"Southern" Sororities? - Page 8

alphagamgirlie · #1 11-30-2004, 08:08 PM

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Originally posted by AGDee
Gunne Sax! That's what my Initiation dress was! I think I said in another thread it was a Laura Ashley, but hearing Gunne Sax jogged my memory better! Big white thing, almost needed a hoop.. anyway, that's a hijack of a hijack!

Oh wow, my Initiation dress was a Gunne Sax too! I got mine at Lord & Taylor in Miami a couple months before they went out of business....anyways my dress is http://www.jessicamcclintock.com/web...egory_rn=10017
And yes me & my pledge sisters had a shawl too lol

LSUTriDelta4 · #2 11-30-2004, 09:52 PM

yeah, i do remember the possiblilty tri-sig or a-chi-o coming to LSU in 2002. i was not yet at lsu when it happened, but living in baton rouge, i did hear about it.

honeychile · #3 11-30-2004, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by CarolinaDG
Back to the original subject (because I just now found this thread). Does anyone else find it interesting that the first two sororities ever founded (ADPi and Phi Mu) were both founded in the south, and of the original "fraternities" most of those were founded in the south? Maybe it just seems like the sororities are southern sororities because they've been around a long time and are stronger in the south? I dunno, just a theory. And although some sororities may be considered southern sororities, it is (like the Tri-Delt said first) some of these sororities that are even stronger other places. Delta Gamma, for example, is a very Mississippi-based sorority, but has the most chapters in California. And Tri-Delta is strong in South Carolina and other southern states, but as far as I know is very Californian as well.

I think your theory makes as much sense as any of the others. I also think that the Old South frame of mind makes for a promotion of the Greek System.

Peaches-n-Cream · #4 12-01-2004, 02:53 PM

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Originally posted by alphagamgirlie
Oh wow, my Initiation dress was a Gunne Sax too! I got mine at Lord & Taylor in Miami a couple months before they went out of business....anyways my dress is http://www.jessicamcclintock.com/web...egory_rn=10017
And yes me & my pledge sisters had a shawl too lol

That's a wedding dress. Were you really initiated in that dress? If so, wow!

TSteven · #5 12-01-2004, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by honeychile
I also think that the Old South frame of mind makes for a promotion of the Greek System.

Ding * Ding * Ding

greekgodess2002 · #6 12-14-2004, 12:52 AM

for your information, Adpi and Phi Mu are the two oldest greek organizations for women. And they were both found in the south, Macon, GA to be exact. And they are the Two best greek organizations anyone should feel honored to be invited to join.

#7 12-14-2004, 01:00 AM

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Originally posted by greekgodess2002
for your information, Adpi and Phi Mu are the two oldest greek organizations for women. And they were both found in the south, Macon, GA to be exact. And they are the Two best greek organizations anyone should feel honored to be invited to join.

Like, OMGWTFBBQNBC?!!!! Hey GCers, didja know that like ADPi and Phi Mu are the oldest ones?

I like, sooooooo did not know!

*dances a I didn't know dance*

Tippiechick · #8 12-14-2004, 01:03 AM

I heart Sandy

GeekyPenguin · #9 12-14-2004, 01:05 AM

I think my founders were more concerned with the advancement of a higher mental culture for women than they were with the geographic location of our founding.

33girl · #10 12-14-2004, 01:42 AM

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Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
Like, OMGWTFBBQNBC?!!!! Hey GCers, didja know that like ADPi and Phi Mu are the oldest ones?

I like, sooooooo did not know!

*dances a I didn't know dance*

wow dow!! CBSABCFOXWB!!!!

Now over to that "five threads you want to punch in the face" topic.

alphagamgirlie · #11 03-30-2005, 03:57 AM

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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
That's a wedding dress. Were you really initiated in that dress? If so, wow!

Wow this is old...but yeah it was that dress!!!! And because Lord & Taylor was going out of business...guess how much that dress was? It was less than $25 due to their crazy going out of business sales!!!!

#12 03-30-2005, 07:10 AM

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Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
Like, OMGWTFBBQNBC?!!!! Hey GCers, didja know that like ADPi and Phi Mu are the oldest ones?

I like, sooooooo did not know!

*dances a I didn't know dance*

Fucking a....yeah. I'm really a bitch.

Sorry. I don't even remember posting this shit... until tonight.

STL Kappa · #13 03-30-2005, 02:25 PM

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I also think that the Old South frame of mind makes for a promotion of the Greek System.

I agree... I LOVE the idea of being a Southern belle even if I'm born and raised in Missouri... haha... being a Kappa (which many associate with the South, even if we weren't founded there) I can kind of fake it, right?!

As for the whole debutante thing that was discussed earlier... although it is predominantly Southern, I find it interesting that people don't consider it in the midwest at all. One of my sisters is a debutante and she too is from Missouri... I guess it just depends on whether or not you consider Missouri a midwestern state or a southern state. (Personally, I don't consider it either... we're not the south, but I refuse to be bombarded with midwestern stereotypes. I don't live on a farm... I live in St. Louis!!

)

And, off topic, the midwestern prom thing... my prom was in a hotel in downtown St. Louis and it cost $90!! My dress was $250 and that was middle-of-the-road for what girls were spending. Prom in a gym is a crazy thought!! (But we do have homecoming at our school...)

This thread got way off topic, and I'm not helping the cause...

CougADPi · #14 03-30-2005, 02:47 PM

I think its interesting to be in a strong "southern" sorority way up here in the pacific NW. Sometimes it feels very isolating to know that a majority of your sisters are in the opposite corner of the country. When the next closest chapter (to the three of us up here) is Sacramento (I believe) its very strange. Heck, the next closest chapter to mine is 300 miles away!! Oh, if only the Oregon chapters were still around...

Little E · #15 03-30-2005, 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by STL Kappa
And, off topic, the midwestern prom thing... my prom was in a hotel in downtown St. Louis and it cost $90!! My dress was $250 and that was middle-of-the-road for what girls were spending. Prom in a gym is a crazy thought!! (But we do have homecoming at our school...)

This thread got way off topic, and I'm not helping the cause...

To stay off topic for one more second...I don't really know of any towns around me that actually had prom somewhere other than a gym. Maybe if you were in Madison or Milwaukee, which are WAY different than the rest of the state, you wouldn't have. We tried to have it off-site and the school pitched a fit. We also had to sell tickets for our parents to see the grand march, (you know when they introduce EVERYONE) we ended up moving it earlier than in previous years and parents got really mad at us. It is just they way things were done. We did the whole thing up in gossamer and whatnot so it looked nice, but you could still see the half-court line.