Is there a connection between Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu?

[sageofages]

Originally posted by rainbowbrightCS
Do you know when it will be up and running?

Ground breaking was in May 2003. I am not sure the move in date, but I am betting it is late 2004 or early 2005.

It is so beautiful and definitely something for Phi Mu's to be very excited about building!

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by sageofages
YES WE ARE!!! And it is going to be the most beautiful building.....

http://www.phimu.org/foundation/newhq.asp

Everyone check it out!

WOW!!! That is just gorgeous!!!

[polarpi]

Originally posted by sageofages
It is so beautiful and definitely something for Phi Mu's to be very excited about building!

The architect's drawings look wonderful! I'm so happy for you all to have such a wonderful headquarters, and to get the two Macon Magnolia organizations' headquarters within about a 2 hours drive of one another!

[dzrose93]

Originally posted by honeychile
Then, I have to assume that the photos we took at the "Now entering Macon Cty" meant city, not county. How odd!!

Glad you liked the story - I've dined out on that for a while now!

That sign sounds really crazy! LOL Could you download the picture and PM it to me? I'd love to see it.

[dzrose93]

Originally posted by CardinalSM
Yeah, in Georgia, for most counties, there is also a city that shares the same name. Hardly ever will you find the city in the county with the same name! I have been here for a year and a half and still can't figure out where I am going!

I don't know if this still holds true, but Georgia used to have more counties than any other state. I suppose they ran out of names eventually and had to steal city names from the county ones (or vice versa).

The funniest county names to me are Coffee and Bacon. They sit side by side.

[pinkyphimu]

right out of our latest history book (pg.9):

"The story is told that Mary Ann [Dupont Lines] roomed with Eugenia Tucker (Fitzgerald), a young lady who was president of the Adelphean Society. The two roommates, it is said, were at once close companions and active rivals. They championed their own societies in attaining the highest honors and the best girls for membership, at the same time preserving a friendship that transcended the naturally cometitive nature of the societies. Although confirmation of the story is difficult, it is quite possible, for Mary Ann entered Wesleyan in October and Eugenia was in school that year preceding her graduation in 1852. If it is indeed true, then this rooming arrangement may have had a definate influence in promoting the formation of a second literary society at Wesleyan."

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

a fellow Phi Mu to the rescue, I knew I'd heard it somewhere from a reputable source!

Thanks Pinky!

Makes sense to me though. Some of my BEST friendships are with girls I'm also in "competition" with... they inspire me to think more, do more, be more.... makes sense that a true friendship like that would beget two great secret societies!

[honeychile]

Originally posted by pinkyphimu
right out of our latest history book (pg.9):

"The story is told that Mary Ann [Dupont Lines] roomed with Eugenia Tucker (Fitzgerald), a young lady who was president of the Adelphean Society. The two roommates, it is said, were at once close companions and active rivals. They championed their own societies in attaining the highest honors and the best girls for membership, at the same time preserving a friendship that transcended the naturally cometitive nature of the societies. Although confirmation of the story is difficult, it is quite possible, for Mary Ann entered Wesleyan in October and Eugenia was in school that year preceding her graduation in 1852. If it is indeed true, then this rooming arrangement may have had a definate influence in promoting the formation of a second literary society at Wesleyan."

I feel better now! Since the Adelphean Society was formed in May of 1851, Mary Ann Dupont (Lines) would not have been Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald's roomie at the time! I also seem to remember that membership in the Adelphean Society was limited to 10 women per year (or something like that), so there just may not have been room at the time.

Sounds like this ancient quota system was good news for both the Adelphean AND the Philomathean Societies!

[honeychile]

Originally posted by dzrose93
That sign sounds really crazy! LOL Could you download the picture and PM it to me? I'd love to see it.

I'll have to ask Cheryl.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

VERY good news!

[HollisterDXiChi]

Originally posted by White_Chocolate
A lot of sororities started up because of different reasons. I know that my sorority was founded because one founder went through rush and didn't get into anything because she wasn't of the same religious persuasion as the rest of the girls. So, she decided to start her own.
AND THIS IS WHY MY SORORITY ROCKS!!!
We are the only NPC sorority that is not based on scripture ritual. The foundation of our sorority and it's members screams that DIVERSITY IS WELCOMED.

What sorority are you a part of?

[HollisterDXiChi]

Originally posted by dzrose93
I don't know if this still holds true, but Georgia used to have more counties than any other state. I suppose they ran out of names eventually and had to steal city names from the county ones (or vice versa).

The funniest county names to me are Coffee and Bacon. They sit side by side.

Yeah it did have a lot of counties but had to be combined due to tax puposes way back when-someting about ratios. Learned it in a manditory GA History and American Politics class...

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

Originally posted by HollisterDXiChi
What sorority are you a part of?

She's a Phi Sigma Sigma.

[HollisterDXiChi]

Thanks

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

from the FSS website


On November 26, 1913, Phi Sigma Sigma was born, unobtrusively, without the thought of expansion. It was the first nonsectarian sorority; the only one that was open to diverse membership from inception and the only one with a ritual that was not based in scripture. Under the leadership of Fay Chertkoff (our first chapter archon), Alpha Chapter was installed at Hunter College.

....The early 1900's were turbulent times. Racial vindictiveness emerged as a result of earlier waves of emigration, and divisions developed along religious, ethnic, and economic lines. The city of New York was seen as a cauldron for social change. [The founders] wanted to start a sorority that would promote open membership to all women of character regardless of background; a sorority committed to sisterhood, excellence in scholarship, and selfless giving.



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