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Caption: Booklets - Facts for Freshmen (1914)
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FACTS FOR FRESHMEN 7 1 upperclassmen averaged 80.32; and the non-fraternity freshmen averaged 81.19. These results would seem to indi ttc that the average freshman is not likely to be handicapped, so far as studies go, by membership in a fraternity. The effect which fraternity membership has upon scholarship is shown in the following table, in which the percentage of grades within specified limits is given: Non-Fraternity 9% 58% 27% 6% Fraternity 7% 54% 34% 5% 90-100 80- 90 70- 80 0- 70 These results indicate that a slightly higher percentage of non-fraternity men than fraternity men have grades above 90, but that this margin is offset by a slightly larger percentage below the passing grade. Fraternity men, however, average lower than non-fraternity men, apparently because they are more content with grades just above passing, 70 to 80, than are the non-fraternity men. This is probably due to the fact that fraternity men meet more temptations to let outside affairs interfere with study than do other students. The fraternities as organizations constantly do a great deal toward supporting the worthy interests of the University and in serving to direct student activity along desirable lines. In a good many ways fraternity men are more easily reached and influenced by the Faculty than non-fraternity men, due perhaps, to the fact that they are organized and to the mutual interest that most fraternity men take in the welfare of their fellow members. r \ he freshman who has been given an invitation to join a fraternity should ask the following questions: First of all am I likely to find its members congenial and helpful to me luring the four years of my college life? Are thoj the kind Of men I should lil to take into my home? What is till local reputation of their chapter? What 1 their holarship
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