"Who's Who" Greek List from 1941-42

[NutBrnHair]

[amIblue?]

Look, more Chi Omegas paid to be included in Who's Who than any other sororities over 70 years ago. Congratulations.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

I wonder why they listed a group that had zero.

[NutBrnHair]

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

From Wikipedia

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges or also known as Who’s Who Among Students, is a national college student recognition program in the United States of America. It has been compiling its list since 1934. Participants include 2,842 tertiary institutions across 50 states and the District of Columbia. It produces an annual Who's Who in list which is an academic publication that compiles a list of the top students in the United States. Students are honored based on outstanding campus leadership, scholastic ability (includes a GPA requirement), leadership on and off campus, and community service. This program was designed to ensure academic recognized regardless of a student's financial ability to participate.

Selection Process

This list does not solicit individuals. Institutions are allocated a number of nominee slots. Faculty, administration and student body committees in each institution nominate a select number of undergraduate and graduate students for this honor annually. Names of nominated students are often published in the newspapers of the students hometowns. It is important to note that there are no financial obligations in terms of initiation cost, service charge or membership fee to the nominated student.

[Xidelt]

I just laughed so hard at amiblue's comments. Chi Omega is teh best agains.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

This program was designed to ensure academic recognized regardless of a student's financial ability to participate.

I like when people bold sentences that aren't grammatically correct to underscore a point. It really lends a lot of weight to the citation.

[AZTheta]

1941-42? The US was at war (WWII) and most of us had parents/grandparents/great-grandparents who were involved in that war in some fashion.

I seriously don't get it; could someone tell me the significance and relevance of this thread?

(FWIW I've gotten solicitations from Who's Who since I was a junior in HS, and I would be willing to say that we all have. They went immediately into the circular file. I am still waiting on my MacArthur grant.)

[Xidelt]

I'm still waiting on my people to people ambassador position.

[AZTheta]

It's probably at the same post office as my MacArthur grant letter. Right? Or maybe it's in the dead letter file from 1941?

[amIblue?]

Count me in on the list of those solicited. Big flipping deal. In the scheme of honors, Who's Who is not that big a deal. The organizations support themselves by selling books that list people who are willing to buy them for the sake of seeing their names in print.

I still have yet to see the point or significance of this thread. It wasn't the first publication. It was the seventh. There are no names of historical significance. Was someone famous included that you left out?

[Just interested]

I am not for sure of the significance of the thread, however, when I was in school in the 60's Who's Who was a very big deal. Only 10 to 15 of the top students at my school were given the honor and it was very selective and they were honored with a big spread in the yearbook. It was also considered a big deal to have Who's Who members in your chapter as it was to have members of Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board.
Maybe the significance of Who's Who has been watered down over the years but at one time they were the best of the best on a college campus.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Just interested

I am not for sure of the significance of the thread, however, when I was in school in the 60's Who's Who was a very big deal. . . . Maybe the significance of Who's Who has been watered down over the years but at one time they were the best of the best on a college campus.

There is no single Who's Who. There are lots of Who's Who publications, from lots of different publishers, of varying degrees of quality and selectiveness. Always have been.

There have always been, as there are now, people who think being in Who's Who is A Very Big Deal. Right or wrong, I've never been one of them -- not even back in the 70s and 80s when I was in high school (and had the distinct honor of being selected to be included in Who's Who Among American High School Students) or college (ditto for college students). I've never seen it as anything more than pandering to ego and self-aggrandizement.

Originally Posted by AzTheta

I seriously don't get it; could someone tell me the significance and relevance of this thread?

The significance is so that we can all see which NPC group had more members "recognized" in Who's Who than any other NPC group, and had more than any other GLO, save one, period.

[NutBrnHair]

I enjoy history -- especially Chi Omega history. I'm excited that there is a "Greek History" Forum on Greekchat now for those of us who enjoy this kind of thing.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I enjoy history -- especially Chi Omega history. I'm excited that there is a "Greek History" Forum on Greekchat now for those of us who enjoy this kind of thing.

I am not sure that anyone other than you enjoyed this one

[Sciencewoman]

The National Historian for Pi Phi posts history items, and I've enjoyed reading a lot of interesting things about Gamma Phi and other groups. If she only posted about Pi Phi, everyone would .

History Post should not equal Shameless Plug.