Phi Mu at Indiana

Phi Mu History

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Phi Mu Fraternity was founded originally as the Philomathean Society, a literary society, at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia on January 4, 1852. Mary DuPont Lines, Mary Myrick Daniel, and Martha Hardaway Redding celebrated the Philomathean Society’s commemoration on March 4, 1852, known as Founder’s Day, after gathering additional members, creating a constitution, devising an initiation service and adopting a secret and an open motto. All three women and pioneers set lofty principles for themselves such as the social, moral, and mental improvement of each other as well as their members.