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can of worms...
Thank you-all for the update but rather apologetic treatise on the
housemother. I am sure economics enters...
HOWEVER, even in the 50s, the sororities sidestepped the issue,
and in many cases refused to consider the investment, backed by the institution.
The so-called "Housing Director" is a far cry, as I see it, from the
old housemother....but some of you never knew it, so have not had the comparison...not your fault.
My daughter was sequestered at CU in a dorm her first year. It was DISASTROUS...the lack of control, the lack of enforcement of
rules, the rampant liquor and drug violations, the intrusions of the varied outsiders into the rooms...and none or rarely none were reported to the U officials...overlooked entirely.
I complained, and as a former college administrator, and with all
the degrees, rank and experience...I got nowhere. Most all of these officials were not only not Greek but very anti-Greek. So,
I am not taking cheap shots at the sororities.
My family jewelry box has a Kappa key, a Theta kite, a PiPhi arrow, a TriDelt trident, a DZ lamp, gosh...and my daughter chose
not to pledge. My generation has gone through the heartbreak of Greek rejection...perhaps that is why we have become so outspoken, aggressive...we think it is all worth saving...But the Greeks are not a rehab outfit, and like the Kappa Sigs say...not all can wear the badge...
BUT...if the ladies can sidestep the financial responsibilities, if they
can exist without houses...many times at the institution's expense, then why cannot the men? The abandonment of the old
housemother is but one of the many things which have allowed us
to appear totally out of control, drunks, buffoons...and it is hard for some of us old alums, trying to regain some dignity in the varied situations, to compete with the increasing-again-encroachment of "in loco parentis" by sterile college folks, whether they be "house directors" or not. I am certainly not sold
on these...maybe there are some good ones...but to me the are
just another veneer of uncaring bureaucracy. Think about it.
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