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Originally Posted by macallan25
Pledges aren't members of a fraternity so why let them wear the fraternity's name?
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This is one of those things that may vary from group to group.
Even way back when I pledged Delt, pledges could wear the letters (Greek letters or written out), but could not display the crest/coat of arms. That was true of clothing and even on your car.
My impression is that the same was true of pretty much every fraternity, at least on our campus, at that time. Also, at that time, we were required to wear our pledge badges all of the time we were dressed properly -- which was highly recommended. Many of the pledge badges (althoug not ours) had the letters on them. I suppose that would be considered hazing today.
ETA, I don't understand the problem with calling something by it's official name. If a women's group was chartered as a "fraternity," that's what it is, and why not call it such if you want to. I notice that some of the NPHC groups append, "Incorporated" to their names when written. That's good, too, if that's how they want to be known.
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