Ellipsis means omission, and ellipsis points are three-period sequences used to indicate that something has been left out of a sentence or passage. Leave a space before and after each period. You can leave in other punctuation that comes just before or after an ellipsis if it will make things clearer, but this is not required.
Ellipsis points are . . .
You can leave in other punctuation . . . , but this is not required. Always reread a text after trimming it this way to make sure the cuts haven't distorted the author's meaning. Note that ellipsis points are not used at the beginning of a block quote nor, usually, at the beginning of a quotation used in running text even when you've dropped some words from the original beginning. Emeriti serves as the plural for a group that is composed of men only or of men and women together. All references follow the noun.