ATO NATIONAL HISTORY ACTUAL EXAM
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◍ who were the founders? Answer: Erskine Mayo Ross, Alfred
Marshall, Otis Allan Glazebrook
◍ what was ato's purpose? Answer: to unite the north and south after
the civil war
◍ was ato in opposition or imitation of any other fraternity? Answer:
no
◍ what is special about ato's founding Answer: it was the first
fraternity founded after the civil war, first fraternity founded as a
national orginization
◍ what principles were ato founded on Answer: judeo-christian
principles
◍ how many active chapters are there Answer: 127
◍ who makes up the lexington triad Answer: Alpha Tau Omega,
Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha Order
, ◍ why were the 1870s bad for ato? Answer: New chapters didn't
recruit, National officers were not keeping chapters accountable,
Many chapters in debt to nationals
◍ during the 1876 congress, how many chapters were in attendance?
Answer: 2 of 22
◍ who is known as " the second founder" Answer: Joseph R
Anderson
◍ what are some of the changes Joseph R Anderson made? Answer:
Publications to keep chapters in touch with each other, Deliberate
expansion to strong universities, Codification and distribution of the
constitution and laws of ATO, Revised ritual and established
membership directory
◍ Who was Thomas Arkle Clark? Answer: First Dean of Men at U
Illinois, keeper of the Universities conscience
◍ what did Thomas Arkle Clark do for ATO? Answer: He helped
organize chapter at ATO as a faculty member, Served as the national
president, Was a positive influence for hundreds of ATO men
◍ What were ATO men known as? Answer: Tommy Arkle Men
PAPER WITH 100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+ 2026.
◍ who were the founders? Answer: Erskine Mayo Ross, Alfred
Marshall, Otis Allan Glazebrook
◍ what was ato's purpose? Answer: to unite the north and south after
the civil war
◍ was ato in opposition or imitation of any other fraternity? Answer:
no
◍ what is special about ato's founding Answer: it was the first
fraternity founded after the civil war, first fraternity founded as a
national orginization
◍ what principles were ato founded on Answer: judeo-christian
principles
◍ how many active chapters are there Answer: 127
◍ who makes up the lexington triad Answer: Alpha Tau Omega,
Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha Order
, ◍ why were the 1870s bad for ato? Answer: New chapters didn't
recruit, National officers were not keeping chapters accountable,
Many chapters in debt to nationals
◍ during the 1876 congress, how many chapters were in attendance?
Answer: 2 of 22
◍ who is known as " the second founder" Answer: Joseph R
Anderson
◍ what are some of the changes Joseph R Anderson made? Answer:
Publications to keep chapters in touch with each other, Deliberate
expansion to strong universities, Codification and distribution of the
constitution and laws of ATO, Revised ritual and established
membership directory
◍ Who was Thomas Arkle Clark? Answer: First Dean of Men at U
Illinois, keeper of the Universities conscience
◍ what did Thomas Arkle Clark do for ATO? Answer: He helped
organize chapter at ATO as a faculty member, Served as the national
president, Was a positive influence for hundreds of ATO men
◍ What were ATO men known as? Answer: Tommy Arkle Men
