"Chi O's were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite and fun. Every mom dreamed of her son coming home with a Chi Omega..." -David Letterman-
Leave it the Letterman to say just the right thing...
Ahhh yes, Chi Omega the best fraternal organization for women in the world. Of course I'm completely bias because I am an alumna. April 5 is the organization's Eleusain or birthday. It was founded on the campus of the University or Arkansas, Fayettville in 1895 by four very special women. Along with Dr. Charles Richardson (a Kappa Sigma fraternity man who helped to organize Chi Omega) Ina Mae Boles, Alice Carey Simonds, Jean Vincenheller and Jobelle Holcombe.
I was a member of the Theta Lambda Chapter at school. During my time there I held the offices of Panhellenic Chair and Secretary. I was then able to become a member of the All Greek Honor Society, Order of Omega. This opened other doors of opportunity on and off campus.
I joined in my sophomore year and it was probably the most wonderful thing I could have done for myself. I was very hesitant to join a sorority my freshmen year because of all of the drama that seemed to arise from recruitment and rivalries. However, I had met a girl the year before who was just amazing. She was fun, smart, independent and full of integrity. I absolutley loved her. I decided to go out for recruitment in the fall, it was less stressful since there was no quota (the number of girls you can accept) limit, and I got to choose which organizations I wanted to meet. It's been history ever since.
I'm so PROUD to be a Chi Omega and Greek. I get made fun of sometimes for being a "sorority girl" but it doesn't really matter seeing most of the people who say things are non-Greeks and have no idea what they're talking about.
My sisters are the best friends I will ever have. To be clear we're not all best friends and some of the girls (The new members from this year and last) I hardly know. But because we're sisters there's a special bond that those on the outside could never understand. There are special rituals that we have that we can't tell non-members, yes. And no I'm not going to tell you.
But I feel that it's the things that are public such as our values of friendship, career development, community service, scholarship, campus activities, and high standards of personnel are the most important when explaining what makes us different and why Chi Omega is so special to members. A very special writing called the Chi Omega symphony was written by Ethel Switzer Howard on the night of her initiation. Its an absolutley beautiful work of art. This is what all Chi Omegas strive to be and live everyday.
Rho, Beta, Upsilon, Eta, Sigma.
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