1. ALPHA DELTA PI Sarah Lamar Communication Research History Project sarah.lamar@queens.edu

2. THE ADELPHEAN SOCIETY  Originally founded in 1851 by Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.  The Adelphean Society would later be known as Alpha Delta Phi, and it 1901 changed permanently to Alpha Delta Pi.  The icons set by our founders are still in tact today: Mascot: Alphie the Lion Colors: Azul Blue & White Flower: Violet Motto: “We Live For Each Other”

3. SORORITY LIFE  Queens College founded 6 of it’s own sororities which were later changed into National Panhellenic Council sororities: February, 1928- Chi Omega (Theta Alpha Pi) October, 1928- Kappa Delta (Zeta Kappa Gamma) September, 1929- Phi Mu (Sigma Delta) May, 1930- Alpha Gamma Delta (Phi Delta Chi) February, 1931- Alpha Delta Pi (Chi Sigma Alpha) April, 1932- Alpha Delta Theta (Kappa Kappa Chi)

4. BETA IOTA CHAPTER  Alpha Delta Pi at Queens College was chartered in 1931. It was the 5 th sorority founded as a NPC chapter at Queens.  Anne Garrard, Alpha Province president led initiation on the 6 th of February.  The initiates included: Dorothy Edmunson, Edith Storm, Ellen Hawkins, June Tured, Virginia Hawkins, Rachael Kornegay, Nettie Wearn, Dorothy Brown, Dorothy Hodges, Douglass Rankin, and Evelyn Koonce.  Original house was built in 1929. Queens Lodge was built in 1958. Greek Village was built in 2012.

5. FROM THEN TIL NOW  1931- Beta Iota Chartered  1957, 58, 59- Panhell Scholarship Award  1964- Grand Council Scholarship Award  1977- The Golden Lion Award  1992, 1999- Diamond 4 Point Award  2008- Alpha Excellence Award  2011, 2012- Diamond 4 Point Award  2012 & 2013- Greek Week Champs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2CmOenSt8&feature=youtu.be

6. REFERENCES  http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/yearbooks/id/3498/rec/1 http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/yearbooks/id/3498/rec/1  http://www.alphadeltapi.org/ http://www.alphadeltapi.org/  http://adpibetaiotapr.wix.com/beta-iota http://adpibetaiotapr.wix.com/beta-iota  http://www.queens.edu/Life-on-Campus/Greek-Life/Sororities-and- Fraternities/Alpha-Delta-Pi.html http://www.queens.edu/Life-on-Campus/Greek-Life/Sororities-and- Fraternities/Alpha-Delta-Pi.html  McEwen, M. (1980). Queens college yesterday and today. Charlotte, NC: Heritage Printers, Inc.  Storm, E. (1931). J. James (Ed.), The Adelphean (1 ed., Vol. 24, pp. 13-15). Menasha, WI: The George Banta Publishing Company.  Alpha Delta Pi Scrapbooks: 1958-2003