Remembering Founder's Names?

[TrojanGirl]

Anyone have any tips on learning the founder's names? Any funny pneumonic devices or songs? My pledge test is in a week and a half and I am having trouble with remembering!

TG

[carnation]

Haha! I wish!

Try to arrange their names in an order in which you can put a mnemonic device like that one for the planets: My very educated mother just-whatever-for Mercury, Venus, Earth, etc.

[cherub]

You'd think that I'd remember the song, having been VP Social and their advisor, but there's a song to the tune of Frere Jacques that is really good for the names...I can't remember the order of the Founder's, but give me a sec and I'll go find out!

[cherub]

Jennie Nicol
Rosa Moore
Fanny Whitenack Libbey
Emma Brownlee Kilgore
Clara Brownlee Hutchinson
Libbie Brook Gaddis
Fannie Ann Thompson
Nancy Black Wallace
Margaret E. Campbell
Inez Smith Soule
Ada Bruen Grier
Jennie Horne Turnbull

- I copied this from the # of Founder's thread that jharb posted...still can't figure out how to quote from different threads, but I'll work on it! Hope this helps!!

[pbpck]

This sounds odd, but my chapter has used this forever.

CLEM RAN JJIFF

C-Clara Brownlee Hutchinson
L-Libbie Brook Gaddis
E-Emma Brownlee Kilgore
M-Margaret E. Campbell
(get it?)

Rosa Moore
Ada Bruen Grier
Nancy Black Wallace

Jennie Nicol
Jennie Horne Turnbull
Inez Smith Soule
Fanny Whitenack Libbey
Fannie Ann Thompson

I know that the acronyms aren't really words. But it worked for me! Good luck!

[jharb]

Trojan Girl,

I would just go over all the info for the pledge test each day before the test. The song really helps too! You can sing it quietly to yourself during the test and it works! I was so nervous before mine because I had a HUGE logic test the same day! Good luck and don't stress about it! You'll do fine and I can't wait to call you my initiated sister!

Jess

[TrojanGirl]

Thanks so much.. I have been studying all weekend. I have a week and a half to go before the test. Everyone keep your fingers crossed!

TG

[sarahpiphi]

hehehe! Oh the days of pledgeship!

JJ FRANCE FILM always works for us!

pi phi love,

Sarah

[canadajen]

Please excuse my intrusion on your board! I just wanted to wish you good luck on your upcoming pledge test TrojanGirl

I never knew that Pi Phi had sooo many founders too - we have 11!! Now if only I could remember their names ... j/k

Best wishes & much greek love,

Jen - alumna
AGD - DZ chapter '97

PS - a good friend of mine was a Pi Phi a few years back at UC Irvine (she's now finishing her PhD at Columbia). You have an amazing sisterhood!!

[KiwiKerri]

i know it's kinda late to help, but for future reference, our chapter (florida epsilon) always uses ANJJEL FFRICM (pronounced angel frickham) and as odd as it sounds, it works wonders.
Kerri

[ROWDYsister]

My chapter (Florida Delta) uses that, too. Why do all of our founders have to have three names?!

Originally posted by ROWDYsister
My chapter (Florida Delta) uses that, too. Why do all of our founders have to have three names?!

Um, most Founders' names consist of FIRST + MAIDEN (INITIATED) + MARRIED names.

[ROWDYsister]

I know why they all have three names. I myself have three names (my middle one being my mom's maiden name.) I meant, "I wish they didn't all have three names b/c that makes it even harder to remember them all." Aren't you happy that's one more of your sisters who isn't brain dead?

[erniegurl00]

LOL ROWDY. I will have to agree with you. I don't know about you guys, but we're supposed to know the spelling of the entire name of each founder. It's not too bad, but they all have odd spellings! We personally sing a song to help us remember (Frere Jacque *spelling?*).

[suzipiphi]

I know its too late but we use MIRACLE FFJJN the FFJJN doesn;t really help but once you get past the MIRACLE part its easy!