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good point
First, though, there were no fraternities with a hundred dead chapters during Heller's time.
Second, it is a sore spot with me and a lot of TKEs that we
chartered in places, often not joined by others, and should not
have done so in the first place. TKE has pioneered many campuses. The street car schools have turned out to be a far
cry from the ivied walls...and the student body is considerably
different today. Perhaps we should confer degrees at birth.
Third, many alumni, including myself, dropped out of active volunteerism when the headquarters focused on writing memos, giving speeches, and playing big shot. This is, indeed,
a hole we are trying to dig ourselves out of...and it is embarrassing to discuss--but nonetheless, even the largest
outfit can foul their mess kit. But we can own up to it and can do
what we can to improve. And it is working.
I am not happy with that twenty year period either. But I might
point out that this has turned around, and the new chapters are
mostly reactivat ions....and it has not hurt us ...the interest groups and colonies have not abated, either
I am not blind to our weaknesses, either, and I repeat, the
Fraternity is for Life.
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