Founder's Day
 

Happy Founder's Day Chi Omega!!

110 years, and we're still beautiful and strong! I hope you all had a great celebration today or this weekend.

240,000 initiates, and over 170 collegiate chapters, the world's largest women's fraternal organization!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!
 

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In 1895, four young women at the University of Arkansas realized the need for the potential and inherent value of women. Ina Mae Boles, Jobelle Holcombe, Jean Vincenheller, and Alice Simonds approached Dr. Charles Richardson, a regent of the University and a national officer of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, to assist in organizing a women's group similar to the men's fraternities which were being established on campus. Working together, Dr. Richardson and the four undergraduates developed the structure of a Women's fraternity that would be national in scope.

On April 5, 1895 the founders signed the first constitution and ritual. There were fourteen original members, including the Founders. They promised loyalty to goals which have proven timeless in content and application. Throughout its history, Chi Omega has focused on the personal growth of its members - academically, socially, and emotionally. The intrinsic worth of the Fraternity, resulting in the successful growth and development of Chi Omega.


Founding of Chi Omega-
(in the words of Dr. Charles Richardson, one of our five beloved founders)

The immediate occasion of the founding of Chi Omega was a social call made by me one Sunday afternoon upon Jean Vincenheller and Ina Boles. Men's fraternities had recently entered the University, and interest among students was beginning to run high. Our conversation naturally directed to this subject. Although not a student, I was actively interested, having been instrumental in founding the first chapter at the University. Perhaps for this reason the young ladies suspected that I possessed special knowledge, and as they were anxious to have a fraternity of their own, they asked me to prepare a constitution, ritual, and plan of organization. I understood this.

From the beginning I had in mind the possibilities of a general organization and developed the plan with that end in view. A great many considerations entered. First, I desired to make Chi Omega radically distinctive and not a copy of similar institutions. That there should be some points of likeness was practically unavoidable, but I believe that Chi Omega possesses as many distinctive features as any like organization and more than most. After the constitution and ritual were drafted, the even more difficult task of selecting distinctive signs, insignia and emblems was confronted.

Hope all of you had (or will have) a wonderful Elusinia celebration!

This past Sunday the NYC Alumnae chapter hosted Letitia Fulkerson (SNV), Jane Rogers (President of the Foundation), Anne Emmerth (Ex. Director of the fraternity) and Angie Alpert (Dir. Chapter Services) at our Eleusinian Brunch. We had a great turnout and they presented a wonderful program called "Chi Omega Today". It made me even more proud to be a Chi Omega and I'm happy to report that this fraternity is being run by some amazing women!

Happy Birthday to us!!! Here's to 110 more years!

Happy Founders Day to the ladies of Chi Omega!!!!!

Happy Founders Day to the wonderful "Hooties" of
CHI OMEGA

Happy Founders Day to Chi Omegas everywhere. May the next 110 years be as successful as your first 110!

Happy Founder's Day! :)

It's that time again! Happy Founders Day! 111 years & still going strong. :)

Happy Founders' Day--from 2 Hooties' Mom!

Happy Founders Day to the lovely ladies of Chi Omega!

Happy Founders Day, Sisters! May we always strive to live in a way that would make our founders proud!

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Happy Founders' Day to Chi Omega! Here's to another strong 111!

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Today's the day!
 

Happy Founders' Day, Sisters!

112 years and better than ever.

Biggest & Best.

Happy 112!

Hope you all had or will be having wonderful Eleusinia celebrations! We had ours this past Sunday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - it was lovely!!!

Happy Founder's Day
 

Happy Founder's Day to all of my Chi Omega Sisters!!

Just have to add:

Upsilon Lambda Chapter celebrated its 20th Anniversary last week and a new alumnae chapter (Southeastern Indiana) was formed on April 1st. It's been a busy and fun few weeks--and we have a lot to celebrate!! :)

Wow...that does sound lovely.

I'm going downtown tonight for the local Eleusinian Banquet with the active & alumnae chapter. Ours is being held at a club located on the top floor of a bank building. Terrific view!

Ditto for THIS year! (Same place, same time!)

Anyone else attending celebrations this week?

We're doing a tea - brunch downtown. Alumni and actives all around! The week after that alums are going to do a gathering as well!

Sisters--
Happy Founder's Day!!!
Here's to another 113 (and more) perfectly wonderful years! :)
I hope everyone enjoys their Eleusinia this weekend.

Our alumnae chapter is not doing anything this weekend, but will be in a couple of weeks. I'm really looking forward to it.
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Happy 117th, Chi Omega!
 

Founders' Day is tomorrow... Anyone have any special plans?

I'll be going to the Eleusinia tomorrow night, which will also be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Charlotte, NC Alumnae Club.

Happy Founders Day, sisters!

Happy Founders Day to all my Chi Omega friends!!! and I have many great memories of the Chi Omega chapter at UCSB which was right next door to the Theta chapter. We had a lot of fun with each other (in a good way!).

(By the way, your chapter at the University of Arizona is AMAZING!!! They really cleaned up at our Order of Omega Greek Life Banquet on Tuesday night. I know one of their advisors is on Greek Chat and I'll ping her to come and post about their successes.)

Our Eleusinia was great! The special honored guest was SM Kate Scattergood. I haven't been attending a lot of alumnae chapter event, but I will try to start going to more, because I met and talked to lots of sisters who I would like to get to know better. I even met one from my own chapter who graduated a few years before I joined. Where I live now is not near where I went to school and our chapter closed 20 years ago, so she was actually shocked to find someone else from the same chapter at the event. Unfortunately we were too far apart that we knew absolutely nobody in common, but I was glad to see our chapter represented by two members!

My local Eleusinian banquet is not until next Thursday, so... let the celebration continue!