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into the Great World. The initiating is very mysterious, cabalistic and awe-inspiring. The two Kappa Sigmas who officiated had considerable trouble in performing the numerous functions of the half dozen officers which are required to properly initiate the candidates. But as they were the only men on the Coast belonging to Kappa Sigma they each assumed the various duties of the ceremony. I was the first man initiated, being the one to whom Mr. no - I mean Bro. - I haven't become accustomed to these forms of salutation yet, you see - Bro. Maytham had first spoken concerning the establishment of his Fraternity on the Coast. Well, I rode the goat like a trained equestrian and as soon as I finished my "journey," & had encountered all the perils attendant upon entrance into