History of Sigma Alpha Iota
Sigma Alpha Iota was founded June 12, 1903 at the University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Founders were seven upperclass and graduate students-Elizabeth Campbell, Frances Caspari, Minnie Davis Sherrill, Leila Farlin Laughlin, Nora Crane Hunt, Georgina Potts, and Mary Storrs Anderson, all deceased.
The founding is described in a brief "History of Sigma Alpha Iota" by Elizabeth Campbell in the Pan Pipes of April, 1910 "...when seven gifted young musicians solemnly pledged themselves to help each other with sisterly affection, stand for the highest possible musical scholarship, for nobility and uprightness of character, and for the maintenance of friendly and unselfish relations among women in the musical profession."
Incorporation papers, under the laws of the State of Michigan, were signed December 1, 1904 and recorded December 15, 1904.
History of the Theta Eta Chapter
It was in the fall of 1994 that seven Alma College women who all had a love for music first discussed forming a women's music fraternity on campus. It was a year later when the formed Omicron Psi Omega. On March 30, 1996, Omicron Psu Omega officially became the Theta Eta chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, the international women's music fraternity. As the chapter was installed, twenty-three members were initated.
Today, Theta Eta still carries on many of the beginning traditions including such things as putting our handprints on the wall of our chapter room. We are still growing as we work to achieve the ideals of Sigma Alpha Iota and share our love of music to the rest of the world.
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