Alpha Iota
Alpha Iota | |
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ΑΙ | |
Founded | October 21, 1925 American Institute of Business (Des Moines, Iowa) |
Type | Professional |
Affiliation | Independent |
Emphasis | Business |
Scope | National (US) |
Motto | "Study to Show Thyself Approved" |
Colors | White and Royal blue |
Symbol | Cup, Sphinx, Rose, Ionic Column, Two Stars, Open Book, and Roman fasces |
Flower | American Beauty Rose |
Jewel | Emerald? |
Publication | The Notebook |
Chapters | 1 (active collegiate), 14 (alumnae) |
Members | 8,000+ collegiate |
Headquarters | 3219 SE 18th Court Des Moines, Iowa 50320-1901 United States |
Website | www |
Alpha Iota (ΑΙ) is a national collegiate professional sorority for women in the field of business. It was established in 1925 at the American Institute of Business.
History[edit]
Alpha Iota was founded on October 21, 1925, by Elsie M. Fenton at the American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] Fenton's goal was to promote friendship among the students of that school. Membership requirements are: Every girl must be a high school graduate or have had an equivalent education before entering this school, must be doing superior work as a student, and must be of good character and personality.[2]
The Creed of Alpha Iota is:
The purpose of Alpha Iota is to make each member a better businesswoman through the development of self-confidence, leadership, and awareness of responsibility to herself and her community. A spirit of loyalty, friendship, participation, and education, is fostered among all members.[2]
On April 11, 1930, Alpha Iota was incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa as a non-profit organization with the right to grant charters and establish chapters throughout the United States and Canada. The sorority established 28 chapters that same year.[3] Its first national convention was held in 1930.[4] Fenton served as the sorority's national president.[1] The first alumnae chapter of Alpha Iota was organized on May 28, 1930.
The sorority held its second national convention in Des Moines on November 18, 1931.[5] One of the sorority's early traditions was selecting a member who represented the "ideal secretary" at the convention.[4] A 1932 issue of the Journal of Business Education notes that the organization already had over sixty chapters.[6] By 1932 it had over 4,000 members, growing to 8,000 by 1936.[2] The society reached 10,000 members on June 19, 1937.[7]
A review of the schools that hosted chapters shows that the initial focus of the sorority was secretarial or stenography schools, but was expanded during the Great Depression and World War II era with chapters at teachers colleges and full universities. The sorority's focus shifted with the expansion of opportunities for women in business.
During WWII, the sorority set a goal of raising $1M in war bonds for the purchase of a B-29 Super Fortress bomber. They raised $1,227,161, which paid for both a B-29 ($600,000), a heavy bomber ($250,000), and an additional $377,161 which went to help rehabilitate those wounded in service. Beta Omicron chapter led this effort.[8]
After a period of quick growth, the sorority's membership dwindled in the postwar period. A significant driver of this trend was the closure of many early business schools as they were displaced by junior, technical, and four-year colleges. Today, the sorority is divided into five districts, composed mostly of alumnae chapters, with groups throughout the United States and Canada.
Symbols and traditions[edit]
The sorority's badge is a square shield with an Elizabethan, three-lobed base and an eared, twice-engrailed top. At the sides and bottom, it has a wide gold border. The center is a field of black enamel, divided into three, two uppermost, with the Greek letters Α and Ι, italicized in gold, each standing alone in the two uppermost fields. Surmounting the shield are seven seed pearls, six more of which mark the border between the three fields, with an emerald? (optionally a ruby?) at the center. The lower field bears a cup, in gold. The badge may carry a chapter guard.
