Legacy

[ErinIsBadNews]

A Dad came into the store I work at looking for a gift for his daughter. I don't remember how many times she was a legacy, but he mentioned everyone in her direct line of family, but her mother was an ADPi. He told me she was a descendent of one of ADPi’s Founders. Not going to lie, I got goose bumps.

I know that many years ago, my chapter initiated one of the direct descendant’s of one of our founders. I can’t tell you off the top of my head, which founder.

I’ve always wondered how much more pressure you would feel to join an organization if you had a long line of family members in an org, especially a founder. Do you think you could have joined another GLO? I’m not sure I could.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ErinIsBadNews

A Dad came into the store I work at looking for a gift for his daughter. I don't remember how many times she was a legacy, but he mentioned everyone in her direct line of family, but her mother was an ADPi. He told me she was a descendent of one of ADPi’s Founders. Not going to lie, I got goose bumps.

I know that many years ago, my chapter initiated one of the direct descendant’s of one of our founders. I can’t tell you off the top of my head, which founder.

I’ve always wondered how much more pressure you would feel to join an organization if you had a long line of family members in an org, especially a founder. Do you think you could have joined another GLO? I’m not sure I could.

Are you in Texas? Our Delta Chapter (our oldest) just initiated yet another descendant of a founder (Ella Pierce Turner), but I think it would be nigh on impossible to choose another GLO over such a long-standing legacy. But, as I said with the 5-generation legacy, not everyone is cut out to be in a sorority, and I have my doubts that someone should be forced into it.

Of course, if she went to a different GLO after 156 years, she should be written out of the will!

[Buttonz]

When my sister decided to go to a school with an SDT chapter I told her that as much as I'd love for her to join SDT, but if she recruitment and wound up somewhere else it would be okay with me...

I wish I was able to talk her into going through recruitment.

[ErinIsBadNews]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Are you in Texas? Our Delta Chapter (our oldest) just initiated yet another descendant of a founder (darned if I can remember which one!), but I think it would be nigh on impossible to choose another GLO over such a long-standing legacy. But, as I said with the 5-generation legacy, not everyone is cut out to be in a sorority, and I have my doubts that someone should be forced into it.

Of course, if she went to a different GLO after 156 years, she should be written out of the will!

Nope, I'm in Florida. She went to some school in the state, I don't remember which one, but I know it's not FSU.

[Tom Earp]

Funny thing about legacys!

They can be offered bids or not.

While we all would love to have our Daughters and Sons join our GLOs, it is still their decission isn't it?

As many times it has been said each Chapter is different then why should a Legacy be saddled with a GLO that they do not feel comfortable with!

Granted, a GLO will be good nation wide but not local.

I have seen many cross overs on GC and I figure as long as they go with a GLO, that is a big step !!

[sarahanne]

I'm a Phi Mu legacy, my Grandmother was a Phi Mu at Penn State, and played a major part in chartering the chapter on my campus. My Aunt, her daughter, was a charter member of this chapter, and my other aunt was also a member of this chapter. Throughout my senior year in high school I had lunches with my grandmothers friends (who I later found out were Phi Mu alums) and met ladies from the campus. I went through rush, went to all of Phi Mu's rush parties, and put them at the top of my bid list.on bid day, I opened my bid, in the room full of other PNMs and my rush buddy got Phi Mu, and I didn't. I was heart broken, and a little part of me still wonders what life would be like if I were a Phi Mu. I know I'll never know why they didn't bid for me. I accepted my bid from AOII, and fell in love with them. I realize now, that in AOII, I have more leadership opportunities, and that I rather have a smaller group of close friends, than a larger group of ladies that I know. My motto in life: everything has a reason for happening, nothing is a coincidence.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by sarahanne

I'm a Phi Mu legacy, my Grandmother was a Phi Mu at Penn State, and played a major part in chartering the chapter on my campus. My Aunt, her daughter, was a charter member of this chapter, and my other aunt was also a member of this chapter.

Wow! My maid of honor's grandmother was a PSU Phi Mu founder! I've lost track of her, or I'd ask her what her grandmother's name was. Her mother was also in the same chapter.


When it came to in house legacies, we always asked the biological sister to step out during the voting of her PNM sister. It only seemed fair to judge the PNM on her own merits. I do want to stipulate that this is CHAPTER policy, not Alpha Delta Pi International policy (although I think it would be a good one!).

[FSUZeta]

wow joe!! i am sorry that your chapter has to deal with that family!! they sound like a piece of work. perhaps it might be time to pull that guys pin-if your fraternity allows such a thing.

[BlueNYC2]

Originally Posted by dgdramadawg

One of my chapter sisters was a descendant of a founder of another sorority and pretty much everyone in her family was part of that same sorority. I don't know that I could have pledged elsewhere if I was in her shoes, but I am glad she did!

why not??? you got to do what YOU want to do, not what ya family wants you to do. i never understood why people feel the need to want to pledge/join a particular GLO just cuz they have a number of relatives that did.

but then again, i'm the first greek in my fam...
thats just my $19.14 on this matter...