Later, four other young ladies
of a more timid disposition presented themselves and begged
registration. . . Two years later, Kappa Alpha Theta--co-founded
by Bettie Locke Hamilton, Alice Allen Brant, Bettie Tipton
Lindsay and Hannah Fitch Shaw--became the first "Greek letter
fraternity known among women." And that too was as Bettie Locke
would have it.
In her girlhood days, Bettie Locke showed a disposition that was
to develop into a Will of Iron . . . Her vocabulary was enormous,
her diction virtually perfect, her stage presence commanding. The
Theta Convention at Estes Park, Colorado, was in the summer of
1930 or '31. My oldest sister, Joan, was a delegate from Alpha
Chapter. Bettie Locke Hamilton went along. It was near the last
convention she attended. Mind you that was within eight or nine
years of her death, and she must have been well in the 80s at the
time of her decease. She spoke extemporaneously, and "brought
down the house". . .
Bettie Locke was free in giving both unsolicited advice and
criticism, as witness the following true story. My father started
practicing law early in this century. Clients were few and far
between . . . He was standing in front of the stairs leading to
his modest office when along came Bettie Locke.
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