Much like the Fraternity, Tau Beta Sigma's purpose at Tech was to serve as an honorary service and leadership recognition society, but was designed especially to provide the important additional social, educational, and other positive experiences needed by women in the band. The idea, patterned after Kappa Kappa Psi, began to come together the following semester and resulted in the campus organization Tau Beta Sigma. Wiley of the Texas Technological College Band. Wava Banes, along with two of her classmates (Emily SoRelle and Ruth La Nell Williams), took the idea to director D. The first practical idea for establishing a “band sorority” for college and university bandswomen came about during the spring semester of 1939. Later, on May 4, 1946, the Beta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma was founded at Texas Tech.

The founding members of the Alpha chapter were: Rosemary Wright, Frances Martin, Ebba Jensen, Mary Belle Reece, Margaret Stanffer, Bernice Friend, and Maribeth Crist. This had the additional effect of locating both of the Alpha chapters of Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi at the same school. The Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Sigma was installed at OSU on March 26, 1946. Due to corporation laws in the state of Texas at the time, however, the Texas Tech sisters surrendered their name, ritual, jewelry, constitution and Alpha chapter designation in January 1946 to the local band sorority at Oklahoma State University. Tau Beta Sigma was founded at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) by Wava Banes (Turner Henry). Tau Beta Sigma also administers an alumni association open to members and friends of both organizations. The two organizations contribute to a national publication called, The Podium. Since 1946, Tau Beta Sigma has been recognized by Kappa Kappa Psi as 'an equal affiliated organization with a parallel purpose, function and role in the college and university band setting', and the two organizations hold joint conventions. The sorority, headquartered at the historic Stillwater Santa Fe Depot in Stillwater, Oklahoma, numbers over 3,800 active members in 160 active chapters, and over 40,000 alumni. Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority, ( ΤΒΣ, colloquially referred to as TBSigma or TBS) is a co-educational service sorority. The 'American Beauty' Red Rose, long-stemmed Co-educational service sorority Tau Beta Sigma

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