Chapter 1 notes Flashcards
Founder
Peter Schermerhorn Johnson
Keynote
The Fraternity man never graduates. He receives his diploma but as long as his chapter stands, he is as much a part and parcel of it as in his undergraduate days. His success is theirs and their success is his. He belongs to the family for life….
Page 3 side notes
“Being a Delta Chi is not an oath you take once. It’s an oath you live every day.”
- Miles C. Washburn (52 “AA” of Delta Chi)
The Associate Member Program should be used in conjunction with this manual.
Cornerstone
Reference manual for Delta Chi’s history, its membership, its purpose and goals, its programs, each individual member’s responsibilities and much more.
60 year alumni quote
“The excitement about Delta Chi you feel today doesn’t being to compare to the rewards it can offer though a lifetime. Every day the Fraternity means more to me. It has for sixty years.”
AMC
Responsible for facilitating an approved Associate Member Education Program
Big Brother
Responsible for guiding little brother through membership education program.
Who are Delta Chis
The ones who realize the true joy of the pursuit, dedicating themselves to make the most of that day’s adventure.
Commitment to delta chi
“What can I do for the Fraternity after graduation and throughout my life?”
your commitment today means nothing without you commitment to “tomorrow” in Delta Chi.
How to build commitment
- become involved
- run for officer positions
- organize activities
- after initiation, serve as officer or committee chairman for your chapter.
- visit other chapters.
- attent regional conferences
- alumni board of trustees
- financial support
page 5 side note
The more you “serve,” the more there is to gain in terms of business, professional and personal relationships.
Legacy of Delta Chi
- A male relation in you family(ie., son, grandson, nephew, father, grandfather etc.)
- pride of placing badge on relative, sharing the same opportunities to learn and grow in an environment conductive to sound education and lifetime brotherhood.
- opportunity for you adult male relative to become a Delta Chi.
Baird’s Manual of American. College Fraternities
(pg 6 Yellow Note)
- American college fraternity is an American institution and the chapter on campus is ideally a miniature of the larger American democracy.
- Fraternity is formed by mutual selection, based on congeniality and common purpose.
- young member learn to submit to the will of the majority.
- develop sense of responsibility for something outside of himself.
- learns to lend his strength to this who have less.
First last words
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