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What is your brotherhood like? |
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Tuesday, 12 April 2005 |
TKE is unique among fraternities in many respects and one such difference is the importance we place on building brotherhood within the chapter. We have been able to avoid rifts and clicks that often develop between pledge classes because our new member program treats every member on an equal basis right from the start. The elimination of pledge ship and hazing within TKE strengthens our brotherhood because resentment and the sense of inferiority is never present. TKE believes that there is no point in a man's life more important than his college years. Growth in a non-hazing and no pledge ship environment will allow him to overcome the challenges he faces with the support from those around him. TKE believes that brotherhood is a journey, not a destination. Brotherhood involves more than just social events and TKE holds monthly brotherhood events like indoor and outdoor sports, retreats, social events, brotherhood nights, and much, much more. Each member has their own definition of brotherhood, but each revolves around the three guiding principles of our fraternity.
"We believe that the essential elements of true brotherhood are love, charity, and esteem; love that binds our hearts with the study cords of fraternal affection; charity, that is impulsive to see the virtues in a brother and slow to reprove his faults; esteem, that is respectful to the honest convictions of others and that refrains from treading upon that which is sacred to spirit and conscience; these are the triple obligations of every brother in the bond."
Our challenge as brothers is to live up to these guiding principles and our strong belief in them has created a strong sense of brotherhood that over 200,000 men just like you have shared since 1899. College is only temporary, but Brotherhood is forever.
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