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The Purpose of Delta Tau Delta

It is the purpose of your Fraternity to give you something quite different to help you avoid what will interfere with your getting out of your college course all that you are capable of; to help you to find your place in the college community and grow into a position of some importance in it; to encourage you to undertake activities and work which will develop what possibilities you have; to give you the benefit of the experience of upperclassmen and alumni to whom it is a matter of concern whether you make good or not; to furnish an environment which will promote your objectives and stimulate your finest growth. . .

It is the purpose of your Fraternity to allow you to participate in what has been called "the best demonstration of democratic living to be found on the college campus"; where men learn how to live together, with the give and take of conflicting interests and varying temperaments; where men learn to yield personal wish or advantage to the greater good of the group, to fortify another's weakness with their own strength, to give of their abundance to a brother's need; where they discover that we are all our brother's keeper and have a real responsibility for what our brothers do, just as we are under deep obligation to do nothing which will injure the group or make life more difficult for any man. For that is the meaning of fraternity. . .

We can summarize the purpose of Delta Tau Delta in these words: To make the years you spend in your chapter house so rich and valuable to you that their influence will be a continuing force for good throughout your life, and that through that influence you may become a great force in the life of others.

Written by former President of Delta Tau Delta, Dr. Alvan E. Duerr

Taken from "A Life of Excellence: Workbook"