Kappa Alpha Theta Volume 10 - Softcover

Theta, Kappa Alpha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 123582747X ISBN 13: 9781235827471

Verlag: General Books LLC, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1895 Excerpt: ... terms when they have declared that there was nothing in the constitution of their organization which they would not care to have read by any person. This shows the trend of thought. Evolution is certainly and surely liberating the college student from many unnecessary restraints. Non-secrecy does not mean that the outside world is to know everything done within the bounds of the organization. It does mean, however, that no member shall be taken into the organization, ignorant of its meaning and purpose. No oaths are given and none are required. Every person is put upon his or her honor. Every person is the equal of every other person. No grips, signs, pass-words, etc., are required. Love for each other and interest in the fraternity are founded on broader principles than such meaningless terms. Non-secrecy means openess and fairness in all college interests. Inherent worth better than schemes. It means the fullest possible development of noble manhood and womanhood. The signs of the times point to an alleviation of excessive secrecy, if not total abolition. College fraternities are too important to withdraw their principles and influences into the mysterious realms of secrecy. May the day soon dawn when the college fraternities will hold out to the great student body a more exalted idea of fraternity life; when every student shall be recognized as the equal of every other student regardless of fraternity relations. Let the American college fraternity inculcate into its members a more charitable spirit not only towards other fraternities, but the outside world as well, deepen their sympathies and broaden their culture, and then they will have done no more than their position demands. This, we hold, can only be accomplished in its full import, through the pri...

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• Verlag: General Books LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 123582747X
• ISBN 13: 9781235827471
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 62