[15569] in APO-L
Re: Correction and Comment...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Finder)
Wed Nov 13 16:37:01 1996
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 16:25:58 -0400
Reply-To: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
From: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <01IBSU97A2JYHW9T9I@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Christopher Nelms wrote:
> On November 10, Randy Finder submitted the following:
>
> ...Region VIII:
> St. Louis U. - Parks College - Theta Xi (49)
> Campus being remerged with main campus & co-ed chapter
> all-male chapter becoming social fraternity...
However I don't know if SLU-parks is the only all-male chapter in Region
VIII, Is Wentworth Military Academy all-male?
>
> The two campuses have never been together before. To say they're being
> remerged is a mis-statement.
My apologies, I was led to believe it was a remerger from some of
the info on the Parks campus.
>
> Parks College has had a very active, albeit fairly small all male chapter for
> many years. Usually no more than a dozen or so brothers active at any one time.
>
> The surviving chapter at the main campus had the chance to do the right thing
> and incorporate these brothers in as a unit but chose not to. It is this fact
> more than anything that is compelling the Theta Xi brothers to dissolve their
> brotherhood with APO in favor of a social greek letter organization.
The chapter at the Main Campus (Delta Delta) is much larger (>100?) than the
chapter at Parks College (Theta Xi). Even if all of the Theta Xi brothers
had stayed active they never would have represented any significant
voting block in Delta Delta.
I was unaware that the primary responsibility of the inability to merge
lay in the hands of the main campus chapter.
>
> Forcing viable all male chapters to go co-ed serves no one. The chapters, if
> forced to go co-ed will very likely cease to exist on these campuses. I assure
> you, they will self destruct rather than go co-ed. Case in point the
> unfortunate situation at Parks. This example was forced by the merger and look
> at the consequences. Read the tonality of the active discussion on this list
> now. Read the words as you would hear them spoken. How much higher would the
> emotions run if such a thing were mandated from within?
In this respect email helps because less is said in immediate response
without the ability to rewrite...
YiLFS
randy Finder
>
> Chris Nelms, Director
> Region VIII - Alpha Phi Omega
>
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