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There are some advantages. If it is done well, it requires generalship, organization, and thought. It gives social training and develops social experience as very few other functions can. It takes no little finesse for a group of young fellows successfully to carry through a one day party, but when the time grows into three or four the strain and obligation are more than proportionately increased. Sometimes I have felt that this effort was worth while, especially if the success of the undertaking were not made to depend wholly upon the expenditure of money, but rather upon a thoughtfully worked out plan, in the carrying out of which every man in the chapter did his part. If the fellows could only realize it, there is so much more to be gained in effect by using their heads than by spending money. Anyone can spend mohey if he has it or can get it, but it takes a good man to plan an original and effective function that can be carried out with the expenditure of a moderate amount of money. Some of the most delightful parties, however, that I have ever attended have cost the least in the expenditure of actual money. There are so many opportunities to show good taste, and refinement, and thoughtfulness and breeding that if the fellows get by with it, they have had an experience worth while. There are many dangers to avoid—dangers of overdoing