Beta Theta Pi is called the Singing Fraternity and after seeing the responses of others I guess it's with good reason:
Some important songs for Betas (that 98% of all Betas are likely to know)
- Beta Doxology (used to open all formal meals)
- Gemma Nostra (all in Latin!)
- There's a Scene
- Parting Song
- Wooglin to the Pledge (a really catchy song-sort of like an Irish drinking song)
- Marching Along (Every convention has a Marching line form, in which all Betas present form a line and march in to dinner while singing this song repeatedly - truly a great moment in any Beta's experience)
- The Loving Cup (Sung during one of our very public rituals)
There are more songs that are important parts of our ritual but how well people knows them varies widely, however I think that all Betas would be able to recognize the song and gradually remember the words of these very important songs, while everyone KNOWS the songs I've listed above.
Some of these songs are VERY old, having appeared in the first comprehensive song book assembled by Beta Theta Pi in 1872. Others have been gradually added over the years, with most being added before WWI.
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