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 in a fraternity house instead of living at home with my mother, I am quite sure, that I could have learned to adjust myself to other conditions, and that such adjustment would be to me today a great help.

I ought not to ignore the fact in this connection that there are dangers to young fellows, especially to those who are easily led, or who have no strong definite purpose in coming to college, in living in a fraternity house. There are easy I chairs and open fires, and pleasant companions about. There are inducements to loaf and opportunities to spend money, and temptation on all I sides to take life easy. The fraternity, like every day life, is a test of character. If a man is weak and purposeless, he may have a hard time of it; but df he is weak and purposeless, he has little place mi college at all and little chance anywhere. Fraternity life is no more severe test of his character than any boy finds who goes away from home as a boy should and tries to make for himself a place and a home among other men.

I believe that the greatest service that the fraternity does for the undergraduate is to set before him high ideals of living. It is true, for youth is thoughtless and impulsive, that these principles are not always adhered to; they are frequently ignored or forgotten, but ultimately, I am Presby-