{"id":551,"date":"2012-06-13T20:32:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T01:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/?page_id=551"},"modified":"2019-10-09T20:17:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T01:17:28","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/who-we-are\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Alpha Beta History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Alpha Beta Chapter at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri can trace its beginnings back to the 20th century. \u00a0The chapter was then known as Kappa Theta Psi, a well-established local\u00a0sorority\u00a0of then Northeast Missouri State University. \u00a0In 1914, Kappa Theta Psi became significantly interested in the national\u00a0sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha and sent delegates to the Miami, Ohio convention held over Thanksgiving weekend. \u00a0Three other chapters were also present at the convention: the Alpha chapter of Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia; the Phi Tau chapter of Miami\u00a0University\u00a0in Miami, Ohio; and the Gamma Pi Beta local\u00a0sorority\u00a0in Indiana, Pennsylvania. \u00a0In two days the delegates adopted a constitution, formulated a more elaborate ritual, made some changes in symbols and customs and arranged for a weekly publication, The Phoenix. \u00a0According to the Encounter, it was also ruled that &#8220;The Virginia\u00a0Chapter\u00a0shall be known as Alpha, the Ohio Chapter as Alpha Alpha, the Missouri chapter as Alpha Beta, the Pennsylvania chapter as Alpha Gamma. \u00a0The letter Alpha shall\u00a0forever\u00a0be reserved for the use of these four chapters, which formed the basis of the reorganized sorority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>National History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Alpha Sigma Alpha was the first sorority to be founded in the twentieth\u00a0century. \u00a0We were founded at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia on\u00a0November\u00a015, 1901. \u00a0A tradition of diverse membership began with the first chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. \u00a0The founders were Louis Cox Carper, Juliette Hundley Gilliam, Mary Williamson Hundley, Virginia Boyd Noell and Calva Watson Wooten. \u00a0Together these five women formed a beautiful sisterhood of love and service that Alpha sisters have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy far into the future. \u00a0Our founders, five individuals of various backgrounds with a variety of interests, were successful in keeping their\u00a0identities\u00a0while developing a close sisterhood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2448\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/files\/2019\/10\/founders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/files\/2019\/10\/founders.jpg 550w, https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/files\/2019\/10\/founders-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/files\/2019\/10\/founders-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The five founders of Alpha Sigma Alpha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha Beta History The Alpha Beta Chapter at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri can trace its beginnings back to the 20th century. \u00a0The chapter was then known as Kappa Theta Psi, a well-established local\u00a0sorority\u00a0of then Northeast Missouri State University. \u00a0In 1914, Kappa Theta Psi became significantly interested in the national\u00a0sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2382,"featured_media":0,"parent":1960,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551\/revisions\/2449"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}