Why Sorority Recruitment is Horrible and Needs to Change

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I remember reading a really old article from the archives about how the Philomatheans would run to the train station and try to talk to the most desirable new freshmen women before the Adelphians got to them.

Originally Posted by nyapbp

Exactly, and there are those who say that the rush to the train station to meet the new students is how the term "rush" was coined.

That's exactly what used to happen between Theta and Gamma Phi Beta when they were the first sororities on campus at the University of Michigan in the 1880s. I have a copy of the chapter's 50th anniversary history booklet, and it talks about the Gamma Phis spiriting the desirable freshmen away in buggies to Ypsilanti for a full day, so that the Gamma Phis could form bonds with them before the Thetas.