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This chain is a true emblem of our Fraternity. The joining of its silver links symbolizes the linking of our hearts in the bonds of sisterhood. On name of chapter’s chain, each member has her own link engraved with her name, a tangible sign of her membership in Kappa Alpha Theta.
In opening her chain tonight opens it, so your links may be added, … name of chapter Chapter manifests her belief in your integrity, and her faith that you will not betray the trust thus bestowed upon you, the trust of keeping sacred the Fraternity’s ideals of noble womanhood. By placing her link on this chain, each woman pledges her allegiance to the ideals of Kappa Alpha Theta. The time has come for you to seal this compact by adding your link

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’. I solemnly promise never to reveal any of the secrets of this fraternity. I solemnly promise to be a loyal sister to each member of this fraternity.
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’.
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 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.

and here we are . . .

The birth of an idea is difficult to trace. Today it is impossible to trace much of the initiation ritual to its beginnings or to identify its authors.
Certain it is that the pledge in its general significance, the receiving of a Greek name, the bittersweet, and the significance of the badge were part of the service since the founding of the Fraternity in 1870. The Welcome Song was written by Elizabeth Hughes, Beta, before 1876, and apparently at once included in the initiation service.
As Convention after Convention decided such momentous things as grip (1879) and whistle and flower (1889), their significance was added to the ritual. In 1881, a uniform ritual was adopted by Convention, apparently compiled from services developed independently by different chapters. The 1889 Convention ordered a copy of a uniform ritual sent to each chapter. This convention also adopted knocks and pass words. The 1895 Convention declared that no further effort would be made to establish a uniform ritual. However, at the next Convention (1897) the Grand Council demonstrated a ritual it had compiled, which was adopted with this proviso Chapters may add chapter forms. The 1899 Convention granted chapters permission to omit the reading of the Constitution in the initiation ritual.
The chapter chain idea was developed first by Beta, who wrote the original service, which included a special rose chant, as the neophyte walked under an arch of greenery to the initiation table. Alumnae of Beta going to live near other colleges gave this custom to other chapters. In 1899 chapter chains were made a Fraternity custom, with links for new members added at initiation, though apparently each chapter was left to make its own plans as to how and where this addition to the ritual should be made.
The priestess speech (the White Scene as it was long called) was written by Anna Botsford Comstock, Iota, in 1889.