The Dolores star., 1922-07-28

do not know any chapter of any fraternity-and
Know hundreds of them-which does not contain
men, respected by everyone in the chapter and in
the college, who are earning their living In college
through their own efforts; but in general unless
the man concerned has special talent this
Is not so easy to do unaided when in a fraternity
as when out of it.
The man who joins fraternity loses something
OF his independence. Being n part of an organ
lied group of men. he is not free to do as he
pleases he would be If he did not have this
relationship He must submit to regulations he
must learn to adapt himself to the conditions of
home life, and to the idosyncrasies of a score or
more Of people. He will often have to yield his
desires and his rights perhaps, to the will of the
organization, for those who go into an Organza-
tion must be willing to do what will bring the
greatest good to the greatest number. He must
learn TO get on with people to give up. to be un-
selfish. to do that which will be most helpful and
advantageous to his brothers. Many fellows do
not like to do this, and sometimes parents do NOT
wish them to learn, so that such men would make
poor fraternity men. and they would be unbonnv
and make their friends unhappy in the making
There is tendency when man Joins n frater-
nifty for him to be satisfied with the friends he
meets within its membership, and so to narrow bis
interests, to restrict his acquantances and to un-
dervalue the broader training which comes from
a more general contact with men, If is only tho
weak and narrow-minded man. however who will
1ail into this snobbishness and who will restrict
MS acquaintances and his friends to the men
whom he meets within his fraternity The num-
Der OF such men is fortunately not large
But there are advantages in fraternity life and
these believe outweigh these possible evils or
disadvantages which have mentioned Tho ho,
who joins fraternity establishes bimsoIf T.,
nome with many Of the same duties and comforts
Oh the nome lie to which he has been accustomed
betore going to college, and the fraternity bouso
remains TO him home even after he gets out of
college. He gathers around him immed,ot,
group or friends who have his best interastS NJ
heart 1t has been said by those who onnose tha
fraternity system, that his choice of friends &,
made TOO quickly to be satisfactory: that If is
very mechanical choice seldom based unon ~,
principles which underlie true friendshins ava
mat the friendship thus formed is an evonescont
one. BUT the 1act that fraternity brothers in
every chapter in every college where fro,orn,.,a
exist are not only close friends while thew ,ro IN
college, but remain so throughout life tends 10
disprove such statement. A fraternity NOV " ~
seldom dissatisfied with the friends he bns ohnaa.
Inc Ideals OF life formally set before tbo o.,
ternity man, and these as have said ,ro -
tlcaly always based upon Christian princinIos .
the hghesf possible. The character Of tho -
VINO were responsible for the founding no .
organizations and the character of tho no."e'' sse
otncers VINO are now In charge of frnternitv 81
IN each organization will sukstantiote tb,s ,.
ne '''eiiia'erhity conference, which for the lac.
a t,'t, mas uoie more to bring fraternlties
anu fraternity men together than any other n.ara,
ana winch Is constantly suggesting methods T., ~
iiaternty OF developing good scholorsh,n ~
strehe'hehihg moral principles md of enna VI
ing ioyait! TO the college and co-operotion ,, as
o"cers ~ composed of a most renrn,a.. 49, . ''S
group OF business nnd professional NOV .'''''iVe
'"''rs' mhis'ers-and the best in the coun,ry .