Did you wear your Pin/badge at H.S. reunion?
 

For all the Alumnae in GC,
Have you recently attended your 10+ high school reunion wearing you pin/badge? If so, were you suprised to see old classmates suddenly become your sister/brother? Just wondering if anyone had positive greek experiences at their H.S reunion.
:)
~TCV

Funny you should mention this... the registration form for my 10-year H.S. reunion is currently buried on my desk somewhere :)

I haven't decided whether to wear my pin or not. A couple of my H.S. acquaintances stopped talking to me when they found out I went greek :( so I'm not sure how it would go over.

My husband and I went to his 10-year reunion last year, and I didn't see anyone with any GLO insignia.

I had my 5 year reunion last summer... I hadn't seen most of my high school classmates since graduation day.

I didn't wear my pin, but I did wear my lavalier. One of my friends had gone Kappa Beta Gamma at her school, but no one else was greek (or if they were, they didn't mention it). I did get a lot of the You joined a sorority? type comments though... but then again most of my classmates didn't go to college, so I think they all have the "Dying to Belong"/Animal House image in mind.

When I attended my highschool reunion, I didn't wear my badge. I didn't see any badges. I do remember when I was in HS one of my teachers wore his Phi Beta Kappa ring everyday.

Nope, did not wear mine.

There was altogether too much alcohol at my high school reunion for me to wear my pin. ;) Considering we got kicked out of the place for bringing an extra keg of our own, it's a good thing I didn't.

GLO Stuff...
 

I have a ring with the Crest that I wear frequently that I wore for one event at my HS Reunion. It felt really nice to have a conversation about college and what I spent my time doing...good ice breaker. 4 of us went Greek...none to the same house and I would have to say that I had the best experience. One girl pledged and then moved away, another girl from my class pledged a house and then de-pledged and another one pledged another house and hated it but stayed in...ugh she was a basket case. Anyway, sorry for the tangent...I do like having that crest ring b/c I can wear it anyplace and not feel bad if alcohol is being served.

And, to 33rdGirl (?)...I laughed about your keg story...my 10 year we ended up out on the lake in a stolen pontoon boat...maybe we should have a joint reunion next time--LOL...

pin and alcohol
 

In the BGLO's we typically buy several different pins w/ our letters on them, but we only have one BADGE from HQ. The regs for wearing the official one are much stricter. When wearing just the letters, a wider range of behavior is acceptable. But, that still doesn't make keg stands ok.

:)

Had I found my badge in time, I would have proudly worn it at my recent 20-year class reunion. It's not lost, just put away for safekeeping right now. I did wear my Open Book recognition pin and a special Masonic pin that was given to me by the then-Grand Master of Masons of Oklahoma with a diamond chip in the compasses.

I didn't wear my badge but I did wear my arrow lavalier to my 10-year reunion. It's a subtle way of showing my loyalty, one that I sometimes wear to work as well.

awww. We have a quatrafoil charm that some women wear instead of a lavelier or letters (when expressly showing your sorority affiliation might not be appropriate.)

pic:

http://207.65.154.218/cgi-bin/images/0510_thumb.jpg

So Phi Mu has the quatrafoil and Pi Phi has the arrow pendant... what do the rest of y'all do?

Come to think of it, I think my former roommate the Tri Sig wore a sailboat sometimes...

WHY can i suddenly not get any of my images to show?!

Because you forgot the end / in the tag...it should be (/img).

thanks penguin.

Pin alternatives
 

Our mascot is the French Toy Poodle. :cool: Some of my Sorors take this to the extreme, and have poodle lapel pins, shirts, collectibles that take over their homes, earrings, necklaces, etc.

We don't have any official recognition jewelry other than the badge and new member pin.

But you've given me a great idea. I have a crystal lily of the valley pin that I may wear (stem and leaves are gold, flowers are crystals). If any of my HS classmates went AEPhi, they'll probably notice and say something. (Or I might just meet a bunch of Alpha Phis. :p )

Same here... our symbol is the lyre, and I do own a few pieces of lyre jewelry... but DO doesn't recognize anything in particular as a recognition piece.

Re: Pin alternatives
 

[small hijack]

I'm guilty of this!!! At our last regional this summer I bought a matching set of poodle earrings and lapel pin. Then I bought a blue silk scarf with little poodles on it. I put the poodle lapel pin on my SGR kente' cloth and wore the poodle earrings with the scarf. Boy, did I get noticed!! ;)

I like wearing a poodle lapel pin, especially to functions that may be too casual for my badge. The chain for my lavelier (?sp) broke, but I would wear that also.

All in all, I think people do notice when you wear your sorority jewelry/symbol (the Phi Mu quatrefoil is cute). When talking to people, other ladies mostly, with my sorority ensignia on I'll catch them take a glimpse of it, although they may not say anything.

Re: Re: Pin alternatives
 

hee hee! I haven't been to DG convention (I hope to, in 2004) but I have been told by other Delta Gammas that at convention, some of the ladies have "Anchor everything" outfits... lol.

