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potpourri...
wrote a coupla replies and somehow lost 'em. Someone was
commenting big schools vs . little ones, big chapters vs. small,
etc. There seems to be a smaller chapter at the streetcar colleges, or in big cities. Housing often a problem. The old
teachers colleges, some state U's now, have never been able
to amass the bucks to build nice houses like the private schools
or the state Universities or Aggie schools. Chartering extensions schools almost always guarantees a small chapter,
even tho the larger, "mother" one has a great chapter, the one at
the extension or former junior college one, never seems to rise to the style of the parent.
Size...Pike is rather widely known to have the largest man per chapter size. SAE the most initiates (living and dead counted),
Sig Ep claims the most undergrads, TKE the most chapters,
Sig Ep first to charter in all 50 states (not all active now, though),
Zeta Psi is king in Canada, the so-called exclusive nationals, like the Union Triad, are dying on the vine, and the co-eds aree
generally the biggest conglomerations of nerds and hoggers you have ever seen...check one of their composites...
It is real hard to beat SAE as regards beautiful houses. But we
all love our own, and strive to get better.
Finally, even Harvard has said the Greek system is by far the best means of undergrad living. The four-eyed ones at Berkeley
and Chicago and some of the fruitcakes in New England have
not yet figured it out, but they certainly have nothing to brag about. Take care, though, in spreading charters to old junior colleges, trade schools, streetcar colleges...if you want to have a
traditional system. And remember, most of the faculty never did
join anything...and the green-teethed, knuckle-dragging, bottom
feeding press is always out for a story. Ethics is only a course
taught in college, and, yes, we are elitist. We are not a rehab society. And if the cheapest were the best, we'd all be driving
Yugos. Happy new year from an old Teke in Colorado.
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