
07-30-2014, 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by misscherrypie
When a Beta Sigma Phi becomes a member, she is given a member number. We use them often for sorority business, so I memorized mine quickly. I suppose they are issued by order of membership from 1, because the millionth Beta was initiated in 1995 and my member number begins 111xxxx and I joined in 2012. But, I don't know for sure.
In our chapter, pledges are numbered by season, year, class name, number in the class. Not a Beta tradition, but something specific to the chapter.
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Originally Posted by misscherrypie
In our chapter, they do. The reasons for that are tied to chapter ritual.
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I'm confused. You said your chapter's numbering of pledges is not a Beta tradition, so how would it be part of a Beta ritual?
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