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Kudos to You
You're absolutely right about the importance of alumni support. I don't know what the insurance matrix is - whether it's a flat rate or based on a per-man charge. I will tell you that my experience was in a chapter that was routinely 175 men. It was fantastic. It ran on momentum and morale. Winning together is the oil that keeps the engines running.
I do believe that size is relevant. A 100-man chapter at Penn State could theoretically be maintained, but you'd have to have someone there to hold their hand. The social pressure from the rest of the system would be too great.
At Penn State, most of the members live in the houses. That's an advantage the large chapters miss.
At Ole Miss I don't think the houses hold more than about twenty guys. But, they've got probably the most spectacular Phi Delt and Sigma Nu chapters in the country. Don't know how my Pikes are there. Don't think anybody's bad.
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