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Rh in making it habitable. It is away from the campus, unsuitable for its purpose, clumsy, inartistic, out of date and uncomfortable. But the chapter upon its acquisition wrote the author as follows: "In your next edition, please change the value of our house to $65,000. We have bought the finest and most expensive residence in this part of the country, have spent a large sum of money in remodelling [sic] it as a chapter house, and feel that special mention ought to be made of the matter as no other chapter house in this region cost over $30,000." The house was assessed at $18,000 and was valued by local real estate agents, after having been remodelled [sic], at $22,000, and its value was stated by the author at this last mentioned figure, and ever since, the author has been denounced by this particular fraternity, as unfair, partial, prejudiced and inaccurate.

The names of prominent alumni of the different fraternities were in this eighth edition cut to small dimensions. They include all persons in certain classes and deceased as well as living persons. But the lists are entirely too long and losing their value. Every fraternity of more than thirty years standing, has a list of several hundred persons whose names might properly be included, and one fraternity at the time of the issue of this edition had six hundred and twenty-six names in the current edition of Who's Who in America. Suggestions concerning this matter will be gratefully received by the author.

The names of prominent alumnæ of the various sororities have been omitted. Almost very name required an explanatory clause after it, and the various criteria advanced as reasons for considering particular persons prominent became too confused to permit of any real selection.