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Re: [APO-L] Big Brothers/Little Brothers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Ryan Gallagher)
Tue Sep 9 10:12:23 2003
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:11:39 -0400
Reply-To: Michael Ryan Gallagher <famtree@UDel.Edu>
From: Michael Ryan Gallagher <famtree@UDel.Edu>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
How would the awkwardness of meeting one's Big or Little for the first time
be avoided? Any suggestions for starting a Big?Little program? My chapter
(Zeta Sigma, UDel) restarted in Spring 2001 & had had a system in place in
1997 when our last pledge class pledged but we have not had a Big/Little
system since, & I think it would be a good idea. My impression is that a
Big is someone for a Little to do things with & to have a more personal
connection with the chapter. I tried to implement it with the 4-pledge
class last semester with 5 brothers but I brought it up too late. However,
my chapter is small (6), so that's not really an issue, & we are anticpating
a pledge class that could be up to 12 times our size. How are Bigs/Littles
chosen? Suggestions, anyone?
Michael Gallagher
Zeta Sigma Historian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Lewis" <jelewis9@vt.edu>
To: <APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 9:43 AM
Subject: [APO-L] Big Brothers/Little Brothers
> Hello all,
> This is my first post to the list, after having "audited" for
quite some
> time. My post is regarding how Big Brothers are "revealed" to their Little
> Brothers, or vice versa. For our Chapter, there has been ongoing
discussion
> to change from our standard practice to a new method. Our standard
practice
> has been to give out photos of the pledges to their respective Big
Brothers
> during the meditation period of the Ritual. Then, at the end of Ritual,
the
> Big Brothers "pin" their Little Brother(s) with a pledge pin.
>
> It must be said, that I am a traditionalist, and see no reason to
change
> this practice. One of the big reasons that people cite when trying to
> change this practice is "the awkwardness of meeting your little for the
> first time." There have also been instances where Big Brothers pin their
> Little Brother, and then leave them high and dry after the ceremony. This
> has been a discussion for multiple semesters, and several options have
been
> presented (clue weeks, games, etc.). But, in an effort to be open minded,
I
> would like to hear what other Chapters do regarding this.
>
> In L,F,S,
> Jeremy Lewis
>
