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FRATERNITY'S NEED:
A New System
It is with sorrow that an institution has to drop a tra
dition. Usually the out-going tradition is met with sym
pathy among outsiders.
Neither of these should he the case, however, when fra
ternity hazing makes its exit. The tradition status of fra
terniy hazing and is climax, hell week, is doubtful any
way. Nobody knows when the spark that lights public opin
ion was tossed at the American public, or why. The fact
is, however, that somebody somewhere did it and as a con
sequence fraternities across the nation are, so to speak,
paying the price for something they did not keep quite
enough secrecy about.
No institution should feel ashamed for bowing to pub
lic opinion it is the mightiest weapon American society
wields upon itself. The question concerned, however, is
why didn't fraternities abandon hazing earlier. The com
mon answer is, because it was an efficient way to dis
scipline pledges, draw the line between pledge class and
active chapter, and mold these pledges into the kind of
man fraternities are famous for molding.
Now, however, fraternities have to prove their flexibil
ity. They must develop some new system that will meet
with society's approval, for they are an important part
of society. They must not be afraid of change, because
only by change will they survive. If fraternity men are
the kind of men fraternity men say they are, it is likely
they will succeed.
To lend an understanding of the scope and depth or
the problem the following editorial was reprinted from
THE VANGUARD, school paper of Portland State College,
Portland, Oregon:
From recent publicity in local media one might think
Portland State is the only school in Oregon with social or
fraternal organizations. This, of course, is not true. What
is true, however, is that PSC through President Branford
P. Millar, is the only state system school demanding com
pliance with system regulations.
Other state schools have larger, stronger nationally di
rected social organizations. Fall rush this year at Oregon
State University saw 253 men pledge 21 fraternities and
308 women pledge 16 sororities. University of Oregon had
456 fraternity pledges and 333 sorority pledges. The num
ber of pledges at either of these schools is greater than
total participation in PSC Greek organizations.
The power of these large organizations was evident in
Feb. 1963, when Oregon Daily Emerald editor, Ron Buel,
was nearly dismissed because he spoke out against fra
ternity hazing. The Greek organizations pressured the Stu
dent Senate into asking for Buel's resignation. But the real
power of the national organizations lies in large alumni
groups which exert heavy financial and personal pressures
on the school.
The conditions which resulted in suspension of sorori
ties at PSC must certainly exist in these larger groups, yet
they continue to exist within state supported institutions.
A group of graduated students, no matter to what group
they belong, should never be allowed to control state sup
ported schools. Nor should it dictate to social organizations
sanctioned by the school.
President Millar has shown through his ultimatum to
PSC sororities that he, and hopefully the rest of the col
lege, is dedicated to modern ideals and the betterment
of Oregon higher education. Isn't it time the rest of the
system joined him?
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I Bad Seed II I
Since my Valentine odes
were accepted at large
about as well as would be
the Beatles in a monastery,
singing the Hallejuiah Chor
us with Ringo as an arch
angel, I dropped the idea of
repeating it this week.
More out of anger than
anything else, I began a dar
ing column on all the re
forms which have taken
place this year, but small,
wet tears flooded my large
round eyes, and I was un
able to finish.
After all, rush week has
been changed; Derby Day
was cleaned up; registra
tion was reformed; and
now, fraternities have
dropped hazing.
And you just know that
more is to come. Soon will
be confirmation of rumors
that all organized houses
will eat in one central spot
on campus to cut expenses.
Great idea, but where are
we going to find troughs
that large? Some students
do not eat, they feed.
It seems that nothing is
like it used to be. With the
passing of hell week, a great
segment of campus life has
disappeared. No more will
ine gentle smell of egg
soaked pledges waft through
the classroom, forcing the
students to carry small pa
per bags to class.
Gone are those mad, won
derful scavenger hunts with
dark fig Ares scurrying
through the night, laden
with an albino housemother,
even swans a'swimmlng,
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three drugged racoons, and
anything else on their lists.
My only worry is that re
forms breed more reforms,
and soon the University will
be known primarily as a re
form school. This will at
tract the attention of crim
inals, many of which are of
Italian descent, and soon we
will be prey to sit-ins at Val
entino's. Having previously men
tioned the new way of reg
istering, I have been re
quested to remind all fresh
men planning to enter grad
school in four years that
their registration blanks are
due Monday.
Just ask your advisor for
help, and he'll gladly sit and
talk for three hours about
anything not pertaining to
requirements, sched
ules, classes, or graduation.
Oh, I suppose I am being
labeled as too critical about
everything, but I have no
time to argue right now.
I've got to rush off to my
7:30 a.m. class it used to
be an 8 o'clock until they re
formed the city campus
schedules . . .
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By Bob Weaver
In response to a ques
tion from the audience, Sen
ator Roman Hruska last
week stated that official
organs of the Republican
Party should "riot indulge in
supporting announced or
unannounced candidates for
the Republican Presidential
nomination. It is rather, he
went on to state, the duty
for each Republican organ
ization to remain strong
and active, and to engage
in party building activity.
The writer is in full agree
ment with this view. It
must be the role of t h e
Republican Party to build
an adequate treasury and
worker membership roles in
preparation for November.
The party machinery must
remain well oiled and be
ready to carry on a vig
orous campaign regardless
of who the San Francisco
delegates nominate. By tak
ing over any element of the
party, a specific candidate
can only bring dissention
among those members of
the rank and file who do
not support his candidacy.
