[9535] in APO-L
Re: All Male VS Coed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Riz Shavelle)
Fri Sep 30 16:39:23 1994
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 16:26:07 -0400
Reply-To: Riz Shavelle <shavelle@SAS.UPENN.EDU>
From: Riz Shavelle <shavelle@SAS.UPENN.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9409300644.AA10767@orion.sas.upenn.edu> from "Chris P Layne" at
Sep 30, 94 01:44:21 am
Chris P Layne wrote:
> Brothers,
> Briefly, my opinion on all-male vs coed chapters is this: What
> works here doesn't necessarily work in other chapters and vice versa. Let
> each chapter have the presence of mind to find out what it is that works
> for them and stick with it. I'm not God's gift to A PHI O and I'm
> definitely not qualified to tell anyone that the way their chapter does
> things is wrong and that we are right.
This brought up a thought for me and I was wondering what other
people thought of it. I don't think the main debate really centers
on whether chapters should be co-ed or all-male but rather the specific
words in the toast song such as "men of alpha phi omega, may we always be".
It seems as though brothers are widening the debate when we are NOT really
talking about a chapter's right to determine their own membership.....but
rather, a change of tradition to reflect the change in our membership.
"Let each chapter have the presence of mind to find out what it is that works
for them and stick with it. " - C.L.
Would chapters go with a compromise that allowed INDIVIDUAL chapters
to choose the "version" of the toast song that works best for them?
Or if the original version is kept, chose not to sing it at all?
Now I realize that this sounds a bit like heresay and blasemy
but given all the differing posts, it doesn't seem like ONE answer
will ever satisfy everyone.
Opinions?
Riz Delta Zeta alumni
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Riz Shavelle shavelle@mail.sas.upenn.edu
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