1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

"Why Should My SonJoin a Fraternity?"(The following letter was written by Stan Brown, Reporter of the General Council, in response to aninquiry from a friend. THE SCROLL feels the information is not only an aid in Fall rushing but would beof interest to the fraternity at large.)Dear Woody:Thank you for asking the question as to why should your son join a fraternity.As one business man to another, I know that you are looking for facts and notjust rhetoric. With no more preamble than that, let me start answering your questionwith some statements that can be documented.•First, the odds are that your son will have a better scholarship record if he belongs toa fraternity. The following excerpt is from the scholarship report of the National InterfraternityConference of April 11, 1964.1 quote:The scholastic reports of three thousand and thirty-eight chapters of the National InterfratemityConference member fraternities from 283 institutions of the U.S. and Canada have been recordedand reported for 1962-63 to the 60 national fraternities and the National Interfratemity Conferenceofficials. Of the 283 institutions reporting the all-fraternity average is above the all-men's averagein 168 institutions for a 59.36% rating.Woody, I think there is one more significant fact to add to this statistic. That is that 10years ago the comparable rating was 40.36%!•Your son's chances of graduating are better if he belongs to a fraternity. I can documentthat statement from a report from the United States Dept. of Health, Education& Welfare. In a survey last year they found that 33% of the students graduated from acampus where there were no fraternities. They learned that 47% of the students graduatedfrom campuses where there were fraternities. The discrepancy in these two figuresnaturally led them to a third analysis, which resulted in a statistic that showed that 59%of men who joined fraternities stayed in school and graduated.•Next, it is not expensive to belong to a fraternity. (By that I do not mean that, if youwanted to go to school as economically as possible, that you could do so and join a fra-Continued on page 19