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Re: I.C. Sorosis
I.C. Sorosis was the "first name" of what we know today as Pi Beta Phi; in 1888 the name was changed from I. C. Sorosis to Pi Beta Phi. (As for what the I.C. means...I don't know! Maybe some Pi Phis on this board can help us out).
I consulted a dictionary (a rather old one belonging to my Mom) and this is what it had to say:
sorosis come from Greek, "soros" - a heap.
1. Botany - A collective fruit formed by the union of many flowers into a fleshy of pulpy mass, as in the mulberry and pinesapple.
2. U.S.- A women's club.
Last edited by CutiePie2000; 06-02-2002 at 12:34 AM.
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