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exact basis of averaging all these items to arrive at a final average of rank,
but "the most stress has been laid on the number of chapter houses, national
wealth, and wealth per chapter, in the order named; and thus the most im-
portance was placed upon the points which are more a criterion of the national
standing o f the f r a t e r n i t y . " I n this final average Delta Upsilon is given fifth
place, being ranked by Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, and
Phi Gamma Delta, in the order named.

Of the "Eastern" fraternities Alpha Delta Phi, D . K . E., Psi Upsilon,
Delta Psi, and Chi Psi are at the top.

An interesting footnote says: " I n ranking the women's fraternities, of
course the most importance was placed on the age of the chapters.'' We fear
some of them may take offense at that.—Delta Upsilon Quarterly.

I t should be an honor to wear a Greek letter pin : but that can only be when
the standard is such as to make i t an honor. I t is, therefore, the duty of
every chapter to see that its standard is high, and that the individual members
of the chapter live up to the standard set. This is not difficult of attainment:
for, i f given a moment's thought, it must be apparent that it does not require
greater effort to do what is right than to act indifferently and ignorantly.
Pride, envy, fear, hatred, discouragement, are the greatest enemies of m a n k i n d ;
and the college man is not an exception. Character is developed by radiating
good; and this is accomplished by letting the still, small voice lead. It is
not something to be fought and struggled f o r ; but is natural and is man's
normal condition.—Record of 2 A E.

SOME THINGS CHAPTERS SHOULD ALWAYS DO.
Too much stress cannot be laid on the matter of chapters' answering letters
in regard to new men. Being an active man for four years and just ready
to become one of the great number of alumni that we have I have been able
to see that our chapter as well as numerous others do not answer their letters.
Then they wonder why i t is that the alumni do not come through when they
are asked for a contribution toward a new house. I have written three or
f o u r letters to one chapter since last f a l l in regard to two men, and I even
went to the expense of sending them a telegram the minute that I heard about
their being at school, as school was already in session, and as yet I have not
even had as much as a reply to my telegram. I recommended these men be-
cause they were, strong in their home cities and these places were where we
can stand strong men and i t would have given us a foothold and meant that
we would get men f r o m there in years to come; whereas, now we w i l l have
to h u r r y . I n my four years as an active man I have recommended as many as
one hundred to one hundred and fifty men to our numerous chapters, and I
can safely say that I have not received replies to more than ten or fifteen of
these letters.

Another thing that should be done is that the S. E . C. should f u r n i s h

rushing blanks to the chapters so that they can send them out to their alumni,

because with rushing as keen as it is at the large institutions it would help us

to locate new men and have advance dope on them. A better method would

be to i n f o r m the chapters and alumni that these would be found in each

edition o f The Caduceus and always have one in each edition so that they could

make use of it.—Caduceus of K 2 . ,

A n innovation in college policies was instituted last night, when Theta Delta
Chi, in its national convention, established a fund, the annual interest of which