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My first hand knowledge of high school fraternities has been gained entirely through a rather remote acquaintance with these organizations as they are seen in the local high schools in the two towns between which the University is situated. In one town there are no fraternities; they have clubs, however, which are more democratic I am told than fraternities, and do not sound so pretentious. The other town is somewhat more ambitious, and so has a number of fraternities for both boys and girls. Their social endeavors are numerous and interesting I judge from the accounts I see in the local papers, and the social standards which they maintain are high. The members come from the most prosperous—and so of course the best—families in town. Occasionally I hear rumors of the heartaches of those who did not get in or of the undue dissipations of those who did; but I know little, and I have had experience enough to be sure that much that I read is, perhaps, touched up by an enthusiastic and imaginative reporter.

Some of my more mature friends who have had the experience of belonging to one of these organizations during their preparatory or high school life have given me their view points with regard to the influence of high school fraternities upon young boys, but these views are so varied and con-