NPC Sorority Challenge

[Sciencewoman]

Collegiate Sorosis was still on campus when I went through rush in 1981, but their numbers were low and it wasn't too much later that the chapter closed. They had a long and proud history at The University of Michigan, but I was not interested in a local sorority. I think that was a common sentiment. I remember standing in their living room during the first round of recruitment and we listened to a presentation about their history. Many prominent Michigan women had been members, and I do mean had been, because the women they mentioned were all from generations past. I remember having a sad feeling that the group was in its twilight years and wouldn't survive much longer.

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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Collegiate Sorosis was still on campus when I went through rush in 1981, but their numbers were low and it wasn't too much later that the chapter closed. They had a long and proud history at The University of Michigan, but I was not interested in a local sorority. I think that was a common sentiment. I remember standing in their living room during the first round of recruitment and we listened to a presentation about their history. Many prominent Michigan women had been members, and I do mean had been, because the women they mentioned were all from generations past. I remember having a sad feeling that the group was in its twilight years and wouldn't survive much longer.

We left Michigan in 1988 and somewhere before then, the collegians changed the name to Chi Sigma so that they could wear Greek letters. Charles Lindbergh's mom was a Collegiate Sorosis member as was John Dewey's wife Alice. They were involved in a housing issue when we left and that may have contributed to the organization's demise. It had a wonderful history, but a history alone cannot compete with so much more.