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 so far as I know; but by men who have been outside of the membership, and this is likely to continue to be so. As we increase the number of chapters of fraternities we reduce the strength of the opposition to them.

The Interfraternity Conference has recognized all these facts. At a recent meeting it appointed a special committee, whose work should be to encourage expansion in fraternities already organized, to investigate institutions where it would be advantageous to have more fraternities, and to encourage the organization of new national fraternities. All this is to be done with the hope that it will result in benefit to fraternities now existing.

Echoes have come to me from the various fraternity conventions held lately, through the reports of delegates from chapters at my own institution, of the discussion which took place at these meetings concerning expansion. There was much said that was unfavorable. Judging from the remarks which took place in my own convention upon this pertinent topic, I infer that what was said was often both interesting and personal. Many undergraduates oppose expansion, and it is the undergraduate who largely decides fraternity policies. But the undergraduate seldom keeps himself informed upon general fraternity conditions. His vision is limited; he sees very little