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Mystery Solved: Eta Upsilon Gamma Sorority Pin

1/2" high x 1/4" wide, brass with black enamel center. Design is of three Greek letters, Eta Upsilon Gamma, clasped hands and a skull & crossbones.

Drew has solved this one. He writes "The organization, as you correctly assumed, is Eta Upsilon Gamma. It was a sorority in junior colleges. Founded in 1901 at Christian College, Columbia, MO, it had chapters in many institutions, predominately but not exclusively southern and border states." This sorority was still active in 1930, but ceased to exist sometime in the 1940s or 50s. A small amount of information on this sorority is available in "Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, 12th Edition", published in 1930. Later editions of Baird's do not include this sorority.