Preface

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SECRET SOCIETY SYSTEM
By E. E. AIKEN.
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NEW HAVEN:
PUBLISHED BY O. H. BRIGGS. 1882
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1S82,
By E. E. AIKEN,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Copyright transferred, June, 1882, to O. H. Briggs.
TLTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR, PRINTERS, NEW HAVEN.
PREFACE.
A large part of this work first appeared as a series of five articles in the Yale Critic of 1882. The question discussed has been thought of sufficient importance to warrant republication in more permanent form, and ac- cordingly the articles have been revised and enlarged for this book. While the principles given are believed to be true for all communities, they have been discussed with especial reference to secret societies in colleges.
Nev^ Haven, June, 1882.
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F. A. BECKWITH, YALE, '78.
CONTENTS.
Introduction.