Sororities & fraternities at Big Ten Universities

[nyapbp]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Do you know what he was a professor of? I'm not sure I've ever seen anything that says.

In 1912 he was Dean of Liberal Arts (I found a letterhead with his name on it).

On page 20 of the 1921 Story of Gamma Phi Beta, he is recognized as "Professor Frank Smalley of the Latin department - now Vice Chancellor Emeritus."

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by nyapbp

In 1912 he was Dean of Liberal Arts (I found a letterhead with his name on it).

On page 20 of the 1921 Story of Gamma Phi Beta, he is recognized as "Professor Frank Smalley of the Latin department - now Vice Chancellor Emeritus."

Interesting. With a liberal arts background, he certainly could have had some familiarity with More's writings. And as a Latin professor, the the idea to anglicize sororitas in a manner similar to what had been done with fraternitas would seem like a quite natural one.