Always good to list legacies? Sometimes not?

[ClassicUNC]

I would think hard before telling people about your legacy status.

I know that my chapter declined membership to perfectly decent individuals based on where their father, uncle, brother, etc were members. I know it is a real stupid practice, but I'm sure that we aren't alone in doing this...

The funny thing about it is trying to watch someone rationalize that you don't want "John" because his father was an "Alpha" thirty years ago and we would never associate with an Alpha, not realizing that Alpha was a strong chapter just ten years ago. Silly boys.

Originally Posted by ClassicUNC

I know that my chapter declined membership to perfectly decent individuals based on where their father, uncle, brother, etc were members. I know it is a real stupid practice, but I'm sure that we aren't alone in doing this...

Where they were members. You mean, bottom-tier chapters?

[ClassicUNC]

Originally Posted by OTW

Where they were members. You mean, bottom-tier chapters?

Not necessarily. Just 'different' chapters. Like I said, not my favorite practice.

Although I don't really recall ever asking if anyone was a legacy of any house (other than ours).