NPC Sororities with no school overlap?

[angels&angles]

I think it's an interesting question, albeit one with pretty much no real world impact. So here's a follow-up. Were this hypothetical merger to occur, would this be one (probably larger) org absorbing a smaller org [AAA and BBB "merge," all are now AAA] or two org actually merging [AAA and BBB merge, become ABC]? Is there anything in NPC bylaws allowing/forbidding this? Why would this ever happen?

My thoughts on the last would be if one org simply can't expand on a level with others, or if the Greek system suffers another large population drop (such as apparently happened in the '60s and '70s) and 26 orgs shrink to 13 SUPER GLOS. So I guess I answered my own question a little bit -- the first scenario would be an "absorption" (probably still called a merger for PR reasons), the second an actual merger, although I don't know if names would change or not.

I like hypotheticals, sorry about the slight derail.

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

I like hypotheticals, sorry about the slight derail.

Not entirely hypothetical. In 1959, Pi Kappa Sigma was absorbed by Sigma Kappa. I was told during the new member period that SK opted not to incorporate any of the elements of the PKS ritual into the SK ritual.

I know that Delta Sigma Epsilon was absorbed by Delta Zeta in 1956 - but whether they co-opted any ritual, I know not.

[WCsweet<3]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

I think it's an interesting question, albeit one with pretty much no real world impact. So here's a follow-up. Were this hypothetical merger to occur, would this be one (probably larger) org absorbing a smaller org [AAA and BBB "merge," all are now AAA] or two org actually merging [AAA and BBB merge, become ABC]? Is there anything in NPC bylaws allowing/forbidding this? Why would this ever happen?

My thoughts on the last would be if one org simply can't expand on a level with others, or if the Greek system suffers another large population drop (such as apparently happened in the '60s and '70s) and 26 orgs shrink to 13 SUPER GLOS. So I guess I answered my own question a little bit -- the first scenario would be an "absorption" (probably still called a merger for PR reasons), the second an actual merger, although I don't know if names would change or not.

I like hypotheticals, sorry about the slight derail.

I see a cape involved. It could be a really cute halloween costume or something.