"Southern" Sororities?

[aopirose]

Originally posted by xo_kathy
And here's my next question - Can Democrats not be debs?!?

Of course they can! It wouldn't surprise me a bit to find out that one organization with whom I debuted NEVER had a Republican member.

I loved my debut season and so did my friends. Some of us were talking about it recently and we have the same feelings towards this as Ms. MysticCat. It was so much fun to get to spend that extra time with parents and friends outside of the regular stuff. Dance practices were a blast. Swapping suits and evening gowns was almost a necessity because you started receiving more invitations than expected. It was also a great lesson in time management trying to juggle 6 events in a single weekend!

Someone said that it is not the end-all-be-all. She’s right. It is not something that everyone gets to experience or even wants to just like Greek Life. If you are not a deb or if you are not Greek, the sun will still rise in the morning.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by aopirose

. . . Someone said that it [the debutante experience] is not the end-all-be-all. She’s right. It is not something that everyone gets to experience or even wants to just like Greek Life. If you are not a deb or if you are not Greek, the sun will still rise in the morning.

Just an update for 2006 about the Midland, Texas debs who'll be presented this winter at the Minuet Club dance at the Petroleum Club: the list is at

http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news...d=475591&rfi=6

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Just an update for 2006 about the Midland, Texas debs who'll be presented this winter at the Minuet Club dance at the Petroleum Club: the list is at

http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news...d=475591&rfi=6

Where's "Baby Jessica?!" ... Oh wait, she's already married -- nevermind.

[xo_kathy]

Originally posted by 33girl
I don't care if they are saying she washed a dog, newspapers need to get information right the first time. Every single day in the paper here, there's several retractions, and some of them are the most BASIC things that could have been correct the first time if people wouldn't have been too lazy to double check.

Last week sometime there was a picture of Eli Manning in the paper and it said "Peyton Manning throws the ball...". First of all, he was in a NY Giants uniform, second of all, it's a NYC paper!!!! DUH!

[Southern_Grace]

It should not matter what age you are. The balls are very beautiful and a wonderful memory.

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by aopirose

I loved my debut season and so did my friends. Some of us were talking about it recently and we have the same feelings towards this as Ms. MysticCat. It was so much fun to get to spend that extra time with parents and friends outside of the regular stuff. Dance practices were a blast. Swapping suits and evening gowns was almost a necessity because you started receiving more invitations than expected. It was also a great lesson in time management trying to juggle 6 events in a single weekend!

Someone said that it is not the end-all-be-all. She’s right. It is not something that everyone gets to experience or even wants to just like Greek Life. If you are not a deb or if you are not Greek, the sun will still rise in the morning.

I just wanted to quote you because it summed up experience as a deb too. The gown, the classes, the service projects.....it was all such a good time and I learned so much. I hope that my (future) daughter gets to experience it as well.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by xo_kathy
You mean where it says "Gamma Beta Phi"

According to http://www.gammabetaphi.org/
"Gamma Beta Phi Society is an honor and service organization for students in colleges and universities in the United States" and they have an LSU chapter.

And LSU does NOT have a Gamma Phi Beta chapter, so there you go.

[SDTSarah]

So this is kind of a question to the ladies of ADPi and Phi Mu...

I'm taking a class about southern women and writers, and we have to do a research project. I really want to do mine about the role of sororities in southern life, and my professor is super enthusiastic about it. I know some of you have been down to Macon to visit the birthplace of ADPi and Phi Mu, and I was thinking of going down there and doing some research. Do you think it would be worthwhile? I really want to get some oral histories, too, so I'm thinking of interviewing women I know about their sorority experience.

I really want to focus the project on "southern" sororities, but there isn't exactly a definitive list!

[FSUZeta]

you might also want to check out delta gamma-founded in mississippi and

kappa delta, sigma sigma sigma, zeta tau alpha and alpha sigma alpha, all founded at longwood college in farmville, va.

and chi omega, which was founded in arkansas

[honeychile]

Originally posted by SDTSarah
So this is kind of a question to the ladies of ADPi and Phi Mu...

I'm taking a class about southern women and writers, and we have to do a research project. I really want to do mine about the role of sororities in southern life, and my professor is super enthusiastic about it. I know some of you have been down to Macon to visit the birthplace of ADPi and Phi Mu, and I was thinking of going down there and doing some research. Do you think it would be worthwhile? I really want to get some oral histories, too, so I'm thinking of interviewing women I know about their sorority experience.

I really want to focus the project on "southern" sororities, but there isn't exactly a definitive list!

You could probably do just as well in the Atlanta/Peachtree City area, what with both Phi Mu & ADPi being located there. That, or contact the Georgia Wesleyan College for information. I'm sure that they have tons of records on some of their older alumnae. After all, it was also the first college for women in the United States, too.

[shinerbock]

Sororities from my personal experience which are truly involved in southern values/traditions...

Kappa (not here, but still)
Chi O
Tri Delt
Pi Phi
Phi Mu....
ADPi
Alpha Gam
Alpha Chi

Also, I wanted to respond to the PTC comment. While Fayette produces plenty of greeks for schools like UGA, Tech, Auburn, and Clemson, I don't think PTC would be helpful. It is basically a town of yankee transplants, and it truly is sad to see FC(being PTC, fville, brooks, and tyrone), all going downhill.

[33girl]

Originally posted by shinerbock
Sororities from my personal experience which are truly involved in southern values/traditions...

Kappa (not here, but still)
Chi O
Tri Delt
Pi Phi
Phi Mu....
ADPi
Alpha Gam
Alpha Chi

Also, I wanted to respond to the PTC comment. While Fayette produces plenty of greeks for schools like UGA, Tech, Auburn, and Clemson, I don't think PTC would be helpful. It is basically a town of yankee transplants, and it truly is sad to see FC(being PTC, fville, brooks, and tyrone), all going downhill.

I had to read like 6 times to get what "PTC" is....then again I'm sure if you have read any of the posts between Pennsylvanians the same thing happened to you.

-33
--Sorry the Yankees are trashing the place!
---Wait till the Pittsburghers get there and open a Primanti's!!

[honeychile]

To my knowledge, Metro Atlanta period is at least 50% yankee anymore!

I mentioned "PTC" because that's where Phi Mu HQ is, not for any other reason. ADPi Executive Office has been in Atlanta since 1955, but the new addition is just filled with interesting historical information.

[angelove]

Wait till the Pittsburghers get there and open a Primanti's!!

This Southerner would kill for a sandwich from Primanti's. I'd delicately wipe the grease from my face with one of great-aunt Clara Beth's embroidered linen napkins.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by 33girl
I had to read like 6 times to get what "PTC" is....then again I'm sure if you have read any of the posts between Pennsylvanians the same thing happened to you.

-33
--Sorry the Yankees are trashing the place!
---Wait till the Pittsburghers get there and open a Primanti's!!

Stop jocking my literary style.

-Rudey
--And you guys need to get over your deli because NYC already took top honors on that.