[honeychile]

(Let's remember that I don't have a New Member Education book at my side, and don't know at this moment how much is redundant!)

"Founded in a an age and place distinguished by the gentlewomen it produced, Alpha Delta Pi has a proud tradition of membership to maintain. Through a century colored more than any other by changing values and customs, it has held fast to the high ideals established by its founders. To these every individual who achieves membership in the sorority must bind herself to concur.

Throughout the years the criteria set by Alpha Delta Pi have been those most acceptable to good society. They are based upon the practical ideal of mutual betterment - first within the chapter house and later in the broader reaches of the adult world. As we progress in Alpha Delta Pi, these standards come to serve as a pattern for a gracious and useful way of life.

Only by constant effort to maintain or to surpass these standards can a member call herself a worthy Alpha Delta Pi.

Group Responsibility

The first concern of every Alpha Delta Pi shoud be an understanding of her individual responsibility to the group she represents; ony in this way does she become an integral part of the sorority. It must be understood that with the privilege of membship goes the accompanying obligatinos without which group efforts cannot function: support of the will of the majority; unfailing loyalty to other group members; acceptance of individual responsibility as indicated by the group; reticence about confidential matter; and active participation in group functions and plans. When every members adheres to these obligations the chapter becomes a harmonious working partnership to advance the interest and stimulate the development of each and all members."

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Trust me, there's much, much more on Standards!!!!