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LIBRA ov Friday, September 22, 1967 University of Nebraska Vol. 91, No. 7 7. i& DERBY tyT, . .....r Hi. xA HT m CLX-V f I -.- . Jrf Photo by Mike Haymw SIGMA CHI'S . . find that teamwork is the key as they prepare for traditional Derby Day activities. The Derby Day Word Is Pledge Power, 1967 Spirited chants, competitive events, a beauty contest, and s lot of pledge power will gum up Sigma Chi Derby Day Saturday. Derby Day, "promises to be one of the best ever," said Dick Tegtmeier. master of ceremonies lor this year. "Games scheduled for Der by Day will be ladylike and will be in accordance with all newly imposed Panhelienic rulings." Derby Day chair man. Rick Reinhardt com mented. Reinhardt noted that some changes have been made in the activities for this year's competition in comparison to past years. Several events and spirit competition tactics have Orators At Hyde Park Attack Draft? Slavery The first Hyde Park, Thurs day, provided controversial speakers for an audience of University students. The Thursday afternoon cession filled the Nebraska Union lobby with curious spectators and anxious parti cipants. Four students took formal stands at the Hyde Park po dium and many others took advantage of the informal at mosphere to question and raise new ideas. SDS SPEAKS Members of the Students for a Democratic Society were among those addressing the Hyde Park audience. ry Ilutrbt.iS '3DS) or pressed his belief that the draft and mandatory student h -sing arc "part o'. n sys tem to crush your individuality." y a - . s been deemed illegal by Pan hellenic. Derby Day acivities will "officially" begin at 9 a.m. Saturday with the traditional parade. A change from past years, Reinhardt said concerns the sorority positions in the pa rade and their placement on the mall during competition. All sororities Mill draw for positions in thp paradf. The Derby Day commiltec has scheduled the games to begin at 30 a.m. The games will include such events as the "rope race," "the fish and balloon race," and the "egg drop." A tricycle race which will be a conventional relay is a Hutchens explained that many students are forced to enter fields other than their first choice just to avoid the draft. A person avoiding the ser vice should build airplanes or be a teacher, he said, rath er than chance the draft by being a poet or spending a year in Europe. "In this way our lives are channeled and directed." he said AWS Ql'KSTIOVED Diane Hicks, a frequent Hyde Park speaker last year, strengthened her stand that a woman student has the right to renounce her mem bership in AWS. Miss Hicks also gave her opinion on another subject, womens rights, which she called "a subtle form of slav ery." She said that "women ar new event this year, accord ing to Reinhardt. Following tradition, Derby Day will once again have a mystery event. Reinhardt of fered no clues to this event but said that it will be "a lot of fun." Another scheduled event is the competition for Miss Der by Day. Representing 38 so rorities, contestants will be judged on poise and beauty by five judges. Three trophies will be awarded at the conclusion of the games. One will go to Miss Derby Day, one to the house displaying the most spirit, and one to the house accumulating the most points during all competition. not truly free when they are not free to control their own bodies." Her examples were that single women are not free to obtain birth control pills and that abortions can not be obtained within the law. SERVICEMAN ASSENTS An ex-serviceman, Robert Pavlas, reminded the Hyde Park audience that in Amer ica there "is the opportunity to assent as well as dissent." In reference to the U.S po'ivy in Vietnam, Pavlas said that there "are thou who think we are doing th right thing." Pevlas also suggested that there are many nonviolent means of Instigating change In this country, such as "pe titioning or writing your congressman." Present System Supported No Scholastic Evidence To Back Deferred Rush By DAVE BUNTAIN Staff Writer Editor's Note: This is the first of two articles on the pared by the Interfraternity Council Executive Committee for the Board of Regents. Interfraternity Council, Thursday, released a strongly-worded report on fratern ity rush, making it plain the fraternities don't want to see the present system changed to deferred rush. "Tne Interfraternity Coun cil concluded from its re search that immediate pre school rush is best for fresh men, the University and for the fraternity system." the report concludes. The 12-page, heavily-documented report was compiled over the summer at