Fraternities
A fraternity, as defined by the The American Heritage
Dictionary is "a chiefly social organization of male college
students, usually designated by Greek letters."(pg. 523) This
definition, however, is very limited and leaves plenty of space
for short sighted people to believe the stereotype conveyed by
the popular media, where fraternity members are depicted as
drunks who accomplish nothing either scholastically or
socially. Unfortunately, both this definition and media
portrayals fail to mention the fact that membership in a
fraternity is a life-long experience that helps its members
develop social, organizational, and study skills during
college, and that teaches true, ...
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century, many new fraternities were
founded, but none of these were permanent. Then, in 1825, the
Kappa Alpha Fraternity (now Kappa Alpha Society) was born at
Union College. Two years later, Sigma Phi and Delta Phi had
been founded at the same college, constituting the so-called
Union Triad which was, in a large measure, the pattern for the
American Fraternity system. By the end of the nineteenth
century there were over thirty general fraternities in this
country (pg. 18).
Today's fraternities still have all the characteristics
and precepts of the their past fraternities: "the charm and
mystery of secrecy, a ritual, oaths of fidelity, a grip, a
motto, a badge, a background of high idealism, a strong tie of
friendship and comradeship, and urge for sharing its values
through nationwide expansion." (Klepper pg. 18) In addition,
today's fraternities help their members develop many skills
which are used in and out of college.
During membership in a fraternity, one must ...
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mandatory. In addition, when the brothers live in fraternity
houses, this adds to the development of social skills in the
way that a member must be able to deal and live with different
kinds of people in different situations.
Since there are people of different scholastic levels in a
fraternity, the member of the fraternity have access to a great
deal of knowledge on many different school subjects. It is
normal for fraternities to organize study groups regularly
during the school year and especially before exams.
In addition, members might also use the opinion and advice
of other members about the faculty in their favor, and most
fraternities keep test files and other ...
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