[23639] in APO-L
[APO-L] Ritual issues was(RE: [APO-L] Logo Issue, and side bar)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG)
Fri Mar 28 11:36:19 2003
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:34:53 -0500
Reply-To: "Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG" <Randolph.Finder@ngb.army.mil>
From: "Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG" <Randolph.Finder@ngb.army.mil>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> At National Conventions, everything is potentially up for change; the
> active delegates could decide unanimously that rituals
> should, wherever
> possible, be held in public locations, or that it is allowed and
> recommended for rituals to be held in the nude, or that the purpose of
> the Fraternity is to seek, through peaceful and legal means, the
> replacement of the President of the United States as Head of
> State with
> a hereditary monarch. Are any of these likely? No.
Um, remind me, if we hold our rituals in the nude, *WHERE* do we put the
pledge pin?
This paragraph actually led me to thinking abaout two more serious things to
consider about rituals...
1) Do any chapters have any suggestions to avoid the following situation.
Jane Prospective receives an invite to pledge and comes to the pledging
ceremony in a beautiful dress that just happens to be strapless. Where is
the pin placed and what if the one pinning is a male brother? Do you tell
Jane and the fellow female invitees to wear dresses that actually have
necklines?
2) I've heard of chapters holding rituals in public places, the most public
being an *early* morning ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
Any feelings on this.
