How old were your founders?

[starang21]

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Why would their ages be considered esoteric If anything I would think the ages would be helpful in understanding their frame of mind while creating the organization.

well, the ages of the founders can be guess at...but i guess i'm one to keep all information of my frat in my frat.

[starang21]

Originally posted by abaici
Cosign.

Also, when considering the time period in which our organizations were founded and the ages of most Af-Am college students during that point in time...I don't see the point of secrecy. Also, the general ages of Iota founders is often stated...and frankly something I admire about them.

yeah, i know it's out there. but the actual ages is something that i guess i won't speak on.

[CarolinaCutie]

Originally posted by starang21
well, the ages of the founders can be guess at...but i guess i'm one to keep all information of my frat in my frat.

Even more uniquely, many of these men were what are now referred to as "Non-Traditional Students" and were 3-5 years older than the average college student. Gregory, Willis, and Brown were all service veterans, and Brown, Hicks, and Briscoe were married with small children. Of this group of 12, several were also working full-time jobs and all were full-time students.

From your national website... so why is it that they can say it but you won't?

Plenty of other people in this thread didn't state the exact ages and didn't make a big ol' fuss about it. I hardly think that whether someone was 27 or 28 pertains to ariesrising's original intentions in the thread. But the above information is quite interesting! Why would you not want to share it?

[starang21]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
Even more uniquely, many of these men were what are now referred to as "Non-Traditional Students" and were 3-5 years older than the average college student. Gregory, Willis, and Brown were all service veterans, and Brown, Hicks, and Briscoe were married with small children. Of this group of 12, several were also working full-time jobs and all were full-time students.

From your national website... so why is it that they can say it but you won't?

didn't i say it was out there? as i said, i learned a little lot more than that. what's the problem? what's the eyeroll for?



ETA:

OW OW to the founders....

[starang21]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie

Plenty of other people in this thread didn't state the exact ages and didn't make a big ol' fuss about it. I hardly think that whether someone was 27 or 28 pertains to ariesrising's original intentions in the thread. But the above information is quite interesting! Why would you not want to share it?

i don't want to share it because i don't think it's appropriate. if you do, that's fine. i didn't make a stink about it, i just asked it was esoteric. if it's not for you guys, more power to you. no criticism from me.

[abaici]

Originally posted by starang21
didn't i say it was out there? as i said, i learned a little lot more than that. what's the problem? what's the eyeroll for?

LOL. Ya' really did.

But, I know what you are saying. There are history-related facts about each org that although it may be "out there", people are not trying to put it in a newsletter and broadcast it to the world. Also, I think that there is another reason why people are not into giving the exact ages of their founders. I think THAT reason is esoteric in nature.

[sageofages]

Mary Dupont Lines was 16
Martha Bibb Hardaway Redding was 15
Mary Myrick Daniels was 15

Honestly I can't imagine most 15 and 16 year olds today that I know (few exceptions) having the foresight to start something so lasting.

[CutiePie2000]

Delta Gamma: I'm guessing that they were maybe 15-16, as DG was founded at a finishing school called The Lewis School.

[KillarneyRose]

Delta Zeta's Six Founders

Alfa Lloyd Hayes - 22 (her 22nd birthday, October 24, is our Founders' Day)
Mary Collins Galbraith - 22
Anna Keen Davis - 18
Julia Bishop Coleman - 21
Mabelle Minton Hageman - 21
Anne Simmons Friedline - 23


Don't even ask me to divulge their bra sizes because that's a secret

[Peaches-n-Cream]

They were about 17 and 18 in 1917. Three of them were still alive when I pledged.

[CASIGKAP]

Sigma Kappa was founded at Colby College on November 9, 1874
We are 130 years old!
These wonderful ladies are our 5 founders:

Mary Low Carver - early 20's
* First woman to become a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
* Would have been class valedictorian but women were not allowed to hold that position
* Deaf but very few knew that fact

Elizabeth Gorham Hoag - 17
* Unfortunately, had TB & died shortly after the first initiation at the age of 18.
* Brilliant mind & designed the emblem

Ida Fuller Pierce - 20
* Followed her brother to Colby College which he promptly left declaring that he would not go to school with her.

Louise Helen Coburn - 18
* Second lady to attain Phi Beta Kapp

Frances Mann Hall - early 20's
* First Sigma Kappa to be married

[thetalady]

Originally posted by CASIGKAP
Sigma Kappa was founded at Colby College on November 9, 1874
We are 130 years old!
These wonderful ladies are our 5 founders:

Mary Low Carver - early 20's
* First woman to become a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.........

Louise Helen Coburn - 18
* Second lady to attain Phi Beta Kappa

Please forgive a correction.....

Two members of the Lambda chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta were the first women to be be selected for membership and initiated into Phi Beta Kappa. This occurred at the University of Vermont in 1875.

(eta) Those Thetas were Lida Mason Hodge and Ellan Hamilton Woodruff. They were both seniors and ranked in the top four members of their class.

From the Phi Beta Kappa website: Alpha of Vermont, at the University of Vermont, admitted the first women members in 1875.

[Kevin]

All 3 Sigma Nu founders were in their early 20's. They were each veterans and had faught in the Civil War (on the side of the Confederacy).

[pixell]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose


Don't even ask me to divulge their bra sizes because that's a secret

LMAO!

[sageofages]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Don't even ask me to divulge their bra sizes because that's a secret

Is that something you learn during new member education or is it an initiation revelation?

(trying to picture ritual undergarments that DZ's wear)