The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-22
Ar CORNELL
PmGsERgNY SOHURmAN ~
DgCRS TRE FRATERNITY NEN.

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ssFtoR lndlotmsae AGAAnse III fraaeF-
niay and dub syuop@ e cosnsll Univsr-
sag to-day IN making public Tho scholar
mp roeorts % the .07O mon who are
msmhsss % tAs~s OrwAniEasions. He
waFusd them IN aa addFeas 60 The fraser-
MY and club men that thsy were still
On TRIAL and eoad than they had better
60 higher l1sals IN scholarship. Their
showtnR compared with the men not In tho
fraesrnitiss Wa significant.
Ths prestdsae poinesd out that ths
sophomore year was Q critical one foT
the msn % fraternity Ne showed that
Out % the nfty- nina fraternity men
Dropped &C thse nd Ofths flFst term twenty
three belonged to the sophomore Glaze;
that twenty were freshman and that eleven
juntors and ave srniora completed the
iiss. In all IsA undergraduates were
dropped last term and ifty nine % these
we're frassrnity men and seventy 81 y
were not There are at Cornell i.O1O
men Who are members % frasernities
and 1ysis who ere not. making q total Of
s.sss
But among the fraternities them
selves said President Schurman. there
are 9reat differences in this matter Of
scholarship. Some have records ~ which
they may well be proud. am glad thus
publicly 20 commend the follow ing fra
ternitiss and societies who IN February
Tor unsatisfactory Nork: Acacia. Nlpha
Zeta. BAndhu. Beta Theta ~. Cerher'I-.
Chi Psi. Delta Chi, Delta Phi kappa
PIT. Nayafi. Theta n. eleven OFT 81 the
thirty -seven national and local trater-
mites ~ Cornell. In addition to the-e
eleven there are Ave other fraternities
whose percentage of men dropped was
le-a than rer cent. Some ot the largest.
wealthieat and most prominent frater-
nitSes are In the list of thn~s making
q poor sho~ ing.
"ExShanging the sixteen fra,erniti~s
Ne fino twenty-one fraiernitiea whose
percentage Of men dropped was above
per cent. the university average Three
q these srsterastiee lost one man ~@ch.
nine Lost two men each. an lost three men
each. one lost four men. one five and one
six. In twelve frateruities the percentage
Of the university community. including
fraternity members And IL We compare
fraternity with non-fraternity men we
find that in eight fraternities the proper
ton Of men dropped for poor scholarship
was more than three times the proportion
Of men dropped among all the non-fra-
ternity men ~ the university. Among
UNDERGRADUATE or those not members
81 any fraternity OF society. only Ia
per cent. failed 10 do satisfactory work.
while in four fraternities 10 per cent.
fraternity II Per cent. in another l35a
per cent. In another u Is per cent. and
In tho worst % ell, II per cent.
This year I will not give ont the names
Of those with had records. but ! So no
reason why in other rears fActs such -
these should not he published. For this
evil a. for 90 many OTHERS. publicity may
he the cure. II 10 time for the strongest
and best men in these fraternities Whose
records are low 70 take determined stand
for higher ideals % scholastic work
clubs during the last four years both for
scholarship and discipline Out Of a total
Of f7t students who have been meSnbers
of These clubs ninety-seven. or ~ per cent.
have a poor record IN scholarship and 10
have been dropped or suspended.
I call their Atteut ION now to the fact
that q very small number of men are iniur-
ing the reputation Of the students and %
the university nv indulRing IN drink.
sometimes even TO the limit u intoNica-
ton N the students insisted that such
practice was not only immoral hut
Rad form IN this university. Il would Dis
appeaF forthwith I appeal 10 Won to
make the aw IL Temperance universal
good form IN this university.