Traditions

apochicagogirl · #1 01-27-2007, 04:34 PM

What are some of the traditions you have in your chapter??

We just started having Bigs/Lils and family trees. Go Reed family!!!

Senusret I · #2 01-27-2007, 04:42 PM

Family trees
Big initiation parties with actives and alumni
Nicknames with themes (passed down through family trees)

PrettyBoy · #3 01-28-2007, 04:01 AM

We have our Homecoming suite every year.
We have our yearly ball.
We also have our pledge period traditions that haven't changed. Can't say what those are though. If you know what I mean.

LUC Kappa · #4 03-07-2007, 01:34 PM

I saw that some chapters have class names for each pledge class and line names for each plegde, we dont have that at my chapter but i wouldnt mind it

filipinoAPO · #5 04-14-2007, 01:15 PM

we have a "godfather" or a "godmother" (for females) for each pledge (a brother selects a pledge to guide throughout the pledgeship until activation..sort of like a big bro-little bro set-up, though all brothers in the chapter take an active part in the training of the pledges)..

pledges are also given nicknames that they use during the pledgeship..the "godparent" selects the nickname. (Usually, a brother would pass down his nickname to the pledge.) Being a medical school, nicknames are medical terms.

Each pledge class also selects their own pledge class name. Medical terms are required.

joseph
alpha xi chapter
Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines)

Starofsorrow · #6 04-19-2007, 12:44 AM

Pledge nicknames given at the retreat
Family trees

There's a few more, but I can't remember them at the moment. I'm a bit fuzzy.

pirate00 · #7 05-19-2007, 08:54 PM

Being an elder chapter (founded in 1953), we have long-standing traditions, such as...

-B L T Parties (Black tie, Lingerie, or Toga attire)
-Heaven and Hell mixers
-Guys Nite/Girls Nite
-Big bro/Lil bro retreats
-Brothers Only retreats
-Family trees (colors on our letter sweaters denote which family we belong to)
-Informal families (Buddhas, Buddhasses, Seahorses, and Buffaloes just to name a few)
-We hold a Turtle installation ceremony immediately after initiation
-Pactolus (PM me about this one ya'll): The APO Witch Project
-Adventure Week (from pledgehood to brotherhood)
-Pledge class gives gift to chapter at end of pledgehood
-Semi-formal each semester
-Whitewater rafting in West Virginia

.......for more info, just PM me

naraht · #8 05-21-2007, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by pirate00

Being an elder chapter (founded in 1953),

Um, what does that make Kappa Chapter (founded in 1929)?

emb021 · #9 05-21-2007, 02:50 PM

Traditions in my chapter.

* Big-Little program (we now have a ceremony for this, based on one given in the T&T many decades back, with gifts from the big to the little)
* NIBs get first stitch letter shirt after initiation
* family trees
* pledges pick color scheme for thier first letter shirt
* chapter awards- pledge of semester, brother of year, cardinal principle awards
* chapter mascot (who is a Brother with card and everything)
* pledge classes designated by greek letter, we recognize fall pledge class namesake and try to get the chapter to designate a spring pledge class namesake.
* annual awards banquet at end of spring semester

Sister Havana · #10 05-21-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by naraht

Um, what does that make Kappa Chapter (founded in 1929)?

And Mu Chapter.

#11 05-22-2007, 09:27 PM

Our chapter has the following traditions:

-Family Trees/Names
-Big/Little assignments
-Semester retreat (we attempt camping)
-Yearly awards ceremony (held Spring Semester)
-Jersey/Paddle exchange at Inductions/Awards (depending on semester)
-Big/Little Twin Party (trying to resurface)
-Chapter mascot - Harvey the Hoosebag...(long story)

We're working on traditions such as black and white party, turning the awards ceremony into a banquet, and working at least once a semester with our little brother chapter, Mu Omega.

On a side note - Regionals Conference December 2007 at USF Tampa! Woo!

APO-WW · #12 08-18-2007, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pirate00

Being an elder chapter (founded in 1953), we have long-standing traditions, such as...

-B L T Parties (Black tie, Lingerie, or Toga attire)
-Heaven and Hell mixers
-Guys Nite/Girls Nite
-Big bro/Lil bro retreats
-Brothers Only retreats
-Family trees (colors on our letter sweaters denote which family we belong to)
-Informal families (Buddhas, Buddhasses, Seahorses, and Buffaloes just to name a few)
-We hold a Turtle installation ceremony immediately after initiation
-Pactolus (PM me about this one ya'll): The APO Witch Project
-Adventure Week (from pledgehood to brotherhood)
-Pledge class gives gift to chapter at end of pledgehood
-Semi-formal each semester
-Whitewater rafting in West Virginia

.......for more info, just PM me

OMG, I remember Heaven & Hell! Easy to do with the four brothers who lived just off campus when I was a nibble. And a TURTLE ceremony?!? Outstanding! I shared that experience with Alpha Gamma Mu.

Our pledge classes went by letter, and we did have the occasional theme running through nicknames (Kermit's little was Animal, whose little was Fozzy...). My branch of the family tree was the only one that was a straight line, but we can all tie knots in cherry stems.

Sister Havana · #13 08-20-2007, 06:59 PM

My chapter has a really elaborate Turtle ceremony too.

scarleteriberry · #14 08-21-2007, 06:22 AM

There are no more turtles at my chapter...it was a HUGE problem a few years before I pledged...Are you a turtle?

pirate00 · #15 01-02-2008, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by scarleteriberry

There are no more turtles at my chapter...it was a HUGE problem a few years before I pledged...Are you a turtle?

YBYSAIA!!!!!