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chapter of Kappa Epsilon was installed at the
University of Nebraska in 1920. Kappa Epsilon is an
honorary professional pharmaceutical sorority. It was
nationalized at the College of Pharmacy at the
University of Minnesota, the same year that it was
installed at Nebraska, by a group of pharmacy students
under the leadership of Miss Zada M. Cooper.
The aim of the
founders in organizing a professional sorority among
pharmacy students may be said to have been three-fold:
first, to co-operate with college authorities in
maintaining high scholastic standards; second, to
promote good fellowship among the students of the
college; and third, to provide a means by which
pharmacy, as a profession for women, might be made
more attractive.
Eligibility for
membership, in addition to high scholastic standards,
includes general initiative in work and character. The
associate members are the wives of the professors in
the College of Pharmacy and other women who are
interested in the activities and progress of
pharmacy.
One of the
outstanding national functions is the celebration of
Founders' Day by each chapter. The Nebraska chapter
annually fulfills this requirement with a banquet
given in honor of its founder, Miss Zada M.
Cooper.