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 distinct strength to the chapter. They were men who realized their obligations, who took responsibility, who stood for the best things for which the fraternity stands. They were the ones who gave to the fraternity the best that was in them and who therefore received from it the highest that it has to give. Recognizing, as they still do, what the fraternity has done for them they are still willing and anxious to help in its maintenance. The men who do not pay are, on the other hand, usually the ones to whom the fraternity meant little or nothing, and who mean little or nothing to it. Perhaps the fraternity should be blamed for not inculcating in them higher principles, for not holding them while they were undergraduate members to stricter principles of financial practice, for not impressing them more strongly with the value of truth and the obligation to redeem every promise.

As to my methods of collection I have tried every sort of appeal. Sometimes I write a simple note like the following:

"Dear Brother Jones: This letter is simply to inform you that your fourth chapter house note for ten dollars ($10.00) was due July 1st. As usual we need the money.

Fraternally yours,