[19236] in APO-L
Re: Toast song
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stallion)
Mon Oct 5 02:45:33 1998
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 01:45:26 -0500
Reply-To: Stallion <librimd@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
From: Stallion <librimd@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.3.96.981004165803.206C-100000@SSO02.mse.jhu.edu>
> I don't think that what the national board has proposed - making both
> "true to" and "men of" officially acceptable - is a good solution. The
> Toast Song is a song of unity... if we have a choice of what words to
> sing, that is OK on the chapter level (where it just ratifies current
> practice), but then what will we sing when we get together? We don't
> want 1000 people saying "men of" and 1000 people saying "true to." It
> should be one or the other.
> For the record, I think "true to" is more meaningful than "men of," and is
> more appropriate given the present membership of the fraternity, the
> majority of whom cannot be described as "men." :)
> -- Cyrano (advisor, Kappa Mu PG)
It all comes down to tradition. The Fraternity needs to hold onto it's
past. "men of" is and has always been the way the toast song is sung. It's
a nod to the old fraternity ways, and should be left alone. PCing the song
will only cause more aggrivation and dissention among the more traditional
chapters, and it's such a rallying point, it could cause severe damage to
the brotherhood.
-Delta 1159
Mark L.
