Highschool Sororities....

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by ms_gwyn

Playing devil's advocate ...

1) Some can say the same thing for being in college and focusing on GPA, BS, BA, MCAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, etc....

2) Most of the women who created our organizations were in this age group, some were in their 20s but most were in between 15-19.

Every body needs a social outlet and we all know that we have cliques...these are cliques....with community service.

As I always say, the devil doesn't need an advocate.

1) All of our organizations should be interested in college students who focus on GPA, BS, BA, LSAT, etc. The difference is that young adults are more capable of multitasking which is why our colleges and young adult/adult lives aren't structured the same as high schools and children's lives are.

2) Whose organizations?

I'm not opposed to these high school organizations. I think they are lame if they are aided by fraternity and sorority members and taught to mimick them. I also think it's lame if the children wear Greek letters and think they are in a lifetime commitment type of organization or in a stepping stone to GLOs type organization. It's cutesy high school stuff and that's it.

I was the president of a community service organization without Greek letters. We didn't have sororities at my school. Thank God.

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

2) Whose organizations?

I'm not familiar with the histories of organizations other than my own, but I remember reading somewhere that many founders of NPC sororities were in the 15-19 year old age group when their organizations were established. These women were students at their respective college/university, and being that this was in the mid-1800s to early 1900s, I'm assuming being that young and in college was the norm.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by OTW

I'm not familiar with the histories of organizations other than my own, but I remember reading somewhere that many founders of NPC sororities were in the 15-19 year old age group when their organizations were established. These women were students at their respective college/university, and being that this was in the mid-1800s to early 1900s, I'm assuming being that young and in college was the norm.

Thanks for the clarity.

[Senusret I]

Since we're on the topic... does anyone know what the age range of NPHC sorority founders was?

For Alpha, several of our founders would be considered "non-traditional" undergraduates, a few were graduate students, and maybe three were 19. I never really thought about what was going on down at Howard from 1908-1920.

[Corsulian]

Originally Posted by OTW

I'm not familiar with the histories of organizations other than my own, but I remember reading somewhere that many founders of NPC sororities were in the 15-19 year old age group when their organizations were established. These women were students at their respective college/university, and being that this was in the mid-1800s to early 1900s, I'm assuming being that young and in college was the norm.

Not that this is particularly relevant (but neither are HS sororities outside of hazing issues...so there), but there were few norms in those days. I've often tried to paint the picture of mid 1800s college life to new members who read about our founders like they were a bunch of crazies and laugh about the fact that we even have songs. It's not like there were indie rock bands to see at the club, or electricity, or cars, or much in the way of public education. Liberal Arts degrees weren't too popular either. If you got to college, you probably had a lot of money or you were very smart and got some nice scholarship money. Several of our founders attended academies after elementary school and they were basically college preparation. You could excel and get in college at 15 or be a late arrival at 25. Most founders were probably about 18-20 though since secret organizations are generally created by upper classmen.