[PMSunshine77]

Okay, here's another old, old topic I dug up, 'cause this has interested me for a while... According to the most recent history book, "The creed submitted by Mu Chapter was adopted as the official Creed of Phi Mu" at the 1916 Convention.

Annadell Craig Lamb goes on to say,
"Authorship of the Phi Mu Creed has been credited in some Phi Mu publications, beginning in the 1930s, to Grace Lumpkin, a charter member in 1910 of Mu Chapter, the chapter that submitted the Creed for the convention body's consideration in 1916. ... However, there is no reference to an author at the time it was introduced. Grace did have a real talent for writing and in her lifetime was the author of a number of best selling books and successful plays. ... When interviewed by the National Historian in 1976, Grace had no distinct memory of having written the Creed. She conceded it could have been possible, but quite modestly, was reluctant to accept the credit if it were not due her. Therefore, it has not been possible to firmly establish authorship of the Phi Mu Creed, even through the member to whom it has been widely attributed."

I checked out the Sigma Nu website, and it doesn't mention a specific date of when their creed was written. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps a Phi Mu from Mu Chapter was very close -- in one way or another -- to a Sigma Nu. We should see if Mary Jane (National Historian) can check into it! : )