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Originally Posted by 33girl
Also, why do you automatically assume that everyone would live in the house? Many people don't, for various reasons.
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It's a statement of fact, not an assumption. The opinion I expressed was specific to my house. And, at my house, everyone lived-in as a pledge, that was a requirement. I don't know of any other fraternity on my campus where the house was just a dorm with letters that people could opt-in or out-of at will. I think co-residency is a vital component of the bonding experience.
Do you mind if I ask what kind of school you attended? Things like housemothers and non-residential GLOs is not something to which I can relate; I suspect our different experiences may be the source of our different worldviews.
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Originally Posted by 33girl
http://family.auburn.edu/profiles/bl...frat-house-mom
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Thanks for this, I didn't know those existed in this day-in-age. That said, I am certainly glad we did not have a housemother; a fraternity is a wonderful experience in self-government that is important in molding adults. A babysitter for 20 and 21 year-old men seems incredibly juvenilizing.
I also would not want a house mother who is wandering around the halls calling our fraternity a "frat house" like "Ms. Mary." I also find this -
Ms. Mary tries to direct these young men in the traditions and foundation of Kappa Alpha in order for the betterment of the fraternity and the betterment of these young men. - interesting. It sounds like KA's traditions and principles are like laundry, anyone can teach you how to do it. And that's fine, I don't begrudge them that. However, I think some ante-bellum fraternities have more enduring and complex foundations for which a non-frater may not be the best guide.