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delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta National Art Honor Society (ΔΦΔ) was an American collegiate art honorary society. delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta was a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. The national society is defunct, with one former chapter operating as a local organization.




History


The society was originally organized as the Palette Club on January 10, 1909, in Old Snow Hall at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Its founders included fourteen girls and one male student who were students in the fine arts department. It began publishing its magazine, Palette, in 1911. By March 1912, the Palette Club had initiated twenty members and two faculty members.
On March 19, 1912, members of the Palette Club discussed becoming a national Greek letter society. This plan received support from the university's chancellor and regents. two colleges had also expressed an interest in joining such a group. The Palette Club was renamed delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta at a Des Moines, Iowa conference on May 28, 1912.
Its charter members were:

Neva Foster Gribble was the sorority's first national chair and wrote its ceremonies, constitution, and bylaws. delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta was the first honorary art society.
The purpose of delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta was to encourage scholarship, promote art in the United States, and recognize accomplishment in the arts. Chapters were located at four-year colleges that granted degrees in the arts. The Beta chapter was established at the University of Montana in 1918, followed by Gamma at the University of Minnesota in 1919, and delta" target="_blank">Delta at Bethany College in 1920.
The sorority held its first national convention at the University of Kansas from June 3 to 5, 1920. The cost of the convention was supplemented by a member's art sale in December 1919. Mrs. W. H. Humble, president of the Alpha chapter alumnae association, was elected the sorority's first grand president. At its second national convention, the sorority agreed to admit men and women. The following year, around one-third of its members were males. Later, it was called the delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta National Art Honor Society.
delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta joined the American Federation of Arts and the Association of College Honor Societies. It had 41 chapters in attendance at its June 1956 convention. By 1964, it had initiated 13,450 members.
delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta went dormant in the late 20th century, with the chapters at Texas Women's University and Purdue University continuing to operate as local fraternities. In 2024, Texas Women's College disbanded what was still called delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta, forming the local group SpaceCraft. The only surviving chapter of delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta is at Purdue and calls itself the delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta Fine Arts Club.




Symbols


The delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta badge was a gold artist's pallet with three paint brushes crossed to the rear with raised Greek letters ΔΦΔ across the front, encircled by crown-set pearls. It originated as the pin of the Palette Club. The society's key was similar to its badge. There was a different key for laureate members.
delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta's colors were originally red and bright blue; in 1936 they were listed as gold and old rose. Its flower was the sweet pea. Its jewel was the pearl. Its publication was Palette, continuing the name from the Palette Club. "The delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta Song" was written by Frances Jones.




Activities


delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta offered scholarships for its members. One of its awards was the Ruth Raymond Scholarship to the Little Artists Colony in Stillwater, Minnesota. In the 1920s, the it developed an annual National Traveling Exhibit of delta" target="_blank">Delta Psi delta" target="_blank">Delta. The first traveling exhibit was developed in the fall of 1920 and featured work from members of all five chapters. The society also held a juried art show for its student members at its national convention.
The chapters sponsored demonstrations and talks about architecture, arts, and related subjects. Chapters also provided space for art students to be creative outside of the classroom and encourage experimentation with new mediums or methods. In addition, chapters hosted annual art exhibits featuring the work of members. Another chapter activity was an annual costume ball, themed to eras in art history.
Chapters also sponsored fairs, auctions, and sales where their current members and alumni sold their art. A 1973 ad for the annual art sale at the Texas Women's University listed a wide range of art forms for sale, including drawings, macramé, paintings, photographs, pottery, prints, sculpture, silk screens, water colors, and weavings. In some cases, the art sales were open to any student, with a small commission fee raising funds that allowed the chapter to sponsor guest speakers and other programs.




Membership


delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta's members were selected by faculty based on overall grade point average and artistic ability. Members were juniors and seniors studying fine arts, who placed in the upper 35 percent of their class. In addition, members were required to have a B average or 3.0 GPA. Initially, membership was open only to female students. However, it opened for male members after the 1922 national convention.




Governance


delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta was overseen by a grand council elected at its annual national convention. Its officers included a grand president, grand secretary, grand treasurer, and grand corresponding secretary.




Chapters


Following is a list of known delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.




Notable members


Anna P. Baker (Zeta), visual artist
Olga Ross Hannon (Beta), artist, head of applied art at Montana State College, and president of delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta
Clyde Kenneth Harris (Omega), interior decorator who served as a "Monuments Men" during World War II
Rosekrans Hoffman (Psi), children's book illustrator and painter
Harold G. Nelson (Beta, 1969), architect
Doris Baldwin Mohs (Eta), architect and chapter founder
Rodney Thoburn Robinson (Upsilon), architect
Roland Gommel Roessner (Alpha Zeta), architect and chairman of the department of design at the University of Texas at Austin
Coreen Mary Spellman (Alpha Epsilon) printmaker, painter, and teacher
Rene Stuedemann (Omicron), Miss Iowa and National Baton Twirling Association junior and senior national twirling champion
Charles Turzak (Zeta), artist, known primarily for his modernist woodblock prints
Muriel Sibell Wolle (Alpha Epsilon), artist




= Laureate members

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delta" target="_blank">Delta Phi delta" target="_blank">Delta honored the following well-known artists with laureate memberships.

Wayman Adams
Buckminster Fuller
Bruce Goff
William Alexander Griffith
Ernest Bruce Haswell
Oscar B. Jacobson
Raymond Johnson
Jon Mangus Jonson
Dwight Kirsch
Abraham Rattner
Ruth Raymond
Boardman Robinson
John Rood
Birger Sandzen (delta" target="_blank">Delta)
Eugene Francis Savage
Lorado Taft
Levon West
Francis Whittemore
Muriel Sibell Wolle
Grant Wood




See also


Honor society
Honor cords




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