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Originally posted by preciousjeni
ETA: Parties at the time your founders lived were NOT the parties of today!
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exactly...time has changed...i dont think anyone back in the early 1900s acted like we do now. We can't keep the organizations exactly the same as they were then, we live in a completely different world. If we were to have stayed the same we would be walking around wearing prim and proper dresses and having afternoon tea parties. And i bet none of us would have joined any Greek org if that was the case! ! ! Im sure holding a house party for the men at hampton sydney was pretty scandelous back then!
I agree with Diamond Delta who said "But we should only be as social as we are philanthropic, moral, academic and all those other values our wonderful founders worked so hard to instill." thats what everyone has been saying, we can be social as well as do the good things that we are supposed to be doing.
Our website, alphaxidelta.org says,
"Alpha Xi Delta was founded in 1893 by ten young women at Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, who shared a vision and a dream of a national organization dedicated to the
personal growth of women. ...
Since that time more than a 100 years ago, the spirit of Alpha Xi Delta has enriched the lives of thousands of women throughout the world with its
emphasis on lifelong learning and lasting friendship. ...
Our Founders left us a great legacy--they taught us the value of education because it would free us to achieve our goals and give us the power to be whatever we choose to be. They taught us to support one another through shared experiences and understanding. They taught us to serve others--to reach out to those less fortunate to make their lives better.
It is these ideals of personal development, scholarship, friendship, and civic responsibility that we embrace and bring to every Alpha Xi Delta member. "
We are here in this organization to make lifelong friendships which obviously Alpha Xi Delta emphasizes along with all the other ideals. That sounds pretty social to me.
The social aspect makes us different from service orgs and professional orgs. We are in our organizations to learn how to interact with people, form close bonds, and enjoy our experience at school.
Maybe just because we dont have big crazy parties at my school am i able to say all this. I think having a private social with some fraternity men 3 times a semester isnt whats holding us back as Greeks. Its what people do on their own time, and not at an organizations event...these are individuals who go out and everyone knows who they are affiliated with and everyone knows they are a party animal. There are usually only a few of these people and the best way to fix this problem is to suspend members who act like this repeatedly.