I realize that this is at least a day late, but; better late than never. Greekdom? This term is because the frats and sororities like to compare themselves to Greek society that valued learning above everything else and because most of the greatest philosophers were Greeks. To become a member you needed to learn the Greek Alphabet and repeat it as quickly as the English Alphabet. If you were a member of a frat, and also a sister sorority, you were considered a topsider because only the upper couple of per cent were ask to join. Every frat had a sister sorority and you were only allowed to date from that group of women.Forget all the stupid jock frat movies, they would not have allowed any jock to join without a 4.8 grade point average, (out of 5 points). The main belief of frats and sororities were based on Plato’s Republic and how only golds and silvers were allowed to rule and that they should only mate with each other. Brass, coppers, tins were needed for manual labor, but the silvers and golds was the highest levels you obtain, (gold being the highest). If you want to learn about gold, then you should read and understand Plato’s republic.(Big spoiler: Don’t read it if you think incest is a horrible thing.)
Diat60 about 5 years ago
Greekdom? Topsiders? Explanations?
serial232 about 5 years ago
I realize that this is at least a day late, but; better late than never. Greekdom? This term is because the frats and sororities like to compare themselves to Greek society that valued learning above everything else and because most of the greatest philosophers were Greeks. To become a member you needed to learn the Greek Alphabet and repeat it as quickly as the English Alphabet. If you were a member of a frat, and also a sister sorority, you were considered a topsider because only the upper couple of per cent were ask to join. Every frat had a sister sorority and you were only allowed to date from that group of women.Forget all the stupid jock frat movies, they would not have allowed any jock to join without a 4.8 grade point average, (out of 5 points). The main belief of frats and sororities were based on Plato’s Republic and how only golds and silvers were allowed to rule and that they should only mate with each other. Brass, coppers, tins were needed for manual labor, but the silvers and golds was the highest levels you obtain, (gold being the highest). If you want to learn about gold, then you should read and understand Plato’s republic.(Big spoiler: Don’t read it if you think incest is a horrible thing.)