"Greek Club" for transfer students

[TSteven]

After reading another thread regarding transfer students and Greek life, I was wondering if anybody recalls of a group/club that allowed Greeks to be members *only* if their GLO was not represented on the campus. I heard about this back in the early 1980s from a friend of a friend and I do not think it still exists.

Basically, what I recall is that there was a group called the Greek Club or Panhellenic Club - something like that - that was at a large mid-western or eastern university. (Indiana, Ohio State or Michigan maybe?) The school was the state flagship school and often students would transfer in from other schools in state or the area.

In any case, the group was made up primarily of sorority women, and some fraternity men, who had transfer into the school and their sorority or fraternity did not have a chapter on campus.

They had official school recognition as a club with officers, dues, functions etc. but they were not considered a Greek social organization. I'm fairly sure they did not have ritual or anything similar to that. Nor was it represented on any of the school's Greek councils. However, they were usually included in most Greek activities such as Greek Week and mixers. Basically it was a way for Greeks not affiliated with any chapter on campus to continue the social aspect of Greek life.

One of the interesting parts is that to be a member, you had to have a letter from your previous campus' chapter saying you were a member in good standing etc. And I believe members had to have and keep a certain GPA.

For what it is worth, it's an interesting concept and I'll see if I can find any additional information about it.

In the meantime, does this ring a bell with anyone? Again, it may have been as far back as the 1960s or 1970s. I heard about it in the early 1980s and even at that time, it was discussed in past tense. Like it didn't exist anymore.