The value of a well or
ganized and neutral party
machine is illustrated by
the Ohio State GOP organ
ization headed by Ray Bliss.
He has shown that by care
ful organization and vigor
ous grass roots opera
tions a minority party
can become a winning
majority. This was proved
in 1960 when he deliv
ered Ohio's electoral
votes to Nixon. In order to
avoid a conflict within the
Ohio GOP, Bliss has swung
his support to Governor
Rhodes as a favorite-son
candidate. Doing this, he
hopes to avoid an intra
party fight that could re
duce his organizing to a
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UNBURY YOU."
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licans are now engaged in
a small amount of in-fighting
because Goldwater
supporters did not take the
suggestion to leave the state
out of any pre-convention
squabbling. This request
came from Governor Wil
liam Scranton, himself a
possible candidate. He too
is seeking to preserve the
reasonably united Repub
lican Party in that urban
industrial state.
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ing a vital Republican Par
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gested last week that the
Nebraska Youth for Gold
water group on campus will
attempt to take over the
Young Republicans at Ne
braska this spring. From
there, they will force a vote
on support for Goldwater.
Information has it, that
with increased membership
in YR's and with the in
activity of their own group
they might have the votes
to accomlpish this rather
selfish end.
It has been suggested that
they might run Steve Stast
ny, or even Chuck M a r r,
himself, for YR president.
Only time will prove the
validity of these rumors.
One prominent campus
Goldwater supporter men
tioned that if anyone from
the progressive wing of the
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inated, conservative money
and support will 'with
draw into the wall cracks.'
This type of action is that
which has contributed to
the defeat of many strong
Republican candidates in
the past.
What should be the role
of the young party groups
on campus? The present
YR leadership feels that it
should be one of political
education on a bipartisan,
non-partisan and partisan
basis. This was illustrated
when the YR's had Gov
ernor Morrison, an Army
Major, and Senator Terry
Carpenter this past fall and
winter.
When the general elec
tion campaign begins, both
groups can serve their par
ties' total efforts as they
have in the past, engaging
in those volunteer duties so
necessary to a successful
campaign. Attendance at
YR meetings this fall is re
ported to have increased
over last year, which would
tend to confirm that the
present program has popu
lar support and vigorous
leadership.
Nationally, the Republi
can Party remains a loyal
minority in opposition. It
will take a united front,
money, and vigorous lead
ership to bring victory to
the Republicans in Novem
ber. Can the GOP meet this
challenge if it is split organizationally?
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The New Breed-
Paster
Wednesday, Studen.t
Council acted quickly and
decisively on a resolution
by Glenn Korff. The resolu
tion asks that the Calendar
a committee of the Faculty
Senate act to shorten the
period in which grade re
ports are sent to students.
This is a very poetical
recommendation. The Uni
versity is equipped with
data processing equipment
to make grade reports
available as quickly as two
days after they are turned
in. All that is need is a set
of punch cards which an
instructor would fill out
with a special pencil.
The benefits are easy to
see. Official grade reports
would be available three
weeks sooner. Those who
have failed a course would
not waste three weeks sit
ting in a class where they
do not belong. First semes
ter senior year transcripts
could be sent to graduate
and professional schools
sooner so that Nebraska
graduates could be ac
cepted for post graduate
work. Students looking for
jobs after graduation must
wail till March to send their
transcripts to the firms they
are considering.
Why is the process still so
slow?
At present, faculty mem
bers are required to
turn in grades five days aft
er the last day of finals.
This seems like a very long
Triangle Accepts Challenge
As Pledge trainer of Tri
angle Fraternity, I wish to
accept Mr. Garson's chal
lenge concerning Frater
nity Hell Week at the Uni
versity, as it appeared
in the DAILY NEBRAS
KAN last week.
Mr. Garson, we cordially
Invite you to make unan
nounced visits to our house
at any time prior to, or
after, our formal initiation
on April 12, 1964, in order
to obtain information which
might help you to prove
your point. Feel free to
consult with any of our
pledges about the matter
and to use any other chan
nels for gaining this infor
mation. As an incentive for you
to accept our offer, we will
be happy to provide you
with free accomodations at
the house for any seven
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time to wait. Yet, this rule
Is not even followed.
This year some grades
had not been turned in as
late as 11 days after the
last finals. These few in
dividuals in the faculty are
holding up grade reports for
some 11,000 students. There
seems to be little need for
these faculty people to wait
so long to report their first
semester grades.
Interestingly enough, this
problem does not exist dur
ing the summer session. All
faculty personnel are not
given their pay checks until
their grades are turned in.
Surprisingly, faculty mem
bers turn in their grades
almost immediately aftei
the summer finals are over.
Summer grade reports are
out to the students weeks
faster.
I think it is easy to see
that if the faculty member
wants to cooperate, it is
very likely that grade re
ports could be out much
earlier.
Student Council has asked
the faculty subcommittee
to investigate any possibili
ty of quickening the process
of getting grades to the
students. The next step is
up to the faculty commit
tee. It seems that after they
weigh all the evidence, the
committee should doubt
lessly act to eliminate this
problem. We hope that, as
the Student Council has
done, the committee will
act quickly and decisively.
days preceding the initia
tion date.
Larry Drbal
Pledge Trainer
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