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And this is quoted in full from Kappa Alpha Theta via the Alpha

Phi Quarterly: .
Three aims of a magazine staff are to publish articles that will stir up
discussion and bring rebuttal copy; be provocative of thought; be imitated.
For us, the editor of Sigma Pi's Emerald attained the second of these
aims with "Sigma Pi in 1950" in the November, 1924, issue. So thoroughly
were we "sold" by that article that we have ventured to attain the third
aim, imitate part of it, with some variations that almost might attain the
first aim, though we've no intention of completing that aim by sending this
article to Sigma Pi. Rather, we're hoping it will get by Kappa Alpha
Theta's editor and stir up those editorial aims among members of our
fraternity. . '\ ,
Looking into the future of any fraternity, so Mr. Kephart, author ot
the Emerald article says, one of the most basic considerations is the size of
the organization. That leads, of course, to a study of the most controversial
of all fraternity questions—extension. By estimating the average time
intervening between the granting of charters, Mr. Kephart arrives at his
conclusions as to the conservatism of each fraternity.^ He calls all whose
chapters average more than two years between grants, "ultraconservative' —
those with an average of between one and two years, "conservative"—those
with an average of between six months and one year, "expansionist." and
those with a charter more than once in six months "rapid expansionist."
Having listened in on many a heated discussion as to Kappa Alpha
Theta's conservatism, or non-conservatism, we decided to find out what
was the time elapsing between charter grants by National Panhellenic
fraternities. Here are the results, following Mr. Kephart's plan.

TABLE 1

From date of second chapter to 1924 inclusive.

Name Average time between

GROUP 1. ULTRACONSERVATIVE Installations
No N. P. C. fraternity

GROUP 2. CONSERVATIVE 1-6538 years
1-3548 years
Alpha Phi
Gamma Phi Beta 11.1428 months
11.0588 months
GROUP 3. EXPANSIONIST 10.9655 months
10.6229 months
Alpha Omicron Pi 10.5714 months
Delta Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma 8-9600 months
Kappa Alpha Theta 7.3333 months
Alpha Chi Omega -7 2 7 2 7 months
Pi Beta Phi 7.1250 months
Alpha Xi Delta 6.1276 months
Sigma Kappa 6.0869 months
Alpha Gamma Delta
Zeta Tau Alpha
Delta Delta Delta

GROUP 4. RAPID E X P A N S I O N I S T 5.4045 months
5.2173 months
Alpha Delta Pi 5.0526 months
Phi M U 4.5517 months
Delta Zeta
Kappa Delta

Chi Omega 4 2 1 6 2 months

It takes but a cursorv glance at the table to show where the limitation
in deductions begins. When a fraternity is first established, it naturally
expands more rapidlv than in later years, in order to become a fraternity
you might say; or, it takes a long time to get so well established locally that