[17905] in APO-L
Re: induction vs. initiation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Whitall)
Wed Dec 10 10:26:26 1997
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:24:23 -0500
Reply-To: Jonathan Whitall <apo@INDIANA.EDU>
From: Jonathan Whitall <apo@INDIANA.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
> Ok, better question
> Why do so many chapters call the "Brotherhood Initiation Ritual" inductions?
> rushee's are inducted into pledgeship
> pledges (well, neophytes really, being post vote) are initiated into
> Brotherhood, and Brothers are installed into office.
> The first is up for debate, the other two (Initiation, Installation) are
> definitely formalized within APO documents...
> I find it interesting that so many posted it and so many said inducted....
> Vivs
>
I think the real reason behind this is that we can't keep them straight.
For whatever reason, there is about a 60% chance for members to refer to
initiation as induction. Usually someone will correct him/her, and then
we'll all laugh because we all have trouble remembering the proper name.
Are there any other chapters with this problem?
Jonathan Whitall
Mu Chapter
Indiana University
