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As a Greek Advisor at a small, private university, I would appreciate an interested student meeting with me and talking with me about why there is a need for a new group, what that new group would offer the campus, and how the new group would sustain itself (especially after the originator has graduated). I think your son should meet with the Greek Advisor to talk about these things. Ask why the school feels it cannot support another group right now, and be cooperative in this approach (not adversarial or defensive, etc). There may be something happening on campus that needs to be straightened out with the fraternities before expansion is an option.
It might behoove him to start a club following his campus guidelines and see how things go...that would show whether or not the campus has enough men to support another group.
In my office, we see (not regarding fraternities, but other clubs) students who are interested in doing something new/different, or who just want to be "busy" in starting something new, but who haven't thought about how to keep the club viable after they graduate. So it's important to think ahead.
You didn't give total size of the school, how many men on campus have the required GPA to join (no sense in basing a group on 1,000 men on campus when only 500 would be eligible to join), etc. so it's hard to really judge, but I think if the other two groups are at 35, 15 men are a good start.
Good Luck to your son, and let us know what happens!!
PsychTau
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