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Originally Posted by honeychile
I would imagine that, prior to the printed rec sheet, Mrs. Smith would call XYZ chapter of her sorority, and tell them that Pammy & Patsy PNM would be coming to school that year, and would the chapter please give them extra consideration. I've also heard of alumnae in the past (like 1940's-50's) show up at a chapter with cakes or other gifts with the PNM's name on them. Since that was happening, I can see that getting a rec in the mail is a thousand times better than hundreds of phone calls. Even though schools such as Pitt didn't get as many as other schools, we did get about 20-25 a year, and local ADPi moms would bring their daughters to visit the Suite about a year prior to their freshman year.
The "dropping a good word" isn't going to stop, IMHO, so I see the rec sheet as the better option.
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I think you are absolutely right. It used to be that one needed a letter of introduction to open doors of society when visiting or relocating. It makes perfect sense that today's reference has evolved from that.
We visited a LOT of schools in the past 2 years for the daughter's college search and if there was a chapter of my organization on campus, we definitely visited. We were treated extremely well by all the chapters.
We didn't get a lot of drop-ins at my school either but always welcomed the ones who did. I think it's a great way to show how extensive a national GLO can be, simply by seeing all the different chapters at different schools, or while you are an active, having an older woman come by your chapter with her legacy saying I was at such and such school and was a member there.