Toast Song

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I can only find two chapters on the web who appear to use "brothers clasp the hands of sisters" in a chapter version of the toast song. AGK at Southwestern U. and Omicron at U of Iowa. Both of them specifically say that the National one is to be used at conferences. (In fact more than half the google hits on "brothers clasp the hands of sisters" are on greekchat.com.)

In my area Region III, section 85/86, I only know of one chapter that uses "sisters" at all and that is Mu Alpha at Georgetown U. Some of the brothers who are women are vehemently *for* using sister and some are just as vehemently *against* it. From their online history "Women in Mu Alpha Chapter are referred to as Brothers on the National level, but have the choice to be referred to as either Brothers or Sisters at the chapter level."

Looking out at the web(Google search for sister and "alpha phi omega", chapters in APO-USA that seem to use the term sister in any way include Mu Alpha @ Georgetown, Omicron @ U of Iowa, Omicron Zeta @ CSU Hayward, Beta Eta at U of Missouri, Iota Alpha @ UTennKnoxville, Delta Pi @ Trinity, Gamma Sigma @ UChicago. This group was outnumbered by references to sisters at APO-Phil and almost outnumbered by posts talking about GSS or OPA members as sisters to Alpha Phi Omega brothers. (the largest number in any group was Alpha Phi Omega and the group Big Brothers/Big Sisters in the same webpage.