“There are two classes of folks in this world;
those who will be trained by environment,
and those who train environment.”
—Harriet Luella McCollum, What Makes a Master?, 1932
those who will be trained by environment,
and those who train environment.”
—Harriet Luella McCollum, What Makes a Master?, 1932
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Cora Bollinger Block
1869-1944 |
Two of Alpha Xi Delta's founders, Harriet Luella McCollum and Cora Bollinger Block, wanted to form a
local sorority to encourage personal friendships, promote friendlier contacts
with the entire student body, and be of active service to their college. On
April 17th, 1893, the existence of Alpha
Xi Delta on the campus of Lombard College (now Knox) in Galesburg, Illinois became known, and those women's dreams became
reality. Ten devoted friends, who made up the original founders of Alpha Xi Delta, entered their local chapel that day bearing the sorority's
traditional colors of light blue, dark
blue, and gold, and were officially seen as a Greek women's organization.
The service was followed by cheers and rejoicing as these women were welcomed
as a new group on campus.
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Harriet Luella McCollum
1874-1948 |
Harriet Luella McCollum (Mrs. C.W.E. Gossow) 1874-1948
Harriet Louella McCollum became a Lombard freshman in 1892, surveyed the social scene and longed for something more. It was in the apartment Harriet McCollum shared with Cora Bollinger that the first plans were made for Alpha Xi Delta. In 1897, Harriet Luella McCollum married C.W.E. Gossow, a Lombard Sigma Nu who composed the lyrics to at least one, perhaps two, of their sorority songs. At the time of their marriage, Mr. Gossow was pastor of the Universalist Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Although married and the mother of two children, as feminist Miss McCollum used her maiden name and became a nationally known lecturer and author. She pioneered in adult education and applied psychology, with particular interest in the psychological causes of crime.
Harriet Louella McCollum became a Lombard freshman in 1892, surveyed the social scene and longed for something more. It was in the apartment Harriet McCollum shared with Cora Bollinger that the first plans were made for Alpha Xi Delta. In 1897, Harriet Luella McCollum married C.W.E. Gossow, a Lombard Sigma Nu who composed the lyrics to at least one, perhaps two, of their sorority songs. At the time of their marriage, Mr. Gossow was pastor of the Universalist Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Although married and the mother of two children, as feminist Miss McCollum used her maiden name and became a nationally known lecturer and author. She pioneered in adult education and applied psychology, with particular interest in the psychological causes of crime.
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Harriet Luella McCollum
1874-1948 |
Analytical
outline of applied psychology (1918)
What is Applied Psychology? 1922
Worry - How to Quit it and Why 1922
When a Feller Needs a Friend 1922
Psychology and Its Relation to Religion 1922
Mental Analysis 1922
The Cause and Cure of Disease by Harriet Luella McCollum (Jan 1, 1923)
Full text of class lessons in practical psychology: As they are personally given to her classes by Harriet Luella McCollum (1932)
Applying Occult Law for Perfect Bodybuilding
What is Applied Psychology? 1922
Worry - How to Quit it and Why 1922
When a Feller Needs a Friend 1922
Psychology and Its Relation to Religion 1922
Mental Analysis 1922
The Cause and Cure of Disease by Harriet Luella McCollum (Jan 1, 1923)
Full text of class lessons in practical psychology: As they are personally given to her classes by Harriet Luella McCollum (1932)
Applying Occult Law for Perfect Bodybuilding
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Dr. Effie McCollum Jones
1869- 1952 |
Effie McCollum Jones (1869- 1952) A Notable Universalist
Popular as a Universalist minister and in her work for women's suffrage, temperance, world peace, and other reform causes, she grew up on a frontier farm in Kansas. After attending Ryder Divinity School and Lombard College (IL), she married Ben Wallace Jones, and they were ordained together in Dubuque IA. They served as co-ministers in Waterloo IA, and Barre VT, where her husband died. She continued as minister there and later returned to Waterloo. Active in various reform movements, she was a speaker at the 1910 International Congress of Religious Liberals in Berlin, Germany. Her talk, "Women in the Ministry," was published in The Universalist Leader (Dec. 31, 1910). In 1916, she left Waterloo to become field director for the National Woman Suffrage Association. She also served as president of the Iowa Universalist Convention, chair of the Iowa Fellowship Committee, member of the board of trustees of the Universalist Church of America, trustee of Lombard College, and official historian of the Iowa Universalist Convention. From 1919-1925, she traveled and lectured independently. Her interest in psychology led to her founding, with her sister Harriet McCollum, the McCollum School of Applied Psychology. In Malden MA, she delivered a series of lectures on such topics as: "The Control of Emotions: Worry a Curable Disease," "The Law of Brain Building," and "The True Road to Happiness." In 1925, she was called to Webster City IA, where she later celebrated her fiftieth year of ordination, continuing to write and lecture. For four years she wrote book reviews for the Webster City Freeman Journal, which later called her "one of Iowa's best known women." Effie McCollum Jones lectured frequently defending women ministers, and claimed in 1910 she could always find a parish needing her leadership and that she had never experienced any antagonism. She urged others to try what she had always found to be a wonderful career.
Popular as a Universalist minister and in her work for women's suffrage, temperance, world peace, and other reform causes, she grew up on a frontier farm in Kansas. After attending Ryder Divinity School and Lombard College (IL), she married Ben Wallace Jones, and they were ordained together in Dubuque IA. They served as co-ministers in Waterloo IA, and Barre VT, where her husband died. She continued as minister there and later returned to Waterloo. Active in various reform movements, she was a speaker at the 1910 International Congress of Religious Liberals in Berlin, Germany. Her talk, "Women in the Ministry," was published in The Universalist Leader (Dec. 31, 1910). In 1916, she left Waterloo to become field director for the National Woman Suffrage Association. She also served as president of the Iowa Universalist Convention, chair of the Iowa Fellowship Committee, member of the board of trustees of the Universalist Church of America, trustee of Lombard College, and official historian of the Iowa Universalist Convention. From 1919-1925, she traveled and lectured independently. Her interest in psychology led to her founding, with her sister Harriet McCollum, the McCollum School of Applied Psychology. In Malden MA, she delivered a series of lectures on such topics as: "The Control of Emotions: Worry a Curable Disease," "The Law of Brain Building," and "The True Road to Happiness." In 1925, she was called to Webster City IA, where she later celebrated her fiftieth year of ordination, continuing to write and lecture. For four years she wrote book reviews for the Webster City Freeman Journal, which later called her "one of Iowa's best known women." Effie McCollum Jones lectured frequently defending women ministers, and claimed in 1910 she could always find a parish needing her leadership and that she had never experienced any antagonism. She urged others to try what she had always found to be a wonderful career.
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| New York NY Evening Post 1923 |
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