The Alpha Iota coat-of-arms includes these symbols: the sphinx, the rose, the Ionic column, two stars, the open book, and the Roman fasces. At the bottom of the coat-of-arms are the words, Alpha Iota. The sorority's colors are white and royal blue. Its flower is the American Beauty Rose. Its open motto is "Study to Show Thyself Approved". Its publication is the Notebook, first published in 1931, now a quarterly publication.[2]
Meetings are ended with a Benediction used by all chapters:
“We thank Thee, Father, for Thy gift of peace,
For love and loyal friends;
We pray that faith and courage may not cease,
Nor patience that transcends
The stress and strain the passing years may bring,
But grant us strength to face
The daily task with eager hearts that sing,
Enfolded in Thy grace.” Amen.[2]
In 1934, the sorority published the song, "The Sweetheart of Alpha Iota", written by Margaret D. O'Connor with music by Mary Alice Mullin.[9]
Activities[edit]
Alpha Iota holds national and district conventions biennially.[2] It presents The Scholarship Key, an award to the collegiate member with the highest scholastic average at each collegiate chapter.[2]
Heartspring (formerly known as the Institute of Logopedics) was adopted as the Alpha Iota international service project in 1949.[10] It continues to be one of the sorority's philanthropy.
Chapters[edit]
Collegiate chapters[edit]
Following is a partial list of Alpha Iota collegiate chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are indicated in italics.
Chapter | Charter date
and range |
Institution | Location | Status | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpha | October 21, 1925 – 2016 | American Institute of Business | Des Moines, Iowa | Inactive | [11][12][a] |
Beta | 1930 | Huff School of Commerce | Kansas City, Missouri | Inactive | [3][13][14] |
Delta | 1930 | Draughon's Business College | Springfield, Illinois | Inactive | [15][16] |
Lambda | 1930 | Northwestern Business College (aka Kinman Business University) | Spokane, Washington | Inactive | [17][18][19][b] |
Nu | 1930 | Brown's Business College | Galesburg, Illinois | Inactive | [20] |
Pi | 1930 | Massey Business College | Birmingham, Alabama | Inactive | [20][21] |
Sigma | 1930 | Knapp's Business College | Tacoma, Washington | Inactive | [20][22] |
Upsilon | July 26, 1930 | Metropolitan Business College | Seattle, Washington | Inactive | [23][24][c] |
Chi | 1930 | National Business Training School | Sioux City, Iowa | Inactive | [25][20] |
1930 | Alexandria, Nebraska | Inactive | [26][20] | ||
Alpha Beta | Midstate College | Peoria, Illinois | Inactive | [27][d] | |
Alpha Delta | South Bend College of Commerce | South Bend, Indiana | Inactive | [28] | |
Alpha Zeta | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Inactive | [29] | ||
Alpha Eta | Before May 1934 | Youngstown, Ohio | Inactive | [30] | |
Alpha Theta | June 25, 1931 | LDS Business College | Salt Lake City, Utah | Inactive | [31][32] |
Alpha Kappa | Smithdeal Business College | Richmond, Virginia | Inactive | [33][e] | |
Alpha Lambda | Goldey College | Wilmington, Delaware | Inactive | [33][34] | |
Alpha Xi | Fresno, California | Inactive | [35] | ||
Alpha Omicron | January 1931 | Twin City Business University | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Inactive | [36] |
Alpha Pi | Before October 1931 | Brown's Business College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Inactive | [37][38] |
Alpha Sigma | Before October 1932 | Strayer-Bryant and Stratton College | Baltimore, Maryland | Inactive | [33] |
Alpha Tau | Before June 1931 | Bartlesville Business College | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | Inactive | [39][40][41][f] |
Alpha Upsilon | Before November 1932 | Thompson Business College | York, Pennsylvania | Inactive | [42][1][43] |
Before September 1931 | Eastman School of Business | Poughkeepsie, New York | Inactive | [44] | |
Before November 1931 | Macon and Andrews Colleges | Memphis, Tennessee | Inactive | [45] | |
Alpha Omega | Before 1932 | Strayer College | Washington, D.C. | Inactive | [33] |
Before September 1932 | College of Commerce | Burlington, Iowa | Inactive | [46] | |
