How many initial chapters should pledges know?

[Psi U MC Vito]

We had to learn all of them. That was annoying since we don't go by the alphabet, so it was a bit more difficult then most would be.

[Cen1aur 1963]

Originally Posted by naraht

I would expect every pledging program teaches where the fraternity/sorority is founded and for every one to talk about the second chapter (because that makes you national). My question is how many of the initial chapters of your GLO are pledges expected to learn in your chapter?

My chapter probably isn't standard for APO in that we were Kappa (#10), so it just seemed reasonable for the pledges to learn up through #10.

(Note, I personally can get up to chapter #31, that should be a requirement to be on National History committee, not to initiate. )

When I was in school, we had to know all of the single letter chapters, and the chapters at other schools near our school.

[LaneSig]

We learned Alpha, of course, and then our 2nd chapter, which was Gamma at Ohio Wesleyan (Sigma Chi skipped every other letter at first - the founders didn't want to name a chapter "Beta" due to a rivalry/feud with Beta Theta Pi). We also learned our 4th chapter, Eta, founded in "the deep south" at Ole Miss.

Other than that, we learned the other chapters in our province (Arkansas-Oklahoma) and a few others that were close by (Southeast Missouri State, University of Memphis). It was pretty much up to ourselves to learn the others.

[Gusteau]

The ones I remember being mentioned in The Cornerstone would be Cornell (obviously), our second chapter at New York Law, and our first chapter in Canada at Osgoode Hall (chartered on February 13, 1896).

As Associate Members we learned the states in our region, but not the chapters. Considering Pennsylvania alone has 12 chapters, I'm thankful for that!

[aephi alum]

IIRC, we were only required to learn about our Alpha chapter at Barnard, and of course our own chapter designation once we had one. Most of my chapter sisters knew which other schools in the Boston area had chapters (but not necessarily their designations).

Off the top of my head, I can remember the following single-letter chapters:
Alpha - Barnard (founding chapter)
Gamma - Columbia Teachers' College
Delta - Adelphi (longest continuously operating chapter)
Epsilon - Sophie Newcomb College / Tulane University (first chapter outside New York State)

(Beta Chapter was at Hunter College, but I had to cheat and look that up on the AEPhi web site )

[pearlbubbles]

We learned our own chapter, Alpha, and the others in the state. I think that's about it? Over the years, you pick up others, but I think those were the only really necessarily notable ones.

[WCsweet<3]

We learned about Alpha chapter and our own. We learned some about Alpha Kappa because it is the only other chapter in the state, but that was mainly because we participated in each others philanthropies and practiced recruitment together.

I had to look up our Beta Chapter, but that might be because it was only in existence for two years. Gamma and Delta are not active and hasn't been since 1912 and 1910 respectively. I'm curious to see how many single letter chapters are still active/are now re-activated. Re-activated doesn't seem like the right term.

[psy]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

We learned about Alpha chapter and our own. We learned some about Alpha Kappa because it is the only other chapter in the state, but that was mainly because we participated in each others philanthropies and practiced recruitment together.

I had to look up our Beta Chapter, but that might be because it was only in existence for two years. Gamma and Delta are not active and hasn't been since 1912 and 1910 respectively. I'm curious to see how many single letter chapters are still active/are now re-activated. Re-activated doesn't seem like the right term.

A few years old, but....

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[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

That is not true.

Yep. I think many GLOs have an exam that has to be passed before initiation. I know we do, and you have to answer all questions correctly.

It's been a while since I've looked at the exam, but I think it includes the first 3-5 chapters, and I know it also incudes all chapters in the probationary member's province.