![]() “With the exception of the banquet and the two luncheons, given by alumnae and patronesses, all events took place at the chapter house at 217 Waldron, which had been the home of Delta Rho since its founding.” Members from five Pi Phi active chapters and alumnae from many chapters attended. The holiday break was a time she could take off from work. After his death she took a job at Beloit College and was serving as Pi Phi’s Grand President. Can you imagine installing a chapter at that time of year! Tannahill had become a widow in 1917 when her husband of four years was killed in a car accident. The preinitiation events took place on December 31 st. Word was received in late November that the petition was approved and the chapter would be installed after Christmas.Īnna Lytle Tannahill, Grand President, installed the chapter on January 1, 1921. In the summer of 1920 the Delta Rhos put a petition together and that fall they entertained members from the chapters in the Pi Beta Phi province. Matthews was the Delta Rho’s faculty advisor. But Agnes Tilson, a Home Ec instructor who was a Butler Pi Phi and Verna Weaver, a student who was a University of Washington Pi Phi, likely had influence over the women. Delta Rho, a local sorority, was organized on December 14, 1915, and because there were three faculty members who were Tri Deltas and two of the early members of Delta Rho were Tri Deltas at Franklin College, the group thought they’d try for a Tri Delta charter. Twenty men’s fraternities were affiliated with national organizations before the first national women’s fraternity was chartered. Eight years after Matthews was hired, there were 200 women enrolled. She said that in 1905, no one wanted women at Purdue, the intention was to have it be a men’s school. She taped the interview in 1956 after she retired – the mandatory retirement age was 70 – and she told the story of the school of home economics. There’s a fascinating interview with her on a Purdue website. She was hired in 1912 when there were 40 women attending Purdue. Matthews was an important person in the life of the chapter. As we walked them around campus, someone said that we’d taken the colors to new heights and we silently looked at each other with “and we’re not even alums” grins. And we never realized that our dogs are Purdue colors. ![]() That’s how my husband, our two dogs and I ended up at Purdue this past weekend. And I am so glad she convinced me to attend. Then a dear friend, an alumna of the chapter, asked if I’d reconsider and said “why not bring Dan along.” I replied that if I could stay at a dog friendly hotel, it might actually happen. It happened to be the weekend after our wedding anniversary and the question was asked about the time I realized I would be away from home for my husband’s birthday. When I was asked if I would speak at the 100th anniversary of the Purdue chapter of Pi Beta Phi, I respectfully declined. There is nothing better than to see conversations start where they left off decades ago as if no time had transpired. The chapters are located in departments of political science in accredited four-year institutions throughout the country. Each chapter is guided by a faculty member serving as Chapter Advisor, and elected student chapter officers. The Purdue University Delta Omega chapter was established in 1967.I love attending chapter anniversaries. At present, there are 621 Pi Sigma Alpha chapters on campuses across the country. Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, is the only honor society for college and university students of government in the United States. The purpose of Pi Sigma Alpha is to stimulate productive scholarship and intelligent interest in the subject of government among students at institutions of higher learning in which chapters are maintained. Welcome to the Purdue University Pi Sigma Alpha Delta Omega chapter website. Home About Contact Membership Upcoming Events Past Events Chapter Awards Opportunities Pi Sigma Alpha National Website Undergraduate Journal of Politics Purdue University Political Science Department
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