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Caption: Book - First Year at University (1937)
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Fraternities i thi nea yrho have land men oi the University of Illinois mak< lity hout the sixty-four Greek lettei tmpus. A Greek letter fraternity is a ^roup nutuallv . ; 1 to live together while in the who have sub «wt \ at t; . to certain principles in the ritual, ify themselves with the particular organ- by invitation There are three classes of • nv itv of Illinois, local social, national I, T h e social fraternities take memprovide board and room for their mem- ^ s s \l educat lal pre am. which the particular >r. Local g r o u p s have only one chapter or le ;•.. .mal fraternities have c h a p t e r s situated at var- ollc id universitu - Professional fraternities select their nbers m one particular curriculum, as a r c h i t e c t u r e , or agriv.emlv of fraternities are considered to be pledges and - a pledge i m a n w h o h a s accepted a bid or the ac n c raternity to join, but w h o has not yet been inior through the ritualistic procedure which m a k e s him a mber. An active m e m b e r is one w h o has been t h r o u g h the ceremonies of initiation. A s t u d e n t may not be initiated into a fraternity until he has satisfactorily completed one semester of work in the University. The aims of fraternities are to provide comfortable college homes for students, to e n c o u r a g e idealistic living according to e p ciples of the rituals, to establish s t r o n g ties of friendship, to encourage superior scholarship, and to foster the highest type of loyalty to the University. I n d i v i d u a l fraternities, a l t h o u g h chartered by the University, are largely responsible for their own management. All have a l u m n i advisory boards, m a n y have .culty advisors, and a p p r o x i m a t e l y half of the c h a p t e r s at the of Illinois have tutorial advisers or resident preceptors, who serve as scholastic advisors and counselors. The Interfraternity Council, or the o r g a n i z a t i o n of all fraternities on the campus is the self-governing g r o u p for fraternities. The Council makes its o w n r e g u l a t i o n s w i t h the advice and counsel of University officials, a n d a board of faculty advisors. It is in charge of " R u s h W e e k " or the period in which new members are selected from t h e freshman class. R u s h week begins this year on Sunday. September 12 and ends on F r i d a y . S e p t e m b e r 17. The last two days are devoted to pledging, and during rush week, the rushees may not live in the fraternity houses. Any student wishing information a b o u t rushing or any fraternity should write or consult Mr. Golden A. McConnell. Assist ant Dean of Men and m e m b e r of the F a c u l t y board of advisors of the Inte aternity Council. 152 A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Building.
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