Pi Delta Kappa

Pi Delta Kappa
ΠΔΚ
FoundedOctober 1, 1907; 119 years ago (1907-10-01)
Ohio University
TypeSocial
AffiliationIndependent
StatusMerged
Merge date1913
SuccessorChi Omega
ScopeLocal
MottoNon Progredi Est Regredi
To Not Go Forward Is To Go Backward"
Colors  Old gold and   Seal brown
SymbolOwl
FlowerPink rose
JewelEmerald
PublicationThe Hour Glass
Chapters3
Members200+ lifetime
HeadquartersAthens, Ohio
United States

Pi Delta Kappa (ΠΔΚ) was a collegiate sorority operating in Ohio from 1907 to 1913. The sorority established three chapter before being absorbed by Chi Omega.

History

Pi Delta Kappa sorority was created at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in 1907. It founders were four friends who attended Athens High School together and did not want to separate into different sororities. Professor Howell Lindley helped the students organize the sorority.

Pi Delta Kappa expanded in 1909 with Beta chapter at Miami University and Gamma chapter at the University of Cincinnati. By 1911, Pi Delta Kappa had 75 active members and had a total of 200 initiates.

Pi Delta Kappa was governed by a grand council consisting of a president, vice president, and secretary. It also had a publication editor, once it started publishing a magazine in 1911.

The sorority was absorbed by Chi Omega in 1913.

Symbols

The motto of Pi Delta Kappa was Non Progredi Est Regredi or "To Not Go Forward Is To Go Backward". The sorority's badge was an owl with emerald eyes, wearing a mortar board with the sorority's letters. Its pledge pin was a gold mortar board with an azure blue band.

The sorority's colors were old gold and seal brown. Its flower was a pink rose. Its jewel was the emerald. Its magazine was The Hour Glass.

Chapters

Following are the chapters of Pi Delta Kappa.

  1. ↑ Became the Tau Alpha chapter of Chi Omega with the national merger of the two sororities.
  2. ↑ Chapter formed from Alpha Gamma Chi (local), established in 1909. It became the Sigma Alpha chapter of Chi Omega with the national merger of the two sororities.
  3. ↑ Became the Pi Alpha chapter of Chi Omega with the national merger of the two sororities.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Baird, Wm. Raimond, ed. (1912). "Pi Delta Kappa". Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (7th ed.). New York: The College Fraternity Publishing Co. p. 518 – via HathiTrust.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carroll Lurding; Fran Becque, eds. (January 16, 2025). "Inactive Women's Organizations: Pi Delta Kappa" (PDF). Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved March 30, 2025 – via University Library: Student Life and Culture Archives.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Shaw, Ida Martin (1911). The Sorority Handbook (4th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press/George Banta Publishing Company. pp. 85–86 – via HathiTrust.
  4. ↑ G. Banta. Banta's Greek Exchange, v. 2 (1912–1913). George Banta, 1913.
  5. ↑ Ferguson, Christelle. A History of Chi Omega. Chi Omega, 1928.
  6. ↑ Carroll Lurding; Fran Becque, eds. (January 17, 2025). "Women's Organizations (C): Chi Omega" (PDF). Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved March 30, 2025 – via University Library: Student Life and Culture Archives.