[1964Alum]

Oh, my! It was so long ago that I rushed it's hard to remember back that far! I was the most influenced by mothers of my friends, ladies in the neighborhood, and the ladies who were family friends. As my own dear mother had died when I was 15, I had many surrogates who stepped in. And for whom I was very grateful.

The GLOs I heard most about were Pi Phi, Tri Delt, and Chi O. I knew nothing about recs at that time, and it was considered very impolite to ask for even a "good word", but all the ladies in these three groups assured me that theirs would be ones that would be a good fit for me, ones that would welcome me, and ones my mother would approve of. My mother was a Phi Mu in the deep south but was relatively unknown in my part of the world at that time. So I didn't even think about Phi Mu. My very accomplished cousin had joined Theta, so I also kept Theta in mind. I never even thought about or considered things like the badges, colors, mascots and the like. All of these ladies were very helpful in helping me with where my focus should be. And as I admired and respected all of them, I was thinking that the active members of their GLOs would be very much like them.

But alas!!! There were only six sororities in the university I attended and Chi Omega was the only sorority there that I knew anything about! But I loved Chi Omega from the very beginning and was thrilled that they offered me a bid.

Since college, however, my very close friends other than Chi Omegas have been Tri Delts, Pi Phis, a Theta or two, ADPis, and many Kappas! ALL of the panhellenic women I have known as an adult, including alumnae of GLOs other than the above, have been terrific women I would be proud and happy to be sisters of.