NPC Sorority whistles - history post

nyapbp · #1 10-19-2012, 07:09 AM

Once upon a time, NPC women used distinctive whistles (the kind of whistle one creates and not the "sorority whistles" that come up when one does a google search). This post gives some information on the whistles. It's what I could find using the resources I had at hand. I'd love to add to the post, so please let me know what I am missing.

Sorority whistles may have been the first social media used by National Panhellenic Conference organizations. Imagine being on a campus and hearing your organization's whistle. What a comforting sound it must have been, knowing sisters were close at hand.

Sorority whistles first appeared in the 1880s and by the 1910s, many of the National Panhellenic Conference organizations seem to have adopted a whistle.

The rest of the post is at: http://wp.me/p20I1i-q7

FSUZeta · #2 10-19-2012, 08:13 AM

Fascinating! Thank you for the interesting article and the link.

WhiteDaisy128 · #3 10-19-2012, 08:15 AM

Thanks for the link! This blog is AMAZING!

carnation · #4 10-19-2012, 08:26 AM

I love the blog too! I'd heard of the whistles and this indeed is fascinating.

MysticCat · #5 10-19-2012, 08:36 AM

Great post.

FWIW, there have been some other discussions of whistles at GC, and honeychile and others have posted the "Fraternity Whistles" page a number of times. One of the more extended discussions is in this thread. In that thread, we noted that the ΑΔΦ is actually ΑΔΠ during the brief period (1905-1913) between being the Adelphian Society and ΑΔΠ, and we deduced that the page is from the University of Texas.

nyapbp · #6 10-19-2012, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

FWIW, there have been some other discussions of whistles at GC, and honeychile and others have posted the "Fraternity Whistles" page a number of times. One of the more extended discussions is in this thread. In that thread, we noted that the ΑΔΦ is actually ΑΔΠ during the brief period (1905-1913) between being the Adelphian Society and ΑΔΠ, and we deduced that the page is from the University of Texas.

Thanks, MysticCat, for the link. The blog post came together very quickly when a friend's posting on twitter made me think of it. When I tried to search GC, I didn't have much success going through all the possibilities. September is horrendous for me in my "real job" and I must have missed the original discussion. I appreciate the heads up.