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College 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,
everlasting ...

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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 learn leadership ...

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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 such study aids available for the benefit of ...

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