[24321] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Toast Song
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Berman)
Tue May 25 19:01:32 2004
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 19:01:15 -0400
Reply-To: Daniel Berman <dkberman@wolfnetfx.com>
From: Daniel Berman <dkberman@wolfnetfx.com>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <004801c44291$dbd0ec90$aaedaf80@famtree>
First off, I agree with Chris to the extent that if someone wants to be
called Sister, they should be. If that means a chapter having their own
version, so be it. The problem that I would have is if you are, for
instance, at a conference banquet and everyone is singing a different
version, what unity does it represent if we are singing different
versions at the same time. I feel that chapters that choose to sing
their own version should also teaches the Nationally accepted version
for time spent with other chapters.
Second, As was stated prior, the toast song has evolved from nothing, to
one verse to two to represent a change in the views of this fraternity.
In that case, a third verse is the logical way to represent at least the
addition of female members. Will this keep the tradition of the past
and showing where we came from? Will it be accepting and accepted of
our diverse membership? I believe so. What should it say, I don't know,
though I know that some people out there already have their ideas.
Will we ever reach a point where we don't turn people off from joining
our group? Will changing the toast song change that? I doubt it, there
will always be something that someone doesn't like... charging dues, we
call women brothers, we call ourselves a fraternity but call people
sisters, etc.
In L, F, & S
Dan
