1872-1899

Grand Convention, 1872

Grand Convention, 1875

Flora Tingley, Secretary:

"On this bright beautiful May morning, when all were bright and happy in meeting sisters who we love with a love that needeth no encouragement but is spontaneous – we, the representatives of three of the flourishing chapters of Kappa Alpha Theta, met in mass convention, for the purpose of increasing the interest and the welfare of the Kappa Alpha Theta society."

Grand Convention, 1876

Grand Convention, 1879

Grand Convention, 1881

Grand Convention, 1883

Extracts from Jessie Boulton's letter (Iota/Cornell):

"After dinner on Thursday, Feb. 22 … if you have smelling salts, please produce them now … We held our first and second sessions in the Phi Gamma Delta rooms and the third in the Sigma Chi rooms !! Think of the generosity of the Greencastle boys and the glorious freedom of western ideas! I thought of the possibility of our Cornell boys tendering us the use of their rooms and smiled. At the rooms were met by a half dozen boys, one of whom made us welcome in a very neat speech, in which he told us they felt very much honored by our acceptance of their hospitality! The gentlemen then retired … the convention opened in earnest with singing and prayer, after which we listened to an address of welcome from one of the Greencastle girls."

Grand Convention, 1885

Grand Convention, 1886

Grand Convention, 1887

Grand Convention, 1889

Grand Convention, 1891

Grand Convention, 1893

Grand Convention, 1895

Grand Convention, 1897

Grand Convention, 1899