should be preserved. Consequently wood cuts have been employed as being on the whole the most satisfactory. It should be understood that the cuts are intended to be illustrations and not facsimiles. They are intended to facilitate the recognition of the real badge when seen and not to serve as models from which the members may make purchases of jewelry. The offers of many fraternities to furnish cuts which are not in accordance with the style of others in the book must be declined for obvious reasons.
Fo avoid another frequent source of misunderstanding, it should be said that unfulfilled hopes and proposed improvements in material, equipment and forms of administration of the fraternities have not been mentioned. Many of the fraternity people have been disappointed because they have reported "Our chapter at Blank University, expects to build a house this fall." "We expect to publish a catalog in the Spring." "We are arranging to acquire an endowment fund," and the like, and the author has omitted the statement. It is thought that it is best to postpone mention of such matters until they become accomplished facts.
The corrections which follow are corrections of the statements appearing in the text. It is not intended in this list to make changes where the fraternity has discovered new facts concerning its origin or history. Some obvious changes are omitted. If a date is changed, reference to it as the year before or after some other event must necessarily be changed.
Statements of new facts like new chapters, new houses acquired, and the like are designated as "Additions." No attempt has been made to include new names among the list of prominent alumni.
