HISTORY
The History of Beta Chapter
In 1929, Karin Anderson and Edith Bishop McAulay, Areta Alpha Chapter members and UCLA graduates, were attending the University of California at Berkeley as graduate students. On February 4, 1929, they organized the Beta Chapter.
In 1935, an alumnae chapter and Mother's Club were formed to encourage and support the Beta chapter. Both of these groups set up an Advisory Board to help with problem solving and to bring the body to common understandings.
At the National Convention of 1969 in Los Angeles, it was reported by a Beta alumna that there were no active chapter members. The National Board declared the chapter inactive at this time.
In the fall of 1978, a group of girls who were members of "Friends of Alpha Gamma Omega" chose to recharter the Beta Chapter. With the guidance of ten dedicated alumnae, these new chapters members were initiated in the winter of 1979.
The History of Alpha Delta Chi
The founding chapter of Alpha Delta Chi was started at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1925.
The original founders were:
Alice Slingerland McEachern
Alma Becker
Amy Culp
Dora Marie Showalter-Goertz
Dorothea Harvey Schultz
Evelyn Kepple Kay
Marion Wright Madden
Ruth Umsted Ohly
Theta Slingerland Dean
Willard Crowder Clawson
The first annual convention of Alpha Delta Chi was held in Berkeley, California, on April 6-7, 1939. At this meeting the National Association of Areta and the National Executive and Advisory Board were formed. Areta, a Greek word meaning virtue and the original name of the National Fraternity, was changed to Alpha Delta Chi at the June 1943 National Convention. In 1946, under the leadership of National President Celestia Major Jasaitis, Alpha Delta Chi became incorporated under the laws of the State of California.
In 1929, Karin Anderson and Edith Bishop McAulay, Areta Alpha Chapter members and UCLA graduates, were attending the University of California at Berkeley as graduate students. On February 4, 1929, they organized the Beta Chapter.
In 1935, an alumnae chapter and Mother's Club were formed to encourage and support the Beta chapter. Both of these groups set up an Advisory Board to help with problem solving and to bring the body to common understandings.
At the National Convention of 1969 in Los Angeles, it was reported by a Beta alumna that there were no active chapter members. The National Board declared the chapter inactive at this time.
In the fall of 1978, a group of girls who were members of "Friends of Alpha Gamma Omega" chose to recharter the Beta Chapter. With the guidance of ten dedicated alumnae, these new chapters members were initiated in the winter of 1979.
The History of Alpha Delta Chi
The founding chapter of Alpha Delta Chi was started at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1925.
The original founders were:
Alice Slingerland McEachern
Alma Becker
Amy Culp
Dora Marie Showalter-Goertz
Dorothea Harvey Schultz
Evelyn Kepple Kay
Marion Wright Madden
Ruth Umsted Ohly
Theta Slingerland Dean
Willard Crowder Clawson
The first annual convention of Alpha Delta Chi was held in Berkeley, California, on April 6-7, 1939. At this meeting the National Association of Areta and the National Executive and Advisory Board were formed. Areta, a Greek word meaning virtue and the original name of the National Fraternity, was changed to Alpha Delta Chi at the June 1943 National Convention. In 1946, under the leadership of National President Celestia Major Jasaitis, Alpha Delta Chi became incorporated under the laws of the State of California.
