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Old 07-15-2013, 06:39 PM
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Miss Jobelle's gravesite is in the same cemetery in Fayetteville, AR as Dr. Richardson's (pictured above).
Nut, isn't Miss Holcomb buried in Springdale? That looks like the cemetery there.
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Question: I see Mizpah at the bottom of the headstones....isn't that a Jewish word? (Sorry if I'm wrong, I was just curious if it was becuase I am wondering if Phi Mu had Jewish connections?)
I'm reading a book called Going Greek about the formations of the Jewish fraternities and sororities.

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Old 07-15-2013, 09:07 PM
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The State Presidents of Illinois State Chapter of P.E.O. have something they call the Mizpah Circle. I'm not sure if the other state chapters do that, too. I think they refer to this definition "Mizpah (emotional bond), an emotional bond between people who are separated".
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Question: I see Mizpah at the bottom of the headstones....isn't that a Jewish word? (Sorry if I'm wrong, I was just curious if it was becuase I am wondering if Phi Mu had Jewish connections?)
I'm reading a book called Going Greek about the formations of the Jewish fraternities and sororities.

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It is a Hebrew (and Biblical) word, though I wonder if you are thinking of mitzvah.

Mizpah. And:
"Laban said, 'This heap [of stones] is a witness between you and me this day.' Therefore it was named Galeed, and Mizpah, for he said, 'May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other.'"
Genesis 31:48-49. This is referred to as the Covenant of Mizpah.
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Our main founder, Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald, is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia decorated with pearls and the beginning of our Creed:



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It is a Hebrew (and Biblical) word, though I wonder if you are thinking of mitzvah.

Mizpah. And:
"Laban said, 'This heap [of stones] is a witness between you and me this day.' Therefore it was named Galeed, and Mizpah, for he said, 'May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other.'"
Genesis 31:48-49. This is referred to as the Covenant of Mizpah.
Cool. Thanks for the clarification. I was curious becuase after reading this book I have been wondering if there weren't groups who had used Judaic symbolism or may have had ties to judisiam in the 1800s. But alas that's a discussion for another topic!

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As I posted in the other thread on founders' grave sites, there are two graves that are marked with markers related to Phi Mu Alpha. The first is the grave of our Founder, first President of Alpha Chapter and first Supreme President, Ossian Everett Mills. Father Mills died on December 26, 1920. This marker at his grave in Thompson, Connecticut, was dedicated on December 28, 1928:




The second is the grave of the second President of Alpha Chapter, first Supreme Historian and Sixth Supreme President, Percy Jewett Burrell. With Mills, Burrell was instrumental in establishing and articulating the values and principles on which the Fraternity is based. Burrell died without any descendants at the age of 87 in 1964. In 1998, history-minded Sinfonians learned that he had been buried in an unmarked grave in Watertown, Massachusetts. They worked for several years with city officials and with family members toward placing a monument at his grave, and raised money for that monument through donations from Sinfonians across the country. On October 2, 2004, this marker was dedicated at his grave (these pictures are from the dedication ceremony):





The inscription at the bottom can't be completely seen. It reads: "He has not truly lived who has not lived for others, in sympathy and harmony with his fellows." It comes from Burrell's 1908 President's Message to the Fraternity.
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Cool. Thanks for the clarification. I was curious becuase after reading this book I have been wondering if there weren't groups who had used Judaic symbolism or may have had ties to judisiam in the 1800s. But alas that's a discussion for another topic!

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It may have more with the study of Hebrew (common for those entering the ministry, for example) than an actual link to Judaism. Our badge has a Hebrew word on it, but we have no specific ties to Judaism other than those to the Old Testament.
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Hahaha, I am actually shocked to see it on the gravestone, because it is a direct reference to our ritual.
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It may have more with the study of Hebrew (common for those entering the ministry, for example) than an actual link to Judaism. Our badge has a Hebrew word on it, but we have no specific ties to Judaism other than those to the Old Testament.
The Mispah Covenant was a very common motif (if that's the right word) in 19th Century Christianity, mainly Protestantism. Mizpah jewelry was very much in vogue.

The interesting thing is that this usage reflects an understanding of love and affection -- quite different from the biblical usage. In Genesis, Laban is basically telling Jacob "I don't trust you as far as I can see you, so just know that when I can't watch you, God is still watching, and you'll pay if you double-cross me."
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I was speaking in generalities - so often I see our badge listed on e-bay as from "a Jewish sorority".
Yes - Hebrew
No - specifically Jewish
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I was speaking in generalities - so often I see our badge listed on e-bay as from "a Jewish sorority".
I can imagine! No, I knew you were speaking in generalities, and I suspect you're right about the study of Hebrew. I just was adding that, in the case of "Mizpah," there was also a very strong cultural component that was not limited to Judaism. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that.
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