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HE following tables, so far as they relate to 1883, 1890, 1898, 1905 and 1912, are reprints of the tables which appeared in previous editions. They will afford some measure of comparison of certain obvious facts. The scope of the table was somewhat enlarged in 1898, the number of houses owned and rented being stated, also the number of States in which each fraternity is actively represented. In the tables for 1915 the number of houses rented and chapters inactive are omitted and the total house valuation given. Where the statistics in this table differ from those given in the body of the book, the figures in the table are derived from later information, and are to be preferred.

In the tables since 1898, the local societies are not separately listed, on account of their great number and relative unimportance.