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56 mittee of nine members. The actions of the Council are subject to review by the annual conventions.

During the past few years much has been accomplished in unifying the fraternity, broadening and developing its field of usefulness and making the administration of its affairs more progressive and efficient, Each chapter is visited each year by delegates from some other chapter and itself visits a third chapter, the schedule being rearranged annually. In 1911 the Council established the position of traveling secretary supported entirely by the alumni, and since then over $20,000 has been contributed toward the permanent endowment of the work.

Conventions of the fraternity have been held as follows: Utica, N. Y., 1836, 1876, 1892; New York, 1837, 1841, 1857, 1868, 1882, 1888, 1893, 1895, 1899, 1905, 1907, 1911; New Haven, Conn., 1839, 1845, 1847, 1856, 1869, 1889, 1910; Clinton, N. Y., 1854; Amberst, Mass., 1850, 1860, 1912; Geneva, N. Y., 1853, 1867; Cambridge, Mass., 1855; Williamstown, Mass., 1858, 1877, 1914; Oxford, O., 1859; Schenectady, N. Y., 1863, 1909; Rochester, N. Y., 1864, 1880, 1890; Providence, R. I., 1865, 1875, 1881, 1897; Cleveland, O., 1866, 1883, 1894; Portland, Maine, 1870, 1906; Middletown, Conn., 1871, 1878, 1884; Ann Arbor, Mich., 1872, 1885, 1896; Ithaca, N. Y., 1873, 1886; Albany, N, Y., 1874; Hartford, Conn., 1879, 1900; Boston, 1887; Baltimore, 1891; Toronto, 1898; Buffalo, N. Y., 1901; Washington, D. C., 1902; Montreal, 1903; Chicago, 1904; Minneapolis, 1908; Madison, Wis., 1913; San Francisco, 1915.

The catalogue of the fraternity was first issued in 1837