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secrets

<strong>Subject:</strong><br />kappa alpha theta ritual: part 3<br /><br /> Poster Message:
President: Believing in the true worth and merit of Kappa Alpha Theta and promising to be an earnest, faithful, and enthusiastic worker for its advancement and welfare, you have already pledged yourselves to become members of this fraternity. The time has now come for you to take the final vows. Do you solemnly pledge yourselves never to reveal any of the secrets of this fraternity, in no way communicating any password, sign, or grip, or any of the business of this fraternity? The answer is, ‘I solemnly promise never to reveal any of the secrets of this fraternity’. Neophytes: I solemnly promise never to reveal any of the secrets of this fraternity. President, quietly, repeats with them, if necessary, to prevent hesitation and embarrassment. President: Do you pledge yourselves to befriend each member of this fraternity and to support her in her efforts toward a higher intellectual and moral life? The answer is, I solemnly promise to be a loyal sister to each member of this fraternity. Neophytes: I solemnly promise to be a loyal sister to each member of this fraternity. President assists as before. President: Furthermore, do you solemnly promise that to the best of your ability you will strive to live in accordance with the noble ideals of Kappa Alpha Theta? The answer is, ‘I solemnly promise that to the best of my ability I will strive to live in accordance with the noble ideals of Kappa Alpha Theta’. Neophytes: I solemnly promise that to the best of my ability I will strive to live in accordance with the noble ideals of Kappa Alpha Theta. President assists as before. Members, in unison: Solemnly we are witnesses. The president moves to the right of the initiation table, and the first marshal brings her neophyte to face the president. President: By the power vested in me by … Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, I welcome you into the mystic bonds of our Fraternity, henceforth to be known among us as Sister …, who is goddess of …, (or who stands for …). Wording of these phrases is to be changed by the president so as to best express the significance of the names given. In token of this I extend the grip, the outward sign of our friendship. President then demonstrates the grip: thumbs parallel, with single pressure of the first finger on wrist. These words are not spoken; silence prevails while the grip is demonstrated. President, holding neophyte’s hand in the grip: And I, … president’s Greek name, drink with you, … neophyte’s Greek name, the bittersweet, a symbol of the joys and pains of friendship. President, still giving the candidate the grip, lifts the loving cup in her left hand. The president drinks. The marshal steps from the line and takes in her left hand the handle of the cup to the right of the one held by the president, and puts the neophyte’s left hand on the other handle. (From here on neither marshal nor neophyte removes her hand from the cup.) The neophyte drinks. The president passes her handle of the cup and the neophyte’s hand to the ritualist. Ritualist: I, … Greek name, extend to you the grip and drink with you the bittersweet. The ritualist drinks. The neophyte drinks. The ritualist passes the neophyte’s hand to the assistant marshal. Assistant Marshal: I, … Greek name, extend to you the grip and drink with you the bittersweet. The assistant marshal drinks. The neophyte drinks. The assistant marshal passes her handle of the cup and the neophyte’s hand to the next member who plans to drink.