[24610] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Extension & Characteristics of schools (RE: [APO-L] Welcome to al l charters & Recharters)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William J. Turner)
Tue Feb 1 11:44:21 2005
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:43:26 -0500
Reply-To: "William J. Turner" <turnerw@wabash.edu>
From: "William J. Turner" <turnerw@wabash.edu>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <03E8CF5A1005AD4A9CB7419A1327DEE803F4A017@NGB-66C05-XCH02.ngb.ng.ds.army.mil>
Randy et al.:
Please do not be so biased towards schools that emphasise athletics.
Don't forget not every school is in Division I. There are also several
Division II and III schools and athletic conferences. While these
schools do not compete at the same athletic level as Division I schools,
many compete at a level at or above many Division I schools
academically: Williams, Vassar, Grinnell, etc. Many also have very
active APO chapters: St. Olaf, the University of Chicago, RPI, etc. We
should not discount a school as a potential APO chapter because they do
not give big money in athletic scholarships. Perhaps schools whose
student bodies tend toward other pursuits might be more inclined to an
APO chapter. Nor should we discount schools that are heavily fraternity
and sorority. APO is a big deal on some campuses that are as much as
75% fraternities. For example, Delta Omicron chapter here at Wabash
College has had several pledge classes in the last few years with over
50 members. That means the chapter pledged over 10% of the student body
in a single year! The chapter just presented a check to Riley Childrens
Hospital in Indianapolis for over $10,000, which they raised in the last
six months or so. That is an amazing feat at any school, let alone a
school of 850 men in the middle of the Indiana cornfields! I doubt few
if any chapters at Division I schools can boast of comparable statistics.
In LFS,
William Turner
Former Section 80 Chair
--
William J. Turner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science
Wabash College, P.O. Box 352, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 USA
http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/turnerw
