When was tri delta founded

This contribution includes serving others and encouraging them to live, learn, and lead life with a purpose. Tri Delta has numerous opportunities for their members with bonds to last a lifetime.

These women focus on leadership, scholarship, philanthropy and member development. Tri Delta is an organization of women with three core values of truth, self-sacrifice and friendship. These values are a common bond between sisters in order to bring meaningful, lasting friendship and support. Tri Delta leads the way and sets the standard to be followed for a lifetime. Never before had a fraternity been founded so completely and with such depth of meaning from the very beginning.

Sarah recalled the solemnity when their work was finally complete. November 27, , but there was one more meeting of the two friends on the following afternoon before they separated for the Thanksgiving recess, at the top of the college building in what was then the Philological Library.

It was there that the two girls embraced each other and said 'Tri Delta is founded' It is not strange that the hearts of these sponsors were full of emotion as together they went out of the college building, for each felt there were added reasons why her Thanksgiving should be a very happy one When they came to the parting of the ways at the historic Boston Common, Miss Pond said, 'We can make the girls we initiate promise secrecy, but what shall hold us two?

After vacation they began the task of building the chapter by inviting their first new member. Senior Florence Isabelle Stewart, a high school friend of Eleanor's, soon consented to join. Isabel Breed, another senior, was at first reluctant to join.

She was deeply religious and felt fraternities were fundamentally wrong. When the girls convinced her that the aims of the society had strong Christian ideals and asked her to be the chaplain, she consented to join. Three girls from the junior class, five sophomores and six freshmen were then chosen. Since there was such a short time before the Christmas holiday, initiation was postponed until January. The history of Alpha Chapter describes that initiation: "At the opening of the college term, on Friday, January 15, , the new fraternity pins were received, and in Prof.

Browne's room in the college building on Somerset Street , the seniors, Isabel Breed and Florence Stewart were initiated The remaining 11 were initiated in the evening, bringing the chapter total to