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booze trivia of yore
During my time on the road for TKE, 1957-59. only two Teke chapters were allowed to serve booze at parties, and this was in
writing from the college/university. Scorpion chapter at Cornell had a bar in the house and Nu chapter at Cal had a Friday keg on
the sidewalk on Channing Way. TKE had over 140 chapters then.
This is not to say there was no booze, but it was well hidden. The
Alpha Delta chapter, Idaho, had a pop machine in the basement,
and for a quarter you could buy a beer. Catch: once you bought a beer you could not leave the house for twelve hours. It was strictly enforced.
When the field rep came often several would adjourn to a favored
watering hole and have a few beers.. NEVER, EVER, in the house.
A $10 fine was assessed at Alpha Phi, Kansas, if booze was found
in the house. Enforced. I know, but was never caught . NEVER,
but I was never without booze...just discreet--and well-hidden.
SAE at Kansas State got social probation for a full semester when
they were caught with a keg in their basement, 1956.
TKE at Kansas had a river party one Saturday night, and guards
were posted as lookouts. Pre-parties and post-parties were held
often at someone's apartment prior to the big event on campus or at the TKE house. Sometimes booze was snuck in...I know this
for a fact...but was never caught. Never was a school official or a
housemother addressed while booze was on one's breath.
Animal House, if applied to the fifties, was pure fiction, bullshit....
I was in high school thru college, 1950-60, so I WAS THERE!
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