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Delta Gamma at Goucher
(1) I am from the deep south ('bout drivin' distance to Louisiana), so when researching DG's chapter there I thought it was pronounced GO-SHAY, a-la-Cajun French. My Northern alumnae sisters had quite a giggle at my expense.
(2) If you're not a DG or a Greek history buff, you may not know Delta Gamma's original chapter was the Psi chapter, formed at the Lewis School for Girls in Oxford, MS. The original chapter closed in 1889. The DG chapter at Goucher received the mother chapter's letter, Psi. It is usually referred to as Psi II-Goucher. Unfortunately the chapter closed in 1950. The University of Mississippi chapter had already been formed (1927) and was not able to receive the letter, as Goucher was still active. So we settled for Alpha Psi, a nice compromise between Alpha (traditional name for a mother chapter) and Psi, our original founding chapter's letter, while also acknowledging that the Ole Miss chapter is a sort of "legacy," but not the true original chapter.
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