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I agree
And this was true 40 years ago..."we have quality" but guess what? Not enough 'quality' to even get a charter from TKE?
I recall some idiot dean at S Dakota School of Mines, I think, who
told me the one struggling chapter of the three they had needed
to get stronger, then they'd let us on...well, here we are over 40
years later...SDMines...has two chapters...one is weak...but as soon as it gets stronger we'll add....duh
or the clown at KState said, well, if we had a smaller house, we'd
be able to fill it (31 pledges had just walked out). Then when we
got down to a chapter of 25 men, we'd simply rebuild to fill. These naysayers were to become bankers which was the family profession)...duh...but the chapter woke up, now it is a top one at KSU around 80 to 100 men, 17 years IM champs. The "bankers" disappeared.
Buckwheat helped
save this one...oh, the bankers...their banks folded after a few
years...like Melchert said, "oughta have the right to fail."
Closing those tiny chapters accomplishes nothing, as Pike or Sig
Ep'll come in, pledge a hundred and be #1 overnight whilst the
TKEs are picking their nose and eating bon bons. Education, a
good chapter adviser, regular board meetings...breathe down the
necks...talk size...size...size...quality is assumed. We simply need
to educate better. Melchert said (adjusted to today's figures):
Gimme 80 squirrels and 5 good men and I'll build you the best
chapter on campus...will work today. Education. (and size)
Size equates presence. Logan was right. One achieves quality
thru growth.
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