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[APO-L] Fwd: RE: [APO-L] Official Jeweler
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Rock)
Mon Mar 1 13:38:02 2004
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:35:13 -0500
Reply-To: Chris Rock <rock@cmer.org>
From: Chris Rock <rock@cmer.org>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
I replied privately to Randy but since is become a discussion point her is
my reply on the pledge manual issue.
>Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:04:28 -0500
>To: "Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG" <Randolph.Finder@ngb.army.mil>
>From: Chris Rock <rock@cmer.org>
>Subject: RE: [APO-L] Official Jeweler
>
>You raise a good point about it being in the pledge manual. I guess the
>tradintionalist in me rose its head. When I pledged the Jeweler was
>something we had to memorize. It was in the pledge manual. Everything
>about jewelery seemed a lot more formal then. It was a big deal to send
>in a Balfour order. I guess with the advent of computers essentially
>anyone can have anything printed or made so what jeweler has the right to
>make stuff for us doesn't matter as much as it use to.
>
>Guess I'm just showing my age but it is interesting to realize it's one of
>the small ways the fraternity has changed. I wonder if those who were
>staff at that time had the same perception as I did being a pledge and
>then active.
>
>Chris
>
>
>At 08:58 AM 2/27/04, Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG doth scribed:
>>Sorry, got into this late. The companies have changed fast enough that this
>>is current events not history. .682 :)
>>
>>On a more serious note, Why is this something that should be memorize or
>>even in the pledge manual? Unless there is something that is generally
>>ordered by brothers or pledges directly from the company, why should a
>>pledge know this any more than they know the provider of bottled water to
>>the National Office or the name of the printer who prints the pledge manual.
>>In fact, some of the social greeks have their ritual manuals either printed
>>inhouse or contracted to individuals who are members of the fraternity.
>>
>>YiLFS
>>Randy
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Chris Rock [mailto:rock@cmer.org]
>>Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:33 PM
>>To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
>>Subject: [APO-L] Official Jeweler
>>
>>
>>Who is the current official jeweler? I have been stumped by a pledge and I
>>can't find an answer anywhere.
>>
>>The collorary question just for my own curiosity is what is the history of
>>our jewelers? Randy?
>>
>>Chris
