I would have prefered a larger chapter with the same quality that we had. Total was 85 and we had fewer than 50 sisters. I'm not sure why. Everyone who knew us liked us. There were six NPC sororities plus one local which has since closed. It seemed four of the sororities had quota and total every year very easily while the rest had to work very hard to get new members. They would have 85 sisters with 32 pledges, and we would have 45 to 50 sisters with half as many pledges even with COB. In terms of visibility and division of labor, it was very difficult to compete with sororities twice our size.
Fortunately the chapter turned things around with a large pledge class of nearly 30. That was the shot in the arm that my chapter needed. I wish that I had known about Mr. Heller back then. We had the quality, we just needed more of it.
