Back in the day . . .

[RaggedyAnn]

Phone chains and calendars.

No email. No cell phones.

[jon1856]

How could I forget "The Walk for Development"?
Started down on the lower end of 6th ave by the bridge.
Had a drink at every bar between there and chapter house.

As well as The Black Mug contest......

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Did anyone else have to do the "half clap"? Maybe it's because everyone clapping would have been much too loud in a suite, so about half the chapter clapped with 3 fingers lightly hitting the other palm.

We didn't do that, but did anyone else "snap"?

Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

Phone chains and calendars.

No email. No cell phones.

Oh yeah. Don't forget the one big Fall Mailing with *everything* your chapter needed for the entire year (and don't lose a page of it either!) No computers either. Xerox copies of the calendars and typewritten chapter reports--in duplicate or triplicate, with carbon paper. This is one area that's MUCH better today, ladies!

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Xerox copies of the calendars and typewritten chapter reports--in duplicate or triplicate, with carbon paper. This is one area that's MUCH better today, ladies!

Ah, the smell of mimeograph fluid!!

[jon1856]

As a pledge, having to carry $1.55 in change as well as either a match or a lighter. And I did not smoke!!

[ForeverRoses]

[QUOTE=AOIIalum;1628189]We didn't do that, but did anyone else "snap"?
/QUOTE]

We snapped. Took me a couple years of going to work meetings to get out of the habbit of snapping when I agreed with something.

I remember open parties at the fraternity houses. only a few parties required you to be on the guest list. Most were open to any female. We had a board where people could list all the fraternity parties going on a particular weekend. Then we would pick and chose which ones to go to.

We also had fraternities that would host "after hours"- basically parties that didn't start until after the bars were closed.


Also, we called our mixers "Teas". So it would be announced for example that we had a tea with the Phi Taus on Thursday night at the Greenery from 6-9.

We also called the rush parties "teas" so we had open house, first teas, second teas, and final teas. I don't remember any tea ever being served.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I remember open parties at the fraternity houses. only a few parties required you to be on the guest list. Most were open to any female.

Yep. They kind of half heartedly started having "tickets" and such, but these didn't last long.

Theta Chi always had happy hours on Fridays. You went into the basement at 3:30 - came out at 6:30 w/ a buzz and with it still light out. Ugggggg.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I remember open parties at the fraternity houses. only a few parties required you to be on the guest list. Most were open to any female.

This still happens at some schools.

And I think a lot of chapters still snap--I know mine did occasionally as did others at W&L.

[Denise_DPhiE]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

We didn't do that, but did anyone else "snap"?

Yes - celebrating our chapters 20th anniversary this year (and I was a charter member) and have instituted snapping at our Junior League meetings. Only about 1/4 of our members were sorority women but they got the hang of it! Love snapping!!!