Name/Title
Ward-Belmont College Campus ClubsEntry/Object ID
2023.110Tags
Ward-BelmontScope and Content
A document discussing the history and function of the Ward-Belmont social club system, which was "intended to fill a broad social need, to assist the students in their adjustment to school and social life, to help prepare them for active participation in their home communities, [and] to satisfy their social needs on the campus and to train them socially." Information is provided on club regulations, names, meetings, events, social functions, and suggested programs.Context
Ward-Belmont offered ten student social clubs, similar to sororities: the Twentieth Century Club (T.C.C.), X.L., A.K. (All 'Round), Osiron, Agora, Anti-Pandora, F.F., Penta Tau, Del Vers, and Tri K. Per a Ward-Belmont club pamphlet (2023.107), "the club system was introduced here because it was felt that national sororities had no place in a school such as Ward-Belmont. It was, therefore, to supplant the sorority plan with something that offered its advantages without the obvious disadvantages, that the club system was started." Like sororities, there was a week of rushing at the beginning of the school year, and new club members participated in an initiation.Collection
Harpeth Hall School ArchivesLexicon
Search Terms
Ward-Belmont, Clubs, F.F., Osiron, Agora, A.K., Del Vers, Anti-Pandora, Penta Tau, Twentieth Century Club, Tri K, X.L.