So just a little vent...OUR symbol is the lyre, it sucks that someone else has the same symbol. I've always loved it cause it is so beautiful and unique. And back on topic, you can get lyre pendants and some people wear that. I have a lyre bracelet. It's just little silver lyres linked together in a bracelet. I love it! I wear it all the time. People always see it and ask me if I play the harp and I have be like no....

I'm sorry! :( I always noticed that too... whenever I'm looking for stuff and I see a lyre, it's always AXO because you're (obviously!) much larger than us.

Do any of the NPCs share stuff? I think a few share flowers, don't they?

Of course! Many NPCs share symbols and peacefully co-exist doing so.

Tri Delta and KAT have pansies. (I'm sure there's overlaps with various colors of carnations and roses, etc. etc.) Gamma Phi Beta and Phi Mu have pink carnations. KD and Alpha Phi have teddy bears. DG and Alpha Sigma Tau share the anchor, KKG and XO share the owl. AEPhi and Alpha Phi have lily of the valley.

I have a necklace of a golden quill with crystal inkwell -- I've had it forever: my parents gave it to me when I was younger because I liked to write. Once I joined AXiD I realized that it's quite appropriate for that, too -- just another sign that I was meant to be an Alpha Xi! :D I would notice it if I saw it on someone else and wonder if she was an Alpha Xi, but probably wouldn't ask because plenty of other people could have it without intending to show affiliation.
pic of the necklace charm:
http://www.swarovski.com/SVK_Relaunc...,149438,00.jpg

Re: Pin alternatives
 

Ahh.....yes. But it's easy to spot us, isn't it SoRHOr? ;)

Re: Did you wear your Pin/badge at H.S. reunion?
 

I hadn't joined SGRho yet by my 10 year, so no to that but I may wear a poodle pin @ my 20 year.

We share the pink carnation with Phi Mu, the crescent moon with Tri Delta, and probablya few other items I'm not thinking of. We also have a similar motto and badge to Zeta Phi Beta, Inc.

:rolleyes:

yikes! :eek:

Ginger there's no need to be sorry! It's not like you just decided today that your symbol would be the lyre because AXO's symbol is that ! ;)

Alpha Delta Pi & Phi Mu share the lion as our mascot. We also share white as being one of our colors! (And so far, our organizations have survived over 150 years and peacefully co-existed ;) )

Yeah and you guys were founded at the same school, so you would think there would have been more of a brou-ha-ha about that. Considering that Alpha Chi Omega and Delta Omicron were both founded as MUSICAL organizations, I don't think sharing a symbol is that weird or unusual.

I didn't notice anyone wearing any Greek insignias nor was there any talk about it. June '04 marks 20 yrs so it will be interesting to find out who is doing what or went to college.

One of ADPi's founders and one of Phi Mu's founders were roommates.

SOMEHOW they managed.




of course, then there are those craaaaazy GPhiB's with their pink carnations. (Hey, whatever happened to the thread where a GPhiB apologized to Phi Mus worldwide for the obvious and malicious theft of the pink carnation? Was that the "You KNOW!" thread?)

he he :) You girls crack me up :)

Oh, it's somewhere. I think it was a really snarky Gamma Phi who made that comment. ;)

that's OK. All the Phi Mus are b!tchy, so.

"One of ADPi's founders and one of Phi Mu's founders were roommates."

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How have I been an ADPi this long and not known this?! Who were they?!

Man, I feel like such a disgrace!:confused:

I attended my 10 year re-union 3 years ago and no one wore their sorority pin.

At my reunion this summer, I saw a classmate who wore her Chi Omega lavalier, but she was the only one I saw. We had an interesting chat - I was telling her about AI, which they don't have.

Yup. I don't know the story of ADPi's founding, but I do know that the roommate and a couple friends founded the Adelphian Society.

The ADPi roomed with Mary Ann Dupont Lines, who wanted to be in the Adelphian Society. For whatever reason, the Adelphian Society said "no."

Mary Ann Dupont Lines went on to form the Philomathian Society with two of her friends.


* additionally -- the Adelphian and Philomathian Societies were vastly different, even in their day. I forget what the Adelphian society focused on, but the Philomathian Society was a literary group, which had a newsletter from the earliest days, put on skits for professors, and hosted "salons" (discussion groups.) So, it may have been that the two roommates simply had very different ideals as to what they wanted in a group. The Philomathian Society was actually founded four months before Phi Mu celebrates Founder's Day -- March 4 is when the society's existance was announced.

SO interesting...Thanks for telling me that. I'll mention that in the ADPi forum and see if anyone knows who the Adelphean roomate was.

Thanks!
Much love to a fellow Macon Magnolia! ;)

Hey Phi Mu and ADPi ladies, I just wanted to point you out to this thread...an oldie but a "goodie"...

Is there a connection between Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu?