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 been a little supercilious and self-satisfied all year, and it has stirred up a feeling that has made harmony of action impossible."

The fact that the fraternity has no voice in the selection of the members which shall represent it in those outside organizations seems to be a source of trouble. "Do you think we ought to let Allen go into Yoxan?" a fraternity president asked me recently. "He is not logically the man for the organization, he already shirks obligations, the new organization will do him no good and is likely to do us harm." I realized that everything he said was correct, but Allen did not care to take advice and went into Yoxan just the same. If the chapter were consulted as to whether or not Brown is its most representative sophomore or Adkins should be elected to Keys, it might be different. The real facts are that it is not the fitness of either for the place but his intimacy with the brother who last year represented the chapter that determines his election. It is this fact which so frequently causes dissension, for even to the so-called "honorary" fraternity as well as to those which lay no claim to such honorary standing, it is often the weaker brother who is elected, since the fellow who spends most time away from his chapter and neglects his studies the most is not infrequently the most popular among his fellows