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 main interest lies in their own local problems and pleasures. They are often behind in their taxes, careless in the observance of regulations, and ignorant of general fraternity matters. They should be labored with, they should be given opportunity to pull themselves together, they should be shown wherein they are failing, but if they do not change, their charters should be withdrawn.

At the last Congresses of my own fraternity the representatives of our newer chapters have been the most active and aggressive. They have shown themselves capable of taking and holding their places in discussion and in social affairs. They have been the outstanding men of the Congess. The Wyoming Chapter put on the cleanest, cleverest and most acceptable show we have had at a recent Congress and proved to the gratification of every clean-minded, sensible delegate that it is possible, even at a fraternity convention, to have a smoker which holds the attention, which is amusing, and which is neither dirty nor vulgar.

The arguments against expansion are not tenable. Fraternities are taking care of the individual chapters better now than they have ever done before. Internal development is strengthening and will continue to do so. Fraternities are spending more money for the supervision of the various chapters than they have ever done in the history