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The tradition of offering a silver loving cup to the group of women on the University
of Idaho campus attaining for a year the highest comparative scholarship
average was b egun b y Mrs. Elizabeth Kidder Lindley in 1922. The regulations
governing the presentation of the cup stated that any group of women, the majority
of whose members lived in the same house, attaining the highest scholarship average
for a year should have temporary possession of the cup until such time when one
group should win it three years consecutively, when they shall receive the cup
permanently.
The Pi Beta Phi sororit y won the permanent possession of this cup in 1925, so
Mrs. Mary M cClintock Upham offered a similar cup to carry on the tradition. T he
cup was won for two successive years b y Alpha Phi, then Pi Sigma Rho, hut when
almost in sight of their goal for permanent possession of the cup, it was won by
Kappa Alpha Theta with the splendid group average of 5.024. Kappa Alpha Theta
had the honor of having three members of its group members of Phi Beta Kappa,
national scholarship fraternity.
The cup was won last year b y Delta D elta D elta sorority, h aving attained
a group average of 4.902. Kappa Alpha Theta ranked a close second with an
average of 4.788. Other close ranking groups were: Delta Gamma, 4.712; Alpha
Phi, 4.708; and Pi Beta Phi, 4.644. Each year the winning group bas its name inscribed
on the cup, so at present there are four names on the cup, with Alpha Phi still
leading, having won the cup in 1926 and 1927.
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