sororities in high school?!?!?! - Page 3

sugar and spice · #31 12-15-2002, 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by Lynzi

I remeber that...I think it was in the Junior High books, though. They always had to wear one article of purple clothing and their mascot was the unicorn (a little bit Delta Phi Epsilon, I woder if there is a connection there?).....Elizabeth was in it, too, but she never went to the meetings or anything. There was one story where they blackballed a girl because she was too fat for them, and Elizabeth fought it. The only two SVJH books I remember mention it quite bit. I can't believe I remember any of this.....

Those were two different clubs. As mentioned, in high school there was Pi Beta Alpha, and in middle school there was the Unicorn Club. Elizabeth wasn't a member of Pi Beta Alpha (I don't think?), and she was only a member of the Unicorn Club when that got its own series -- not in the Sweet Valley Twins series when they're in sixth grade.

I read WAY too much Sweet Valley when I was a kid. It's so sad that I still remember these things. I wonder how much space in my head is taken up by remembering stupid Sweet Valley trivia rather than important stuff.

adpiucf · #32 12-15-2002, 07:02 PM

My great-aunt passed away this year. Among the things I inherited was her high school ring, dated from 1925. On the face of the ring are the Greek letters: Gamma Delta Phi. My aunt went to school in the Philadelphia area, and I would love to know more about her experience with this group.

Does anyone know anything about it? I've worn the ring a few times; no other women in my family were GLO-affiliates, so I'm proud to share a similar tradition with her.

Thanks

Thetagurl · #33 12-15-2002, 10:34 PM

My mom was in a sorority in high school and she loved it. I have seen her pledge book and other stuff that was in her scrapbook it is really neat. The only thing is, she told me that her sorority in high school hazed so much more than her sorority in college. What I mean by hazing is the old school stuff, couldn't wear makeup, couldn't shave her legs or fix her hair. Petty stuff like that. I believe she was a phi delta epsilon

MTSUGURL · #34 12-16-2002, 12:36 AM

The ADKs here are pretty bad about hazing. Several of them have told me horror stories, but they thought it was all fun...

I can't imagine going for long in high school without my legs shaved. I was pretty vain.

One of the girls at my church is a DBS, and all the girls I've met are sweet and just as adorable as they can be.

The sororities at the private university I tranferred from made fun of the girls that had been in high school sororities. They usually got cut really fast because they had already "played Greek" as some of the members called it.

breathesgelatin · #35 11-19-2003, 08:52 PM

So are most of these high school sororities and fraternities at private schools or large public schools? I went to a very rural school were I don't think this idea would have flown. The Key club and Keywannettes behaved somewhat like social clubs, however. They didn't really do much service, they just threw social events for themselves.

Their membership was open but I never bothered joining. They would drive out the "uncool" people by excluding them from stuff... I can't imagine my high school allowing this, however...

I was also reading about how in the early days of fraternities and sororities there were no rush rules, so the groups would begin recruiting in high school. Sometimes they would pledge and initiate high schoolers! Part of the reason for forming the NIC and NPC stemmed from this problem...

Does anyone know whether people still colonize high school fraternities and sororities? Do they get shut down frequently nowadays--it seems that a lot of mothers were in them but not so many GCers...

And on the Sweet Valley tip: http://www.randomhouse.com/sweetvalley/#
The website also states that Francine Pascal attended NYU.

DZHBrown · #36 11-19-2003, 09:00 PM

I was the founder and president of my high school sorority. It was pretty different because our main focus was community service. It has turned into the most popular and successful organization at that high school and now has a 2nd chapter at another high school. We hosted school dances, homecoming activities, etc., so we did have the social aspect, as well. We were Kappa Epsilon Tau.

The schools here in the county I live in now have 2 high school sororities - Alpha Delta Kappa (isn't that an honor society?) and Delta Beta Sigma. They are very different from mine was. They require their members to wear certain things, they haze them, they're very elitist.

Sister Havana · #37 11-19-2003, 09:22 PM

I loved the Sweet Valley books.

I went to public school in the suburbs of Chicago and my high school banned sororities, fraternities and other secret societies. If there were any underground sororities or fraternities I didn't know about them.

