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Originally posted by mommag2
Ok I've already posted on this thread and after reading all of the posts I have a question?
NM's are allowed to wear letters but not the crest or badge, because the don't know the meaning behind the crest or the badge, correct?
So my next question is are NM's told the meaning behind XYZ's letters when they sign their bid or is that information withheld until after initation?
And if that information is withheld until initiation, how can they wear their letters with pride not knowing the special meaning behind them?
So what's the difference?
Why not let them wear both as soon as they sign their bid?
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Well, this is my personal view: my sorority has an open motto that corresponds to our letters (Aspire, Seek, Attain). So I don't have a problem with pledges wearing letters. There ARE things on the crest and the badge that you don't "get" until initiation, which is why those have to wait.
I can understand, though, why people whose letters don't correspond to anything that is open or viewable until initiaition would say "you should wait till you know what the letters mean to wear them." I'm not in those shoes though, so I don't feel I should question whatever their decision on that may be.