"Take Care of My Little Girl" (1951)

[Katmandu]

Did anyone catch that the Tri U "rush captain" was Thelma Lou?

Love this! Thanks for posting it ...great find!

[LXA SE285]

I think she meant Zeta Sigma Pi looks a bit like AST's. It's the second pin that shows up during the opening credits. Personally, I don't see it as AST's.

To me it looks more like a ripoff of ASA's.

Did anyone catch that the Tri U "rush captain" was Thelma Lou?

I was wondering when somebody was gonna notice Betty Lynn. She was definitely 180 degrees away from Thelma Lou here.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

To me it looks more like a ripoff of ASA's.

Or maybe they thought that Sigma Tau Gamma is an NPC sorority. It looks a lot like their badge.

[NinjaPoodle]

[NinjaPoodle]

[TriDeltaSallie]

That was a fun movie to watch. I love old college movies of all kinds.

I noticed that when the woman was running her finger down the list that there were a couple of DDDs on there. I wondered if they purposely did that to demonstrate that Tri U was not supposed to be a sub for Tri Delta.

And I'm so thankful that I pledged when Hell Weeks were no longer around. I would not have put up with that garbage.

[IrishLake]

Is it wrong that I identify with Adelaide and Casey?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Wouldn't it have been nice to conduct MS casually, in our nightgowns?

What, you didn't? Right after we finished the last party, we had 15 minutes to run to our rooms, change into PJs-sweats-etc. Couldn't have made it without that!
But that smoking...wow. I forget how common it was.
We did sing like that...it was one of my favorite parts of sorority life. *sigh*

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

We did sing like that...it was one of my favorite parts of sorority life. *sigh*

And it's now missing! They are over programmed and have no time for song.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by MaryPoppins

And it's now missing! They are over programmed and have no time for song.

We used to have the formal seated dinners every night with the houseboys clearing plates and bringing dessert. We'd sing while they were clearing, and that's how the pledges learned the songs and we'd get our daily practice. Two- and three-part harmony!
Now the food is served buffet style and is casual - when you're finished you get up whenever you want and take your plate to the window. No having to excuse yourself to the housemother at the head table if you wanted to leave early.
Our yankee pledges were quite amazed at this at first. Heck, many of us were amazed. Good training, though.
Those were the days!

[Katmandu]

^^^ We did too! Singing was big on our campus. During rush, actives would burst into song during parties. Serenades, candle passings, etc. were all big time events and all focused on songs. We always serenaded before our formal parties and when we were partnered with fraternities for homecoming, spring sing, etc.

Formal dinner was on Monday evening and Sunday noon. Pin attire required. Week night dinners were also served by houseboys and were sit down events, but attire was casual. Our Housemother was always escorted into the dining room first by the head house boy and the expectation was that her table would fill first. There was a head of every table (changed every night depending on who sat at the head place) Pres and VP had their own tables on either side of the house mother's.

We sang grace and when desert was over, the song leader would initiate two or three songs to close which included both Kappa Delta songs and fraternity songs--it's how we learned the fraternity songs for serenades--we knew a song for every chapter on campus.

My son was freaked out when he pledged Lambda Chi Alpha and I sang one of their songs... he said, we don't even know them--how do you?!

Our girls now eat buffet style at random times within a two hour window. they grab plates, go through an industrial style buffet line, scarf it down and leave. I know they have busy schedules, and this type of meal service appeals to the times, but I don't think I am clutching my pearls too much to think that they miss out on a lot. We got to know each other at meal time, brushed up on manners, it didn't last that long--most meals were done in 30-40 minutes and it made for a nice oasis in a busy day. But eating together is something most of the current college students didn't have in their own families.

Being a house boy was one of the prized jobs on campus. They tended to be passed down among friends and relatives. They ate the great food the sorority cooks prepared, were paid fairly well, and got to look at pretty girls. We treated them well too.

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by Katmandu

Being a house boy was one of the prized jobs on campus. They tended to be passed down among friends and relatives. They ate the great food the sorority cooks prepared, were paid fairly well, and got to look at pretty girls. We treated them well too.

We had one houseboy who was with us from the time he was a Freshman til he graduated.

He is now married to one of my sisters!

We had a sit down meal every night, and every night we sang the blessing. It's probably the first sorority song I learned.

And if you wanted to be excused, you had to ask the housemother.

I know some people hated it, but I always enjoyed dinner at the house.

[naraht]

The TCM article is pretty interesting to me

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/articl...My-Little-Girl

It sounds like the book it was based on was even more anti-sorority than the movie does (and that appears to be saying something) with the book specifically dealing with the fact that the sororities having racial and religious prejudices.

A comment on the book is at
http://books.google.com/books?id=fDG...A159&lpg=PA159

And then there is
http://www.jeffreyhunter.net/NewSite...tories0751.pdf

Which seems to be related to the movie, but mentions jews/catholics in a way I'm not sure the movie did...

[PersistentDST]

I'm a sucker for an old movie. Watched it while I was at work today (slow time for us). I loved all the singing! (Side-bar: All the songs were so high! Does any sorority take account us ladies who are altos?! I'm so happy that I can harmonize or I'd never make it up there to soprano land! ) As someone who writes a lot of scripts, it was VERY dramatized, but to be honest, I give a pass on old movies. It's interesting how that sorority was structured. It seemed like only a couple of overwhelming opinions mattered. Casey being the only one who spoke out (I would have loved to gotten her backstory to what made her so defiant.)

I going to try to duplicate Jeanne Crain's hair for a function I have coming up. I adore the styles back then; it was so polished! Reminds me of both my Grandmothers.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

All the songs were so high! Does any sorority take account us ladies who are altos?

Of course - alto parts! Our official songbook even has them.

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

I going to try to duplicate Jeanne Crain's hair for a function I have coming up. I adore the styles back then; it was so polished! Reminds me of both my Grandmothers.

As a veteran of the teased bubble in the 1960s, good luck with that. (Yes, I slept on rollers.) My mom said she tried and tried to wear that perfect "roll" of hair in the 1940s but it always fell out.

I imagine that smooth, shiny hair in the movies was, like them, an illusion!