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Caption: Booklets - Facts for Freshmen (1914)
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FA< IS i OB FRESH MEN ' <) rendenciea to boast or to be "smart/ 1 immorality, iportinj inclinations, in esponsibility, SUllennei PCS imism, and effeminacy arc some of the qualities thai will keep one fi m being- invited to join a fraternity. As the different hapten vary in types and ideals so they vary in the emphasis they may put UpOIl certain of these good and bad qualities. Membership in a colli • fraternity is prized by C ' e students in general and is usually a source of pleasure id help, but it is by no means essential to one's happiness, prominence, or achievement of worthy college honors. Every chapter exacts a great deal of attention and energy from ii members, and a freshman should not agree to be- >me a member of such an organization unless he is sure that he will not inly not be handicapped by such a sacrifice, but that also he will receive positive good from it. By joining a fraternity one cannot immediately leap into social and political prominence, nor has he earned an honor that he can keep without the necessity of hard work, upright habits, forethought and acceptance of responsibility. No one can 1 helped 1 joining a fraternity that has nothing to offer besides the right to wear its badge. In considering this question it is well to consult an unprejudiced, well-informed adviser, for the advice that is intelligently given will vary with circumstance Not all freshmen are fitted to be fraternity men, and mani freshmen would do well in one fraternity and be injui d in another. One U8Ually gains from joining a good fraternit but the mistakes made by those who have pl< 1 themselves hurriedly are far more frequent than those made after (le lil ttion, No one will lose the chance to join a fraternit] by taking sufficient time to consider his invitation, In tin end, each must determine the course pretty lai clj for him elf, and must remember thai in so doing he is dealing with his own happin* and welfare for the period of hi oil cour e. The fraternity house is n coll< home. Fraternitv In mat • usually v II governed, plea iiitl\ arranged, and need not handi ip their membeij in tudy, [f, however, the hoe » is not a homi bin n n < clubroom, or a boarding house, ill
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