Originally posted by violets
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.
I don't see why not, Violets. Ours were two layer, yellow batter with white in the middle, and were slightly larger than when you make the <> with another sister. Of course I have no ruler right here, but each side was about 4". The baker can make a large sheet cake, then slice it appropriately. They really were beautiful! The biggest problem we had was with pnm's wanting to take them home with them!
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!
The alumnae from my years in school donated 2 plaques for awards for the sisters: the Denise Dufer Scholarship Award, and the Cindy Webb Spirit Award. Both were in our years, and died young. We found it a fitting way to keep their memories alive.
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.
This sounds TOTALLY cool! We had "tables" in the cafeteria, too - ours was nearest to the Pika table.
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.
The study break was one of my absolute favorite traditions. It gave us a leg up in Panhel elections, and allowed us to learn to be gracious hostesses, too. When we weren't rushing against a certain sorority, they would help us with pnms, since they
knew us! I would imagine that it could work on campuses with houses, if the sisters WANTED to make it work. I understand that only about 5 people came the first time they tried it, but when I was there, it could get pretty crowded!
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. *sigh* I hope the actives are all taking this in!!
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
Violets, as you've said before, you're an ADPi after my own heart. I'm so glad to be able to call you my sister!! Thank you for starting this thread - maybe others will add to it, or take some of the ideas back to their chapters. And, isn't that what it's all about - building on the foundation that Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald started 151 years ago?
Have a great weekend!
Loyally,
honeychile