The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-01


eThe pupils are bound 10 form thann-
selves into 0roups. and they might iuse 40
we'll ORn thennsNlvea bV sonno Greek name
thai no one undenatandn out Themselves.
That's All the aocrat there Is I'M moNt OF the
societies. anyhow.
FHAROHn W sEOONNH AVS
We a y just had q nesting OF the
faculty. 20 consider the fraternity rsguta-
tons Tor the year, ana the sense
Sra = SestIre ~ st,,dsnt H. thst r. d.cidsdIv
advnntaEeoua and 4 IL should be the
policy Of the school ~nutDorities To- our
sIcb membenShiD and oster their 5egitimate
interests as an Inherent part of the school
orwnnixatiOn.
THE principal IL an active member
Of each organization. and each 10 super
vlsed by a member OF the faculty chosen
by the society, who has a power OF veto.
The society has q right OK appeal 20 tho
sNo Dupil Ia eliRible TO a fraternity who
ia not carving the AuIl school course. None
is eligible in the first grade, and no pupil
can be invited to Join a fraternity until
after t~wenty-one weeks Of school work.
"The principal may temporarily de-
prive a student Of his fraternity mom-
bership on account OF his scholarHhip or
FOR other sufficient cause, or may suspend
an entire fraternity for general poor school
work. such a necessity haa never arisen
here. I have before me the records Of
the members Of the various f~raternities,
and they o0mpar most favorably with the
records Of the hest pupils in the school.
I'VE are able TO require the fraternity
members to end their social meetings at
midnight and to forbid meetings. on any
night followed by q school day. We would
have no such power over the Students were
IL not for the fr~aternities. We now require
the consent OF parents before a student
can Join a fraternity. and require the initia-
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r..o,,s non ,.rv,~,rrrs
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VI; yanIes 2uhvans RIIncaHea US
noys nsn ochoos IN DrOoA.yns w eoI
LIasernaLles are Wy opsny Issh AZ ri
Itnoug seVeraL Oh .hein eA,ss w.S - W.
knoWIeuse oi INC sciIO .h.s So.
ne dldnt mino navln& y known tnae ~ ~
one OF the Few mgr scno3l PrInolpsas wno
DeneVe that DIys ano ssIs 49, so.
socletles 20 much gOou anu "ofJ "'S'0 ="
sn nonoonnsSSs. on ~ Srr;s;o. ~ ~
wneEner 4 MouiI ocJslI1o Sonas.N ~
tno Doys IaIsn ocnool, Onieny ~ S,,IS0
OCCASION nag never arlsen. tSa ns - (. S,,ar
ven Donovo. To~ovo., S 5S. roS-aIs
one wav or the other 1 would recognizes the
fraternities.
The opponents on hign scnooat raOsrnlties
have several stock Among
them is the argument That the tosterlng OF
the fraternity spirit creates an unuemo-
cratic feeling among the students because
some OF them are never invited to join GER
tain fraternltles.
-One might 1ust az wen say Gnat 0anctn8
class ia undemOcratic because every. Tom.
Dick and Harry who comes along n not
cordially welcomed INTO the Glass; n
students who are not invited 70 JOIN the
societies already in existence are AZ liberty
. TO organize a society OF their own; and tnat
4 il what they frequently DO: think tnat
one OF the secrets OF MAKING traoernitles
beneficial 20 high schools ID 70 regard tnem
as social organizations exclusively having
no school functions whatever.
1t ls claimed That t~raternltles oy pro-
noting the organlzatton spirit soon mana8S
10 hold the balance OF power IN scn0ol
electlons and mus tnwart tne ~ OF me
student Douy: Inc best answer 70 tnls
argumeng Is me statement that ~ me AasC
election TOR onncers OF the atnletic assocle-
ZION m the BOYS nlgn Scnooi me anu,
fraternity boys comDineu ana ueteaVeu
the fraternity memoers; Wnen 4 wes IN
the DE WIT CLINTON nlgn Schooi, where
there were then no IraternIties, the boys
used TO get togetner before an elcctlon
and arrange tner siate exactly as inc
traternltiee 90.
HOW ABOLISH THEM7
- az.
II .ne CntIu PLacv, ovon - uoSIluel"
1pa %Isn 1hO - thev ~ Se sre.tSTalr
nEn IsI y LIZ .ny .So-5t;es koiy
that the Only time the students arc under
school authority ~ while they are actually
N Gne ecnooi DullolnE ano On tneLr way