Clarifying some historical info. Knowing that Alpha Delta Pi sisters who have been able to research their history will know more.....but from an outsiders look in, and using old yearbooks and magazines online.....you can see how some would think that a Unicorn was used at some point for the pledge pin, as descriptions in the 1910-1915 magazines from
Bantas' Greek Exchange, to Delta Gamma
Anchora they describe a unicorn:
Also, the color image is not a lion....at least it doesn't look like a lion...more unicorns....
And finally, as someone stated before, there was some confusion about whether Alpha Delta Pi was called a fraternity or sorority.....apparently, in the early 1900s, when they finally started other chapters, the Beta chapter at Salem College for the year 1906, did indeed refer to them as the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity...this may have just been a mistake, but someone from the outside may have taken this in confusion....as things seen on the internet are not always as they seem.......
Lastly, I found also in the old Salem yearbooks, this image of one of the original versions of the Alpha Delta Pi coat of arms, when they were referred to as Alpha Delta Phi: (You can clearly see that they began using a dragon, rather than a lion.)
