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Re: Sweethearts

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Nyman)
Fri Nov 12 00:17:47 1993

Date:         Fri, 12 Nov 1993 00:15:25 -0500
Reply-To: enyman@vt.edu
From: Rick Nyman <enyman@vt.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>

In message Thu, 11 Nov 1993 18:49:16 -0500,
  just plain Henry <henrymrx@WAM.UMD.EDU>  writes:

> Well, at EM a "sweetheart" is someone who is NOT an active member of our
> chapter, and usually not a brother.  It has been given to an advisor in
> the past, but is generally reserved for non-brothers who have hung out
> with the chapter a lot and done service with the chapter.
>
> Sweetheart is considered unofficial membership in our chapter and our
> alumni association keeps track of chapter sweethearts.
>

For us, sweetheart was basically honorary for females before 1976.  Although
we do have a few sweethearts, any new ones would be considered honaries.

Rick...

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