"Take Care of My Little Girl" (1951)

[PersistentDST]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Of course - alto parts! Our official songbook even has them.

It's just every song I've heard have strong Soprano parts, or maybe I just hear them better? But beautiful songs nevertheless, I just drink my tea and get in where I fit in ! (I am also a very deep alto, like an alto 2/contralto, so even an average soprano sounds EXTRA high to me!)

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

As a veteran of the teased bubble in the 1960s, good luck with that. (Yes, I slept on rollers.) My mom said she tried and tried to wear that perfect "roll" of hair in the 1940s but it always fell out.

I imagine that smooth, shiny hair in the movies was, like them, an illusion!

Sleeping in rollers was normal to me as a child! Most of the Black women/girls I grew up around (during the 80's/90's) wore rollers. I'd considerer doing it now, but my hair doesn't hold much of a curl with rollers. Most it does is a deep wave.

I did execute a roll for a campus function a few years ago, and it didn't turn out too badly. (The ball had a theme around that decade so I went all out!) I was rushing, but I had practiced the style a few days prior to see how long it would take me. My hair was also shorter, so now that it's to my midback I'll have a bit more to work with! I'll just need millions of bobby pins!

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

All the songs were so high! Does any sorority take account us ladies who are altos?

Of course - alto parts! Our official songbook even has them.

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

I going to try to duplicate Jeanne Crain's hair for a function I have coming up. I adore the styles back then; it was so polished! Reminds me of both my Grandmothers.

As a veteran of the teased bubble in the 1960s, good luck with that. (Yes, I slept on rollers.) My mom said she tried and tried to wear that perfect "roll" of hair in the 1940s but it always fell out.

I imagine that smooth, shiny hair in the movies was, like them, an illusion!

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

We used to have the formal seated dinners every night with the houseboys clearing plates and bringing dessert. We'd sing while they were clearing, and that's how the pledges learned the songs and we'd get our daily practice. Two- and three-part harmony!
Now the food is served buffet style and is casual - when you're finished you get up whenever you want and take your plate to the window. No having to excuse yourself to the housemother at the head table if you wanted to leave early.
Our yankee pledges were quite amazed at this at first. Heck, many of us were amazed. Good training, though.
Those were the days!

Yes they were! That is how we did it at FSU. Don't forget some of the houseboys were come around with iced tea pitchers and water pitchers to refill glasses during the meal. We sang the blessing(in harmony) before we were seated and we waited to sit until the house mother had taken her seat. There was the house mother's table and the president's table and then the others were not designated. Food was served family style with the head of the table starting the food around the table. No one ate until the entire table was served AND the house mother had lifted her fork, then the table heads would lift their forks and everyone would eat.

The pledges served door/phone duty from 5 pm to 7 pm on a rotation basis fall quarter and took phone messages during the meal which she left in the appropriate person's mail cubby-out of house girls messages were pinned to a bulletin board in the phone room. AFter initiation, the out of house girls would be assigned 5-7 door/phone duty, and in house girls who were not executive officers would rotate phone/door duty from 7-10.

If anyone came around to make an announcement during the meal, the pledge would escort the person/persons to the dining room entrance, whisper in the house mothers ear that ABC fraternity had an announcement they would like to make, wait for her to grant permission and then the president would tap her glass with her spoon to get the dining rooms attention, the pledge would introduce the visitor(s), step aside and wait to escort the messengers out after their announcement had been made. We politely clapped after each outside announcement. During dessert, the president would stand and ask if anyone had any announcements and any sister who did would raise her hand and wait to be called on before speaking. Dinner guests were welcome any night, but fancier meals were served on Monday and Thursday nights, so most sisters invited their guests for those nights. Fun times!

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

I loved all the singing!

Aside:
SisterGreek, you may like this thread Black Sorority Musical Traditions
in the DST forum

[PersistentDST]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Aside:
SisterGreek, you may like this thread Black Sorority Musical Traditions
in the DST forum

I'm there!!! This will take up my afternoon! Thank you SisterGreek!!!

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

I'm there!!! This will take up my afternoon! Thank you SisterGreek!!!

YW

[Diana007]

One question about the movie that I do not understand. Since the Tri Upilsons did not want to take the girl in the first place why did they prevent her from joining another house that did want her? She seemed to have many cards.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by Diana007

One question about the movie that I do not understand. Since the Tri Upilsons did not want to take the girl in the first place why did they prevent her from joining another house that did want her? She seemed to have many cards.

What do you think is the reason? This is a movie! Fiction!!!!! Did you read naraht's post?

this thread brought up memories for me. lots of details i had forgotten. the velvet rope across the stairs was a gentle reminder of "no men" and curfew. yeah, curfew - we'd be locked out!

[Low C Sharp]

Since the Tri Upilsons did not want to take the girl in the first place why did they prevent her from joining another house that did want her?

She was a legacy. Yes, it's fiction, but at the time, it was true that some groups would take another vote at the end of the pledge period. That system only makes sense if sometimes pledges didn't make it.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

Yes, it's fiction, but at the time, it was true that some groups would take another vote at the end of the pledge period.

Many, maybe even most, groups outside the NPC still do.

[KillarneyRose]

Is it me or did most of those "sisters" look waaaay older than 18-22? Maybe it's just the hair and makeup?

[LXA SE285]

Is it me or did most of those "sisters" look waaaay older than 18-22? Maybe it's just the hair and makeup?

Except for Mitzi Gaynor (Adelaide), the principals were in their mid-20s at the time. But yeah, the styles made even teenagers look middle-aged.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

Is it me or did most of those "sisters" look waaaay older than 18-22? Maybe it's just the hair and makeup?

pssst, they are probably saying that about your and my composite pictures right now, girlfriend