GENERAL FRATERNITIES—MEN
Explanatory Note
THERE is included under this title the fraternities which, in general, confine their membership to the undergraduate departments of the institutions with which they are connected, which have more than five chapters which do not permit their members to join another fraternity in the same class and which have no peculiar restrictions upon their membership.
With regard to each fraternity an endeavor has been made to state first the date and place of its foundation, with the names of its founders, and, where it is considered of importance, some of the circumstances.
The list of chapters is then given. This comprises the date at which the chapter was established, its name, the institution at which it was or is located and the number of members admitted by it to the fraternity. Where possible this enumeration has excluded names counted twice. It should be understood the number of members stated includes undergraduates, graduates, and non-graduate alumni and those deceased as well as living. If the chapter is inactive the date at which it became so follows the name of the college in ( ). Then follows a summary of the active and inactive chapters and the total membership.
A list of the chapters owning houses is then given. The values of the houses were originally sought from the different fraternities concerned. The values reported in a few
