Sororities-past & now

[Mr. Bloom]

At Alabama, I was in a Fraternity, Silver was in a Sorority. I was the "Theta Throb" one year for her sorority. All the Greek organizations were big and had huge houses, socially entwined in southern culture, and represented about 25% of the student population. This was the early to mid 80's. The fraternities were roudy and the sororities were very traditional.

What struck me as odd was the number of families that made HUGE financial sacrifices for their daughters to be in sororities...sacrifices they couldn't afford - presumeably to facilitate better career opportunities or better marriage chances.

SilverDaughter will be staying at one of her cousins sorority houses this week on a visit to Tuscaloosa. We are neither encouraging or discouraging her...has to be her choice