From collection The Lyre Collection
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7
Page 8
Page 9
Page 10
Page 11
Page 12
Page 13
Page 14
Page 15
Page 16
Page 17
Page 18
Page 19
Page 20
Page 21
Page 22
Page 23
Page 24
Page 25
Page 26
Page 27
Page 28
Page 29
Page 30
Page 31
Page 32
Page 33
Page 34
Page 35
Page 36
Page 37
Page 38
Page 39
Page 40
Page 41
Page 42
Page 43
Page 44
Page 45
Page 46
Page 47
Page 48
Page 49
Page 50
Page 51
Page 52
Page 53
Page 54
Page 55
Page 56
Page 57
Page 58
Page 59
Page 60
Page 61
Page 62
Page 63
Page 64
Page 65
Page 66
Page 67
Page 68
Page 69
Page 70
Page 71
Page 72
Page 73
Page 74
Page 75
Page 76
Page 77
Page 78
Page 79
Page 80
Page 81
Page 82
Page 83
Page 84
Page 85
Page 86
Page 87
Page 88
Search
results in pages
The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega, Vol. 24, No. 2, January 1921
TITHE
LYRE
Volume XXIV
JANUARY, 1921
Number 2
BESSIE GROOMS KEENAN, A FOUNDER
1866-1920
T
HE passing years have brought to Alpha Chi Omega another great
loss in the death of one of its Founders, Bessie Grooms Keenan.
With Amy Du Bois Rieth we place her among the immortals in
the sisterhood beyond.
That all members of the fraternity might know something of the
beautiful life of one of those who first laid the foundation on which we
have builded our ideals, the three Alpha Chi Omegas who probably
knew her best-her daughter Hannah of Alpha Chapter and two of the
Founders-have written for us very intimately of her association with
them.
Mrs. Clark, who with Mrs. Keenan and Mrs. Smith formed one of an
intimate group of three future Alpha Chi Omegas in Greencastle, gives
us a sympathetic account of her earlier as well as later life.
"I have known Bess all my life-we were both born in Greencastle,
Ind., lived as neighbors for years, went to the grade schools, to high
school and to the De Pauw Music School together. My mind is filled
with sweet memories as I think of these years, for we were true friends
and had SO many happy times together. When we were quite young, we
used to meet often and have music-both our fathers played the cello-
Bess, the piano, and I the violin-easy music of course, for we were all
beginners. But we enjoyed it and were happy together.
"Bess made a success of her music-she was one of the most
accomplished musicians in Greencastle when the Music School became
a part of De Pauw University and was one of the first to enter for the
continuation of her studies. Inspired by the advantages of the school
and the ambition to become perfect in her art, she practiced very hard
and frequently too long at one time, which resulted in the muscles of her
left wrist and hand becoming strained and she lost the use of her fingers.
