate side. The ATO brothers, along with the Orange cheerleaders, the Alpha Chi Rho bell crew, and some angry fans, chased the Colgate thieves down in the middle of the field and a brawl ensued. The game had to be halted until the mess was sorted out.

ATO was not always able to prevent the cannon from being stolen, however. In 1951, a week before the Orangemen season opener against Temple, the gun turned up missing. Overhearing a conversation about the whereabouts of the gun, a brother of Tau Epsilon Phi of Cornell phoned the Syracuse TEP brothers and told them where to find the cannon. The TEP brothers found the gun in a public garage about 12 miles from Ithaca behind piles of scrap metal. After eluding Cornell students in a car chase, the gun was returned to ATO in time for the pep rally and the opening game.

Rival schools could not keep the brothers from firing the gun for 38 years, but the gun was silenced on three occasions.

The first was in 1926, at Vermont. The Orangemen piled touchdown upon touchdown, so the cannon was piling blast upon blast. As the cannon became hotter and hotter, the cannoneer rammed another charge into the barrel when it suddenly fired. The ramrod tore through the cannoneer's shirt and landed on the far side of the field.

This prompted University officials to ban the use of the cannon for 11 years. In 1938 the ban was lifted, and the cannon was used until World War II. Due to a powder shortage, the cannon was again sidelined until the war was nearly over. But another shortage appeared and the ATO brothers found themselves with no nylon cloth to wrap the charges. To the rescue came Syracuse's coeds, and they donated their ruined hose to ATO.

The gun continued to fire touchdown after touchdown, game after game until 1960. A year removed from Syracuse's first and only National Championship, arch-rival Penn State came to Archbold Stadium. After SU's first score of the first quarter, the cannoneers fired a shot. Seconds later another explosion rocked the field. A spark from the first blast fell into a suitcase behind the cannon full of the gunpowder used for the firing. The suitcase exploded flinging seven students into the air. They were all taken to the hospital, but none received any major injuries.

After this incident an indefinite suspension was placed on the cannon. University officials ruled that shooting the cannon had become too dangerous. The suspension was never lifted and the cannon no longer followed a Syracuse touchdown.

Phi Mu (Philomathean Society):

AHHHHHH...Thanks for posting this one! I've always LOVED this shot:)

Find the GC Member in this Picture
 

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...amg/DU1959.jpg

1959 - DU at Ohio State

Now, I am glad THIS isn't in style anymore!

that cannon story is so fun! what a great tradition!

omg!!! where did you find these? I would LOVE to find some =)

Honeychile, thanks for posting the whistles page... I LOVE that kind of stuff!

So here's a bunch of stuff I just found--all from the University of Illinois. A lot the pictures from sororities are from "Stunt Shows"? Anyone knows what this means?

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...ek/AKA1950.jpg
Alpha Kappa Alpha - 1950


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...KAExec1950.jpg
Alpha Kappa Alpha Executive Board


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...AXiDSS1910.jpg
Alpha Xi Delta Stunt Show - 1910


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...AXiDSS1912.jpg
Alpha Xi Delta Stunt Show - 1912


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...k/ChiO1941.jpg
Serenades at Chi Omega - 1941


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Kappa1960.jpg
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 1960


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Kappa1970.jpg
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 1970


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...paExec1962.jpg
Kappa Kappa Gamma Executive Board - 1962


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...appaSS1910.jpg
Kappa Kappa Gamma Stunt Show - 1910


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...appaSS1911.jpg
Kappa Kappa Gamma Stunt Show - 1911

a few more....

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...eta2219102.jpg
Kappa Alpha Theta Stunt Show 1910


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...taCats1911.jpg
Members of Kappa Alpha Theta with giant cats - 1911


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...aChiOX1957.jpg
Theta Chi president and the fraternity's dog, named Ox - 1957


http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/q...ek/SAI1969.jpg
Sigma Alpha Iota - 1969

I LOVE how synchronised they are!! Great pictures TSteven

OMG I Looooooove the giant cats! lol :D

Yeah, I wanna know wtf a stunt show is, too! Those outfits are crazy!

Beg to differ. I'd wear the white dress on the left tomorrow if I could!
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I wanna know which one is the GC member.

Ditto! I have no idea!

Yay!

I love this thread!!!!!

I'm wondering....
 

if a stunt show is like a talent show? Just looking at the pictures it makes me wonder.... any thoughts anyone?:confused::confused:

For those of you who wonder what our "Doll Collection" looks like:

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...06449_8138.jpg

I think it might be.

When I read "Coming of Age in Mississippi" with my students last term, there was a stunt show... at least I think that's what it was called... that the author participated in. She did a bunch of flips and acrobatic exercises and stuff with a team of people and ended up winning... I can't remember, I think the stunt show occurred at Tougaloo College circa 1963/4 in the memoir...

But yeah, those pictures definitely make it seem like a skit/talent show.

Interesting, KSUViolet...I always pictured baby dolls not Barbie-type dolls. What does your chapter's doll look like?

I know that my chapter's doll isn't a Barbie, but it's one of the older ones, too...she's dressed kind of like a flapper in black-dress and pearls! I'll have to get my picture of her that I took when I visited HQ and scan it in.

http://www.sc.edu/carolinian/feature...r_01b_side.jpg

She looks amazing^^ (minus the bag of course)
I would be staring at her myself!

That's exactly how I pictured it! Little more like those big china dolls than Barbie. I still think it's an awesome idea!

We were first founded in 1925, so she is wearing a flapper-type clothing.


Yeah I know some of the older chapters aren't actual Barbies, but Barbie-like dolls in porcelain.

I agree

That's Fantastic!!

*Rant*Ok, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fashion from back in the 50's and early 60's. The silhouettes were so flattering for different figures. Pretty, pretty pretty! */End Rant*

Some old pictures from germany
 

Last night we had our monthly alumni dinner at our house and i took some photos of framed pictures hanging all around our house. So the overall quality is not quite good.

Summer Semester 1882 (The whole chapter)
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/o...c/CIMG0705.jpg

Half-Centennial Celebration of the Chapter in 1914
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/o...c/CIMG0712.jpg


New Members (Foxes), Summer Semester 1922
(Note the fox on the lower right side of the picture)
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/o...c/CIMG0711.jpg


New Members, Summer Semester 1924
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/o...c/CIMG0709.jpg