Family Trees
How important are they in your chapter?
In my chapter there is a lot of emphasis placed on which family you are in. By family, I mean that there are about 4 big families (about 3 small ones) that everyone can trace their roots back to . By roots I mean a common big brother. In most cases you have to go back about 8 years or so, but at fraternity education events we sometimes segregate into "families" for group work or whatever it is were working on. Teams I guess. Its funny, because each family has its own distinct personality.
Families werent a big deal till about 4 years ago and they just kinda grew outta that. I think its acceptable for our chapter. Were not real old (25 years) so its a cool tradition for our younger chapter. I feel it grounds the guys in a bit of history and tradition.
Does your chapter organize like this, or something simular?
Last edited by lifesaver; 10-17-2002 at 05:04 PM.
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