[irishpipes]

I think Silver has already added her two cents here, and as I stated in a previous post - the NO alumnae I knew and spoke with obviously were wrong.

I have the history book too, and it is a wonderful book, but it is possible that it does not contain every piece of history. For example, my best friend is an alumna from Theta chapter at DePauw. She claims that her chapter was named in honor of Kappa Alpha Theta, which was founded at that school. I know that the history book does not mention this. I have no idea if she is right, but apparently there are alumnae from that chapter who believe that to be true. Maybe it is just local legend. Maybe the NO ladies I knew were just telling a fishing story - you know - the fish gets bigger and bigger every time you retell the story. I had no reason to question it, as it was totally believable. Aside from the obvious coincidence that the woman's initials were N.O., she also had endowed professorships at Vandy, has all kinds of stuff named after her there (as well as her sister), and practically everything in the health field in Tulsa is named for her, so it wasn't a stretch to believe that a chapter of AOII was named for her. Also, considering that there was another NO alumna in our Tulsa Chapter who was there just a few years after Natalie who would have called her on it if she were incorrect, that just added credibility to her claim. However, she obviously was wrong.

I really just was curious about the Vandy housing situation, but I guess I hijacked my own thread.