Initiation
This item of clothing worn during the Initiation Service symbolizes humility and light.
What is the white Initiation robe?
To be admitted as a latecomer to a chapter business meeting, the member performs these three actions.
What are the Gamma Phi Beta knock, countersign, and password response?
The significance of this service is to honor the members of a collegiate chapter that are graduating or transferring schools, therefore becoming alumnae members.
What is the Rite of Passage?
The Gamma Phi Beta colors of light and dark brown symbolizes this.
What is the sunlight and shadows of life?
This should never be written or spoken above a whispher.
What is the Gamma Phi Beta secret motto?
This item, worn by only initiated members during the Initiation Service, symbolizes devotion to principals and ideals through unobstructed vision.
What is the white fillet?
During the Mystic Circle in Closing Exercise, this person is the last to stand at the open end opposite of the chapter president.
Who is the last initiated member of the most recently initiated new member class?
This service is performed following the election of officers each year.
What is the Instillation of Officers?
This is the significance of our open motto: "Founded Upon a Rock."
What is that all endeavors of worth that are to endure must be built upon a firm foundation.
This is done when we are sitting in formal meeting while listening to our sisters speak unless needing to write something down.
What is having feet flat on the floor and hands in our laps?
During the Request for Admission, this song is sung. The song can symbolize the taking away of sins and leaving people cleansed, temple building, and wandering singers.
What is "The Goat Song"?
These three chapter members are the only ones to sit at the front of the chapter room during the chapter business meeting.
Who are the chapter president, recording secretary, and parliamentarian?
This service is performed by a collegiate chapter at the first chapter business (formal) meeting of the school year.
What is the Reaffirmation Service?
The crescent moon of our Sorority always faces to the left for this reason.
What is because the left-facing moon is a new moon at the start of the cycle and is growing. A right-facing waning moon is slowly disappearing?
What is the Gamma Phi Beta membership badge?
During The Tableaux, the founders representatives wear these four colors of robes, symbolizing truth, love, faith, and life.
What are blue, pink, yellow, and green?
During each chapter business meeting, this is read by the president prior to the start of the closing Ritual.
What is the Mentor's Report?
What service may be performed each year to celebrate the installation of your chapter?
What is the Anniversary of Collegiate or Alumnae Chapter Installation Service?
These are the four secret tests of knowledge.
What are the Gamma Phi Beta knock, password, sign and countersign, and secret grip?
These are the 7 executive board positions/members that help manage affairs and the property of Gamma Phi Beta, including but not limited to: Overseeing the Sorority's vision and plans, Adopting rules, procedures, and policies, and Representing Gamma Phi Beta.
What is the President (Molly), Administrative Vice President (Emilee), Membership Vice President (McKenzie), Education Vice President (Taylor), Financial Vice President (Gwen), Panhellenic Affairs Vice President (Angela), and Public Relations Vice President (Lauren W)?
This section of the Initiation Service represents an initiate's promise of lifelong fidelity to the Sorority in return for the privilege of wearing a Gamma Phi Beta badge.
What is The Pinning Ceremony?
When a member wishes to speak during the meeting and only initiated members are present, she says this to address the president.
What is Madam Presbytata?
These are the only two items of jewelry that women may wearing during any ritual service other than their new member pin or membership badge.
What are an engagement ring and a wedding ring?
Our signature of ΠKE, symbolzing our signature peste ke evnea has this meaning?
What is "Faith and Good Will?"
This is not to be done or said whenever you are wearing your membership badge and will cost you a dollar (:
What is swearing?