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let's not get all too puffed up....
Before us who had no clauses get all too puffed up, let us remind
you that we certainly had bigoted chapters who refused to bid a
minority. I recall in '56 the KU chapter got their panties all in a wad over Warrensburg having an Arab (I gave him my rack). He
was a charmer, and now a multi-millionaire. But generally, the
chapters were gracious, I am pleased to say.
Today, if we had the clause or a gentleman's agreement, perhaps
we would be right at home at Howard (GO Pike!) TKE founder
Clarence Mayer told me by the time all the restrictive-type things
came up we had already initiated a Japanese at IL Wesleyan
and a Jew at Illinois....so, we weren't necessarily entitled to beat
our chests...while this kinda punctured my balloon, I was certainly
proud to hit the road for the Fraternity and not have to ask if a
man was Jewish or whatever....(sermonette) during the 50s.
It is too bad that we have taken a step backward with these old
wounds, and we have lost a modicum of dignity and discretion.
So long as you let us old bastards rave on and on, you might find
that within our harangues that there is something of substance.
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