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What is the Chalice of Apollo? - 2004/12/14 15:25
The Chalice is a traveling trophy moving from chapter to chapter by means of one chapter visiting the chapter that currently has the Chalice. The rules below should help to fully explain.
Rules of the Chalice of Apollo
1. The Chalice may only be taken by a team of three or more fraters/associates, who must spend the night as the guests of those holding the Chalice. The guests should contact the host chapter in advance of paying a visit, and shall not disrupt any planned events of the host chapter, such as a Red Carnation Ball, or initiation or exchange with a sorority.
2. The host chapter must provide reasonable hospitality to their good-faith guests, and freely release the Chalice to them the next day. Not to do so shall be considered an act of lacking in fraternal hospitality.
3. The guest shall take an oath upon their bond to preserve, polish, clean and protect the Chalice from all harm, to abide by the Rules of the Chalice, and to safely convey the Chalice to the next team of guests. The hosts may challenge the guests to ensure they are Fraters in the bond of Tau Kappa Epsilon.
4. A host chapter may not attempt to retake the Chalice in the same academic semester or term in which they previously held it. This is top ensure that the Chalice circulates among as many chapters as possible.
5. Once a team obtains the Chalice, they should publicize the fact they have it.
6. They should contact neighboring TKE chapters, Providence staff, Headquarters, THE TEKE, TKE listserve, and/or TKE Central (www.tkecentral.net). Having the Chalice is a good excuse for another chapter to make a road trip to visit you.
7. The Chalice may not be taken within seventy-two hours of the opening session of the Grand Chapter of the Fraternity at a biennial Conclave. The hosts of the Chalice during this time shall safely convey the Chalice to Conclave, at which the Chalice will be ceremoniously delivered to the most recently installed chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon, which may take it home and safely maintain it until they are visited. The Chalice will then continue on its way.
8. After each visit, the team should have a brass plate engraved and mounted in an orderly fashion on the base indicating who participated in their visit, their chapter(s), and the date of the visit. No profanity of offensive language is appropriate. Each plate should be the same size as the first plate. Each team is responsible for the cost of adding their own brass plate, and ensuring that previous plates are secure.
The Story of Apollo
The ancient Greeks credited their gods with creating the constellations in the night skies. They did this in an attempt to understand what the stars were, and what they meant. One constellation appeared to be in the form of a chalice
As the story goes, Apollo sent a crow to fetch the waters of life in the Chalice of Apollo. The crow got back very late, because, instead of flying straight to the task, he waited at a fig tree for some luscious figs to ripen before eating it. When he did eventually return, he brought along a water snake with the water-filled cup and told Apollo that the serpent was the cause of the delay. Apollo, however, could not be deceived by the lie. The angry god cursed the wretched bird with eternal thirst and threw him into the heavens along with his Chalice. Thus, the constellation CRATER (chalice) is guarded from the eternally thirsty crow CORVUS by the nearby constellation HYDRA, the water snake.
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