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Originally posted by Firehouse
In forty years we have lost five sororities, at regular intervals, each of whom at one time as large and well-housed. None of those sororities have come back, one assumes because they have not been allowed/asked.
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Don't assume - they may have been asked back and said "hell no" cause of the previous bad experience they had.
I agree that there will always be smaller chapters - I'd also argue that there are women who LIKE being in smaller chapters, but if you talk to the national HQs of sororities they would vehemently disagree. A lot of times it's not the size itself that is the culprit - it's the constant pressure to increase numbers from HQ, which stresses out the sisters and makes it hard for them to recruit effectively. Which makes the sorority smaller, which leads to more pressure etc etc.
So when you take out the sororities that have been there and don't want to come back, and the sororities that are nationally smaller and cannot afford to have comparable housing, you aren't left with anyone willing to take the chance.