I thought it might be useful to explore a different field of thought for a little, and besides I have a piece of news you might like to know about.
I had the delight of visiting my chapter this past week, after a long interval away due to circumstances of family and work. (Hey, to our knowledge Knox wasn't heard from between his marriage in 1845 and the famous letter of 1873.) It was good to see the brothers, and meet the new pledges.
As usual, one of the major topics we discussed was the founding of our fraternity. Our attention was called to two very interesting facts:
Beta Theta Pi was founded by four members of Union Lit and four members of Erodelphian Lit, who would in normal college life be the greatest of enemies.
She was also founded by three alumni and five undergraduates, who would in normal college life have very little in common.
Now I am not asking to begin an archeological dig through the archives, nor delve into any of the correlated, uh, secret aspects of the fraternity, especially here in an open forum. But we were wondering:
What does this suggest about the interior structure and character of the fraternity?
Also, a question for any reader who is not a Beta: Does your fraternity/sorority have any comparable characteristics?
Quid vobis videtur? (How does it seem to you?)
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