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 moral development. It took him away from home, it required time which should have been given to his studies, it set for him false and artificial standards of living, and caused him when really only a boy to attempt to imitate the social habits and practices of mature men some of which were distinctly bad. It drew too distinct a line of demarcation between boys and too formally separated him, he said, from his companions who did not belong to the organization. He did not think it was worth anything like what it cost him. I have, therefore, had little help from my friends in attempting to form my conclusions as to the merits of these organizations.

As I have said elswhere, the tendency to form into groups and to organize clubs is entirely normal both for young and old people. Whatever we may say or whatever legislation we may enact we shall have little success in preventing organizations of young people and of old for social purposes.

As I see the high school fraternity from a distance, however, and as I see the members of this fraternity after they have come to college, it seems to me that the organization may justly be criticized in various ways. Before mentioning these points of criticism, however, I may say in passing that in the minds of outsiders who know nothing first hand of fraternities and who are opposed to