A LOOK BACK: KAPPA HISTORY
cess and its report was an agenda item at the May 1990 Grand Board of Directors meeting. Once approved, it was imple- mented effective September 1, 1990 to restore an emphasis upon the customs, history and traditions of the fraternity during each candidate’s indoctrination period. In addition, virtually all universi- ties and colleges with fraternities and sororities across the United States have banned numerous customs and activities that characterized pledge programs like the Scroller Club and documented these activities as violations of their school’s Student Code of Conduct. Following the end of the Scroller Club, the fraternity created alternate member- ship entry programs, Membership Intake Program (MIP), Membership Orienta- tion Intake Program (MOIP) and the current Membership Training Academy (MTA). These successive intake pro- grams were efforts to recreate a means of indoctrinating prospective members that would be respected and revered as much as the Scroller Club was to Kappa brothers who experienced it. The bonds that were formed and admiration given for the customs that produced lifelong memories and friends have proven to be unparalleled. The Scroller Club has been defunct for 29 years. It has cast a shadow much larger than its 71-year history and will continue to live in the hearts and minds of the brothers who were part of this exceptional shared experience.
Scrollers through the years.
Clockwise: 1960s Unknown Scrollers stepping on the yard. 1969 Alpha Delta Scrollers. Fall 1982 Zeta Upsilon Scrollers stepping on the yard. Spring 1989 Upsilon Scrollers.
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