Wearing your letters?

[PeppyGPhiB]

I don't actually think school size or popularity of greek life has much to do with wearing letters. I think it's just based on tradition.

Chapters at my school decided for themselves when they wanted to wear letters. It just so happened that Wednesday was the day most chose because it was a day that offered the most visability. It certainly wasn't hard to coordinate...all it took was someone saying to the chapter, "Hey, everyone wear your letters to convo this week!"

Although my school has only about 3,100 undergrads, greek life is pretty popular. About 30% of the students are greek (a higher percentage than at most large schools), and the administration supports it. So when I mentioned that wearing letters was an easy way to show unity, I wasn't really meaning greek unity. It could be seen that way, too, but I was really talking about chapter unity. On my campus you couldn't tell who was greek and who wasn't (or which sorority/fraternity they were in) by just looking at them, so wearing your letters was an easy way to tell people who you are.