That sign sounds really crazy! LOL Could you download the picture and PM it to me? I'd love to see it. :D

I don't know if this still holds true, but Georgia used to have more counties than any other state. I suppose they ran out of names eventually and had to steal city names from the county ones (or vice versa). :D

The funniest county names to me are Coffee and Bacon. They sit side by side. :)

right out of our latest history book (pg.9):

"The story is told that Mary Ann [Dupont Lines] roomed with Eugenia Tucker (Fitzgerald), a young lady who was president of the Adelphean Society. The two roommates, it is said, were at once close companions and active rivals. They championed their own societies in attaining the highest honors and the best girls for membership, at the same time preserving a friendship that transcended the naturally cometitive nature of the societies. Although confirmation of the story is difficult, it is quite possible, for Mary Ann entered Wesleyan in October and Eugenia was in school that year preceding her graduation in 1852. If it is indeed true, then this rooming arrangement may have had a definate influence in promoting the formation of a second literary society at Wesleyan."

a fellow Phi Mu to the rescue, I knew I'd heard it somewhere from a reputable source!

Thanks Pinky!

Makes sense to me though. Some of my BEST friendships are with girls I'm also in "competition" with... they inspire me to think more, do more, be more.... makes sense that a true friendship like that would beget two great secret societies!

I feel better now! Since the Adelphean Society was formed in May of 1851, Mary Ann Dupont (Lines) would not have been Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald's roomie at the time! I also seem to remember that membership in the Adelphean Society was limited to 10 women per year (or something like that), so there just may not have been room at the time.

Sounds like this ancient quota system was good news for both the Adelphean AND the Philomathean Societies! :)

I'll have to ask Cheryl. :)

VERY good news!

What sorority are you a part of?

Yeah it did have a lot of counties but had to be combined due to tax puposes way back when-someting about ratios. Learned it in a manditory GA History and American Politics class...

She's a Phi Sigma Sigma.

Thanks :)

from the FSS website


On November 26, 1913, Phi Sigma Sigma was born, unobtrusively, without the thought of expansion. It was the first nonsectarian sorority; the only one that was open to diverse membership from inception and the only one with a ritual that was not based in scripture. Under the leadership of Fay Chertkoff (our first chapter archon), Alpha Chapter was installed at Hunter College.

....The early 1900's were turbulent times. Racial vindictiveness emerged as a result of earlier waves of emigration, and divisions developed along religious, ethnic, and economic lines. The city of New York was seen as a cauldron for social change. [The founders] wanted to start a sorority that would promote open membership to all women of character regardless of background; a sorority committed to sisterhood, excellence in scholarship, and selfless giving.



hotness.

adpi and unicorns??
 

I have never heard of a unicorn being assocated w/ alpha delta pi that is so strange, does anyone know the reason we changed to the lion? or what the unicorn was supposed to symbolize? I know lions and unicorns are both used alot in hearldry.
also when did the phi mus adopt the lion? did ya'll have it from the get go or did you adopt it later too?

I know I am really late on this, but here is my two cents: I am alum of Upsilon Chapter. On the crest on our charter there is a dragon, not a unicorn or a lion (it also says Alpha Delta Phi :)). We were told that each other original 20 chapters or so each had a different mascot on their crest. This was before the organization had an official mascot and they were "trying out" their various options. We were always very proud of our charter because we do not know of any other ADPI chapters that have a dragon! :)

I know that no one has posted on this thread in a while, but I just read it today and its wonderful! I saw another Macon ADPi on here, but to reiterate her, it is great being an ADPi or Phi Mu in Macon. The chapters are often very competitive, but very friendly too. And Peaches and Pi is wonderful! I would post a pic, but I don't know where to begin. My favorite tradition is jumping into the ADPi fountain after its over. Its always on a warm Sunday afternoon and we usually wear sun dresses and just pull 'm up and walk around in the fountain!!

And I can't say enough great things about the Cannon Ball house. Some of our sisters usually work there giving tours. And the Philamathean and Adelphean rooms are set up exactly like the original rooms where our founders met (they even have the original furniture). I was preffed in the Cannon Ball house!!!

The post office is great too. I've never heard Phi Mu's talking about it, but I'm sure its just as special to them.

Is it true that Phi Mu's always use the lady bug if ADPi was on the campus first? Just curious because that is how it is at Mercer, but maybe that's not really why. And what do ADPi's use if Phi Mu was there first? I've never heard of anything except a lion for us (well except in the early days of Unicorns)