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too many Erics, Eriks, et al.
I am a few months shy of 70, fraters. I never met anyone with my forename (first name) 'til I was 16...in Kansas. Now there are
Eric and Eriks all around. And TKE is no exception...we got old Erik, young Erik, Keystone Eric, well endowed Eric, and so on.
TKE used, USED, to be a killer, a powerhouse in Missouri. We have a few good chapters, but dead ones at UMStL, UMKC, SEMo,
Central, Tarkio (school closed), colonies supposedly at Mizzou & Missouri State and were blown out of the water at two potential newbies.
So, it is indeed time. Old Erik, me, has not retired, but frankly, this
site sucks, the GC one, Greek in general, has a bunch of uglies as
know-it-all hoggers and nasties, and it has an extremely heavy
ethnic (I call it discrimination) wannabees who have no clue other
than step shows and alum networking. But, in all fairness to them, we might say that the concept of Fraternity is indeed different these days, just as Zeta Psi, Deke, the old Union Triad, are different than modern Pike, Sig Ep, Lambda Chi, TKE, Kappa Sig, Sigma Chi, SAE, and there are some in-betweens as Beta who
has most of the marbles, self-important Phi Psi with their BFD large endowment, and so on. But I have not retired. I have been
a TKE volunteer now for 42 years, got no awards, honors or thanks, but then...I am not doing this for the brag plaques, I got
plenty of them in my career. But I am interested mostly in NIC groups, mostly housed, 50s era-type fraternities, and these were
the kind of chapters I worked with. We were mannerly, we were
fraternal, and we were discreet. I am in poor health and have a helleva tough time with no legs now (diabetes) but I can still yell
and talk...not like Tex, Wilson, Logan but there are not many my
age around...Melchert...and we have run off most of 'em.
Naw, I am not retired, but have about said all I care to say to the
fatsos or the ethnics. Besides, if we see an Asian or Black guy we
want, WE PLEDGE HIM, make him a frater, we do not get all puffed
up about "culture." But like I said to Mark Fite five years ago, TKE
ought to be reviving 15 chapters a year. Hasn't happened, and I
don't know why. The old Erik used to raise hell about these things, but I am just too tired. But not re-tired. YITB, Uncle E
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