Delta Delta Delta

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Delta Delta Delta Fraternity

ΔΔΔ
Motto: Let us steadfastly love one another
Nicknames: Tri Deltas
image:TriDeltaCrest.jpg

The Coat of Arms
Founded: November 27, 1888 at

Boston University, (Boston, Massachusetts)
Founders:
  • Sarah Ida Shaw
  • Eleanor Dorcas Pond
  • Florence Isabelle Stewart
  • Isabel Morgan Breed
Members 186,000 Alumnae
Official Philanthropy: Children's Cancer Charities
Official Colors: Silver, Gold, and Cerulean blue
Official Flag: image:tridelta_flag.jpg
Member Badge:
New Member Pin Patron:
Official Patron: Poseidon
Official Flower: Pansy
Official Symbols:

Dolphin and Pine
Official Jewel: Pearl
Delta Delta Delta Website

Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ), also known as Tri Delta, is a national collegiate sorority founded on November 27, 1888.

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Delta Delta Delta was founded by Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Florence Isabelle Stewart and Isabel Morgan Breed at Boston University.

Three women's groups were already represented at Boston University in 1888 (Kappa Kappa Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi). However, Sarah Ida Shaw saw a need for another group which would be different from the others. She enlisted the help of Eleanor Dorcas Pond and told her: "Let us found a society that shall be kind alike to all and think more of a girl's inner self and character than of her personal appearance."

The two young women began the work of creating a new national fraternity. Later Sarah wrote, "...The two enthusiastic friends were unaware of the fact that there was something stupendous about the task they had set hands, heads and hearts to accomplish. They were working for a principle, and it never occurred to them that there could be such a thing as failure. Earnestness of purpose, energy and enthusiasm had brought them both success in college and why should not these same qualities bring assurance of good fortune to the new venture."

Shaw and Pond not only found a fraternity, but also wrote the rituals and constitution as well as designing the emblems. The choosing of the name was a mutual decision. Eleanor suggested a triple letter while Sarah chose the actual letter and developed Greek mottos and passwords. The inspiration for these came from a variety of sources such as Egyptian Lore, Hindu mysticism, Greek and astronomy, which reflected the wide and various interests of Sarah Ida Shaw.

The Founders of ΔΔΔ:

image:sarah_ida_shaw.jpgSarah Ida Shaw image:eleanor_dorcas_pond.jpgEleanor Dorcas Pond
image:florence_isabelle_stewart.jpg Florence Isabelle Stewart image:Isabel_Morgan_Breed.JPG Isabel Morgan Breed

  • First women's fraternity to be founded as a national organization with complete plans for governmental structure and expansion.
  • First to plan an alumnae system.
  • First to publish a book-length history: A Detailed Record of Delta Delta Delta, 1888-1907.
  • First women's fraternity to hold a national Leadership Conference.
  • First to establish a central office (now called Executive Office).

  • Each newly inducted member receives a hand made gold pin with three deltas painted on a crescent moon. Above this are three stars; each holds a small pearl inside.
  • Tri Delta began regular publication of its quarterly magazine earlier in its existence than any other women's fraternity. The Trident has been published continuously since 1891.

In 1999, Tri Delta joined with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to form a partnership. With this arrangement St. Jude (through the fundraising branch, ALSAC) assists Tri Delta chapters to plan philanthropy events that will directly benefit the children and subsidize research costs at St. Jude. In less than four years, Tri Deltas across the nation raised over $1,000,000 dollars to build a Teen Room at the Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Tri Delta also raises money annually to support various Children's Cancer Charities.

Tri Delta has been featured by Saturday Night Live in a series of short skits, where a sorority member answers the telephone "Delta Delta Delta, can I help ya, help ya, help ya?"

Tri Delta was founded in the same year that Geauga Lake Amusement Park, in Aurora, Ohio, was founded.

Tri Delta was actually founded with the same three Greek symbols so that when looking in a mirror it is the same looking back, much like sisterhood is supposed to be.

Anne Hathaway's character in Brokeback Mountain is a Tri Delta.

For a full list of notable Delta Delta Delta alumnae please visit here. [1]


National Panhellenic Conference
Alpha Chi Omega | Alpha Delta Pi | Alpha Gamma Delta | Alpha Epsilon Phi | Alpha Omicron Pi | Alpha Phi | Alpha Sigma Alpha | Alpha Sigma Tau | Alpha Xi Delta | Chi Omega | Delta Delta Delta | Delta Gamma | Delta Zeta | Delta Phi Epsilon | Gamma Phi Beta | Kappa Alpha Theta | Kappa Delta | Kappa Kappa Gamma | Phi Mu | Phi Sigma Sigma | Pi Beta Phi | Sigma Delta Tau | Sigma Kappa | Sigma Sigma Sigma | Theta Phi Alpha | Zeta Tau Alpha
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