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For formal shirts and philanthropy events, we spell out everything on my campus. However, for Greek Week and Recruitment, all of the Greek letter symbols are put on the shirts. It makes me feel uncomfortable because people who don't know our traditions, rituals, and values are wearing my letters and vice versa. While I respect the other organizations on campus and have good friends in all of them, I don't feel comfortable wearing their letters either. Even if they are only 1/2 and inch tall.
While there is no rule against doing this, I think it should be a common courtesy not to include Greek letters on universally worn shirts. I worked hard to learn my organization's history and I continue to live our ideals daily. If someone does not embody those ideals, I do not want them wearing my letters. One should only wear letters of the organization they join themselves or are deemed fit by another organization to wear (becoming sweetheart, being pinned, or lettered).
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