Graduation Cords

[HONKY660]

Does anyone know where I can purchase the Official Lambda Chi Alpha graduation cords approved by GA this summer?

[dever860]

Originally Posted by HONKY660

Does anyone know where I can purchase the Official Lambda Chi Alpha graduation cords approved by GA this summer?

Second this, someone was asking me the same thing the other day.

[JonoBN41]

I believe this is our official supplier.

http://www.kalamazooregalia.com/

Click on graduation honor cords, which will take you to honorgrads.com, then click on color index. I don't see anything specifically set aside for LCA, but you can order by color.

Collegiate Regalia also has graduation cords, but I don't see LCA listed there either.

[dever860]

Originally Posted by JonoBN41

I believe this is our official supplier.

http://www.kalamazooregalia.com/

Click on graduation honor cords, which will take you to honorgrads.com, then click on color index. I don't see anything specifically set aside for LCA, but you can order by color.

Collegiate Regalia also has graduation cords, but I don't see LCA listed there either.

Just emailed nationals, shall see what they say.

On a different topic, what are the rules about wearing chapter guards on your pin? I am looking to get a chapter guard for my fathers pins that he gave me, but I would like to keep his on there as well for sentimental purposes. Is there anything against wearing a badge with two chapter guards?

[Ottor 246]

Code VIII-4 of the LXA Constitution states, in part:

The badge guard normally is the Greek letter(s) designating the Zeta; without exception the guard is worn by all members so that the guard is clearly below the Delta Pi on the badge. The one authorized variation is that charter members of a chapter may wear the badge of the preceding well-established local society in place of the Zeta designation.

That being said, are you afraid of the badge police or what? It seems you've got a perfectly valid reason for wanting to use both. My advice would be to go ahead. If anyone asks why you've got two guards, explain the situation. I think a reasonable person would be ok with it.

[dever860]

Originally Posted by Ottor 246

Code VIII-4 of the LXA Constitution states, in part:

The badge guard normally is the Greek letter(s) designating the Zeta; without exception the guard is worn by all members so that the guard is clearly below the Delta Pi on the badge. The one authorized variation is that charter members of a chapter may wear the badge of the preceding well-established local society in place of the Zeta designation.

That being said, are you afraid of the badge police or what? It seems you've got a perfectly valid reason for wanting to use both. My advice would be to go ahead. If anyone asks why you've got two guards, explain the situation. I think a reasonable person would be ok with it.

I was going to either way. I didn't think it would be a huge deal. My mother told me when I buy it the only way she would let me put it on is if I sent to back home so she could take it where ever she takes that kinda stuff, and wanted me to ask around after I told her what I wanted to do.

The whole set is a Balfour from the 70's before the quality went all to shit, supposedly sold for a few hundred back in the day, so my mother says. Sapphires on the Lambda and pearls for the crescent on silver. His mother bought it for him before she died, lot of sentimental value for it as I never knew her. So I am trying to keep it as original as possible. "725 J.P.D 3.76" inscribed on the back. He wore it for my I night when he came up with two of my uncles, and gave me his pin after ritual was over.

While I am thinking about it, I was looking at Herff-Jones catalog and this is the guard that the old one most looks like:
http://www.hjgreek.com/index.cfm?eve...oduct_ID=10028
I don't suppose if anyone knows if the dimensions have changed. The proportions just don't look right.