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| Title | Decoration for the Spring Formal of Phi Upsilon Omicron, North Dakota Agricultural College |
| Date of Original | 1925-05-09 |
| Description | Decorations for Phi Upsilon Omicron fraternity's formal dance held at the American Legion Hall, Fargo. The American Legion was located at 633 NP Avenue, Fargo. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Colleges & Universities
Social Life & Customs
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Dance parties
Decorations
Chairs
Floors
Doors & doorways
Interiors
Lightning
Fraternities & sororities
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| Organization Name | North Dakota State University
Phi Upsilon Omicron. Beta Chapter (North Dakota State University)
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Address | Fargo (N.D.) - N.P. Avenue - 600 block
Fargo (N.D.) - N.P. Avenue
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| Decade | 1920-1929
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| Negative Number | GPN6316a |
| Format of Original | Glass negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 13 x 18 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | North Dakota Agricultural College (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Phi U. Party Decorations"<b>Original photograph in Phi Upsilon Omicron scrapbook (Phi Upsilon Omicron. Beta Chapter. Records. Box 3, scrapbook 1919-1926), with the following caption: American Legion Hall, Phi U. Formal, May 1925. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | Phi Upsilon Omicron Fraternity is today a national honor society in family and consumer sciences. However, it began in 1909 at the University of Minnesota as the Home Economics Club, with the intent of service, professional study and advancement of home economics. Phi Upsilon Omicron came into being and the Alpha Chapter was legally incorporated on December 12, 1911.
The Beta Chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron Fraternity had its beginnings at North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) as a local sorority, Chi Gamma Psi. They originally organized in 1912, "with the purpose of promoting high scholarship and a more perfect fellowship and understanding between faculty and students." (1914 Agassiz) In 1913 they petitioned the Alpha Chapter for a charter. Since nothing was heard from the Alpha Chapter, in the early fall of 1914, two members of Chi Gamma Psi took the train to Minneapolis-St. Paul to present their case for a charter in Phi Upsilon Omicron. A few weeks after returning to Fargo, they received the news that the charter had been granted and the Beta Chapter at NDAC was installed on November 14, 1914 in the parlor of the Annex Hotel, consisting of twelve charter members. |
| External Resource | See: http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/collections/PhiUpsilonOmicron.htm |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, University Archives
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| Repository Collection | NDSU University Archives Glass Negative Collection
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| Credit Line | University Archives, NDSU, Fargo (GPN 6316a) |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by the University Archives. |
| Language | eng |
| Digital ID | ua000321 |
