[10029] in APO-L
Re: Toast Song
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (*** Brian C. Rowe ***)
Sat Nov 5 12:55:07 1994
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 08:07:46 GMT-5
Reply-To: "*** Brian C. Rowe ***" <ROWEB@CORAL.INDSTATE.EDU>
From: "*** Brian C. Rowe ***" <ROWEB@CORAL.INDSTATE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
> I feel that changing the toast song, taking out the word "brother" and
> things of that nature, out of the song, I believe takes away from the history
> of the fraternity. Although, we always have to push forward into the future,
> I think that changing this would take away from everything we are built upon.
> I am very proud to be a brother. As stated so many times before, we
> are a Fraternity, and a fraternity has brothers... even if some are female. :)
> Since pledging I have met so many brothers. Brothers who are part of a
> "family", brothers who all mean a lot to me. The word brother means more than
> just seven letters. Read beyond the letters and you find men and women throug
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> out the world with similar interests and beliefs. Those people are my Alpha P
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> Omega brothers, and no matter what people decide to call them (sisters, member
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> ...) they will always be brothers to me.
>
> Membership Vice-President
> Kappa Omicron
> Umass Amherst
I totally agree with you in your aspects of changing the toast
song. Just as the Declaration of Independence now means all people
when it says, "All men are created equal," so I take it as "brother"
meaning all members. Changing this would change the harmony of the
song. Would "All people are created..." or "All men and women are..."
sound right to you? I don't believe so.
+-+ +-----+ +-------++-------++-------+
+-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
+-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
+-+ +-------+ +-+ +---+ +-------+
+-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
+-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+
+-------++-+ +-+ +-+ +-------++-+ +-+
Brian C. Rowe
