One of three co-founders of Phi Mu Fraternity, the second oldest women's collegiate social organization in the United States.
Considered the leader among the three Founders of the Philomathean Society, Mary Ann DuPont Lines was born in the small town of Quincy, Florida, May 28, 1836. She was described as a lovely young girl with long curly auburn hair and dark brown eyes.
After attending a private school in Quincy, Mary Ann set out for Wesleyan in October 1851, at the age of 15. She enrolled as a junior and was graduated with an A.B. degree in 1853. A master of arts degree was conferred upon her in 1863, following the College's custom of awarding such degrees to distinguished students ten years after graduation.
She was 81 years of age when she died on January 4, 1918, exactly 66 years to the day after the secret founding of the Philomathean Society. She is the only one of the three Founders who lived to see the Philomathean Society become Phi Mu Fraternity in 1904. A monument in the shape of the Phi Mu badge marks her grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville. The original Philomathean badge was made in 1852 from a twenty dollar gold piece which Mary Ann received from her father when she left for Wesleyan. It is now in the archives of Phi Mu Fraternity.
Florida Times Union
Jacksonville, Duval, FL
Date Unknown
MARY DUPONT LINES FOUNDER OF PHI MU HONORED
Members of Phi Mu Fraternity and Philomathea Literary Society will gather this morning at the grave of Mary DuPont Lines in Evergreen Cemetery to pay their respects to their founders. They will place a wreath of "Enchantress" carnations, the fraternity's flower, on the grave and hold a short memorial service.
Mary DuPont Lines, a Florida girl and daughter of one of the judges of the State Supreme Court, Charles DuPont, attended Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. With Mary Myrick Daniels and Martha Hardaway Redding she formulated the plan for the Philomathean Literary Society which has become Phi Mu fraternity, in order to pass on to other girls their wonderful bond.
The plans were made in January, 1852, but were not announced to the world until March 4, 1852. This is the date now celebrated as Founder's Day by the whole fraternity.
Today in college and alumna chapters all over the United States members have gathered to pay their tribute to the three women who made their fraternity possible. Although the Alpha chapter which they formed has long since been withdrawn because of faculty opposition, the fraternity has set up scholarship funds as a memorial. The funds for the scholarships obtained by every member giving a penny for each birthday of the fraternity on Founder's Day. The scholarships are awarded to junior and senior members who would be unable to complete college without assistance.
The fraternity's first badge was made from a $20 gold piece which Mrs. Lines' father had given her on the occasion of her going to college. The design was made by Sarah Amelia Bardwell. This badge was the most fitting thing that the organization could find when they were seeking a memorial for the grave. So the pin which they had planned together now marks the resting place of the woman who served as president of Phi Mu's first chapter.
After her graduation, Mary Ann DuPont was married to Joseph Robinson Lines of Jacksonville. Her daughter, Mary Eliza, married a Jacksonville man, Samuel C. Harrison. It was at the home of this daughter that Mrs. Lines died on January 4, 1918, 66 years after the founding on Phi Mu. And now on the eighty-second anniversary of it's founding, the fraternity comes together to again pay its respects to Mrs. Lines.
The above from Sunday's Times-Union is of interest to many Quincy people. Mrs. Lines was the mother of the late Major J. F. Lines, of this county. She was born at the home of her father, Judge Charles DuPont, whose plantation was between Quincy and Midway. She was the grandmother of Mrs. R. E. Blitch of this city.
Considered the leader among the three Founders of the Philomathean Society, Mary Ann DuPont Lines was born in the small town of Quincy, Florida, May 28, 1836. She was described as a lovely young girl with long curly auburn hair and dark brown eyes.
After attending a private school in Quincy, Mary Ann set out for Wesleyan in October 1851, at the age of 15. She enrolled as a junior and was graduated with an A.B. degree in 1853. A master of arts degree was conferred upon her in 1863, following the College's custom of awarding such degrees to distinguished students ten years after graduation.
She was 81 years of age when she died on January 4, 1918, exactly 66 years to the day after the secret founding of the Philomathean Society. She is the only one of the three Founders who lived to see the Philomathean Society become Phi Mu Fraternity in 1904. A monument in the shape of the Phi Mu badge marks her grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville. The original Philomathean badge was made in 1852 from a twenty dollar gold piece which Mary Ann received from her father when she left for Wesleyan. It is now in the archives of Phi Mu Fraternity.
