From: rand@lucy.merrimack.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Dr. Wm V. Muse (was: Re: frats)
Date: 10 Nov 92 14:33:30 GMT
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In article <1992Nov8.032322.6386@midway.uchicago.edu>, thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu >In article <1992Nov6.170040.14603@cc.umontreal.ca> cholette@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Cholette Martin) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov6.154130.8640@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>>Mike, which scholar was that?  I'm looking for the publication?  Where is it?
>>>Please, tell me, I'd love to read it.  What I'm saying is that not one
>>>scholar will argue the other side.  Period.   
>>
>>why not check out some of the works of Dr. William Muse.  
>
>Because my library doesn't have any of his books.  Do you have more
>information?  Cites to articles he's written? 

Dr. William V. Muse is currently the president of the University. He is also a past Grand Poobah of Tau Kappa Epsilon. He wrote his doctoral thesis on undergraduate fraternity management dynamics in the '60s.

The thesis is outdated and most likely difficult to obtain but many of the main themes hold true today--especially his thoughts on the value of social greek letter societies. He has written many pieces for things like FEA, NIC, AFA, and NIF. I'm sure they could help you out in finding copies of Muse's stuff. I'm sure they would be willing to point you to more positive stuff too :-)

Here's some of the pertinent stuff I found with FirstSearch. He had other stuff but it wasn't on topic. 

|      AUTHOR: Muse, William V.
|       TITLE: Management Skill in Student Organizations
|        YEAR: Jun '70
|      SOURCE: Personnel Guidance J
|              48; 10; 842-847
|    ABSTRACT: There were 72 fraternities studied to discover reasons for
|              the variation in the degree of success attained by these
|              organizations on campus. Analysis revealed a significant
|              positive relationship between success as a fraternity and the
|              use of management practices indicating that organizations
|              would find such practices influential in future survival and
|              success. (Author)
|  MAJOR DESC: Administration; Colleges; Fraternities; Organizations
|              (Groups); Student Organizations
|  MINOR DESC: Groups; Management Development; Research

|   AUTHOR: Muse, William V.
|    TITLE: The Teke guide /
|    PLACE: [S.l.] :
|PUBLISHER: The Fraternity,
|     YEAR: 1990
| PUB TYPE: Book
|   FORMAT: 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
|  SUBJECT: Tau Kappa Epsilon.


|   AUTHOR: Muse, William Van.
|    TITLE: An inquiry into the possible relationship between the success of
|           a social fraternity and its adherence to business management
|           practices and principles.
|     YEAR: 1966
| PUB TYPE: Book
|   FORMAT: vii, [1], 290 leaves : illus. ; 28 cm.
|    NOTES: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1966.
|           Bibliography: leaves 264-266.
|  SUBJECT: Greek letter societies.
|           Business.


|   AUTHOR: Muse, William V
|    TITLE: An inquiry into the possible relationships between the success
|           of a social fraternity and its adherence to business management
|           practices and principles.
|    PLACE: Athens,
|PUBLISHER: Ohio University,
|     YEAR: 1966
| PUB TYPE: Book
|   FORMAT:  154 p. illus. 28 cm.
|    NOTES: Cover title : Success and business management principles in
|           fraternities.
|  SUBJECT: Greek letter societies.
|    OTHER: Success and business management principles in fraternities.


I'd be interested in seeing your bibliography, Ted. It's hard to find some of this stuff. Fraternities and Sororities on the Contemporary College Campus (1987, Jossey-Bass) contains an accurate picture of what fraternities generally are today and what they should be. It contains a lot of cites.

It took a long time to dig the whole. It'll take a long time to fill it in...

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