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To: DallasBiff

My fraternity cost in the early 1980’s

$100 initiation fee = $400 today
$25 monthly dues = $100 today

We would occasionally have a “party fee” of $10 if we were having a particularly extravagant soiree.

I was also able to rent my room for $75 a month or $300 a month in today’s dollars. I was supposed to share it for that amount, but I snored...badly...and no one could stand it. There was a bit of a disagreement because I had an oversized room and they insisted I share or move to another room. The only brothers willing to move into the house and take my room had a higher roll number than I did, so I pulled rank.


7 posted on 08/17/2025 5:31:04 AM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Crusher138

Oh...I forgot...

Beta, thou art ever glorious. Thy bonds are sweet, thy service joy.

Forever in _kai_


8 posted on 08/17/2025 5:36:38 AM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Crusher138
We would occasionally have a โ€œparty feeโ€ of $10 if we were having a particularly extravagant soiree.

. Extravagant? Is that when you upgraded the keg from Mwaukees Best to Busch light? ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ•บ

14 posted on 08/17/2025 5:56:38 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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