From mcclain@loyno.edu Sun Mar 14 07:49:33 1999 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id HAA49272 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:49:32 -0800 Received: from nadal.loyno.edu (nadal.loyno.edu [141.164.242.217]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id HAA13570 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:49:32 -0800 Received: (from mcclain@localhost) by nadal.loyno.edu (AIX4.2/UCB 8.7/8.7) id JAA32780; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:45:15 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:45:15 -0600 (CST) From: "T. Davina McClain" To: classics@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: 411 on Eta Sigma Phi In-Reply-To: <199903130102.UAA06335@umailsrv2.umd.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, jh10 wrote: > We just had our annual initiation ceremony today, and I wonder if > listmembers can answer the following questions: > *where Eta Sigma Phi is now located, and who's in charge Hampden-Sydney College, Wayne C. Tucker is the Executive Secretary I believe his-mail is waynet@tiger.hsc.edu > *do they keep statistics (breakdown of members by gender, public vs. private > colleges) and/or a roster (so that we can identify members who went on to > become classics teachers/recognizable personages) not to my knowledge, but I'm just a chapter advisor > *if, as it seems, chapters are mostly in CAMWS territory, with relatively > little "penetration" into the northeast private colleges and universities > (there wasn't a chapter at Wellesley when I attended in the mid 60's, for > example) Chapters are across the US, but I do suspect that a majority are in CAMWS territory--but CAMWS is so large that is inevitable. > *whether, as I was once told, Professor Gertrude Smith of the University of > Chicago was the chief author of the initiation ceremony back in 1914 > ???? I do not know. Wayne might. > Thanks so much for responding. Non-statesiders: Eta Sigma Phi is the > national classics undergraduate honor society, for which a certain level of > study and achievement in either Latin or Greek is required. Listmembers: I'd > be interested in which of you is a member, has a chapter at your institution > and/or has memories, thoughts, strong feelings about this group! REPLY ON OR > OFFLIST JUDY HALLETT > The kids really like having the honor society for them and getting the honors cords in Eta Sigma Phi colors for graduation. It also gives a a students' group which can sponsor the films and lectures for the general population. Our chapter is only three years old, but it stays as active is all of our busy lives can manage. T. Davina McClain Chair and Assistant Professor Department of Classical Studies Loyola University New Orleans .