Category:The Greek-Letter System

As members of a national professional engineering fraternity, we are participants in the Greek letter system. On a national level, Theta Tau belongs to the Professional Fraternity Association. The Fraternity was a founding member of this organization's predecessor, the Professional Interfraternity Conference, in 1928. These national ties with other Greek organizations alone are not enough, however.

Theta Tau is best served when the Greek letter system generally is advanced. Therefore, on every campus, a spirit of friendly cooperation should prevail not only among Theta Tau and its competitors and other professional fraternities, but also among all Greek letter groups. Sometimes this may be accomplished partly through an interfraternity organization on the campus; often it must be wholly on an informal basis. The chapter should consider participation in those greek umbrella groups (IFC, PFC, Greek Council, etc.) to which it can positive contribute and from which it can derive benefit. An interfraternity organization on campus can be of benefit to Theta Tau by collectively presenting the fraternity story to membership candidates and representing the fraternity community to the faculty and administration. The chapter should be alert to the most common fault/error exhibited by such interfraternity campus organizations: unnecessarily regulating chapter activities such as recruitment. If excessive regulation of recruitment is a characteristic of your college greek umbrella groups, it is likely unhelpful for your chapter to join them.