University of Virginia Library

Brotherhood

I congratulate you on your
excellent article by Beverly
Dowell concerning the
depression and difficulties of
adjustment that can occur at
the University. As this
institution continues to
expand, I am sure that an
increasing number of students
will face these problems at one
time or another.

This is precisely why
fraternities have existed at the
University for over one
hundred years, and why they
will continue to play an
increasingly vital role in
student life. When all the
activities of a fraternity are
discounted, they provide an
atmosphere in which a person
can deal with his problems of
adjustment with help from
others.

Countless times fraternities
have helped first-year men to
overcome the turmoils of
entering college and eventually
growing up. As the article
out, it is oftentimes
enough to simply know that
one is wanted.

I must therefore take
exception with Miss Dowell's
conclusion; when a person
really needs it, uncritical love is
alive and well on Rugby Road
and Madison Lane. It's called
brotherhood.