As undergraduates who were guided closely by our graduate chapter, we were discouraged from using symbols other than the ivy leaf, pink tea rose, and pearls. We were quite happy with those, although we knew other sorors used unofficial symbols. I think being a colony trying to charter a chapter at two nongreek schools had a lot to do with us not being influenced by mascots.
1babygirl2000:
I don't know why or how these unofficial symbols got their starts, but I liken it to some of the things I've seen recently among my younger sorors, like making an ivy sign with your hands, doing a serious "lean" while posing for photos, and the whole "Lyle Love" term in reference to the marriage of AKA founder Ethel Hedgeman and APhiA Beta chapter founder George Lyle. These were not done when I was a new soror, but I think have grown out of peoples' desire to "jazz things up" a bit. That's my opinion, anyway.
DG
[This message has been edited by Discogoddess (edited June 06, 2000).]
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