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Originally Posted by OTW
I'm not familiar with the histories of organizations other than my own, but I remember reading somewhere that many founders of NPC sororities were in the 15-19 year old age group when their organizations were established. These women were students at their respective college/university, and being that this was in the mid-1800s to early 1900s, I'm assuming being that young and in college was the norm.
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Not that this is particularly relevant (but neither are HS sororities outside of hazing issues...so there), but there were few norms in those days. I've often tried to paint the picture of mid 1800s college life to new members who read about our founders like they were a bunch of crazies and laugh about the fact that we even have songs. It's not like there were indie rock bands to see at the club, or electricity, or cars, or much in the way of public education. Liberal Arts degrees weren't too popular either. If you got to college, you probably had a lot of money or you were very smart and got some nice scholarship money. Several of our founders attended academies after elementary school and they were basically college preparation. You could excel and get in college at 15 or be a late arrival at 25. Most founders were probably about 18-20 though since secret organizations are generally created by upper classmen.