Back in the day . . .

[FSUZeta]

phone duty-i always enjoyed it. pledges did phone duty during the dinner hour, so they also got to open to door to various and sundry groups who wanted to make an announcement to the chapter during dinner. the dinner duty pledge could either eat earlier, or could have her meal in the downstairs phone room. each member had a cubbie in the phone room where she could receive her mail and notes/messages.

there were two phone lines for our house, and three phones-the phone in the phone room, a phone on the 2nd floor landing and one on the 3rd floor landing. luckily for the phone duty person, you merely buzzed upstairs and anyone would answer the buzz and either yell for the sister that she had a phone call or that she had a visitor downstairs. in house sisters rotated phone duty from 7 to 11 sunday thru thursday and the pledges rotated phone duty from 7 to 11 on friday and saturday nights. fun times.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by OldAOPi

Animal House came out around then - so then we all had......TOGA PARTIES!!!

But everybody always tried to "personalize" their toga attire in some way.

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

Well, it took some chapters a LONG time to get rid of candles.

I still can't over learning here at GC that so many sororities have stopped using real candles.

Originally Posted by BBelleADPi

Oh, my yes! Along with "Mrs. Grace," "39-21-40 Shape", "Myrtle Beach Days," "Johnny Dollar," "Monkey Time", "Far Away Places", "Rainy Day Bells","Little Red Book,"etc. I still listen to this music when I run! Billy Stewart, Georgia Prophets. (And BTW, this was still the music for all of us when hubby was in medical school. We still shagged, and still do to this day. Weddings are always fun!)

We do too.

Originally Posted by jon1856

As a pledge, having to carry . . . either a match or a lighter. And I did not smoke!!

With me, it was a book/box of matches. I liked the box matches better -- they burned a little more slowly.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But everybody always tried to "personalize" their toga attire in some way.

LOL. The Life Savers sheet was a very popular toga.

[NutBrnHair]

Sisters who smoked had to sit in the back of the room during Selection Session. (The only one smoking at the front table was our Rush Advisor!)