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Back in the day when I was "Quill Chair" (more or less the etiquette person) I put a note card on each table at formal dinners with a table etiquette rule (never divorce the salt from the pepper, food is always passed to the right, bread is always broken regardless of the size, only cut the piece of food you're about to eat, not the whole steak, unless you're a 4 year old that is, etc.) You can get ideas for this from any good etiquette book. I have been appalled at the sorority women I've known since college who don't know even these basics of table etiquette. Having a dinner with alums or a fraternity is a good way to test these skills, but I'd start teaching them now to avoid embarrassment at the big dinner, and giving it to them one small lesson at a time might teach without nagging or boring them to death. But I promise this is a life skill every body should know and will definitely use in later life.
I saw a thing on TV recently that kids are not even learning how to use knives and forks because everything they eat is fried finger food. How about THAT kid ending up in a sorority or fraternity? YIKES.
If you want a list of suggestions for note cards, PM me. I'll see if I can remember the 15 or so I came up with.
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