T. Harry
Williams Center for Oral History Collection
INTERVIEWEE
NAME:
Adele Williamson COLLECTION:
4700.0224
IDENTIFICATION: [1926- ] Former National and Alumni President of
Phi Mu Sorority
INTERVIEWER: Melisse
Campbell
PROJECT: LSU History
DATES: February 12,
1993 FOCUS
DATES: 1940s-1980s
ABSTRACT:
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Family
background; education level of parents; starting Newcomb college of Tulane
University; honors scholarship; living in the dorms; curfew; music major;
invitation to rush; criteria in looking for members; choosing Phi Mu; parties
in the chapter rooms; initiation; memorable activities and events; activities
of Phi Mu chapter; married members in sororities; becoming active with LSU's
Phi Mu Chapter; decision to have sorority houses at LSU; choosing an architect;
drawing the plans for the Phi Mu house; choosing a lot; drawing numbers;
university involvement with the building process; obtaining money to build;
drawing new plans for the house; university limit on money spent on the house;
floor plans and size of bedrooms; cooperation among sororities with sharing
information during building process; additions to the house; labor strike
during house construction; choosing the house mother; opening the houses; house
rules; maids and cooks; rush at LSU prior to the houses; skits; Phi Mu
philosophy; peak of sororities; changing attitudes of sororities and future
members; National Panhellenic Conference; fraternity parties; living in the
house and house size; group cooperation; future role of activities.
TAPES:
324 TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1 Hour
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RESTRICTIONS: None.