Founding Date

May 2nd, 1878

In a little town 18 miles south of Oxford there was another “select school for young ladies,” the Water Valley Seminary. A Fraternity representative went to Water Valley, assessed the school, and reported favorably to the women at Oxford. They decided to establish a chapter at the Water Valley Seminary. Thus in 1878 the first step in expansion for the Fraternity was taken. Delta Gamma remained at the Water Valley Seminary for only one year as the next year they didn’t see fit to continue the Fraternity. The women at Oxford gave the Water Valley Seminary chapter the name of Chi.