[Dg] {BORDG} Alumni Ceremony

Wed Feb 14 23:51:45 EST 2007

Any initiated member may go through the ceremony if they have graduated, are within six months of graduation, or have left school, are 25 years of age with no plans to return to school.  You can go through the ceremony at a Regional Conference, Convention, or any chapter or alumni chapter that performs it.  It costs $25 and you get cool stuff with it! (lapel pin and more!)

ItB, 

Tom Horowitz
Michigan State '87
"DD"

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From: dg-bounces at delta-chi.net on behalf of Jason Winn
Sent: Wed 2/14/2007 11:42 PM
To: Unofficial General Discussion Group for Delta Chi
Subject: Re: [Dg] {BORDG} Alumni Ceremony

i want to be in a alumni cermony can I do it, i have been out of school since like 01. do I have to do it in my local area, or where my colony was
Jason 

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> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:47:45 -0800
> From: slussm at sbcglobal.net
> To: gfhauser at mindspring.com; dg at delta-chi.net; deltax158 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Dg] {BORDG} Alumni Ceremony
> 
> 19 years after my graduation,(just last year) I took part in the Alumni Iniation. It was really an awe inspiring event, and I think the secrecy is appropriate. I can see how it will be appreciated by the Senior undergraduates, as they transition to alumnus.
> 
> 
> The Rev. Mark Sluss
> BB Emeritus
> Missouri State '87
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "gfhauser at mindspring.com" <gfhauser at mindspring.com>
> To: Unofficial General Discussion Group for Delta Chi <dg at delta-chi.net>; John Ziegler <deltax158 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:14:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dg] {BORDG} Alumni Ceremony
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> 
> I'm in europe and doing this on a blackberry. One of the reasons for Chris Miller's proposal that the ceremony be secret was the fact that delta chi has a long tradition of having more secrets than other fraternities. Thus, having a secret alumni ceremony was part of giving it some Delta chi character.
> 
> ItB,
> 
> Greg Hauser
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Christopher W. Johnson" <cwj1954 at bellsouth.net>
> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:51:28 
> To:John Ziegler <deltax158 at yahoo.com>
> Cc:dg at delta-chi.net
> Subject: Re: [Dg] {BORDG} Alumni Ceremony
> 
> At 05:39 PM 2/13/2007 -0800, you wrote:
> 1. It's a part of ritual which initiated,
> undergraduate brothers are not allowed to attend or
> witness. As an undergraduate and young alumnus, I
> asked other alumni what the AC entailed. They couldn't
> tell me. I thought then, and still do now, that there
> shouldn't be a part of ritual to which I'm not
> entitled.
> Hey John. Do you think AMs should be allowed to watch an initiation ceremony before they are initiated? Seems to me this is a similar point. I know this discuussion is about Delta Chi, but I can tell you in Masonry no one is allowed to attend any of the 41 ceremonies before they go through each of them. For the 1st 3 they have to pass a test in open lodge before they can move on.
> 
> 
> 2. The active chapter hands over its ritual kit to
> alumni to perform the ceremony. The problem isn't that
> the alumni use the chapter's ritual kit, but that the
> chapter often has to be booted from the chapter locale
> while the AC goes on. I can recall a few Saturday
> mornings in Ruston when the active chapter had to wake
> up, unlock the ritual closet, unlock the ritual trunk,
> and sit on the opposite side of the street or amuse
> themselves elsewhere for 45 minutes while the Alumni
> Ceremony was conducted at the house. Perhaps timing
> could be improved, but I recall this pissing off a
> number of actives. It would have upset me too to wake
> up at 8:00am to hand over the ritual kit and chill out
> across the street while a ceremony, in Delta Chi
> ritualistic form, that I couldn't attend was going on
> in the house where I eat, study, shower, etc.
> It's not the Chapter's ritual kit. It belongs to the fraternity. I have gotten up countless [no hyperbole] times to attend initiations at 0700 or 0800. Contrawise - I've been up to 0300 several times to complete the ceremony. No biggy. If you love Delta Chi, you sacrifice a little convenience every now and then, n'est pas?
> 
> ITB,
> Chris
> 
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