[john1082]

When I was the High Pi at UND (EZ Zeta) in the early eighties, there was an odd room on the north end of the house that was designated the housemother's room. It was occupied bythe president when I was there and I don't recall ever hearing of a house mom at UND.

SMU had a set of house parents in the mid-eighties.

Just as formal dinners every night have gone by the wayside, so have housemothers, I suspect. And we are much poorer for it. Does the General Fraternity even have an award for the House Mother of the Year anymore?

If the C & C is to serve any other purpose beside being a "Look At This Month's CEO" house rag, then the membership ought to write something from time to time. A historic look at what used to be would fulfill an educational function and as such the thoughtful bros might actually read it.

The C & C used to be enjoyable to read. Now it seems that the content is focused on successful brothers, almost as a recruiting function - that and recognizing donors. How about some fun? Years and years ago they ran a story on Wil Geer that was a genuine pleasure to read. We need to have more of that.

Possibly a section, maybe only a page, focused on the way it used to be. Housemothers, Long Time House traditions (Like selling daffodils every Spring @ Cal), Floats @ Homecoming Parades (never seen one), etc. That sort of stuff. Our fraternity is clearly a 21st century player, but with roots in the 1920s. We lose out if we forget what we were and what we did. That sense of history is lost now. And this form might be a fertile place to look for ideas.

Asbestos suit has now been donned. Flame away.