A male student at Monmouth College, where Kappa was founded, had a female cousin attending Indiana University. Two and a half years later, on October 12, 1873, Kappa Kappa Gamma made its appearance. On May 18, 1870, Kappa Alpha Theta was installed at Indiana University with the initiation of three charter members. Correspondence took place between one of the Theta founders and the daughter of one of her father’s friends. IU became home to Theta’s second chapter. Kappa Alpha Theta was founded in Greencastle at Indiana Asbury College (now DePauw University) in 1870. Phi Delta Theta (1849), Sigma Chi (1858) Phi Kappa Psi (1869), Delta Tau Delta (1870), Phi Gamma Delta (1871), Kappa Sigma (1887), and Sigma Nu (1892) were founded before 1900. The Pi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, founded in 1845, was the first men’s fraternity on campus. Even worse, she would have to walk across the stage to receive her diploma and her ankles might be exposed to immodest views.” They were afraid she would be subjected to the curious and hostile stares of the audience. For instance, in planning for the commencement of 1869 professors were perhaps more worried about Miss Morrison’s graduation than they had been about her admission to classes. 125): “The traditional social order took considerable readjusting before women could be made to feel welcome in the university. A 1857 graduate of Mount Holyoke College, she was told she had to correct deficiencies in her preparation in order to be admitted with the incoming students of 1867. Sarah Parke Morrison, the daughter of the president of the Indiana University Board of Trustees, applied for admission in 1867. In 1867, IU became coeducational. A Fort Wayne newspaperman had suggested that equality could be reached by admitting women to the university. Indiana University was established by the State of Indiana on January 20, 1820. My friend Mary Jane Hall served as chair of the event. It was held at the Pi Beta Phi house on the Indiana University campus. Saturday was spent in Bloomington, Indiana, attending the Bloomington Alumnae Panhellenic Council’s Serving Up Sisterhood fundraiser.

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