Alpha Delta Pi Trivia
 

Post some bits of trivia about ADPi here, even if you think others already know it. There's bound to be some things that your sisters didn't know!



I just recently found out that Grand Council (is it still called Grand Council?) members receive an Adelphean Badge replica to wear! I'd probably be in Pin Attire constantly!

I really wish I knew some good ADPi trivia--I hope other people post!

This is all I can think of right now...
Texas Tech's "logo" is the "double T" and our chapter was Epsilon Epsilon
http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/..._tech_logo.jpg
so we were known as "EE @ TT"

We were always known as the Badass chapter (Beta Alpha) and we only referred to Claire Brown Gwaltney as CBG....but that's not really trivia. I can't think of anything else

The original symbol and mascot of Alpha Delta Phi was... a unicorn. I wonder where Alphie came from?

I've wondered that, too!

This isn't really ADPi trivia but I thought it was interesting trivia....

Elle and Dakota Fanning are ADPi legacies.

I saw it online somewhere and figured it was urban legend but it checked out with Pride Online. Their mom is Heather Arrington Fanning from Epsilon Pi.

Here's a random question that I haven't been able to find the answer to...

How would you spell "We live for each other" in Greek?

Awesome!

I googled it, and got "Emeis menoum ya alous".

We were taught Boethia Uper Allion (not so sure about the spelling).

Thank you Honey! I knew we had learned it but I couldn't remember it or find my old binder.

That is pretty cool, but as neither seems to be going the college route I don't think we will get our legacy to become an active. :(

They do! One of the ladies from GC came to Phi Chapter's 100th birthday celebration, and she had on her GC Adelphean pin. She very casually took it off and handed it right to me to get a better look. I was kind of gobsmacked by that. The pin was huge and gorgeous!

Since it's Convention time, I'm hoping someone can add something to this thread...

How about a list of famous ADPi's?

One of my favorites is Jean Smart, of Designing Women fame. We share a birthday, although not the year.

Jeff Foxworthy's wife Gregg is a Beta Nu and their daughter will be a Freshman at Auburn. I don't know if the daughter is going through Recruitment or not?

Fingers crossed!

This is amazing--we should be able to find plenty of trivia in the new digital archives!

Luke Bryan's wife is an ADPi! She's so gorgeous in his new video!

Several interesting tidbits I saw on Twitter during Convention..please correct me if I'm inaccurate.....

• Shelby (Miss Tennessee 2013/ADPi) Thompson's mom was Miss Chattanooga 1977 and also an ADPi.
  
• Emmie Lela Gramling was an Adelphean in 1899 and then joined Chi Omega in 1902 (before NPC existed).
  
• ADPi has more legacies than any other NPC group.

She is going through rush :) Great girl!

This is so exciting! I can't wait to see where she ends up!

Jean Smart, University of Washington - actress

Emily Proctor, East Carolina University - actress

Danica McKellar, UCLA – actres/author

Deana Carter, University of Tennessee-Knoxville - country musician

Kelli McGonagill Finglass, Texas Christian University – Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Director/reality tv star

Judy Woodruff, Duke – journalist/NBC, CNN, PBS,

Karen Fairchild, Samford - musician/Little Big Town

Nancy Grace, Valdosta State/Mercer – TV personality/HLN

Pam Tebow, University of Florida – both Tim’s mom and sister are Florida ADPis

Ainsely Earhardt, Florida State/South Carolina – journalist/FoxNews

Caroline Boyer Bryan, Georgia Southern - wife of Luke Bryan

Here was some neat trivia from Convention:

When was the Golden Lion Awarded for the first time?
1973; three chapters received the award: Iota (Florida State), Chi (Wittenberg), and Beta Omega (Auburn).

Which Dorothy Shaw Award winner later became Grand President?
Beth Gentry Mannle, Beta Beta (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga)

Name the chapter whose members wrote the words to “I Love the Pin”
Tau – University of Kansas (my home chapter <>)

How many chapters were chartered during Maxine Blakes’s 29 years as Grand President?
75 chapter, beginning with Gamma Mu, Missouri State University in March 1949, and ending with Zeta Xi, University of Virginia in 1977.

How many sisters have served as president of our sorority?
17

Which chapter was the first Alpha Delta Pi chapter to pledge a fourth generation legacy?Beta Epsilon (University of South Carolina)

Which founder had the most children?
Ella Pierce Turner gave birth to 12 children. In 2006 two of her descendants pledged Alpha Delta Pi – one at Beta Nu (University of Georgia) and one at Delta (University of Texas)

Name the ADPi sister who serves as the Director of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
Kelli Finglass, Gamma Chi (Texas Christian University)

Which new chapter had the largest colony recruitment in ADPi history?
Theta Omicron (James Madison University)

NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is very familiar with ADPi. Both his mother and his sister are ADPis. What chapter were both Tim’s mother and sister initiated into?
Gamma Iota (University of Florida)

Which district has the most alumnae associations?
District V has 49 alumnae associations.

[QUOTE=azureblue;

[B]Which chapter was the first Alpha Delta Pi chapter to pledge a fourth generation legacy?[/B]Beta Epsilon (University of South Carolina)


Do we have a date for this? If it was 2010, then it is my daughter :) .

