What GLO is the most known?

[Tom Earp]

While some keep mentioning Phi Beta Kappa, which started as the earliest known Greek named Society, they changed to an Honor Organization later.

If you now consider the current Social GLOs, I am sure a lot has to do with the region, ethnic background, and school one would be from or attend.

I became very familiar with the Male GLOs in starting a local Fraternity and which I would try to affiliate with. In the middle 60's, there was little expansion except by two. LXA and TKE were the majors and the Union Triad were the least for expansion as they are today.

Probably the best known Fraternity was SX because of the Song "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" and Chester Gould the penner of 'Dick Tracy" who would slip in something with SX in the cartoon that he did.

I am sure that African-Americans new little about Caucasion Fraternities as they were going to HBC and vice versa as the two ethnic groups rarely crossed paths untill now.

Actually is there a true answer, maybe not.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Although it is an academic society now, I don't think it was founded as one originally (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

That is true.

Here is a link to a history of Phi Beta Kappa...

http://www.clubs.psu.edu/PhiBetaKappa/hist.html

[reverie]

I think what's interesting is how people probably think fake sororities and fraternities are actual national organizations (although a lot of them do have locals, but those are usually coincidental).

I'm sure lots of younger girls now know of Delta Nu from Legally Blonde. (The second one mentioned Kappa, but I'm not sure how memorable the quota was for non-Greeks.)

[DeltAlum]

Delta Nu and Delta Tau Chi are Homecoming partners this year.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

I am sure that African-Americans new little about Caucasion Fraternities as they were going to HBC and vice versa as the two ethnic groups rarely crossed paths untill now.

cause we African-Americans ALL go to HBC's...

-tld221
--(NYU is a far cry from HBC)

[Coramoor]

I honestly knew nothing about frats/sororities period...at least that I remember. My only experience was a sorority house (Alpha Phi) that I drove by on my way to highschool and I'd check the girls out that would be walking in/out/sunbathing, etc.

[tunatartare]

Originally Posted by tld221

cause we African-Americans ALL go to HBC's...

obviously

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Probably the best known Fraternity was SX because of the Song "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" and Chester Gould the penner of 'Dick Tracy" who would slip in something with SX in the cartoon that he did.

Sorry, Tom, right idea, but wrong cartoonist. Milt Caniff, the creator of "Steve Canyon" would slip in aspects of Sigma Chi into his cartoons.

I also remember an episode of "Facts of Life". Blair is angry at her boyfriend. He tells Mrs. Garrett that Blair caught him dancing with the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

I am sure that African-Americans new little about Caucasion Fraternities as they were going to HBC and vice versa as the two ethnic groups rarely crossed paths untill now.

"Until now" started when?

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by tld221

cause we African-Americans ALL go to HBC's...

-tld221
--(NYU is a far cry from HBC)

He said "until now" which means as of today. Get with the program, silly.

Nah, I think he was pointing to the obvious segregation of years past. There's still segregation but more social interaction than before.

[Ocalagirl]

I would just have to say that I think it is what part of the country you come from and whether your family is greek...

The first sorority I knew of by name was Alpha Xi Delta because that is where I am a legacy from a long lost half sister I didn't meet until I was 15 and she became a sister the next year at UCF. I didn't put I was a legacy because I don't feel I truly am.

The first fraternity I knew by name was Sigma Chi because my next door neighbor pledged right at the time I got interested in GLO's.

Then after I started asking around I learned I was an almost legacy to Delta Zeta's and my neighbors that I am really closed to were a Tri-Delta and a Zeta Tau Alpha.

After I started looking into it, I pretty much by sixteen could name ever sorority at every major university in Florida I wanted to attend.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Delta Nu and Delta Tau Chi are Homecoming partners this year.

I can picture their float now!

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Where I came from the big names were KD, Kappa, SAE, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, and Tri-Delt. But I didn't know all that until about senior year in high school. I knew Kappa Delta because my mom, and two aunts (and now a cousin) were, SAE because that's what my dad and uncle were, Sigma Nu because of my grand dad, Phi Mu from a cousin, and Pi Kap from another uncle. That was about it. Oh and AOPi (KD's rival at my mom's school) and ATO (SAE's rival there also). Then of course Delta Tau Chi (only I never could remember the whole name, I just knew "Deltas") and Phi Beta Kappa.