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Originally posted by hoosier
There is some margin of error, since the four DTD colonies may/may not be included in the manpower numbers.
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To answer several comments.
-Four percent interest as a fixed rate doesn't seem high to me, with the recent increases of the Prime and subsequent rises in commercial rates. Additionally, I don't think some chapters would be able to borrow from commerial institutions.
-Colony members are not considered "active" in Delt, so I suspect the overall numbers are for initiated members.
-"The Rainbow" magazine gets its name from the former Rainbow Fraternity which merged with Delt in the early 1900's. It was a smaller fraternity, mostly in the South, where DTD was somewhat weak in those days.
We have an open pre-initiation ceremony called "The Right of Iris" which is based on the old Rainbow Fraternity ritual. It is really impressive.
Several years ago The Arch Chapter and Undergraduate Council voted to change the name of the magazine to "1858" which was the year of our founding. At Karnea, our international meeting, the next year, a large number of alums mounted an effort to change the name back to "The Rainbow," arguing that the change should have been made in Karnea instead of in the Arch Chapter. In addition, it was argued that it would be a dishonor to our former Rainbow Fraternity brothers. Two other things were considered -- first, the name Rainbow was used long before it became a symbol of the Gay movement -- and second, Delt has gay members and does not discriminate due to race, religion, sexual preference, etc.
I attended that Karnea as a voting member, and voted to restore the name "Rainbow."
The vote passed and "The Rainbow," one of the first fraternity magazines was returned to its original name.
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