Who takes oath's anymore? When I think of an oath I think of some army members in the 1770's pledging their loyalty to the army or something. I think of an oath as being very formal and something of the past but as I googled the meaning I came across a different thought. An oath is like a committment. Committments happen every day. A person literally commits to something every day whether it be committing to go to class or something more serious such as committing to marriage. A committment is a modern day oath.
The day we pledged our loyalty to our Fraternities and Sororities we took an oath to uphold the standards of our respective chapters. We committed to our chapters to be the best members we could be. Our Fraternities Ode to a Pledge reminds me of our best example of an oath. It's a pledge that we take to embrace the future of our Fraternity and realize our actions directly effect the outcome of our Fraternity which is just what an oath to me is.
Ode to a Pledge - "Yesterday is gone forever, tomorrow is yet to be. The destiny of Pi Kappa Alpha, rests today with thee."
i think oaths are more common than odes..
ReplyDeleteI think that depending on someones interpretation of what oath and ode means, they could either be very similar or very different in what they stand for. I do agree that oath's are more common than Ode's, but is there really much difference between the two? just some thoughts to add to the soup...
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