[15342] in APO-L
Re: symbols and meanings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger Lee Stearns Jr.)
Thu Nov 7 19:26:08 1996
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 18:24:45 -0600
Reply-To: "Roger Lee Stearns Jr." <rstearns@COMP.UARK.EDU>
From: "Roger Lee Stearns Jr." <rstearns@COMP.UARK.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.961107175948.10918B-100000@ascc.artsci.wustl.edu>
On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Dawn Mariko Lester wrote:
> I think the whole point of waiting to tell pledges what the symbols mean
> is so they understand just how important the symbols are. Not until you
> have been accepted for membership do you find out what the symbols mean.
> If we told pledges while they are pledging, somehow they don't seem as
> important. It is kind of secret, after all.
I'm not syaing that's a valid point, but I wonder what good we are serving
the fraternity, when the brothers fail to remember what the meaning of
those symbols are.
Someone mentioned the idea of coming up with a way to remind actives of
their meanings afterweards. That could be one option, but I think we need
to make sure we keep the meanings of the smbols in the forefront of our
minds. Unfortunately though it is difficult to address the issues of
symbolism in chapter or in the newsletters when you have pledges around
that you're not supposed to let know what they mean yet.
-Roger
Beta Rho
