What's your New Member Manual Called?
 

Ours is "The Ivy Leaf"

Re: What's your New Member Manual Called?
 

Ours doesn't have a specific title. Its refered to as our Pledge Manual. It has our cardinal principles on the cover (Leadership, Friendship, Service).

Themes for Brotherhood.

Our membership program is called ASA Advantage.

Reflections (well at least it was last I heard...) :D

Our manual is entitled The Manual

older editions say Manual of Phi Kappa Psi

We have a Fraternity Education Program but it does not have a title.
Following initiation there is the Men of Excellence program. Divided into 3 journeys the first is to be completed in the semester after initiation, the second the following year and the third the remaineder of your undergraduate time.

I'm not sure if it's actually meant to be a "new member manual" or a historical book, but the one I was given is called "The Legacy of Gamma Phi Beta - Love Labor Learning Loyalty".


.....Kelly :)

Ours is called "The Kappa Notebook."

Ours is called Promise

Our most recent edition is called ATO: The Positive Experience.
Older editions were called Propylon (which I really like)

Jason

Phikeia: the manual of Phi Delta Theta

We're boring. Our new member manual is called "New Member Manual." :p

I actually have one of the last batch of manuals that used the term "pledge" instead of "new member". It says "Pledge Manual" on the spine, starts off with "Congratulations on becoming an Alpha Epsilon Phi pledge", etc. AEPhi had just switched over to the current new member program, including the term 'new member'. Our TEC (traveling education consultant) kept saying over and over again, "I know your books say 'pledge' but really you're new members..."

The Norman Shield of Kappa Delta

Sigma Chi's is also called the Norman Shield

TKE...
 

"The Teke Guide"... or also referred to as "the Red Book"...

GO BEACH!!!

The Bonds of Sistrehood for shirt Bonds books

Alpha Sigma Phi's membership manual is called To Better the Man.

"My Pledge Book" :p

Delta Chi's Pledge Manual is called: "The Cornerstone".

New Member Guide

Pi Kappa Alpha's is the Garnet and Gold

Theta Phi Alpha's is "My Sister, My Friend."

Phi Mu's is the Phi Manual

Now, Delta Zeta's NM manual is called "Delta Zeta and You" but when I pledged in 1985 the same book was called "The Pledge Handbook"

DG has the "New Member Persuit"

Son of the Stars: the Pledge Manual of Beta Theta Pi

We're still pledges, even at the international level, and it is a tradition I'm glad we still keep - "new members" implies, to me at least, a little too much certainty that one will become an initiated member of an organization.

It used to be Pi Phi Forever but it's been a long time since I was a pledge so maybe my younger sisters can help me on this one!

Oh, my gosh! I just went through new member ed this past fall, and I didn't realize it had a name other than the NM manual. Talk about observant, huh? ;)

Paedagogus, Lambda Chi Alpha.:)

The Paedagogus, was the teacher of the New Students. Not a book, but The Teacher.

It is a Book that teaches the New Associates about LXA and what BrotherHood Means in LXA!

History of LXA, Lists all of the NIC, NPC, NHPC, and Some MCPCs.

"Newest addition."
:cool:

The Gordian Knot of Delta Sigma Phi

Manual for Members.

How exciting. :p

That's actually just the history book. The manual our new members usually get is called the Lifetime Membership Manual, although I am not sure that all chapters are still distributing it.

Not original but its called "The Alpha Delta Pi Handbook"

Line Manual

Not exciting at all :rolleyes:

The old one was called "The Legion of Honor".

The new one is just LEAD Phase I.

I have no idea. Any Tri Delts know?
All I know is the day after our pledging ceremony we were handed CDs. They crashed 2 girls computers. I didn't even bother putting it in mine.
I was very upset that our new member books are on CDs... espeically ones that crash computers.
The book from my local was called "Alpha Theta Phi Pledge Book".

PROMISE


SIGMA KAPPA SORORITY
SK


Our magazine is calledTHE SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE

Our history, info about NPC etc. is on a CD but the activity manual the NMs follow and track their progress is in a book - you actually use it through all 4 phases of Advantage. I wish they'd dispense with the CD and put the history back in book form as well.

I agree. We call ours "probationary members," which indicates it's not a done deal yet. We still use "pledge" as a verb -- e.g., he pledged last spring.

Good point about the issue of using the term "new member". Never liked that term and never considered that.

My Fraternity still uses the term "pledge". I had no issued with the term when I pledged. This mindset of using the term is hazing, then having to come up with a new term is silly.

"probationary members" atleast better conveys what a pledge is then some of the other terms used. But pledge is shorter and simpler.