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12-24-2012, 12:49 PM
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Happy Founder's Day Delta Gamma!!
Although DG celebrates it's Founders Day in March, the real founding took place on Christmas Eve in 1873. Three young girls (ages 14-16), Anna Boyd Ellington, Eva Webb Dodd, and Mary Comfort Leonard were boarding students at the Lewis School for Girls in Mississippi. Because of the weather and the train schedule, they were not able to go home to their families for Christmas. They found comfort in each other and decided to form a special club to strengthen their friendships and academic pursuits. The Delta Gamma Club was formed on that cold winter night.
They selected our motto and the Greek letters Delta Gamma. They wrote the Constitution and started developing the initiation ritual. They designed our first pin, the dear little letter H with the Greek letters DG on the crossbar.
I bet they'd be thrilled to see how big their little club has grown!
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12-24-2012, 12:55 PM
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Congratulations to all Delta Gammas. What a sweet story your founding is.
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12-24-2012, 01:12 PM
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Because of a Delta Gamma, I became a sorority woman. DG will always hold a very special place in my heart. And all the DGs I've ever known are truly wonderful women! So - Happy Founders Day to DGs everywhere!
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12-24-2012, 08:47 PM
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Happy Founders' Day! I love the little H pin. 
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12-24-2012, 08:59 PM
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Happy Founders Day, Delta Gamma! What a wonderful beginning, arising from true friendship among such young women!
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12-25-2012, 12:23 AM
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Happy Birthday, Delta Gamma! I love the story of how Delta Gamma expanded to Indiana, through the efforts of George Banta. http://wp.me/p20I1i-xb
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12-25-2012, 01:03 AM
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Very true, WhiteDaisy.
Merry Christmas to you and to all my Delta Gamma sisters!
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12-31-2012, 04:43 PM
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Happy Birthday, Delta Gamma! I love the story of how Delta Gamma expanded to Indiana, through the efforts of George Banta. http://wp.me/p20I1i-xb |
In your interesting link you say George Banta is Phi Gamma Delta, then you say he had a "connection" to Phi Delta Theta that assisted with Delta Gamma Eta Chapter at Buchtel College.
So is George Banta a Phi Gamma Delta or Phi Delta Theta?
Guess I'm looking for the definition of your word "connection".
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12-31-2012, 05:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheerio
In your interesting link you say George Banta is Phi Gamma Delta, then you say he had a "connection" to Phi Delta Theta that assisted with Delta Gamma Eta Chapter at Buchtel College.
So is George Banta a Phi Gamma Delta or Phi Delta Theta?
Guess I'm looking for the definition of your word "connection".
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George Banta was a Phi Delta Theta (he served as national president) who was initiated into Delta Gamma in the late 1800s in order to initate his fiancee, Lillian Vawter, into Delta Gamma and thus enable our Delta Gamma Fraternity to grow.
I wish I could post a link to an online history, but we apparently do not have a comprehensive history online.
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12-31-2012, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna
George Banta was a Phi Delta Theta (he served as national president) who was initiated into Delta Gamma in the late 1800s in order to initate his fiancee, Lillian Vawter, into Delta Gamma and thus enable our Delta Gamma Fraternity to grow.
I wish I could post a link to an online history, but we apparently do not have a comprehensive history online.
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The 1915 Copy of the ANCHORA, available on Google Books here: http://books.google.com/books?id=9qF...page&q&f=false has a pretty complete early history, including loads of info on George Banta.
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Then there are friends who sail together, through quiet waters and stormy weather. Helping each other through joy and through strife. And those are the kind who give meaning to life.
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12-31-2012, 10:33 PM
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Sorry, it was a typo of sorts. Banta was a Phi Delta Theta. My apologies.
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01-01-2013, 03:36 AM
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Thanks!!
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01-01-2013, 11:09 AM
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I admit I am confused.
Were these teenagers (14-16) enrolled in high school or college?
Anyway, congratulations to a wonderful organization.
My SIL is a UGA DG.
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01-01-2013, 11:39 AM
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It was considered then as a sort of prep school as women of that period did not typically go to college....at least in the south. That was beginning to change but many still went to these schools out of elementary school and got a sort of blend of high school and college which allowed many to teach once they graduated. It was typically the final level of formal education for women of means.
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01-01-2013, 01:13 PM
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Thanks.
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