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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
You make an excellent point, Deefer, in that on some campuses there have been mergers (or absoptions) which'll
result in the rise of both...and some of the objections disappear as it is a new group This especially happens when the bottom
group is a chapter of a prominent fraternity elsewhere.
And I have seen the whole floor of a dorm go out en masse to
rescue a bottom chapter--sometimes with great results.
These are good ideas, heroic measures, and indeed learning
experiences. But where does it happen, when, and how often?
However, it is not at all naive to look upon this as a solution.
And I have seen campuses where fraternity or sorority members removed their badges, went over to to the weaker house to help rush. Sometimes with good results, but often just avoiding the inevitable, as the weak chapter cannot stand the success, or in sarcastic t erms "despite the heroic efforts
of (insert names), the project failed."
It is healthy to have a site like this, and just because some disagreements occur, the so -called "naive idealists" will not
go away. A little introspection might help.
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Thank you Mr. Conrad. When I was in college, my chapter was having a hard time recruiting new members as I had recounted in another thread. We had fewer than 50 sisters with a total of 85. Fortunately, a large number of women in one dorm joined. The following semester we initiated a new local sorority of over 20. That was exactly what we needed. It definitely can be done with a lot of hard work.