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Originally Posted by Lafayette79
I'm sorry, but I just don't like any of these flags. They all seem kind of garish to me, which is why I commented on the Zeta flag, it is much more subtle in my opinion.
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To each his own, and I certainly won't criticize someone who quotes Arthur O'Shaughnessy back to me.
I will point out that the pictures I found don't do the colors justice. For example, the blue in the ATO and Sigma Chi flags should be much lighter. But I'll also explain my thought on these flags a little though. One reason I started this thread is because I'm an amateur vexillologist (someone who studies flags). From the standpoint of vexillographry (flag design), the examples I gave would be considered better designs than a design that has a coat of arms on a field. The reason would be that the designs above are simple, involve no more than two or three colors and include no words or other emblems (like a coat of arms) that would be backwards on the reverse (backside) of the flag. In other words, they "read" better, especially from a distance. Even with a coat of arms that is immediately recognizable (like Zeta's) the elements in the design can be hard to make out unless one is close to the flag. (This is why
many state flags with seals on a blue field are concerned poor designs by vexillographers and vexillologists.)
Admittedly, the concern about "reading" may not matter as much to some GLOs. Some flags/banners (Zeta's?) may be intended primarily to hang on a wall rather than fly outdoors. All of the examples I posted above, I have seen flying -- at houses, tailgates, HQs, etc.
I particularly like how ATO and Teke use their coats of arms in their flags, which are essentially the shield of their arms in flag form:
Alpha Tau Omega:
Tau Kappa Epsilon:
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For the ADPi question, I would not pass the gender requirements for that, although I had a dear friend in ADPi. My sig is a quote from an ADPhi, namely Otter who was the real Otter from Animal House. Chris Miller, who was one of the writers of the movie, wrote a book about his experiences at Dartmouth as an ADPhi which was the basis of the movie.
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LOL, I should have picked that up about Otter's quote. Sorry for my confusion/mistake. Not where I got ADPi, unless I just read too fast at some point.
So what does ADPhi's flag look like?