Allowing our advisor to wear letters

[irishpipes]

Maybe fraternity rules have changed. I wore fraternity letters all the time in college. So did every other girl I knew. The guys looked at it as good PR.

[33girl]

How old is she? She might not want to wear letters if she's too far past her 20s. How about a golden heart shaped necklace with your jewels in it instead?

My point is that it's pointless to argue for something if she's not going to wear them in a professional setting/on campus anyway. Getting the entire fraternity into a squabble if all she's going to do is put on a sweatshirt at home just isn't worth the trouble.

and irishpipes - some chapters/groups are VERY strict about letting girls wear letters unless it's a fraternity-wide philanthropy like Derby Days.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

How old is she? She might not want to wear letters if she's too far past her 20s. How about a golden heart shaped necklace with your jewels in it instead?

My point is that it's pointless to argue for something if she's not going to wear them in a professional setting/on campus anyway. Getting the entire fraternity into a squabble if all she's going to do is put on a sweatshirt at home just isn't worth the trouble?

I agree. If you're going to make an argument for her to wear letters, you want to make sure she'll actually wear them. Maybe a nice pin (obviously not a badge) or a necklace with your letters.. which is subtle. A rush t-shirt or stitched letters are not going to be worn by someone in their late 20s and beyond unless they're lounging at home or running out to the store.

and irishpipes - some chapters/groups are VERY strict about letting girls wear letters unless it's a fraternity-wide philanthropy like Derby Days.

One chapter on my campus refused to let anyone but brothers wear their letters. Maybe 4 years after I graduated, they finally decided to have a sweetheart, but they still only let her wear the fraternity's name on a shirt, and not their actual letters. They were always shocked that us sororities would make recruitment shirts with all of our letters on them.

[adpiucf]

If she's a professional woman, she really doesn't give a darn about wearing your letters. Only undergraduate college women think it is cool to wear a men's fraternity shirt in public. So save your breath fighting with the chapter on this, and have the chapter honor her with a special award she can display in her office in addition to her volunteer award from your HQ. Perhaps you can give it to her at a celebratory dinner where the chapter serenades her. Now THAT she would love.