Institutions with national sororities

[oldu]

During the 1960s through the 1980s so many dramatic changes were taking place in the Greek world -- some good, some bad, often counter-balancing each other.

The bad: At many old and established Greek systems chapters were closing regularly (just check your own sorority's chapter roster).

The good: To counter balance this sorority administrators were seeking new institutions to establish chapters where Greek life had not previously been offered.

The bad: The percentage of students who elect to become Greeks is much lower today at most institutions than they were in the 1950s.

The good: Many more schools offer the opportunity for Greek membership today which probably evens out the loss at other institutions.

I am sure there are many other factors like this.

[honeychile]

I know that more than a couple sororities have a policy of closing "weak" chapters, with the option of recolonizing in the near future. That could explain the more recent closings/recolonizations.

[Tom Earp]

Is it not true that Greek Life runs in cycles?

We now seem to be in and upswing of expansion or going back and rechartering closed chapters.

Many GLOs will have a policy of closing chapters because of numbers and may or not return.

As far as GLOs starting out from the begining, I contend, they were at that point in time were all locals and then expanded.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

As far as GLOs starting out from the begining, I contend, they were at that point in time were all locals and then expanded.

Are you contending that all GLOs began as locals that decided to become national?

Wouldn't that mean that their original intent was to be a local sorority or fraternity versus, the obvious, that they only had an Alpha chapter/local designation (but always intended to expand)?

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Are you contending that all GLOs began as locals that decided to become national?

Wouldn't that mean that their original intent was to be a local sorority or fraternity versus, the obvious, that they only had an Alpha chapter/local designation (but always intended to expand)?

As I said, they each started as an individual chapter at a school or, the Alpha Chapter. So they were in retrospect only a local whether they wanted to or were going to try and expand.

The only one I know of that started as a National was TKN who got a group of locals together to form themselves. They later in 1939 merged with LXA.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

As I said, they each started as an individual chapter at a school or, the Alpha Chapter. So they were in retrospect only a local whether they wanted to or were going to try and expand.

The only one I know of that started as a National was TKN who got a group of locals together to form themselves. They later in 1939 merged with LXA.

Interesting.

[ladygreek]

It really hurts for me to type this, but at least in regards to DST what Earp has said is technically true. We first incorporated Alpha Chapter and it was years later after establishing more chapters that we incorporated as a national body.