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collonies/affiliated
One of the first, if not the first, colony was at Hays, KS or U of KS
in 1940. A colony is started from scratch, no predecessor...
An affiliate is a group taken by a national and is generally a local
group. An affiliate is not a colony.
Somehow we have lost the difference between the two terms
A merger is the coming together of two or more groups, usually
with some concessions from each group.
An absorption is the taking in of a group, usually with no terms
other than joining the two. Kinda like an unconditional surrender.
Sometimes a badge modification or ritual amendments or the alteration of a pledge pin...these are a result of a merger. Like
Lambda Chi & Theta Kappa Nu or TKE & Alpha Lambda Tau or
Phi Kappa & Theta Kappa Phi=Phi Kappa Theta.
TKE was going to merge with Kappa Delta Rho and be known as
Tau Kappa Delta, about 1939. The Tekes turned it down, but the
KDR's approved. So, it never happened...a merger
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