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Unless there are seven or more adverse votes at such meet
ing- the applicant shall be declared a member.
Art. 4. The membership shall be divided in two
classes known as deg-rees—the privileg-es shall be the
same, except that no member shall be entitled to hold an
office in the Fraternity until he shall have taken the se
cond degree.
Art. 5. In addition to the above there shall be an
honorary membership known as the “Veterans.” The
membership in this shall be limited to twenty-five and
shall never exceed that number. To this, only such ex
cadets as have attained prominence throug-h their own ef
forts and are entitled to recogmition bj^ their fellow mem
bers, shall be eligible, and no one shall be eligible until he
has been away from colleg-e five years or more. Members
may be nominated for this honor only at their annual
meeting's and to be elected shall receive the votes of three-
fourths of the members present, and there shall be not
more than five persons elected to this honor in any one
meeting-.
SECTION III.
Art. 1. The business meeting- of the Fraternity and
its transactions shall be secret.
Art. 2. The ceremonies of initiation of members, etc.,
shall be prescribed by the committee on work at the meet
ing- wherein this constitution is adopted and shall be
secret.
SECTION IV.
Art. 1. The officers of this fraternity shall be as
follows: