Badges of Extinct/Absorbed Sororities

[NutBrnHair]

My Dad's fraternity pin is beautiful. I wear it on my charm bracelet. I looked it up in "Baird's Manual" once & if I recall, it was from Alpha Lambda Tau? I wish I could remember which group they merged with -- Pi Kappa Alpha maybe?

[PhoenixAzul]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...935673534&rd=1

anyone know who this is? Phi Epsilon Delta?

[chopperLI905]

If you want to see the Theta Kappa Nu membership pin just look at the Lambda Chi Alpha associate member pin. That is bc when LCA merged with TKN we incorperated many of their things into Lambda chi.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

Originally posted by 33girl
Wow...those are so cool!

Our old (pre-reorg) badge looked a lot like our council badge. I wonder if any of them are still around.

http://www.burrpatt.com/alphasigmaalpha/ASAPins.asp

Is there a site somewhere with info about the ASA reorg?

[Erik P Conard]

Alpha Lambda Tau chapters mostly joined TKE. A good article
on this southern outfit is in several Baird's editions.

[AGDAlum]

My husband has his great-great-grandfather's fraternity badge from the Peucinian Society at Bowdoin College. The society was instituted Nov. 22, 1805 and G-G-GF was initiated in 1839.

The badge is cut from a piece of silver, about 1"square. I believe it originally hung from a ribbon that would have been pinned to a lapel or hung around the neck.

I have it on a silver chain and wear it as a necklace.


AGDAlum

[ta kala]

Originally posted by 33girl
There was stuff about longtime local groups and fraternities/sororities that no longer exist.

Where did your grandmother go to school?

sorry for the delay...she was an ASA at suny oswego. i think she was one of the founding sisters, but the chapter closed shortly after getting its charter.

[AZ-AlphaXi]

I just got a copy of the 1933 Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity Education Manual off of ebay...

included in the NPC section are short paragraphs on each of the NPC members

Here's the information on the ones that are no longer in existence:

Beta Phi Alpha - Founded at the University of California, May 8, 1909. The badge is a jeweled Phi carrying the B and A to the left and right of the central bar of the Phi on a field of black enamel. National philanthropy, the Mary Gordon Holway Loan Fund for members.

Alpha Delta Theta - Founded at Transylvania College, November 1919. The badge is an equilateral triangle superimposed on a gold key. The trangle is bordered with twenty-one pearls, having a emerald in the corner of each base, and at the apex. The emblem, a candle and a palm branch ar etched on teh black enameled center. National philanthropy, giving aid to senior members to complete college course.

Theta Upsilon - Founded at the University of California, January 1, 1914. The badge is a Theta superimposed upon a hand carved Upsilon. National philanthropy, a Health Fund at Berea College, makes possible dental attention and other medical aid for students

Associate Members of N.P.C. -
Sigma Phi Beta - Founded at New York University November 1, 1920

Beta Sigma Omicron - Founded at the University of Missouri, December 12, 1888

Lambda Omega - Founded at the University of California, October 31, 1915

Phi Omega Pi - Founded at the University of Nebraska March 5, 1910


I found it very interesting that there were three founded at the University of California and all three ended up merged into Delta Zeta.

[honeychile]

Just out of curiosity, say that someone's grandmother (or great-grandmother) was a member of one of the absorbed sororities. Would she be considered a legacy to the sorority which absorbed it?


I have to admit, each time I see that Alpha Delta Theta was absorbed by Phi Mu, I can't help but wonder why they didn't get absorbed by Alpha Delta Pi. Strange, I know, but when you have two sororities founded within a year at the same place, and two sororities whose names are quite similar, it gets you to wondering.

That, or I need a new hobby.

[AlphaSigOU]

When Alpha Kappa Pi consolidated with Alpha Sigma Phi in 1946, the pledge pin of Alpha Sigma Phi was changed to reflect Alpha Kappa Pi's heritage, and parts of AKPi's ritual were incorporated into the pledge ritual. The badge became the Sister Pin of Alpha Sigma Phi, which changed the letters, respectively.

The merger of Phi Pi Phi and Alpha Gamma Upsilon with Alpha Sigma Phi did not make any significant changes to the ceremonies, only with the makeup of the Grand Council and the membership status of its members.

[OleMissGlitter]

I read last night (I was bored) in the AOII History book that AOII absorbed a New England local. If I can remember correctly it was called Delta Theta Sigma. I am babysitting so I don't have it with me. I'll double check though.

[exlurker]

Originally posted by OleMissGlitter
I read last night (I was bored) in the AOII History book that AOII absorbed a New England local. If I can remember correctly it was called Delta Theta Sigma. I am babysitting so I don't have it with me. I'll double check though.

I believe the absorbed group was Delta Sigma. It had chapters at Tufts, Brown, and the U. of Maine. They became the Delta, Beta, and Gamma chapters of AOII, according to Baird's Manual. (Note for non-AOIIs like myself -- AOII does not use the Greek alphabetical order system of naming chapters; there were a number of AOII chapters chartered before these three.) The chapter at Brown became inactive when sororities were abolished there.

[OleMissGlitter]

Thanks ExLurker, you are correct

Beta Chapter at Brown, all of those women became alumnae immediately. The Gamma Chapter at Maine is still in existence, as is the Delta Chapter at Tufts.


ETA: Beta Chapter of AOII was never a full active chapter. They never functioned as a chapter because when AOII absorbed Delta Sigma, Brown abolished sororities therefore those members were made alumnae.

[Tom Earp]

While in 1939, LXA and TKN merged, there was a feeling of change.

LXA Badge stayed the same.

The "Pledge" Pin changed to reflect the merger to the current on of today.

The Coat of Arms also changed to reflect the Merger.

Many of the Rules, Codes, Etc, were also incorporated to make all fell comfortable.

Many of the Officers of TKN became Officers enveloped with LXA. This is today The Largest Merger of National Greek Organizations.

While at one time, there were discussions between LXA and TKE, there were to many problems to consumate it.

The last major merger I can think of was Phi Sigma Epsilon with Phi Siggma Kappa.

[gwen1982]

Originally posted by ms_gwyn
Questions to the Orgs that have been merged......do you guys talk about these orgs during your new member period (if privileged information, I understand), but since its part of your history it would be really interesting to learn.

In 1952, Theta Phi Alpha absorbed Pi Lambda Sigma. The history of the merger is shared, as is all of our history, during our new member period. There are a number of Pi Lambda Sigma sisters who became affiliated with Theta Phi Alpha, including alumnae, but the choice was always theirs. Unfortunately, I don't know how much information our archives holds regarding Pi Lambda Sigma. I'm sure there's stuff out there - they were founded in 1921, so there's 30 years of history somewhere. It would be interesting to learn it, though.