Pledging-what does it mean to you?

[pmaharaj]

If you had to pick an item that shows what pledging your soroity or fraternity meant to you, what would it be?

[jazing]

My pledge pin (we kept ours)

[barbino]

My pledge pin-- it was a symbol of my pledgeship. It is given back to the national before initiation. From initiation on, I had my Pi Phi arrow, not the "Beta" dart pledge pin.

For a long time, I had the pledge ribbons, too-- I don't think that I have them anymore.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by barbino

My pledge pin-- it was a symbol of my pledgeship. It is given back to the national before initiation. From initiation on, I had my Pi Phi arrow, not the "Beta" dart pledge pin.

For a long time, I had the pledge ribbons, too-- I don't think that I have them anymore.

I don't have the Beta dart but I do still have the pledge ribbons! Unfaded, oddly enough.

[excelblue]

For me, it'd be my pledge manual. Nationals tends to issue different ones in different semesters, so they're somewhat unique to the pledge class. It served as a guide to understanding what my fraternity is about and how it worked.

In contrast, the pledge pins are just returned to my chapter for safe-keeping by the member educators and recycled for each class until they break.

[JDCookMS]

My pledge manual, the Bononia Docet... just everything about it, learning the history, time spent with others, etc.

[AGDCanada11]

I wish I could have kept my Pledge Pin, because to me it represented the journey I took from accepting my bid, and pledging to uphold the ideals of AGD; through learning the history of my Founders and how AGD came to be what it is today, learning my Purpose and what it means to me and my sisters; right up to the lifelong commitment I made to AGD and my sisters across Canada and the United States. I was so sad when I had to return it, because it had been with me since Day 1.

[Senusret I]

I am not in this picture, but they are carrying my answer.

[TheTrueGent]

I got to keep my pledge pin and pledge manual. I look back on both fairly often

[littlesquirrel]

I loved my pledge pin, but we give those back, as well as our pledge manual. in my chapter it's a tradition to keep all of the petals from the roses we receive (starting at from when we get our bids and throughout all the rituals). If being a new member is about learning the traditions of your organization and bonding with your new family, those roses represent that pretty well for me.

[KappaPi682]

My Bononia Docet. It holds the history of my fraternity and all the values upon which we base our organization.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by jazing

My pledge pin (we kept ours)

Originally Posted by AGDCanada11

I wish I could have kept my Pledge Pin, because to me it represented the journey I took from accepting my bid, and pledging to uphold the ideals of AGD; through learning the history of my Founders and how AGD came to be what it is today, learning my Purpose and what it means to me and my sisters; right up to the lifelong commitment I made to AGD and my sisters across Canada and the United States. I was so sad when I had to return it, because it had been with me since Day 1.

Ditto. (Except not the AGD part, obviously. )

I think brothers do get to keep their probationary members now; I wish that had been the case back in the day. We do keep pledge manuals. Mine disappeared in a move early on, but I have a copy of every manual published since I was initiated.

For me, the two items would be my paddle and my PM hat, which has the signature of every brother in the chapter when I pledged.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Ditto. (Except not the AGD part, obviously. )

I think brothers do get to keep their probationary members now; I wish that had been the case back in the day. We do keep pledge manuals. Mine disappeared in a move early on, but I have a copy of every manual published since I was initiated.

For me, the two items would be my paddle and my PM hat, which has the signature of every brother in the chapter when I pledged.

Actually MC the PM pins still go back at initiation.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Actually MC the PM pins still go back at initiation.

Hmm. Maybe I dreamed that then.

[pmaharaj]

Awesome responses =D

I would say my pin and paddle- the paddle especially as it represents how much my pledge class went through.