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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
us old folks think fondly of fraternity as it was; what it may be today in your minds is sometimes another matter. To me, a
fraternity is a place, generally with a house, where men live in
fraternal harmony and have a social program plus other interests.
Later arrivals want to be like the "old fraternity" but do not have
the commitment to come forth with the full measure.
Perhaps we ought to re-define fraternity...
I bet that Beta or SAE has their APO shingle hanging on the wall of their principal fraternity. Gosh, my Alpha Theta Rho art fraternity, which was co-ed, had a picnic yearly and the Poly Sci
Pi Sigma Alpha a banquet and Sigma Delta Pi spanish one had a
chili feed. But that does not necessarily fulfill a description of what a fraternity is. Betas made grades, played IMs, dated girls,
had parties, exchanges, work weeks, public service, rush parties,
leadership schools while the other groups played cards in the union. Most of us belonged to various professional or honorary or
some type of club, but it was hardly comparable to what we called a fraternity. You can call these wannabes anything you want to, you can pretend you are really doing something. You can
even install a urinal in the Pi Phi house. You are a sniveling lot of
folks, but within this hoi-polloi lies some good ones, too. I prefer
to communicate to them, and the rest of you...well, potrzebie
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fraternity
1. A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
2. A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes: the fraternity of bird watchers.
3. A chiefly social organization of men students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
4. Roman Catholic Church. A sodality.
5. The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness.