Alpha Delta Pi (ΑΔΠ) is a sorority founded on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The Executive office for this sorority is located on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Alpha Delta Pi is one of the two "Macon Magnolias," a term used to celebrate the bonds it shares with Phi Mu. Alpha Delta Pi is the oldest and first secret society for women, and hosts the phrase "first, finest, forever."
Alpha Delta Pi, nicknamed ADPi, was founded as the Adelphean Society, a literary club focused on fellowship and scholarship, on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia. The sorority was founded on the principles of scholarship, leadership, service to others and sisterhood. These principles still guide the policies and programs of the sorority today.
In 1905 the Adelphean Society changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ), but was later changed because a men's fraternity by the same name was already well established at many universities where ADPi wanted to start chapters.
The open motto of ADPi is "We Live for Each Other," and its colors are azure blue and white. The official flower is the woodland violet, the mascot is a lion nicknamed Alphie and the symbol
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