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It's too bad the "Not four years, for life" stuff wasn't emphasized to people in the 60's-70's.
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Maybe it was. Although our chapter numbers are fast approaching 700, three of the four officers in the alumni association are #41, #45, and #51 and go back over thirty years. We also have a #281 and a #566 to round things out.
I love this thread because everyone wants to include as many alums as possible in whatever activities they can attend. We seek support from them. We want to inform them.
Firehouse (who, BTW, is one of the few on greek chat who can spell correctly - thank you for that) equated - if I read it right - a sound chapter with a sound alumni base. Sorry if I'm paraphrasing your thoughts. The two go together in my estimation.
The jury is still out on the importance, or even the existance of a generation gap. Sometimes it's a neat kick when an active bitches me out after I've bitched out the chapter for something.
It means we're brothers, not father & son, even though I'm still driving the car I bought when they were 3 years old. It doesn't matter.
What bothers me is that we had a bunch of hell-raisers in the mid period and fear we'll never get them back. Maybe they weren't "there" in the first place. The chapter sunk to a low at that time. Is it even worth trying?
Jono