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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. ....
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.... 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 ....
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