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DU is a little different , no rule exists making chapter meetings private. Chapter meetings tended to be just for members simply because no one else had a need to attend.
In a related matter We had a good tradition of making initiations open to the parents of the pledges invited guests and top rushees. The Texas Chapter always held initiations in the Texas State Senate Chambers in Austin, this tradition started in 1949 when the chapter was installed, every time we used the chamber and cloak room we had to get permission from the Lt. Gov's. office and the Sgt. at Arms Office. Parents and invited guests enjoyed the initiation, we aways had a speaker, usually a prominent alum or member of the international staff.
Afterwards we went back to the chapter house for a meal.