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GREEK STATISTICS AND TRIVIA
Nationally...
- A national Conference report shows a
majority of the 600 NIC fraternity chapters are above the All-Men's scholastic
average.
- 76% of our nation's Senators, 70% of the top
executives in the Fortune 500, and 70% of the men listed in Who's
Who in America are Fraternity men.
- All but three U.S. Presidents in the last
century were Fraternity men.
- Over 85% of the student leaders on some 730
campuses are involved in the Greek community.
- A U.S. Government study shows that over 70%
of all those who join a fraternity/sorority graduate, while under 50% of all
non-fraternity/sorority persons graduate.
- Less than 2% of an average college student's
expenses go toward fraternity dues.
- Although you may not believe it, many of
your favorite stars were Greeks, such as Johnny Carson, Cindy Crawford,
Michael Jordan, George Bush, David Letterman, Bill Clinton, Anne Klein, Liz
Clairborne, Jimmy Buffet, John Elway, Lou Gehrig, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Frank Gifford, Ted Koppel, Neil Armstrong, Amy Grant, Donna Mills, Elvis
Presley, Jane Pauley, Faith Daniels, John Goodman, and Candice Bergen. The
list goes on and on...
More Information:
The
American college fraternity is one of the few institutions on our higher
educational structure which we invented by us not borrowed from European models.
Not surprisingly, it has been a symbol of American college student independence,
pride and leadership.
Fraternity men represent about 2% of the male
population of America. What is happening to that 2%? They are leading the
nation! Approximately 80% of the executives of the 500 largest corporations in
America are fraternity men. More than 3/4 of our U.S. Senators are fraternity
men, as are a majority of the men listed in Who's Who in America. Of the sixteen
U.S. Presidents who had a chance to join a college fraternity, thirteen took
advantage of the opportunity. So many college presidents have been fraternity
members that the total would run into the thousands.
How and why are fraternities able to produce
such a large number of our nation's leaders? The easiest way to answer this
question is to examine just what happens in a fraternity.
A college fraternity provides a young man with
the opportunity to learn to work together with people, whether it be for the
highest grades, the homecoming float, a community service project, or merely to
keep the house clean. A fraternity provides a unique combination: family, home
away from home, social organization, business and organization in which students
can develop confidence as they acquire competence. The opportunities for
leadership are unlimited and the most important thing is that the principles of
leadership are learned through experience.
This experience teaches fraternity men that
success is not automatic, but rather, that knowledge and performance are what
count the most. A fraternity man learns how to develop sensitivity regarding the
desires, goals, and aspirations of others; how to communicate, how to inspire,
how to motivate; the importance of setting an example; how to delegate
responsibility; and how to accept failure as well as success and glory. He
learns that a true leader must have the courage to stand up for his beliefs,
while also being attentive, interested, and responsive to those those may
disagree.
Too many students come to college, sign up for
classes, study from test to test memorizing material and feeding it back at test
time. They may get good grades and graduate, but it is surprising how many
college graduates are wandering around looking for jobs because they did not
develop the ability to work with people or the basic qualities of leadership
while they were in college. the qualities of leadership must be tested and
developed by each person and a fraternity provides the opportunity for students
for just that. This is how 2% can equal 80%.
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