[MysticCat]

It's not necessarily a well-articulated policy, AlphaFrog. The only actual policy we have on the subject is that probationary members (pledges, if you will) may not wear the Greek letters FMA or the Fraternity's Coat-of-Arms until after initiation, at which time they are considered brother Sinfonians.

There's been a lot of discussion on this in recent years, and the majority feeling has been that if PMs cannot wear Greek letters because they are not yet brothers, then neither should any other non-Sinfonian. Some brothers/chapters will disagree with this position, and as it's not an actual policy, but rather a generally but not universally accepted rule, well . . .

Until a year or so ago, our official jeweler offered lettered laveliers, but they no longer do. I have the impression Lyrecrest asked them to pull that item as a result of the discussion on non-Sinfonians wearing letters.

Some chapters (and probably some provinces, since things like this become part of the culture of the province) are more, shall we say, "strict" about it than others. The idea of giving letters to girlfriends/sweethearts is so entrenched some places that it's a hard habit to break, especially without a "new tradition" to take its place. So I wouldn't say the brothers at WIU (Kappa Psi?)are "wrong," just in the minority on this point. Make sense?