Full frills vs no frills bid days

[shadokat]

So I know it's against every NPC rule, but nobody had booze on bid day?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by shadokat

So I know it's against every NPC rule, but nobody had booze on bid day?

You know I did, lol.

I think a lot of places still do, it’s just delayed a week or so. Which is really not a bad idea because if you do have women uncertain about where they ended up (not to mention if most of your pledges are first semester freshmen who know the people they met in rush and that’s it) probably the last place you want them to immediately be is around boys and beer.

[33girl]

Oh, and obviously you couldn’t do this with too large of a pledge class unless you split the sorority into multiple groups, but our pledges didn’t have any collective event or run to the groups - the sorority members went to the new pledges’ different dorms/apartments and picked them up to take them to the bid day festivities. I can see where this would be a no go now because of safety factors and I’m sure it was annoying as hell for non Greeks since it was ALL OVER campus, but I think this way was a lot easier for all involved. Doing everything in public where you can see if someone is disappointed with their bid or if one sorority has an appreciably smaller class than the rest seems like a recipe for lots of potential hurt feelings. At least if a sorority you didn’t want came to your door you could get upset in private - less embarrassing for both sides. It would lessen the excitement, but I think it would be better to know where you are running before you are less than 50 feet away.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

You know I did, lol.

I think a lot of places still do, it’s just delayed a week or so. Which is really not a bad idea because if you do have women uncertain about where they ended up (not to mention if most of your pledges are first semester freshmen who know the people they met in rush and that’s it) probably the last place you want them to immediately be is around boys and beer.

Same for my school. Bid Day is a Sunday usually so the first opportunity anyone really has to go out or do anything like that is the Thursday of that week. I have never heard of anyone going out that Sunday night. Because tired.

[TLLK]

Originally Posted by shadokat

So I know it's against every NPC rule, but nobody had booze on bid day?

Another story from the early eighties involved my cousin was the recruitment chair for her KKG chapter at Cornell. After receiving the news about who had accepted bids, the chapter was thrilled with their new pledge class. They'd managed to get a high percentage of the most sought after pledges that year. She told me that somehow she ended up on top of the grand piano with her joyful sisters pouring beer all over her.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I went through a full frills recruitment also, which was seriously amazing. Our Bid Day, however. was as you described, to a point. We got the t-shirt and cake, but we did have one thing different. There was a fraternity who was trying to build up their reputation, so they had "Kiss and Carnation". They sent a bunch of pledges to give each new member (you guessed it!) a kiss and carnation.

Now, fraternities are no longer permitted at Bid Day festivities.

Originally Posted by shadokat

So I know it's against every NPC rule, but nobody had booze on bid day?

Way back in time, down on the farm, out in the boondocks there were Bid Day parties at every fraternity's house where we danced and sang and drank lots of alcohol (the age for alcohol consumption back then was 18). Sorority actives and pledges walked from house to house for hours in celebration. The next day when I finally ate my first meal at 5 p.m it was ice cream and jello.