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- 1951-09-21
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
The Pi Phi Mothers Club hosted a reception for new pledges at the home of Mrs. Addison Forrester in September, 1951. View of large group of pledges and current sorority members in living room of the Forrester residence on North Washington. The College of Puget Sound welcomed Pi Beta Phi in September, 1948, as the campus' first national sorority. Pi Beta Phi had a long tradition as one of the oldest national women's social sororities and participated in many philanthropic deeds, including active participation in a settlement school in Tennessee. The Pi Phi chapter at C.P.S. is the 94th in the nation and bears the title Washington Gamma. Photograph commissioned by Pi Phi Mothers Club. (Tamanawas, 1950, p. 168)
Pi Beta Phi (Tacoma); Group portraits--1950-1960; Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pi Phi Mothers Club (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1950-1960;