I was fortunate enough this past week to listen to our Administrative Secretary speak at our local alumni luncheon. He told us that Beta has 121 chapters and colonies throughout North America. I was a slight bit distraught after hearing that, as I'd love to see Beta near the 175 mark like SAE and EX. He went on to tell us though that Beta is in mode right now where if a chapter is going to fail, it will fail and will be re-organized in a few years under new direction...a simple way of getting around the term "cutting the fat". He also stated that he gets calls from time to time from Universities asking for Beta to expand there, not your typical 'bitch session with a University that we are already at'. There is not much more that one can get as a compliment such as being asked to expand at their campus. In terms of today’s Greeks, with numbers dwindling within the chapter house and throughout general membership, I am happy to say that Beta is making huge strides to be dominant on most campus where her roots lie.
As always Erik, it’s great to read your posts.
My Grand-father-in-Law is a TKE from your Alpha Chapter, its great to sit and talk with him of the greeks of old - I get a kick out of it every time. His wife is an AGD from the same campus.
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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
One of my Beta friends once told me...when someone said
"If you can't go Greek, go Teke," alluding to our letters being
the same in English as in Greek...he said "so long as they talk
about you..."
It is pretty darned tough to get any better than Beta or SAE, but
we all did not go to schools where there were chapters, or, may
be we just didn't get a bid! LOL
Hope I did not piss anyone off -- again....
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