[Firehouse]

"Firehouse, does this mean the Firemen disbanded in 1994? I'm also curious if any of those initiated under the banner of the Firemen were ever given recognition by Pi Kappa Alpha National when the chapter regained its charter. It's an interesting story."

Its a great story, too long to reproduce here.
The Firemen and other recruits were combined into a 105-man Pike colony in the fall of 1993. In the spring of 1994, national shut down the colony - I disagreed with it, but that's for another time. Pike alumni were infuriated at national and disheartened at the prospect of losing their chapter twice. The Firemen ceased to exist that spring.

In 2000 the Pikes came back again with a 90-man colony, and installed a new chapter with 147 new brothers - a national record for us - in 2001.

One year ago, we began a campaign to locate and identify our lost boys. One wealthy alumnus paid for all the national initiation fees for all the Firemen. In April they gathered at the new house with their families, and on a rainy Saturday morning each man was initiated in turn. It was a very emotional and fulfilling experience for all of them.