DG Pilgrimage

1873.  Lewis School for Girls.  Oxford, MS.

This line is something every Delta Gamma memorizes....the date and place that Eva, Anna, and Mary founded their club of "mutual helpfulness" that soon  became a way of life for thousands of women.  And I was the lucky CDC that got to visit this place! 

Our Alpha Psi chapter at the University of Mississippi is in the place our founders attended school (the Lewis school was later absorbed by Ole Miss).  The chapter takes much pride in Delta Gamma history and ritual, and their house sure shows it!  They have a Founders Room filled with artifacts from the Lewis School, and letters written by our Founders!  I even got to see the famous historical marker for our Fraternity!

To make this visit even more special, I was able to go with the chapter president to Kosciusko, MS which is the small town where our founders were born and raised.  In 1994, Delta Gamma created a Founders Memorial at the church where Eva, Anna, and Mary grew up in and features one of the two original portraits of our founders.  And who was our tour guide you might ask?  Oh, just Mary Comfort Leonard's niece!!  At age 92, she happily gives tours to any Delta Gamma who stops by and she shares special stories about her memories of our lovely founders :)   After spending time in the Founders room, she and her Anchor Man (her husband) drove us to the site of two of our founders graves.  Putting cream roses on these sites will forever be one of the most meaningful memories I will ever have as a CDC!  Now I can check the DG Pilgrimage off of my Bucket List :)

The church our Founders attended

Mary's niece is in the middle!! 

Mary Comfort Leonard

Eva Webb Dodd