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Old 04-04-2006, 08:48 PM
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Originally posted by ladygreek
But you are right, the concept behind them are still the same--just different formats. Introducing the new members to the campus.
When I was a collegian, my chapter held a Presents Ceremony each Fall. Here, each pledge (as we were still called then) was presented to the Greek and campus community.

Families, other Greeks, and campus officials were invited to the event. We had fraternity brothers escort the young ladies as she was presented. Her name and hometown was read as she was introduced to the community. The member usually got leis and/or flowers at this time as well.

It was also here that I got my "alum chum". As if having a sister-mother wasn't enough, the alum chum was the icing on the cake! We were spoiled rotten!

Pupus and light refreshments were served after the ceremony and the girls were often congratulated in an advertisement the chapter took out in the campus newspaper the following Monday.

It wasn't until after a few semesters later that I found out that Presents wasn't an official Alpha Gam ceremony and that not all Alpha Gam chapters had it. Turns out that it was a regional thing done on a few campuses, carried over to ours by a wonderful sister from UCLA.
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