Before November 1932 | McCann School of Business, Reading campus | Reading, Pennsylvania | Inactive | [1][47] | |
Before November 1932 | New Haven, Connecticut | Inactive | [1] | ||
Beta Nu | Before October 1934 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Inactive | [48] | |
Beta Omicron | Before December 1932 | Charleston School of Commerce | Charleston, West Virginia | Inactive | [49][50][8] |
Before December 1932 | Shreveport, Louisiana | Inactive | [51] | ||
Before January 1933 | Hastings Business College | Hastings, Nebraska | Inactive | [52] | |
Chi Alpha | October 26, 1935 | Angus School of Commerce | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | Inactive | [53] |
Gamma Delta | Before March 1934 | Brantley-Draughon Business College | Fort Worth, Texas | Inactive | [54][55] |
Gamma Theta | Norfolk College | Norfolk, Viginia | Inactive | [56] | |
Gamma Lambda | William Woods College | Fulton, Missouri | Inactive | [57][58] | |
Gamma Xi | Before May 1934 | Akron, Ohio | Inactive | [59] | |
Gamma Pi | 19xx ?–194x ? | Syracuse Secretarial School | Syracuse, New York | Inactive | [60][g] |
Before June 1934 | Stockton, California | Inactive | [61] | ||
Before June 1934 | San Francisco, California | Inactive | [61] | ||
Delta Alpha | Miami Jacobs Junior College of Business | Dayton, Ohio | Inactive | [62] | |
Delta Beta | 1936 | Tiffin University | Tiffin, Ohio | Active | [63][64] |
Delta Eta | March 13, 1937 | Heald Business College | San Jose, California | Inactive | [65] |
Mu Beta | March 14, 1937 | Marietta Business Institute | Marietta, Ohio | Inactive | [65] |
Delta Iota | March 20, 1937 | Glendale Secretarial School | Glendale, California | Inactive | [65] |
Delta Kappa | March 20, 1937 | Tampa Business College | Tampa, Florida | Inactive | [65][h] |
Delta Theta | April 3, 1937 – 19xx ? | Platt-Gard Business University | St. Joseph, Missouri | Inactive | [65][66][i] |
Zeta Delta | March 30, 1940 – 1944 | East Carolina Teachers College | Greenville, North Carolina | Merged (ΠΩΠ) | [67] |
Before 1945 | Henderson Business College | Calgary, Alberta Canada | Inactive | [53][68] | |
1948 | Hawaii | Inactive | [69] | ||
Before 1950 | Detroit Business University | Detroit, Michigan | Inactive | [70] | |
Eta Theta | Rochester, New York | Inactive | [11] | ||
Eta Omega | Jones College | Jacksonville, Florida | Inactive | [71] | |
Kappa Mu | Maryland Medical Secretarial School | Hagerstown, Maryland | Inactive | [72][73] | |
Kappa Pi | Madison Business College | Madison, Wisconsin | Inactive | [74] | |
Chi Zeta | Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | Inactive | [53][11] | ||
Champlain College | Burlington, Vermont | Inactive | [75] | ||
Clevenger's Business College | Hickory, North Carolina | Inactive | [76] | ||
Croft Business College | Durham, North Carolina | Inactive | [77] | ||
Graw Business College | Long Beach, California | Inactive | [78][79] | ||
Hagerstown Business College | Hagerstown, Maryland | Inactive | [80] | ||
Hardbarger's Business College | Raleigh, North Carolina | Inactive | [81][j] | ||
Hughes Business College | Minnesota | Inactive | [82] | ||
Iowa City Commerical College | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive | [83] | ||
Lansing Business University | Lansing, Michigan | Inactive | [84] | ||
Marietta Business College | Marietta, Ohio | Inactive | [85] | ||
National Legal Secretarial School | Hagerstown, Maryland | Inactive | [86] | ||
Ross Business School | Grand Junction, Colorado | Inactive | [87] | ||
Sullivan Junior Business College | Louisville, Kentucky | Inactive | [88] | ||
Steed College | Elizabethon, Tennessee | Inactive | [89] | ||
Williamsport School of Commerce | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | Inactive | [90] | ||
London, Ontario Canada | Inactive | [53] | |||
New Westminster, British Columbia Canada | Inactive | [53] | |||
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada | Inactive | [53] | |||
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada | Inactive | [53] | |||
Toronto, Ontario Canada | Inactive | [53] |
- ^ In 2016, the AIB College of Business closed and became the University of Iowa Des Moines campus.
