Archive for the ‘ History ’ Category

Early Letters

Metagenes Chapter turned 41 years old this week, so here is a collection of correspondence from the founding days of the chapter – including letters from the sponsor chapters, Demetrios (Ohio State) and Vitruvius (Penn State)[ READ MORE ]

Pledgebook Covers

The tradition of pledge book covers is as old as the Metagenes Chapter. Each class of prospective members has produced a cover or container design to protect their copies of The Archi Pledge. Although the designs have ranged in materials from chipboard to aluminum to plexiglass to cloth or in size from over a 12-in square [ READ MORE ]

1972 Bugle Composite

Metagenes leaves its special stamp in Tech’s yearbook. Click photo to enlarge. Found in the 1972 Bugle from Va. Tech’s University Archives collection of yearbooks[ READ MORE ]

1970 Bugle Composite

Meet the Archis. Click photo to enlarge. Found in the 1970 Bugle from Va. Tech’s University Archives collection of yearbooks[ READ MORE ]

MetageNews Archives

Following the theme of all things MetaHistorical, we’ve posted a collection of old newsletters. Check out the link in the right column of the page, or follow this link if you can’t wait[ READ MORE ]

Metagenes Archives 1990s

As a first installment of our Meta-Historical Project, enjoy this gallery of recruitment materials and party invitations from the 1990s. Thanks for Michele LeTourneur and Kent McCullough for doing the scanning. Click a photo to see large, or try one of the slideshow links. Have something to share? Drop us a note at alumni@metagenes.org[ READ MORE ]

the meta-historical project

Kent McCullough and Michele LeTourneur are assembling artifacts and memories from past generations. If you have any items (photo, poster, graphic, newsletter, pledge books, etc) they would love to get it to use it for the MetaHistorical Project. The intent is to create a historical graphic database by scanning or photographing the image and storing [ READ MORE ]