Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... October 25TH. EAR DICK: --I have been so busy, Trl since my return from that little business trip to Europe, getting matters up to date, that I had almost forgotten that a young man by the name of Richard Dawson was still clinging to this terrestial ball. So you have been a college man for over a month, and say that you feel pretty well broken in? I can't just figure out what you mean by "broken in." Peradventure, do you wish to convey the idea that you are getting on as far as your studies are concerned, or have the sophomores broken you in? And you "have gone and done it." To think that after all that good advice I gave you, you have tied up with a Frat within a month's time of your arrival on the campus. Well, your arguments on the facts at hand are good, and from your selection I can say that you hit the bull's eye, even if you did not take a long aim. Let me congratulate you and add, "Lucky Boy." My last letter to you, Dick, gave you a number of hints as to how a Society should be handled by an outsider. Now that you are an insider, I will ask you to lend me your ears a few minutes, while I give you a few observations on how you should conduct yourself as a fraternity man. (By the way, whenever you write me, I take it for granted you are ready for some more hints or you would not write). In a general way, the student body of a college where they have Fraternities, is divided into two classes: Frat men and Non-Frat men. The Non-Frats are again divided into men who would like to get into a society; and men who have been asked, but who for financial reasons, or others, do not care to join. Now the fraternity men are more at liberty to act and do as they please, than the other students. Everybody knows that they are not being considered...
