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Originally posted by sueali
I was wondering if you guys had any information on Pi Kappa Sigma (the sorority that sigma kappa merged with in 1959)?
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Why, yes, thanks for asking
Founded Nov. 17, 1894 at Michigan State Normal College in Ypsilanti by Georgia Fox, a student. Original name was "J.P.N." Name changed to Pi Kappa Sigma in 1897. Became a member of the Association of Education Sororities in 1917. Became an associate member of NPC in 1947, and full NPC membership followed in 1951.
Magazine: The Laurel
Colors: Turquoise blue and gold
Flowers: forget-me-nots and jonquils.
The chapter roll from the 1957 Baird's (which is fairly close to the date of the merger with Sigma Kappa):
1894 A, Michigan Normal
1900 B, Northwestern State (Oklahoma)
1902 G, Central Michigan
1905 D, Eastern Washington (d. 1918)
1907 E, Wisconsin State--Milwaukee (d. 1911)
1909 Z, Indiana of Pennsylvania (inactive 1918-30)
1915 H, Miami (Ohio) (d. 1938)
1917 Th, U of Cincinnati (d.1919)
1918 I, Emporia State (Kansas)
1919 K, Southeastern State (Oklahoma)
1920 L, Central Missouri State
1920 M, Colorado State College of Education
1922 N, East Central State (Oklahoma)
1923 Xi, Ohio U (d. 1933)
1923 Omicron, Maarshall College
1924 Pi, Northeast Missouri State
1925 Rho, SUNY Buffalo (d.1954)
1925 S, Drake U. (d. 1932)
1925 T, Chico State (California)
1925 Upsilon, Florida State U (d. 1929)
1926 Phi, UCLA (d. 1939)
1926 Chi, Black Hills Teachers College (S. Dakota)
1926 Psi, Kent State (d. 1947)
1927 Omega USC (California) (d. 1940)
1927 AA, Alabama Polytechnic (i.e., Auburn) (d. 1937)
1928 AB, Pittsburg State (Kansas) (d. 1941)
1928 AG, Wayne State U.
1928 AD Northwestern Louisiana
1928 AE Longwood (Virginia)
1929 AZ, Western State (Colorado)
1939 AH, Millikin U (d. 1937)
1929 ATh, Stetson (Florida) (d. 1940)
1929 AI, Butler (d. 1937)
1930 AK, Harris Teachers' College
1930 AL, Wittenberg (d. 1936)
1930 AM, Fort Hays State (Kansas) (d. 1940)
1935 AN, Lock Haven (Pennsylvania)
1939 AXi, Southern Illinois
1939 AOmicron, Madison College (Virginia)
1943 APi, Western Illinois
1944 APhi (sic), Arkansas State Teachers
1945 AChi Ball State
1945 ARho (sic), Northern Illinois State
1946 AS, Henderson (Arkansas) (d. 1952)
1946 AT, Dist. of Columbia Teachers
1947 Theta Nu, Southwest Missouri State
1948 AOmega (sic), Fairmont State (West Virginia)
1950 AUpsilon, Central State (Oklahoma)
1951 GTh, Radford (Virginia)
1954 APsi (sic), U. of Illinois
Total membership reported in the 1957 Baird's: 11,013
First national convention: 1915
National conventions were held every two years from 1915 up to 1931, then every three years.