Letters on Bid Day???

[33girl]

I know that my org has an open motto that corresponds to our letters in Greek and English, so we would know what they mean. Well, at least one thing.

We've talked about this quite a bit on GC. Here's a thread:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=14452

Here's another thread:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=1320

Oh, and for a lot of older alums, this whole distinction between the "kinds" of letters (i.e. stitched block vs screened on t-shirts or sweatshirts) was a moot point as block letters weren't always available. I never heard about that until I came to GC.

[SthrnZeta]

Thanks for posting those, sorry to reiterate a thread!

[NutBrnHair]

In Chi Omega, the pledges/new members wear the Greek letters on their pledge/new member pin, so why not on a shirt.

I'm all for wearing the letters from the beginning.

[SthrnZeta]

I know in ZTA, it's in the bylaws that we can't wear the crest but letters have a lot of meaning too, so I believed (along with the rest of my pledge class) that we shouldn't wear them and we actually were upset with other chapters on campus for allowing their NMs to wear them. I also feel very strongly that you shouldn't get those little lettered booty shorts because you're essentially sitting on your letters. Maybe I feel strongly about this since I was Ritual Chair...

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

I know in ZTA, it's in the bylaws that we can't wear the crest but letters have a lot of meaning too, so I believed (along with the rest of my pledge class) that we shouldn't wear them and we actually were upset with other chapters on campus for allowing their NMs to wear them. I also feel very strongly that you shouldn't get those little lettered booty shorts because you're essentially sitting on your letters. Maybe I feel strongly about this since I was Ritual Chair...

I agree about the buttshorts, but you can't hold another org to your standards. As 33girl said, ASA has FOUR meanings...one open, and three closed. Since pledges already know the open one, I don't think it's fair to say that they don't know what the letters mean, and shouldn't wear them.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

As 33girl said, ASA has FOUR meanings...one open, and three closed.

Dang, stop hogging ALL the secrets! LOL

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Dang, stop hogging ALL the secrets! LOL

It's a FOUR thing, you know.

Four meanings.
Four Exemplars.
Four colors.
Four aims.

[33girl]

First off, I would never tell anyone from another org that he/she is in the wrong not letting someone wear letters/crests/colors before initiation. They know the meanings behind them, I don't. By the same token, I wouldn't say someone is wrong TO let their pledges wear them.

I don't know, it just seems like the more we stress no hazing, the more rules like this pop up. During Derby Days, we (as in all the sororities on my campus) let the Sigma Chis who were our coaches wear our jackets. No one thought a thing of it. There's even a pic in our yearbook of 2 sororities wearing each others' coats at Greek Week. From the sounds of things, that would provoke a full-scale riot today.