Interesting FACTS That Some May Not Know About Your Organization

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Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Sigma Gamma Rho did not receive its charter for the Alpha chapter at Butler U. until 1929, but we were founded by collegiate women. All of the founders were undergrads at Butler U., were graduates of Normal schools (2 yr. teachers' schools) in Indiana, and were teaching in Indiana at the time that Sigma Gamma Rho was founded.

Very interesting!!

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Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Sigma Gamma Rho did not receive its charter for the Alpha chapter at Butler U. until 1929, but we were founded by collegiate women. All of the founders were undergrads at Butler U., were graduates of Normal schools (2 yr. teachers' schools) in Indiana, and were teaching in Indiana at the time that Sigma Gamma Rho was founded.

This is really interesting. Thanks for sharing this.

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

Now that is an interesting tidbit--the fact that your first collegiate chapter was not charted until seven years after your founding. The opposite of the rest of us who were founded by collegiates.

Well, not exactly but here is another interesting tidbit(s) to add to the story, but I had to look it up first to be sure. From 1922 to 1929, Sigma Gamma Rho established city chapters throughout Indiana and beyond. The original vision of the founders was to create city chapters for the cities' teachers and aspiring teachers. News of the new sorority spread like wildfire in Indiana and before long women on college campuses were inquiring about membership; including those outside of the teaching profession. Sigma Gamma Rho also did establish a few collegiate chapters before 1929 but not enough to be considered a collegiate sorority overall. It wasn't until December 30, 1929 that she received the charter at Butler U. and became a national collegiate sorority. Until that time the first city chapter of Indianapolis in Indiana was known as the Alpha chapter, but in 1929 the chapter at Butler U. became the Alpha chapter and the city chapter of Indianapolis was renamed Alpha Sigma, the sorority's first grad chapter. To this day, Alpha Sigma continues to advise the Alpha chapter at Butler U. The other city chapters were also renamed and converted into grad chapters and Sigma Gamma Rho became busy thereafter establishing new undergrad chapters. Once a certain amount of collegiate chapters were established (and I'm not sure what the requirement was), Sigma Gamma Rho officially joined the NPHC.