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trade school vs finishing school
interesting how we have changed the "college education."
In the days of the Union Triad, gentlemen went to college, joined
Delta Psi, and spent four years polishing themselves in preparation to taking over dad's business, joining the Elks, Masons, Rotary, C of C, and raising his son to become a Beta.
The girls went to Ward-Belmont or such and prepared themselves
by attending a finishing school--Chi Omega (bless 'em) had not
yet started at Arkansas and Tri Sigma was a teachers' college dream...but change was a-comin'.
Today we have trade schools, aggie schools, drive in schools,
high school extensions, internet curricula, diplomas for sale and
credit hours (you pay for them, though) for having lived.
Most of these have some semblance of greeks. Some have houses, mimicking the Phi Psis and their cabin in the woods 'way
back when in Gettysburg.
Question...the greeks were elite back then; even in the yearbooks of yore they pictured "Fratres in Urbe" and "Fratres
in Facultate" so proud and prestigious were the local alums and
the faculty greeks...now...well, look at our faculties...more like
trade schools, hardly elitist. No judgment intended here.
Enrollments (check 'em out if you will) at some of these schools
were not much over 75 students.
Interesting now...the 80 man (or woman) live-in house has gone
down the tubes, the sleeping porch a thing of the past, and the
newer houses are but a shadow of their once-togethernes--and
the members with their TVs, boom boxes, stereos, cybernetic wonders, microwaves and all other trappings, sequestered in high-rise cubicles fitted to those needs...spacial needs.
In the 50's we had only one TV in the 55 man, full service,
live-in house, and only a couple of dozen actives living outside...
Lots of things to discuss here in Greek Chat, and some of us have
certainly seen change....good or bad, warts and all.
Think about this...yet we still love the Fraternity.
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