Knights of Classic Lore
 

Why was the Knights of Classic Lore chosen by the five
founders?

Because they believed in the principles of for not rank, wealth or character. The founders of the Knights of Classic Lore,desired an organization different from that represented by the existing fraternities. Their desire was to establish a fraternity in which the primary requisites for membership would be the personal worth and character of the individual rather than the wealth he possessed, the honors or titles he could display, or the rank he maintained on the social ladder. The snobbery and disdain for persons outside their fraternity- a common characteristic of many fraternities at this time- was regarded with disfavor by the founders of KCL. The knights of classic lore in literature embraced chilavry. The 5 founders wanted to follow the same ideals and seperate themselves from other social organizations.

Bullshit.
Clarence Mayer said they did not give a rat's ass about Classical Literature or Lore. They formed the group with
the literary name so as to get recognized by Wesleyan and
not to incur the wrath of the Phi Gamma Delta or Sigma Chi chapters on campus. It was much later they decided to go for the restoration of the defunct (1897) Illinois Epsilon charter of Phi Delta Theta.
Founder Mayer, who wrote the Closing Ode, was a very impressive man, and one of the neat things about this well-
dressed, handsome and genial man, was that he was ever
truthful. Wilbur Tuesburg later corroborated what Mayer had
told me.

It was a good attempt. Couldn't find the answer to the question anywhere. You might be one of the few that knew the answer to it. You should write a book about all your TKE knowledge, seriously.

I agree...i'd be the first to buy it :)

Terre Haute
 

I loved visiting Gamma Rho in the late 50s. The chapter had
a hundred actives, had pretty good grades, all around jocks &
took care of me...
Another Teke fielder and I left EIU, Gamma Omega, and made
to Cherry Street once...
Yep, I remember Terre Haute.
Now get TKE back to #1, please do. YITB, Erik Conard, Denver

LOL cherry street in the 50's?

We've heard stories about that...most of us wish we were at ISU back then.

Don't worry about TKE gettin up to #1 again on campus...that's what we're workin towards. These past few years the greek system on campus has really sucked, and we kinda took campus by storm. The only people who really don't like us are the ones who are already in other fraternities....and even then it's only about half that still don't like us. Rush isn't goin all that good from what i hear, but i think that's more because we still don't know what kinds of rush events will work on our campus, as we really haven't had much experience with it.

Don't let them give up. rush 24/7 and you will get all the guys you need