The Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal

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Excerpt from The Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal: March, 1904 A man is presumed, upon entering any fraternal organization, to count the cost and to anticipate the benefits which, in his opinion, outweigh the cost. There is a cost, he has to surrender that large independence and crude liberty which is incident to a lax society. Then, what advantage is there in a fraternity? In the ideal fraternal organization there are untold benefits. No man can live to himself and not be more or less warped in his nature, and, if he live exclusively to himself, he becomes a confirmed crank. Our ideas and opinions are relative, we judge from our own standpoints, and only by the views of others to counterbalance and correct ours do we arrive at the truth and see things aright. The eye flashes to the brain the image of an object apparently hard and dense, but only by the sense of touch can we determine whether that object is firm or soft, and only by applying our strength do we know whether it is heavy or light. And as by the proper exercise of several or all of the senses we arrive at a physical truth, so by the co-operation of many minds we attain unto higher moral truths. As a member of an ideal fraternity the resources of every member of that body are my resources, the product of their lives is my daily life. The fraternity is a common storehouse for experience, moral rectitude and spirituality, the larger and purer the contribution of the individual the greater the resource of each member. If this be false, the fraternal organization is a failure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.