Student Organizations: Pente Kai Deka
Official Crest of Pente Kai Deka |
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Pente Kai Deka was formed by the female students of the
University of Saskatchewan on 8 April 1911 at the home of President Walter
Murray. From the Greek for ‘five and ten,’ Pente Kai Deka
originated with the first 15 women students on campus – five “big
sisters” and ten “little sisters.” Every woman entering
the University automatically became a member. Eventually the group became
its own directorate within the Student Representative Council, and the
PKD president, the vice-president of the SRC.
Activities of the group included a Big Sister-Little
Sister Dance, June in January, Jeanboree, a Spring Tea and a Frosh Week
fashion show.
As the sexual revolution loomed large in the late 1960s
women on campus grew increasingly ambivalent toward the group, which had
been seen by many female students as irrelevant and antiquated
since midway through the decade. It was this attitude, as well as the
sheer increase in the number of women and students in general at the University
by the late 1960s which led to the group’s demise after the 1968-69
academic year.
Origins and History
Origins of the PKD |
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Members of Pente Kai Deka, 1912 |
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History of the PKD |
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Activities
June in January Dance |
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The Big-Sister, Little-Sister Program |
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Jeanboree |
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Final event held by the PKD |
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