Alpha Gamma Delta
 

Simply put..

Not secret: whatever is on our OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Secret: whatever you don't see on our OFFICIAL WEBSITE

;)

i'm going to go along with OTW, if it's on the sigma kappa website (exception of the sister's only area) it's not secret. otherwise, it's secret. hell, i'm a recent alumnae and i can't even remember exactly what's secret and what's not. i've looked at a couple of different glo websites and looked to see what was open. i really enjoy seeing what's open. pi beta phi is really cool when it comes to this.

shelley j
sigma k

With Gamma Phi Beta, basically everything is secret except for what our flower symbolizes (we tell PNMs that during recruitment). So basically, our colors, meaning of letters and crest, meaning of pledge pin, any ritual (except candle passings), and the behind-the-scenes of rush are all secret. We do have an open motto and our creed can also be known by non-initiated members. Our pledges begin to know some of the secrets during new member period, but they are asked not to reveal to the outside and do not know the total significance of any ritual until initiated.

bsugirlie,
Take a look at our ritual book....I missed a lot when I was intitated and when I took a look at it, a lot of questions were answered for me! Good luck!

Blaire

In ASA, our letters have a secret meaning and a meaning that isn't secret... all of our symbols have a secret meaning that is explained through our intiation rituals... our colors meaning is not a secret, I don't think... correct me if I'm wrong... We also have an open motto and a secret motto...

Just about everything is kept secret in Kappa Sigma.
Pledges know some things, but not how everything ties into the big picture. I'm a pledge and I have been explained that everything I know is less than 10% of what Kappa Sigma is all about. I don't doubt it, knowing what I already do.

I'm looking forward for initiation in a couple weeks when I get to find most everything else out. But I will always be learning, as Kappa Sigma is for life, and what I put into it, it will be returned 1,000 fold.

All of or most of LXA is secret and each new member learns the secrets at Initiation!

But the rub is, it is hard to remember everything.

I know each and everytime that I see the Ritual, I learn something or remember something that had slipped away:)

In Beta Theta Pi

Secret:
Pre-initiation rituals
Initiation
symbolism of pledge pin
Meaning of letters
Symbolism of the Badge
The grip
The pledge grip
Information about the grip and pledge grip
password
Meaning of __kai__ and Wooglin
Significance of Mascot
Rules of Formal Chapter meeting

Not Secret:
Colors
Mascot
Open motto Three Great Principles
Pater Knox ritual to honor the chief founder
The Loving Cup Ritual
Rituals for receiving awards (Oxford Cup, Francis W. Shepardson, Distinguished Service, Fraternal Fifty)
Our history
Our Constitution
Our Songs
Anything that is mentioned in our Pledge Manual

Wow! I never knew they meant anything important to Beta Theta Pi.....I just thought they were cute names our Betas used in their e-mail addresses.... :)

Hmm.... I'm uncertain some things, but I know that everything in Kappa Delta's initiation (except the open motto) is secret.

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