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its extension is delayed until conditions are right for quick growth; or,
coming into the field late, it must grow rapidly at first if it expects to
compete on fair terms with the organizations already well established in
many colleges. And so, it seemed to us this table needed to be supplemented
by tables taking into consideration these different factors. To meet such
conditions the following tables were made, and it will be interesting to note
how they agree or disagree with this general table, thus emphasizing the
limitations noted above and demonstrating the possible fallacy of any
statistical argument.

As the date that some of the National Panhellenic organizations became
national Greek-letter fraternities is open to varied interpretations, and as no
fraternity is more than a local unit until it has at least two chapters (N.P.C.
says "five chapters") the dates used in each instance are the date a second
charter was granted and 1924. The total number of charter grants,
inactive as well as active, is obviously the basis for the averages. Beta Phi
Alpha and the two associate members of N.P.C. are not included in the
table, since their very recent establishment would not give a fair rating
(see later intimations of the necessary limitation of deductions from the
table). Baird, the latest available copy of the magazine of each fraternity,
and the Greek Exchange announcements of charter grants are the source
material used.

TABLE 2

From date established second chapter to 1900 inclusive

Name Average time
between installations

GROUP 1. ULTRACONSERVATIVE 2.2500 years

Gamma Phi Beta

GROUP 2. CONSERVATIVE 1.9000 years
1.4444 years
Alpha Phi
Alpha Chi Omega

GROUP 3. E X P A N S I O N I S T 11.2500 months
11.0400 months
Kappa Alpha Theta 9.8561 months
Delta Gamma 9.1351 months
Pi Beta Phi 7.3333 months
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Delta Delta Delta

GROUP 4. RAPID EXPANSIONIST 4.8000 months

Chi Omega

TABLE 3

Charter grants 1900-1924 by fraternities with at least 2 chapters by 1900

GROUP 1. ULTRACONSERVATIVE

No N. P. C. fraternity

GROUP 2. CONSERVATIVE 1.3888 years
1.0869 years
Alpha Phi 1.0000 years
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta

GROUP 3. E X P A N S I O N I S T 11.5384 months
10.7143 months
Delta Gamma 10.3448 months
Alpha Omicron Pi 8.5714 months
Kappa Alpha Theta 7.8947 months
Alpha Chi Omega
Pi Beta Phi

GROUP 4. RAPID EXPANSIONIST 5.6603 months
4.2253 months
Delta Delta Delta
Chi Omega