How many initial chapters should pledges know?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

In the days of no hazing, you probably can't require them to know any....

That is not true.

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Many Delta chapters expect women to know single letter chapters and chapters in their city and surrounding areas.

Also of importance is having a familiarity with chapters in your region and chapters with particularly rich histories that would be covered in Delta history books. Familiarity does not mean memorization but to not be clueless.

[honeychile]

We were to learn the ones in our District, as those were the chapters with which we were most likely to associate. We also answered our roll call with the name of a chapter, so everyone tended to know at least a few of those.

Lucky was the sister who had "Alpha Delta, Colby College, Waterville, Maine." Everyone joined the chorus on that one!

So, we had to know six, but ended up knowing more like 56.

[AXEling]

Originally Posted by honeychile

We were to learn the ones in our District, as those were the chapters with which we were most likely to associate.

Ditto to this. We also learned our Alpha chapter. It was nice because we're especially close to two other AXS colleges (we visit fairly often).

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

That is not true.

Yep. I think many GLOs have an exam that has to be passed before initiation. I know we do, and you have to answer all questions correctly.

It's been a while since I've looked at the exam, but I think it includes the first 3-5 chapters, and I know it also incudes all chapters in the probationary member's province.