- ^ The college merged with the Kinman Business University in 1943.
- ^ The college closed circa 1990.
- ^ Chapter formed at Brown's Business College of Commerce which became Midstate College of Commerce in 1960 and Midstate College in 1970.
- ^ Smithdeal Business College merged with Massey Business College in 1932 to form Smithdeal-Massey Business College. That institution closed in 1982.
- ^ Chapter was also called Oklahoma Beta.
- ^ The school closed during World War II.
- ^ The college was renamed Tampa College in 1970.
- ^ The school became affiliated with Northwest Missouri Community College in the late 1980s.
- ^ The college changed its name to Hardbarger's Junior College of Business, before merging into Phillips Junior College.
Alumnae chapters[edit]
Following is a list of Alpha Iota alumnae chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are indicated in italics.
Chapter | Charter date | Location | Status | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
Des Moines Alumnae | 1930 | Des Moines, Iowa | Active | [64] |
LDS Business College Alumnae | June 25, 1931 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Inactive | [31] |
Colorado Springs Alumnae | 1932 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Active | [64] |
New Haven Alumnae | 1932 | New Haven, Connecticut | Active | [64] |
Cincinnati Alumnae | Before April 1933 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Inactive | [91] |
Spokane Alumnae | 1934 | Spokane, Washington | Active | [64] |
Wichita Alumnae | 1934 | Wichita, Kansas | Active | [64] |
Akron Alumnae | 1935 | Akron, Ohio | Inactive | [11] |
Reading Alumnae | 1935 | Reading, Pennsylvania | Active | [64] |
San Diego Alumnae | 1935 | San Diego, California | Inactive | [11] |
Syracuse Alumnae | 1936 | Syracuse, New York | Active | [64] |
Alpha Iota of Grand Rapids | 1938 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Active | [64] |
Fresno Alumnae | 1938 | Fresno, California | Inactive | [11] |
San Francisco Alunmnae | 1938 | San Francisco, California | Inactive | [11] |
Tiffin Alumnae | 1940 | Tiffin, Ohio | Active | [64] |
Winnipeg Alumnae | 1941 | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | Active | [64] |
Harrisburg Alumnae | 1945 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Active | [64] |
Oakland Alumnae | 1950 | Oakland, California | Inactive | [11] |
Denver Alumnae | 1951 | Denver, Colorado | Active | [64] |
Honolulu Alumnae | 1954 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Active | [64] |
Ravenna Alumnae | 1956 | Ravenna, Ohio | Inactive | [11] |
Peoria Alumnae | 1957 | Peoria, Illinois | Inactive | [11] |
Durham Alumnae | 1962 | Durham, North Carolina | Inactive | [11] |
Portland Alumnae | 1964 | Portland, Oregon | Inactive | [11] |
Southeastern Michigan Alumnae | 1970 | Dearborn, Michigan | Active | [64] |
Eta Theta Alumnae | 1972 | Rochester, New York | Inactive | [11] |
Chi Zeta Alumnae | 1978 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Inactive | [11] |
Alpha Iota of Lansing | 2002 | Lansing, Michigan | Inactive | [11] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b c d e f g Early history according to the Alpha Iota national website, and its newsletters, accessed 12 Sept 2020.
- ^ a b As noted in Vol 21, Issue 3, of The Journal of Business Education, March 1945, accessed 13 Sept 2020.
- ^ a b "Ideal Secretary". Dayton Daily News. 1934-10-24. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ Journal of Business Education, vol. 8, no. 2 (1932)
- ^ As noted in Vol 13, Issue 2, of The Journal of Business Education, March 1937, accessed 13 Sept 2020.
- ^ a b As noted in Vol 20, Issue 7, of The Journal of Business Education, March 1945, accessed 13 Sept 2020.
- ^ Item noted for sale on eBay, 12 Sept 2020.
- ^ The Heartspring website explains their work, accessed 12 Sept 2020
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