Florida Times Union
Jacksonville, Duval, FL
Date Unknown
MARY DUPONT LINES FOUNDER OF PHI MU HONORED
Members of Phi Mu Fraternity and Philomathea Literary Society will gather this morning at the grave of Mary DuPont Lines in Evergreen Cemetery to pay their respects to their founders. They will place a wreath of "Enchantress" carnations, the fraternity's flower, on the grave and hold a short memorial service.
Mary DuPont Lines, a Florida girl and daughter of one of the judges of the State Supreme Court, Charles DuPont, attended Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. With Mary Myrick Daniels and Martha Hardaway Redding she formulated the plan for the Philomathean Literary Society which has become Phi Mu fraternity, in order to pass on to other girls their wonderful bond.
The plans were made in January, 1852, but were not announced to the world until March 4, 1852. This is the date now celebrated as Founder's Day by the whole fraternity.
Today in college and alumna chapters all over the United States members have gathered to pay their tribute to the three women who made their fraternity possible. Although the Alpha chapter which they formed has long since been withdrawn because of faculty opposition, the fraternity has set up scholarship funds as a memorial. The funds for the scholarships obtained by every member giving a penny for each birthday of the fraternity on Founder's Day. The scholarships are awarded to junior and senior members who would be unable to complete college without assistance.
The fraternity's first badge was made from a $20 gold piece which Mrs. Lines' father had given her on the occasion of her going to college. The design was made by Sarah Amelia Bardwell. This badge was the most fitting thing that the organization could find when they were seeking a memorial for the grave. So the pin which they had planned together now marks the resting place of the woman who served as president of Phi Mu's first chapter.
After her graduation, Mary Ann DuPont was married to Joseph Robinson Lines of Jacksonville. Her daughter, Mary Eliza, married a Jacksonville man, Samuel C. Harrison. It was at the home of this daughter that Mrs. Lines died on January 4, 1918, 66 years after the founding on Phi Mu. And now on the eighty-second anniversary of it's founding, the fraternity comes together to again pay its respects to Mrs. Lines.
The above from Sunday's Times-Union is of interest to many Quincy people. Mrs. Lines was the mother of the late Major J. F. Lines, of this county. She was born at the home of her father, Judge Charles DuPont, whose plantation was between Quincy and Midway. She was the grandmother of Mrs. R. E. Blitch of this city.
One of three co-founders of Phi Mu Fraternity, the second oldest women's collegiate social organization in the United States.
Considered the leader among the three Founders of the Philomathean Society, Mary Ann DuPont Lines was born in the small town of Quincy, Florida, May 28, 1836. She was described as a lovely young girl with long curly auburn hair and dark brown eyes.
After attending a private school in Quincy, Mary Ann set out for Wesleyan in October 1851, at the age of 15. She enrolled as a junior and was graduated with an A.B. degree in 1853. A master of arts degree was conferred upon her in 1863, following the College's custom of awarding such degrees to distinguished students ten years after graduation.
She was 81 years of age when she died on January 4, 1918, exactly 66 years to the day after the secret founding of the Philomathean Society. She is the only one of the three Founders who lived to see the Philomathean Society become Phi Mu Fraternity in 1904. A monument in the shape of the Phi Mu badge marks her grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville. The original Philomathean badge was made in 1852 from a twenty dollar gold piece which Mary Ann received from her father when she left for Wesleyan. It is now in the archives of Phi Mu Fraternity.
Florida Times Union
Jacksonville, Duval, FL
Date Unknown
MARY DUPONT LINES FOUNDER OF PHI MU HONORED
Members of Phi Mu Fraternity and Philomathea Literary Society will gather this morning at the grave of Mary DuPont Lines in Evergreen Cemetery to pay their respects to their founders. They will place a wreath of "Enchantress" carnations, the fraternity's flower, on the grave and hold a short memorial service.
Mary DuPont Lines, a Florida girl and daughter of one of the judges of the State Supreme Court, Charles DuPont, attended Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. With Mary Myrick Daniels and Martha Hardaway Redding she formulated the plan for the Philomathean Literary Society which has become Phi Mu fraternity, in order to pass on to other girls their wonderful bond.
The plans were made in January, 1852, but were not announced to the world until March 4, 1852. This is the date now celebrated as Founder's Day by the whole fraternity.
Today in college and alumna chapters all over the United States members have gathered to pay their tribute to the three women who made their fraternity possible. Although the Alpha chapter which they formed has long since been withdrawn because of faculty opposition, the fraternity has set up scholarship funds as a memorial. The funds for the scholarships obtained by every member giving a penny for each birthday of the fraternity on Founder's Day. The scholarships are awarded to junior and senior members who would be unable to complete college without assistance.
