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We ALWAYS had diamond shaped petit fours for Pref - azure blue with 2 violets and white ADPi on each. They were larger than the average petit four, but oh, so beautiful when served! The pnms ALWAYS gasped when they saw them, since they were so different from all the other Pref parties' cheescake!

Sounds like the most gorgeous Preference treat ever! I love this idea...I wonder if I could have them made by a baker near me? What a great idea for Pref, and what a fabulous memory.

- these usually used some "family tree" combination (my family always had rectangular pillows, for example).

I love "family traditions" as well..I Loved walking into the room of a Senior and seeing that she had the very same pin box as I did, because we were in the same "family."

We had our Black Diamond Formal in the spring, with the "Alpha Delta Pi of the Year" and "Senior of the Year" being announced.

Oh, those are great awards. And I think it is so important to continue recognizing Seniors throughout their last year at school. They're the ones who have helped the chapter grow for 4 years and deserve all the accolades for its health!

Before football games, we made a huge breakfast for sisters & their dates & friends. If a bunch of us was going to a concert, we'd have "A Feast" for all going (and dates). Also, just before Christmas break & the end of the year, everyone would pool the food they had in the refrigerator and we'd have a massive potluck.

Sounds delicious and so much fun. We had more informal traditions like meeting every Tuesday and Thursday for lunch in the Student Union. All the Greeks would sit at their "tables" and everyone would wear either "pin attire" or letters. Tuesday we would talk about the weekend before and Thursday we would discuss the weekend ahead.

During finals, we would keep a large coffee urn filled with water, and put out instant coffee, tea, cocoa, cream, sugar, foam cups, and any goodies our alumnae or parents gave us. We then placed signs in the lobby and the elevator to join us for a study break at 11pm-12midnight, and invited the other sororities - but NO men! That way, everyone could dress casually. It was a wonderful way to learn to think Panhellenically, to say nothing of quizzing each other on class information!

That is so Panhellenic, fun and useful...what a great idea for chapters who live on floors of University-owned residences! Puts the emphasis on scholarship as well as sisterhood. Great idea.

I got all goose-bumpy (goose-bumpy?!) when I read this - that would be so totally COOL!!!! One thing that I've noticed at GreekChat more than ever before is the respect that other sororities give ADPi for being the first.

Yes, I loved this one. It's no surprised that we had the highest GPA out of all Greek organizations on campus for 7 years. We valued the fact that scholarship had brought us together, and we recognized scholastic achievement, individually and as a whole. In addition, the ceremony our Scholarship Chair wrote was gorgeous and fairly simple...she just used the description of the founding as it is in "Loyally." Gorgeous.


honeychile, thank you so very much for sharing your memories, they really made me smile. They also gave me great ideas for when I go back to a full-time advising position, (for now I just "pinch-hit.")

Loyally,
Violets