International Badge Day 2012

Tomorrow is International Badge Day, a day where sorority women everywhere are encouraged to wear their badges as a celebration of sisterhood.  National Panhellenic Conference chairman and Alpha Xi Delta Jane Sutton has been posting facts about the badges of each NPC sorority on her blog.  You can check it out here: http://alphaxideltanpc.blogspot.com/

Here's what she had to say about our very own Quill:

Alpha Xi Delta:
• Alpha Xi Delta’s badge, The Quill, represents the Fraternity’s motto, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” 

• Lewie Strong Taylor designed the first Quill in May 1893. Originally, Lewie designed Alpha Xi Delta’s badge to have a rose above the Quill, but the jeweler who fashioned the first pins feared the rose would fall off with normal wear. The original badge was approximately seven-eighths of an inch long and set on a stickpin. 

• Cora Bollinger Block had the first jeweled Quill with a sapphire surrounded by turquoise jewels.

Don't forget to wear your Quill proudly tomorrow!