More mentions of high school sororities and fraternities: there was a series of books I used to read called Sorority Girls, about a high school sorority called Pearl at a school in Michigan. Here's a link to the description of the first book. (I think they are out of print now) Marjorie Sharmat also wrote a series of books called Sorority Sisters about two high school sororities. In non-fiction, Bob Greene mentions his high school fraternity, Epsilon (I think) in his book, Be True To Your School.

GPhiLlama · #38 11-19-2003, 10:23 PM

Our school had a chapter of Phi Kappa...and I was in the corresponding high school sorority for about a year. We were VERY hazed, and that's what turned me off, because I refused to haze my little.

sairose · #39 11-19-2003, 11:07 PM

One of my SAI sisters was in DBS, and she loved it. She said it was a lot like a college sorority, and that her chapter didn'y haze at all or fit the stereotypes.

SaraKT · #40 11-20-2003, 12:36 AM

Back in the good ole days when I was in High School we had a service organization call Sigma Delta Phi. It started out being called the Juniorettes and they wore those horrid yellow pink and white dresses that looked like mumus. My freshmen year it was changed to the Greek Letters. We didn't have rush persay, but conducted interviews of the PNMs. Pretty much everyone got in but once people were in they didn't do crap for the org. I was in it for 4 years and was VP my senior year and half way through I was put up to prez because our pres at the time had no respect for anyone, including yours truly.

Our colors were pink and yellow
Flower- pink and yellow carnations
Motto- Sisters in Service

I still think it's around at my old high school. When I get a teaching job I plan on starting a Beta Chapter where ever I go. Maybe even making it a little better constructed. I always wanted to have badges and stuff but we never had the money. I still have my shirts and jerseys and love to wear them!

Southern Lovin'
Sara

AXORissa · #41 11-20-2003, 12:58 AM

heh, reading these posts about Key Club and Sweet Valley High are making me all nostalgic

we didnt have any sororities/fraternities in high school, unless they were so underground that only those in it knew about it...

I suppose Key Club was like APO, we did a lot of service but there definitely was a focus on the social aspects, and of course it was coed. It was the only club at my high school that had to pay dues too. the best part was going to the district and international coventions

yay NJ District...

Oh, and did anyone use to watch Alvin and the Chimpunks?? there was a sorority in there that one of the Chipettes, what was her name, Brittney? i dont remember... but she was rushing and if she got roses in her locker, she was in... she didnt get them. she got all dressed up for these snobby girls too.

AXO_MOM_3 · #42 11-20-2003, 02:01 AM

We had several groups in my high school that mimicked sororities. They had colors, mascots, "rush", and inititations. There were even tiers as to which clubs were considered the most prestigious, and which ones weren't. My high school's nickname was "Society Hill", and I guess most of the clubs have been established for over 50 years. 15 years later, it still stands, and the clubs are still going strong.

kayla0deegee · #43 11-20-2003, 11:58 AM

Ok, first off I have a question about the Anchor Club..what was it all about and did it have anything to do with delta gamma (our symbol is the anchor) im sure it probably didnt put it cut my attention....same goes for the Key club b/c isnt that a sorority's symbol too?
Maybe some of the high school sororities were not bad but as for those that are i can only imagine what kind of impression that puts on incoming college freshmen. thats bad pr for us.
i come from a really small school (small minded as well) so i couldnt imagine what people would think if wouldve had sororities

WhiteDaisy128 · #44 11-20-2003, 12:12 PM

We did not have the Anchor Club at my high school, but we kid have KEY Club (I was VP!). It is not, in any way, related to sororities or fraternities. However, it is related to a social club: the Kiwanis Club. KEY Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. KEY stands fro Kiwanis Educating Youth. Anyway, there is a college counterpart to the club Circle K. They are both amazing service organizations!

For more information:

KEY Club Web Page

ThetaPrincess24 · #45 11-20-2003, 01:14 PM

I'm a long way off from it, but when i have girls of my own (because I'm determined to have a couple Theta lecagies), I will not allow them to be in a high school sorority, because of the ridiculous hazing that goes on........there's no .....just no, not happening, and if I find out they've gone and done it anyway there will be trouble. I've also heard about those groups being frowned upon during sorority recruitment at a lot of schools.

There werent any groups like that at my high school, which in a way amazes me because of the families who's kids went to my school and the bigger city school. We did have Key Club which I was in (though it was very poorly ran and turned into a joke my senior year), and like someone else has pointed out, the cheerleaders at both my middle school and high school were like their own lil sorority.