Which chapter was the first Alpha Delta Pi chapter to pledge a fourth generation legacy?Beta Epsilon (University of South Carolina)


Do we have a date for this? If it was 2010, then it is my daughter :) .[/QUOTE]

Wowza! They did not share a date. What an incredible ADPi legacy in your family...I would love to hear more about it!

[QUOTE=atrianglepi;2228291]I would love to know, too! How exciting!

Just a minute, azureblue. When I was in school, we had to pledge a 5-generation legacy. She did not want to go Greek, and made it very clear, but her family forced her to do so. She pledged, got initiated at Convention, and transferred to a school without ADPi. Are they not counting her, or what?

Or, *gasp*, did somebody lie to us about the number of generations? If so, they owe my chapter a HUGE apology, because she was a real piece of work!

Maybe she was a legacy through 5 different people but only a triple legacy?

ADPi Great Grandma--->ADPi Grandma-->ADPi Mom--->2 ADPi sisters--->ADPi legacy

I think the Adelphean has shown photos of multiple generations prior to my daughter joining also. I texted her to see if she was THE Beta Epsilon 4th generation, her response- maybe?Now if they mean 4 generations of Beta Epsilons, then no it is not her.

This is what I'm thinking, only with ADPi Mom & 2 Aunts. She was the ONLY grandchild - no pressure, huh?

They didn't go into specifics, but I am thinking that they mean:

Great grandmother --> Grandmother --> Mother/Sister --> PNM??

This has me very curious now! I have seen PNM's with triple legacies two grandmothers and a mom or mom and two sisters...but never in a line like above.

[QUOTE=azureblue;2228472]They didn't go into specifics, but I am thinking that they mean:

Great grandmother --> Grandmother --> Mother --> PNM??

This is exactly our lineage in ADPi. On another interesting note, I have another daughter. She went through recruitment and chose another group :(. Her chapter could have had bragging rights as well. She loves her group and I am happy for her.

[QUOTE=atrianglepi;2228487]That is so exciting to me! I feel bad about your other daughter, but you have a lovely attitude!


It's been a while, but I'm fairly sure that our "5 generation legacy" was
ADPi Great Grandma--->ADPi Grandma-->ADPi Mom--->2 ADPi aunts--->ADPi legacy. Still not five generations. I feel a little robbed, NOT because of bragging rights, but because of all of the problems our chapter had due to this little Madam!

Great grandmother --> Grandmother --> Mother --> PNM??

This is exactly our lineage in ADPi. On another interesting note, I have another daughter. She went through recruitment and chose another group :(. Her chapter could have had bragging rights as well. She loves her group and I am happy for her.[/QUOTE]
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This is incredible! How wonderful to have such a rich ADPi history. I can only imagine how special it is to you and your family! :) I am glad your other daughter found her home...even if it is not at ADPi. I'll bet the ADPi chapter was crushed!

I love hearing the lineage stories. My birth sister is my closest legacy. She was President of the chapter the year I was a sophomore, and was also the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi that same year. The composite of the year when she was president is hanging in the beautiful foyer of the sorority house. When I took my daughter to visit a few years ago, I took a picture of her standing by the composite and sent it to my sister. Sweet memories!

Re Luke Bryan's wife: she is from my chapter (and he was a Sigma Chi at the same school). 'Course we're separated by just a FEW years!

atrianglepi: USC is my daughter's number 1 choice of school for next year. She said it just felt like "home." This is interesting, because most people from our school go to UGA, Auburn, or Alabama. There are only two other girls from any recent history of our school who have chosen USC. They are both currently juniors. One is a Phi Mu and one is a Zeta. We are going to visit Alabama soon, and have already done Georgia. But since June, her heart is at USC.

BBelleADPi- sent you a PM, but it said your mailbox is full.

It is now cleaned out. Send away!

Amazing news from Executive Office via Facebook! This is so, so special!

We have some exciting news trickling into Executive Office. This Formal Recruitment season, we have pledged two descendants of Octavia Andrew Rush, new Alphas Carrie from Beta Omega and Caroline from Beta Sigma and a descendant of Elizabeth Williams Mitchell new Alpha Jane at Beta Epsilon!

I am officially an old fogie - this brought tears to my eyes!!

Me too! Per the Facebook page, there may be one more this year! AMAZING!

Descendents from Octavia Andrew Rush
Carrie - Beta Omega/Auburn
Caroline - Beta Sigma/Mercer

Descendent from Ella Pierce Turner
Anna - Zeta Omicron/Georgia Tech

Descendent from Elizabeth Williams Mitchell
Jane - Beta Epsilon/South Carolina

**Fun fact on Jane (per the notes from the Facebook post). It looks like she is the daughter of Ferebee, the descendent who was initiated at Grand Convention in 2011 in Phoenix! This was so special...especially after the first portrait of Elizabeth Williams Mitchell was presented at Convention!

I just love my ADPi!

I am as lazy as sin, but had to sign in to add to this thread. I love traditions, especially Southern ones. I know two girls who are currently in the Tech and Auburn chapters; I'd love to ask them about these girls. I think those would be some very special initiations!

Now, while I'm signed in...off to the other thread.