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HIS edition is issued in the fall of 1915. There have been more changes necessitated in this edition than in any other, because there have been more changes in the fraternity world within the past three years, since the edition of 1912 was issued, than took place in the preceding ten or twelve years. There has been an unusual increase in the number of small fraternities, in honorary, professional and semi-professional societies, and in local societies of all kinds. While, of course, it is understood that the majority of the local societies are organized for the purpose of ultimately becoming chapters of national organizations, nevertheless they must be listed and information about them secured, and this task has been a particularly arduous one because of the fact that their members are without experience in administration and are careless in answering inquiries.

The articles relating to the several undergraduate fraternities have all been revised and most of them have had the benefit of revision by well-informed members of the fraternities themselves. The only exceptions to this among the men's general fraternities are Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Psi. In the case of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, through some unfortunate circumstance, the requests for information did not reach the proper officials in time to be considered and answered as they should have been. In the case of Delta Psi no replies were made to courteous inquiries.