[16748] in APO-L
Re: Gamma, Delta & WWII (was Re: APO, Harvard & The Ivies.)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Grossi)
Mon Apr 28 13:31:26 1997
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:28:02 EDT
Reply-To: John Grossi <jgrossi@MU.BBN.COM>
From: John Grossi <jgrossi@MU.BBN.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: from "Randy Finder" at Apr 28, 97 12:45 (noon)
>
> On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, M.D. Librizzi wrote:
>
> >
> > > Cornell: Active: Gamma. Strong chapter,continuously active since
> > > chartering.
> > I'd like to correct this misconception. Some time ago we had a
> > discussion about this, and Pat Burke verified that Delta is the ONLY
> > continually active chapter in APhiO. Gamma went inactive for a brief
> > period during WWII.
> I'm going to have to go with the MODERN definition of inactive here.
> Unless the charter was declared NULL and VOID by the APO national board
> (or revoked by the convention) at some point, then I consider them
> continuously active. There are a number of the older chapters that
> completely shut down operations during the war and picked up largely
> without trouble in the 1945-46 school year.
>
> (I'm really losing track, is this the third or fourth time, I've had this
> discussion? 1/2 :)
Three responses to Randy's APO-L posts in a day...
It does not look like this debate will be resolved, and since for
Delta it seems to be a matter of pride...
Delta's the oldest active
-J
