Two-year college sororities

[exlurker]

I think that the type of two-year college that Sigma Iota Chi, Eta Upsilon Gamma, and so on existed at / thrived in has nearly or completely disappeared. Up until the 1960s or 1970s there were indeed regions of the country where a form of, frankly, "finishing school" for young women still enjoyed a certain popularity.

Those kinds of institutions are, I believe, gone or all but gone. Why? Changes in opportunities for, and expectations of, women, for one thing.

Funding for postsecondary institutions, for another. The kinds of two-year schools we see today tend to be either

-- public community colleges or technical schools, or

-- private, sometimes for-profit, trade schools.

Those are, I think, a far cry from the kinds of places where Sigma Iota Chi et al began and generally thrived.

Are there any top-notch histories of post-WWII postsecondary education for women that deal with the fate or identity / mission changes undegone by the early 20th century two-year womens' colleges / institutes / academies / schools? .................. ? .............? Anybody? Bueller?

[exlurker]

Phi Mu Gamma

Phi Mu Gamma was a small sorority that Baird's 1912 edition groups in the same category as Eta Upsilon Gamma.
Several of Phi Mu Gamma's chapters at four-year schools did enter NPC groups.

For example, in 1914 its Newcomb (Tulane) chapter became the Alpha Phi chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta; see the Tulane Theta site for chapter charter members, more details:

http://www.tulane.edu/~theta/alphaphi.html

Other Phi Mu Gamma chapter news coming..............................

[exlurker]

Phi Mu Gamma -- A Couple of Other Chapters That Became Chapters of an NPC Group

The Theta chapter of Phi Mu Gamma at Judson (founded 1904) became the Delta Theta chapter of Tri Delta in 1913.

The Rho chapter of Phi Mu Gamma at Middlebury (founded 1914) became the Alpha Iota chapter of Tri Delta in 1917.

Phi Mu Gamma itself was founded at Hollins in 1898 and had chapters at two-year and four-year institutions. Phi Mu Gamma was never a member of the NPC.

[Lafayette79]

Originally Posted by exlurker

I think that the type of two-year college that Sigma Iota Chi, Eta Upsilon Gamma, and so on existed at / thrived in has nearly or completely disappeared. Up until the 1960s or 1970s there were indeed regions of the country where a form of, frankly, "finishing school" for young women still enjoyed a certain popularity.

Centenary College of New Jersey was one of these schools. It's quite close to Lafayette and before Lafayette went coed, the Centenary women were popular on campus.

Miss America 1937 and Debbie Harry, lead singer of Blondie went there.

From Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centena..._of_New_Jersey, Centenary College was founded in 1867 by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church. Centenary has evolved from a coeducational preparatory school to a girls' preparatory school (1910), to a Junior college for women (1940), to a four-year women's college (1976), to a coeducational baccalaureate-degree-granting institution (1988) and finally to a master-degree-granting institution (1995).