[PM_Mama00]

It's tradition in our chapter that the big sister buys the little sister's first set of letters and she receives them on Initiation. It's not that we tell them they can't, it's just that it's more meaningful.

Like others have given reasons (other orgs) for not letting members wear letters..... why would you want to wear something that you don't know the meaning of? You don't find out the true meaning of Phi Mu before initiation. Personally I wouldn't have felt right wearing letters before initiation. I like it better the way we did it. Plus, being a commuter campus our orgs tend to have at least one girl de-pledge. I wouldn't want that girl to wear OUR letters, especially since we've already seen deactivated members still wearing letters. To me those people are not worthy. (<-- not new members, people who depledge or deactivate)