Brothers All

The season of fraternity initiations and sophomore delegation receptions is on in full swing and a few more weeks will see all the neophytes enfolded into the mystic brotherhood of campus fraternities.

The Interfraternity Council has suggested but one rule to govern intercourse between fraternity men and freshmen; namely, that no freshman be allowed to house his Carnival guest in any fraternity house. This rule is suggested because it is felt that without it many freshmen would thoughtlessly so obligate themselves to fraternities that the true spirit of second year rushing would be negated.

To obviate the situation last year which resulted in the practical exclusion of freshmen from the Carnival festivities, Palaeopitus has decided to arrange a party for freshmen only during the festival weekend. The arrangements are in charge of R. P. Carter '27 and L. C. Milliken '2B, who have been appointed to act as an executive committee for 1930 until the second semester when the class will be allowed to elect its own class officers. A dormitory will reserved for the guests of freshmen and they will be able to participate in all the social functions, including the Carnival Ball, without affiliating themselves necessarily in any way with the various fraternities.

Zeta Psi' and Theta Delta Chi have dedicated their new houses on Webster Avenue and West Wheelock Street. The installation of the Dartmouth chapter of Delta Upsilon (Epsilon Kappa Phi) will be held on December fourth with an elaborate ceremony concluded by a banquet in Commons.

The non-fraternity club elected S. S. Voorhis '27 of La Jolla, Cal., president of the new organization which has just moved into its new house on North Main Street near the site of the library. Membership has grown considerably thus far, but the directors of the project are disappointed in the response from those eligible, remarking that it is unfortunate that most of the enthusiasm for the club is coming from fraternity men and not from those who should be most concerned. The house is furnished attractively and is filling what was heretofore a distinct vacancy in the social life of the campus.

The scholarship standing of the various fraternities showed Sigma Alpha at the top with an average for last year of 2.903. Epsilon Kappa Phi was second with 2.544 and Zeta Psi was third with 2.383. This trio of chapters led the list at the close of the first semester last year and each raised their general average in the second term.

H. J. Mullin '27, President of the Interfraternity Council, was elected to attend the Annual Intercollegiate Fraternity Conference in New York November 26 and 27.