Historical connections to other orgs?

[Wolfman]

What would be even more interesting is the construction of a "family tree" of sorts to chart Greek-letter orgs which have influences others. It would cross different councils,etc.

[FSUblondeAST07]

I learned actually a few weeks ago of AST's connection with some other organizations. Evidently there was an NPC-ish organization that was formed around the same time called Assoication of Education Sororities (AES). "As the name states it was targeted towards groups who's members were entering the education field. It was formed in 1915 by Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Sigma Alpha. Four other groups Pi Kappa Sigma, Delta Sigma Epsilon, Theta Sigma Upsilon, Alpha Sigma Tau, Pi Delta Theta also joined the organization".

"In 1947 the six groups were accepted into NPC as associate members and became full members in 1951. Since then three of the original members of AES have merged with other groups. Leaving Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, and Sigma Sigma Sigma as the only remaining former AES members."

I was googling NPC and clicked on the Wikipedia link for NPC. I got the information from that. I'm not sure how reliable this is because honestly I do not remember learning this during my New Member Period but then again that was four years ago, lol!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...nic_Conference

[dakareng]

The information about the merger of AES sororities into NPC is mentioned in the green book and was something I learned in my new member education back in the dark ages (just kidding there but suffice to say it was MORE than 4 years ago).

The passage in the Green Book states that the AES was formed in 1915, and served teacher education colleges exclusively. "The growing trend toward general liberal arts institutions resulted in extensive overlapping and led to the merger." (quote from the Green Book, 13th edition)

[Stef the Pef]

The only one I know of that hasn't been added is BYX and Phi Lamb--they're sibling GLOs because a Beta Upsilon Chi brother helped establish Sigma Phi Lambda.

There's one KD chapter that has a connection to Kappa Alpha Order, but I don't remember which chapter that was. Somewhere in Florida, I think--KA brothers helped established their chapter, so they're our Kappa Alpha Chapter.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by Wolfman

What would be even more interesting is the construction of a "family tree" of sorts to chart Greek-letter orgs which have influences others. It would cross different councils,etc.

Paging ariesrising....this would be a good project for her. She's good at digging up nifty tidbits of informaiton.

[Tom Earp]

Reportedly so that LXA helped and incouraged the Founding of TKN which later merged in 1939 with LXA.

The two started out seperately as a Un and State College groups.

But in the Merger which is still the largest in GLO history was a perfect fit.

Parts of the TKN Badge was incorporated with the LXA New Associate pin and part of the TKN Ritual is used as the New Member Association Ceremony.

Some parts were also incorporated into the LXA Coat of Arms such as the Lion Rampant and an open motto.

Not to funny is it that Greeks even back when were working and helping Greeks.