that the head of the house most often employs a gruff and surly manner to mask his inexperience. He is afraid that if he is gentle and soft voiced and kind that the pledges and the underclassmen will not recognize the fact that he is in control. He often feels more kindly than he seems, and this fact if the pledge will do his duty, if he will keep up his part of the work, he will soon come to realize. The time will go rapidly, the arduous duties will soon be done, and the pledge before he knows it will be a real brother.
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