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Originally posted by dardenr
I hate to continue this if it isn't about Groove Phi Groove. . .but to answer your question. . .
My chapter of Alpha Phi Omega has pledged in lines at least since Bill Clinton pledged, and most likely since the genesis of the chapter.
Our chapter was influenced by the professional foreign service fraternity Delta Phi Epsilon and the ROTC fraternity Spraker Rifles. Spraker doesn't exist on campus anymore, but DPE still pledges in line as well.
My chapter was never influenced by any BGLO; we were founded in 1956 and the first BGLO did not come to Georgetown until the late '70's.
Now, I'm not saying that any single GLO originated pledging in lines or nicknames, but my guess is that pledging in lines came from the military and influenced various organizations at the same time, such as when young men coming back home from either of the world wars began to enroll in college under the GI Bill.
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You must understand that BGLO's were founded in the early teens/twenties.
My post was based on Cardiac's assertion that BGLO's derived their line names/numbers from "white org's" which I took to mean traditionally white Greek Lettered Organizations.
The bottom line is the focus is not whether or not BGLO's stole anything from anyone. Due to his lack of knowledge, Cardiac has effectively shifted the focus of this topic away from his org. The point to this whole thing is that gphig claims its originality as a main precept, while not being original at all. That was the root of my original question, as well as some other's questions, but it is something he refuses to give an outright answer to.