5 or 6 "S's" for "don't have to wear your pledge pin when...

[naraht]

I think one of the primary reasons that for APO, that we expect them to be worn all of the time is that they are *much* cheaper than the pins for the social fraternities and sororities. The pledge pin received at pledging and the brother pin received at initiation are both brass (or something close) and currently cost $7.00, the last time I checked. I run into people on eBay who believe that since it is a fraternity pin, it has to be 10K gold or gold filled or something. We do have more expensive versions of the pin, but my guess is that less than 10% of the brothers actually buy them.

Randy