[20408] in APO-L
All-Male Chapters and Brotherhood
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Gengo)
Mon Apr 5 11:57:20 1999
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 11:46:30 -0400
Reply-To: Gary Gengo <ggengo@MITRE.ORG>
From: Gary Gengo <ggengo@MITRE.ORG>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Jesse Bridges wrote:
>Gary Gengo, I would have to say that we are all ready truly a
>"brotherhood" no matter how you look at it. The brothers that are in >the Philipines are your brothers. I am your brother. The guy that I >saw stepping last week is your brother and all the females that are in >any chapter are your brothers as well.
I agree with all of this. We are all brothers of one Fraternity.
However, we are not a "truly" co-ed Fraternity, even though most
chapters are co-ed.
Elizabeth Ansley Buck wrote:
>"I visited some of the all male chapters before the 1996 convention.
>While there, I saw a sense of brotherhood that I hadn't and would
>never understand because I came from a coed chapter.
>...
>The brotherhood at all-male chapters is amazing,... and I would
>never want to take that away from them."
Could you describe this "sense of brotherhood" that you saw when
visiting the all-male chapters. How does their brotherhood differ from
that of your [co-ed] chapter? Be as specific as possible.
Yours in LFS,
Gary Gengo
Alumni- Kappa Omicron chapter
University of Massachusetts
