Show Fraternities Announcement by the of the rules ti which will govern rushing of freshmen during the next quarter quarter quarter ter brings to the fore a part of campus life about which most first year students have only one a hazy notion It would be well lor for freshmen to consider carefully all aspects of fraternities before they form an opinion as to the merits or demerits of the system Greek letter fraternities are as old as our nation Phi Beta Kappa lappa being founded in 1776 The first truly social fraternities r may luay be said to have originated about 1825 1825 and b by br the time of the Civil War Var the n majority of the present large national nal fraternities had been founded The organization of th the first social soror sororities ties came shortly after the close of the Civil War Despite much criticism of fraternities it is obvious that an institution which has had over a century of continuous existence must have played a large part in college life As pointed out b by Student President J Jaren aren Jones in an i address at the first of the year fraternities do clo involve ex ex- expense expense pense pense but it must be borne in mind that many reports as to the fabulous cost of being a Greek are arc exaggerated exaggerated-at at least at Utah where the groups have cooperated in reducing reducing- unnecessary unnecessary un Ull- un- un necessary expenditures Much 1 has been said to claim that Greek letter organizations organizations organizations form forme a caste taste system on the campus But it should be recalled t that it is the tendency of every human to associate himself with a group of kindred spirits so to speak and the fraternity does just this Although fraternities endeavor to I select the highest type of student it is absurd to say that only the fraternity membership represents the cream of the campus campus campus' that o ilon su such hl group in any w way y reflects upon oi ones one's s 's character or social inclinations inclinations- We Ve could enlarge at great length upon the subject but suffice it to say that in our opinion while some abuses arc are aref f found und in the system the fraternities as a whole are arc a tendency tendency ten ten- dency for good on the campus campus- However I we do advise every to consider all aspects of ot the question financial so social ial and and ald spiritual before he condemns or praises Something something something some some- thing thing- about which he knows little We Ve especially advise the perusal of Bairds Baird's Manual l of College Fraternities which is obtainable at the s school hool library for a complete discussion of fraternity history and aims and national history of the individual in individual in- in fraternities |