The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-20

90 not know any chapter Of any fraternty-and
know hundreds Of them-which does not contain
men, respected BY everyone In the chapter and In
the college. who earning their living In college
through their own efforts; but in general. unless
the man concerned has some special talent. this
10 not 30 easy to do unaided when In q fraternity
as when out Of IL.
The man who Joins fraternity loses something
Of his independence. Being part Of an organ.
ICED group Of men, he IL not 10 free to do A. he
pleases a. he would be II 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 idiOsyncrnsies Of 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 nm Or9anlxa.
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 Il his brothers Many fellows do
not like to do this. md sometimes parents do not
wish them to learn. sO that such men would make
poor fraternity men. and they would be unhappy
and make their friends unhappy In the making.
There Is n tendency when a man joins frater-
nifty for him to he satisfied with the friends he
meets within It's membership. and 80 to marrow his
interests to restrict his acquaintance, and to un.
dervalue the broader training which comes from
a more general contact with men, 1t Is only tho
weak and narrow-mnded man. however. who will
fall into this snobblshness and who will restrict
his ncquaIntances and his friends to the men
whom he meets within his fraternty The mum
ber Of such men 10 fortunately not large.
But there are advantages In fraternity life and
these believe outweigh these possible evils or
disadvantages which I have mentioned The boy
who Joins a fraternity establishes himself In
home with many Of the same duties and comforts
Of the home life to which he has been accustomed
before going to college. and the fraternity house
remains to him home even after he gets out Of
college. He gnthers around him Immediately
group Of friends who have his best interests at
heart 1t has been said by those who oppose the
fraternity system. that his choice of friends 10
mnde too quickly to he satisfactory; that II Is a
very mechanical choice seldom based upon the
principles which underlIe true friendships. nnd
TINT the friendship thus formed II m evnnescent
one. But the fact that fraternity brothers In
every chapter In every college where fraternities
exist ARE not only close friends while they are Ia
college. but remain NJ throughout life tends to
dIsprove such statement. fraternity man 10
seldom dissatisfied with the friends he has chosen
The ideals Of life formally set before the frn.
ternity man. and these a. have said, are prac.
tically always based upon Christian principes are
the highest possible. The character Of the men
who were responsible for the founding Of these
organizations and the character Of the national
officers who In charge Of fraternity affairs
In each organization will substnntInte this fact,
The Internationally conference. which for the Inst
dozen years hns done more To bring fratcrnities
aud fraternity men together than nny other agency.
and which Ia constantly suggesting methods In the
frnternlty Of developing good scholarship, Of
strengthening moral principles and Of encouraR.
ing loyalt, to the college and cooperation with ts
officers, Ia composed Of a most representative
group Of business and professional men-iawyera
doctors. mnlsters-and the best u the country.