I BELIEVE they are the Union Triad plus a couple others....but I'm not sure.

Ok, I'd like to run this by you guys to get your opinion of whether or not this is "stealing" or what not.

I find it great that NPHC GLOs take pride in the yr they were founded, and I know Alpha Phi Alpha's call is their founding yr, so would you see something wrong if my chapter said "1-8" "9-9"?

Note: NOT a troll post, I actually want to bring this to my chapter.

Era I fraternities are typically referred to as those in the mid 1820's to 1860 or so.

Stan, the Beta's here do the same thing as the APhiA's, except using 1839 - they love it. Again, no asses handed on platters.

WPTW - great analogy of all this starting way back when....

wptw....comes out from the shadows and saves the day when you least expect it. thanks for the knowledge.

Stan...now, please take into consideration that although I am an Alpha, I am a pretty liberal one. If you want to shout out the year you were founded, nobody can take that away from you. My suggestion is to be as unique about it as possible, and be able to justify why you do it (if you so choose).

Cuz at the end of the day, if somebody has a problem with that, they really have too much free time in the first place.

Dividing the groups into “eras” based on group character or on the prevailing circumstances of their founding is interesting, but somewhat arbitrary by nature. The guy who has the McRae greek pages put the following groups into the Era I category, and I tend to agree with him.

Kappa Alpha Society 1825
Sigma Phi Society 1827
Delta Phi Fraternity 1827
Alpha Delta Phi 1831
Psi Upsilon 1833
Delta Upsilon 1834
Beta Theta Pi 1839
Chi Psi 1841
Delta Kappa Epsilon 1844
Alpha Sigma Phi 1845
Delta Psi 1847
Zeta Psi 1847
Theta Delta Chi 1847
Phi Gamma Delta 1848
Phi Delta Theta 1848
Phi Kappa Sigma 1850
Phi Kappa Psi 1852
Chi Phi 1824/1854
Sigma Chi 1855
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 1856
Theta Chi 1856
Delta Tau Delta 1858

::back into the shadows::

wptw

1.) The difference in spelling is to show the difference in how it is said. That seems pretty self evident, since "calls" are said, as opposed to written.

2.) North Carolina...see above for a similar explanation

3.) Hmmmm..."you" means whatever "you" would mean when the word YOU has quotation marks around it. Have fun figuring it out, as I will have fun with whatever conclusion you draw.

This became a race issue because of defensiveness and paranoia. So "you" all can make from it what "you" choose.
:cool:

Check my signature for how I feel about the "white man..." blahzey blah you just typed.

P.S. Everything I say is said for a reason. Riddle #1,913.

Thanks for participating.

How about you get over it, mmmkay?

Yeah, who cares? :rolleyes: We were NEVER talking about PhiMu copying the DST "yell." So, yeah...who cares? :rolleyes:

Your Era I theory does not quite apply to ALL GLOs, too. Just a thought.

Thanks for participating.

Yup....

Actually I remember seeing the Pi Phi whistle in a song book in our archives. I have no idea how it sounds though.

For clarification:

Would that mean that Pi Phi has a regional or chapter call, as opposed to a national call? Just wondering, since the other Pi Phi was unaware of one.

Also, if you read where there is a whistle, or any other call, do you ever come in contact with older members who could let you know how it sounds?

Just asking out of genuine curiosity ;)

If something is found in a national/international songbook, it's national/international. I think a reason you aren't getting a lot of answers is because a lot of this is a ritual secret for NPC and IFC orgs. Just like we don't know why you OOOO-OOOOP, you can't know why we do or do not play the kazoo as our secret sign to each other.

I assume it was a national whistle because it was in a song book from Nationals. But the song book was very old. Maybe that is why breathsgelatin has never heard of it.

But I'm sure there are older Pi Phi's that know how it sounds. It was actually on sheet music so I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to figure out. I would love to hear it. Although it would do me no good because I can't whistle. :)

I'll dig through our songbooks and see what I can find when I get back to school. I'm sure it's there.

man, is it really that hard for people to understand this? good ish, AXE.