The fraternity's first badge was made from a $20 gold piece which Mrs. Lines' father had given her on the occasion of her going to college. The design was made by Sarah Amelia Bardwell. This badge was the most fitting thing that the organization could find when they were seeking a memorial for the grave. So the pin which they had planned together now marks the resting place of the woman who served as president of Phi Mu's first chapter.
After her graduation, Mary Ann DuPont was married to Joseph Robinson Lines of Jacksonville. Her daughter, Mary Eliza, married a Jacksonville man, Samuel C. Harrison. It was at the home of this daughter that Mrs. Lines died on January 4, 1918, 66 years after the founding on Phi Mu. And now on the eighty-second anniversary of it's founding, the fraternity comes together to again pay its respects to Mrs. Lines.
The above from Sunday's Times-Union is of interest to many Quincy people. Mrs. Lines was the mother of the late Major J. F. Lines, of this county. She was born at the home of her father, Judge Charles DuPont, whose plantation was between Quincy and Midway. She was the grandmother of Mrs. R. E. Blitch of this city.
Considered the leader among the three Founders of the Philomathean Society, Mary Ann DuPont Lines was born in the small town of Quincy, Florida, May 28, 1836. She was described as a lovely young girl with long curly auburn hair and dark brown eyes.
After attending a private school in Quincy, Mary Ann set out for Wesleyan in October 1851, at the age of 15. She enrolled as a junior and was graduated with an A.B. degree in 1853. A master of arts degree was conferred upon her in 1863, following the College's custom of awarding such degrees to distinguished students ten years after graduation.
She was 81 years of age when she died on January 4, 1918, exactly 66 years to the day after the secret founding of the Philomathean Society. She is the only one of the three Founders who lived to see the Philomathean Society become Phi Mu Fraternity in 1904. A monument in the shape of the Phi Mu badge marks her grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville. The original Philomathean badge was made in 1852 from a twenty dollar gold piece which Mary Ann received from her father when she left for Wesleyan. It is now in the archives of Phi Mu Fraternity.
Florida Times Union
Jacksonville, Duval, FL
Date Unknown
MARY DUPONT LINES FOUNDER OF PHI MU HONORED
Members of Phi Mu Fraternity and Philomathea Literary Society will gather this morning at the grave of Mary DuPont Lines in Evergreen Cemetery to pay their respects to their founders. They will place a wreath of "Enchantress" carnations, the fraternity's flower, on the grave and hold a short memorial service.
Mary DuPont Lines, a Florida girl and daughter of one of the judges of the State Supreme Court, Charles DuPont, attended Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. With Mary Myrick Daniels and Martha Hardaway Redding she formulated the plan for the Philomathean Literary Society which has become Phi Mu fraternity, in order to pass on to other girls their wonderful bond.
The plans were made in January, 1852, but were not announced to the world until March 4, 1852. This is the date now celebrated as Founder's Day by the whole fraternity.
Today in college and alumna chapters all over the United States members have gathered to pay their tribute to the three women who made their fraternity possible. Although the Alpha chapter which they formed has long since been withdrawn because of faculty opposition, the fraternity has set up scholarship funds as a memorial. The funds for the scholarships obtained by every member giving a penny for each birthday of the fraternity on Founder's Day. The scholarships are awarded to junior and senior members who would be unable to complete college without assistance.
The fraternity's first badge was made from a $20 gold piece which Mrs. Lines' father had given her on the occasion of her going to college. The design was made by Sarah Amelia Bardwell. This badge was the most fitting thing that the organization could find when they were seeking a memorial for the grave. So the pin which they had planned together now marks the resting place of the woman who served as president of Phi Mu's first chapter.
After her graduation, Mary Ann DuPont was married to Joseph Robinson Lines of Jacksonville. Her daughter, Mary Eliza, married a Jacksonville man, Samuel C. Harrison. It was at the home of this daughter that Mrs. Lines died on January 4, 1918, 66 years after the founding on Phi Mu. And now on the eighty-second anniversary of it's founding, the fraternity comes together to again pay its respects to Mrs. Lines.
The above from Sunday's Times-Union is of interest to many Quincy people. Mrs. Lines was the mother of the late Major J. F. Lines, of this county. She was born at the home of her father, Judge Charles DuPont, whose plantation was between Quincy and Midway. She was the grandmother of Mrs. R. E. Blitch of this city.
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