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Ladies, Sorry to split hairs but when it comes to my Delta Gee, I have to speak up!

Delta Gamma does NOT have a brother fraternity!!
If you wish to pair up with another fraternity on your campus and do stuff together, that might be an "informal arrangement" but I can definitely tell you that DG does not have a brother fraternity and it's incorrect to say that DG has a brother fraternity..
As for Phi Delta Theta, yes George Banta (who was a Phi Delta Theta) is Delta Gamma's only male initiate, and Delta Gamma owes much to George Banta for his role in getting other DG chapters founded when women's colleges in the South were closing left, right and centre. Because of that Banta connection, yes, there is a "special relationship" there (I suppose you could say), Phi Delta Theta is officially not our "brother" fraternity (you should find more details in your copy of
Watchwords).
Also, this is good too:
http://www.deltagamma.org/brother_fr...lta_theta.html
It was basically explained to me once by a National DG Officer that yes, Delta Gamma owes a lot to George Banta, but that same "obligation" does not extend to all Phi Delta Thetas, you know what I mean?
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That being said, that was very sweet of the Phi Tau's to come over and give you all flowers. That's really sweet. I remember when I was being a supportive alumna and some Fiji's came over and gave the new DG members cream color roses (because they knew that was DG's flower)....apparently they went to 4 or 5 florists before their search was successful! Awwwwwww.....