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A Leap Year Valentine
February 14, 1940: University of Minnesota Alpha Gamma Delta sorority members pose for a leap year Valentine’s Day at the King Cole Hotel swimming pool to publicize the sorority’s annual Founder’s Day dinner. Shown (L to R), out of water: Betty Jensen, Shirley Keith and Suzanne Lundgren, and in the water: Gail Johnson, Marilynn Flynn and Eileen Walvavna.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
PhotoP51920 from the Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.
![University of Colorado, 1945 [via].](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqx1ui6KjL1qa64fuo1_1280.jpg "University of Colorado, 1945 [via].")
I want to just be like,
What we think we look like:
What we actually look like:
Did you know Mount Holyoke College was once home to five sororities? These so called ‘Greek Letter Secret Societies’ included Sigma Theta Chi (formed in 1887), Xi Phi Delta (1986), Psi Omega (1897), Gamma Kappa (1898), and Chi Delta Theta (1902), each of whom had a private room, held banquets, conducted initiation rituals, wrote and sang songs, and kept news bulletins. Sororities were banned starting in 1910 due to complaints of social division, but their absence promoted the creation of new student traditions such as Elfing!
Sigma Theta Chi Society, 1900 :: Mount Holyoke Archives and Special Collections Digital Images :: circa 1900
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