[19344] in APO-L
Re: Where is it written...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Kohr)
Sat Oct 10 12:12:15 1998
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:09:49 -0400
Reply-To: Alex Kohr <st93nkkf@DREXEL.EDU>
From: Alex Kohr <st93nkkf@DREXEL.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <APO-L%1998100800421875@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
>2) Any single-sex chapter that admits a member of the opposite gender
>must then become co-ed.
I believe number 2 is any chapter that pledges a member of the opposite
gender, As female advisors were alowed well before the gentelmans agreement
was ever thought of. I believe Misses T was inducted in the 1950's as an
advisor, Well before any chapters were pledging female members
>Thus, the only single-sex chapters are ones that have been continuously
>active since before this policy has been in effect, and has not
>switched to co-ed. Of which, there are approximately 30 still
>remaining.
I don't know what the exact count is but it is definetely less than 30 left.
>
>It is also my understanding that this policy was enacted following the
>1976 National Convention, as part of a compromise made to allow the
>Fraternity to go co-ed, while allowing individual chapters to decide
>what they wanted to do.
Correct.
>But searching the documents I have available to me (the National
>Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Standard Chapter Articles of
>Association, Membership Policies, etc) I can find no trace of that
>policy.
it was "never written down" and "no records can be found in the national
archives". Somehow it didn't manage to get into the minutes for the
convention
The writer does not assume any responsibility for insanity or hysteria
caused from trying to decipher his poor grammar and spelling.
alex
plege@drexel.edu
