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Originally Posted by dukedg
Not dumb at all! Presents is the day where the new members are presented (to the sorority, parents, community members etc.). It is done some time during the new member period/around initiation time. Are there some chapters that do not have presents of any kind? At Duke we came from all over so we did our presents at our formal (they were presented to DGs and all our guests), since it was too far for most parents to come.
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My collegiate chapter also does Presents (pronounced Pree-sents, not Preh-sents
) and I was wondering if it was a regional thing? My alum chapter had alums from all over, but usually it was only the alums from the Western part of the US that knew what Presents actually was.
We don't have a chapter house, so our Presents ceremony was held at a nearby girls' school that had beautiful staircase that led down to the courtyard. Men from the fraternities escorted the PNM as she was "presented" to the guests. It was also here that the NM got her "alum chum" -- the alum version of her big sis.
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