From same estate, "Varsity Vanities" pendant key

Thoughts? Would this be associated with the fraternity pin I posted yesterday? Same former owner, his initials on the back. Asking because of the "key" shape. Something from Theta Chi, or just a university piece? Thanks.

(I believe the U of C refers to University of Cincinnati and did find in research that there was a movie or play titled "Varsity Vanities".)

Curious if I should list it under the Ebay category: "Fraternities" or somewhere else. Thanks.

 

Would have been a student production. Common at the time. Follies, Vanities. And... yep... University of Cincinnati did have a Varsity Vanities. Here are photographs from a pre-World War II production.

http://magazine.uc.edu/media/oncampus/photos_from_negs.html

Debora

 

Thanks for taking a look, Debora.

So no fraternity connection then.

I'm surprised they would have a key/pendant made up for the production, but maybe that was common back in the 40's.

 

Oh, no... there would have been a fraternity connection. The house would have participated in the production, whether a musical number or skit.

Debora

 

BUT... we don't know if Ron Fisher was in a house at U. of C. So better stated, the acts participating in Varsity Vanities would have been made up of the various campus living groups, whether fraternities or "halls" (dorms.) He could have been a Theta Chi there; the fraternity established a chapter at U of C in 1942.

Debora