Pi Kappa Sigma - Becoming An NPC Sorority

Becoming An NPC Sorority

(From Golden Years with Pi Kappa Sigma 1894- 1949)

In November 1947, the NPC invited Pi Kappa Sigma and her A.E.S. peers into "associate membership with reservations". (The A.E.S. immediately dissolved.) In June of the following year, those reservations were removed. The A.E.S. sororities were now full associate members of the National Panhellenic Conference. Pi Kappa Sigma, in the 1949 publication, was hoping to become full members by 1951.

There were two problems for Pi Kappa Sigma and the NPC. First, many Pi Kaps also held membership in NPC groups, having joined before 1947. These sisters were forced to choose between Pi Kap and their NPC. Pi Kap, like all sororities, suffered losses.

The second problem was the chartering of chapters at "unqualified institutions". Pi Kap had to withdraw such chapters from the roll until the institutions could attain the proper accreditation. Again, Pi Kap lost members.

The history book (1949) included total membership records post- NPC affiliation. The "grand total membership" was 9,241 sisters. There were 32 active chapters and 15 inactive.