The
Chi Alpha Nu club, also known as Kianu or XAN, was established as a local sorority on the
Muskingum CollegeMuskingum University is a private four-year comprehensive college with a strong liberal arts tradition located in New Concord, Ohio, approximately sixty miles east of the state capital of Columbus. Founded in 1837, Muskingum University is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church , although since the...
(now Muskingum University) campus in 1927. Over 1,300 women have been initiated into the club since its founding.
Founding of Kianu
The Chi Alpha Nu Club was founded and chartered as a local sorority on the Muskingum College campus in 1927. Miss Cora Orr, Dean of Women at that time, felt that there was a need for another social club. She discussed this possibility with these women: Dorothy Aiken, Nancy Johnson, Isabel Knipe, Margaret McCandless, Mary Mehaffey, Glenna Speers and Shirley Wray. The club was established and Mrs. De Jong became the first adviser and Dorothy Aiken was elected the first president. 156 Montgomery Boulevard was the site of the first Kianu house. Margaret (Peg) McCandless Richert's father made the first Kianu crest to designate the house. At that time, the girls ate at the college fort on Thompson Street. Soon the girls had their own dining room and their first cook, Mrs. Cosby.
Chi Alpha Nu House
A unique feature of the Kianu club is that it is the only Muskingum College sorority to own a house off campus. The rest of the sororities are housed in Patton Hall or other campus housing. The current Chi Alpha Nu house, located at 163 Montgomery Boulevard in New Concord, OH, was purchased by the club on May 25, 1946.
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