the re quest of the University Re gents, who asked last spring for IFC's opinion on switch ing to a deferred rushing sys tem. The IFC report was re leased just after a Panhellen ic report on deferred rush. IFC based their conclu sions on the answers to ques tionnaires sent to college deans, IFC presidents and national fraternity offices and on a number of published re ports on deferred rush. Immediate pre-school rush "is best for the freshman, the University, and the fra ternity system." according to a report on deferred rush distributed to house presi dents by the Interfraternity Council Executive Commit tee. The IFC report is divided into several problem areas, including scholarship, atti Cal Tjader, Vibes And Group Arrive At Sheldon Jazz Scene Escaping from the studio cameras and recording mic rophone, Cal Tjader arrived Thursday from Los Angeles for his 3:30 p.m. Friday cam pus concert on the Sheldon Art Gallery steps. The internationally known jazz vibraphonist will make a rare Midwestern appear ance with four other mem bers of his group. Armando Peraza, national ly famed conga player, will provide part of the Latin rhythm. Carl Burnett will be on drums; Stan Gilbert plays the Piano; and Al Zulica has the bass. Tjader has just finished a new album and a guest ap pearance in a Hollywood film. After his concert at the Uni versity, Tjader will stay to the weekend at the local Elack Coach restaurant. From here he goes to San Francisco and then does a performance at the Univer sity of Hawaii. "Cal spends most of hii time in concert dates, night clubs and jazz festivals on the West Coast, but he's al ways on the go." explained Jim Barker, Lincoln business man and a personal firend of Tjader's. "They're an exciting group to watch," Barker said. Tjader. who won the "New Star" award in the interna tional jazz critics poll of Downbeat magazine, has nu merous records and awards to his credit. His recording of "Soul Sauce" was nominated for a Grammy Award. Tjader's own composition and record ing of "Afro-Blue" is the mu sical theme for ABC's Wide World of Sports. Tjader has a musical fam ily, according to Barker. Cur ry Tjader. Cal's brother, is the drummer with the Jaia Marimba Band. Cal's wile has composed several stn"s that Tjader later recorded. His home is in San Francis co. As an under-graduate at San Francisco State College, Tjader started playing drums for the Dave Brubeck Trio in 1948. He later joined the tude toward the university, time, effect of deferred rush on freshman, campus leader ship and financial aspects of deferred rush. Acknowledging that "there is definitely a need for im provement in freshman scholarship," IFC says that "accurate statistics are not available to pro ; that the need for improvement is greater in fraternities than in independent students." It points to a masters thesis by Edward F. Stevens, a University faculty mem ber, concerning "The Rela tionship of Place of Residence and Size of High School to College Achievement." Com pleted in August 1967, the thesis compares the academ ic achievement of students living in different types of housing units. To eliminate the disparity The Interfraternity Council's report on deferred rush concludes that these results can be anticipated if a de ferred system is implemented: "1. Deferred rush would not, improve freshmen or fraternity scholarship. 2. Deferred rush would deny freshmen the opportunity to benefit from leadership training offered by Fraternities in the social and extracurricular activity areas. 3. There is no proof that deferred rush would enhance freshmen class unity or loyalty to the institution, espe cially at an institution as large as the University of Ne braska. 4. Fraternities would be able to judge prospective pledges on their college achievements rather than on their high school records under a deferred rushing system. 5. Deferred rush would not enable the freshman to gain a more objective view of the fraternity system or of the individual fraternities. 6. The financial impact on the fraternities caused by deferred rush would severely handicap most of them, and would cause some to discontinue operations." George Shearing" Quartet dur- chief exponents of a melding braska Union Cultural Com ing its spurt ot popularity. of North American improvisa- mittee and is open to the pub Music with a Latin beat tional concepts of Afro-Cuban lie with no admission charge, and soul are an integral part percussion. The concert begins at 3:30 of a Tjader concert. He re- The annt.al fall jazz con- p.m. and will continue until mains, however, one of the cert is sponsored by the Ne- 5 p.m. .... If N ; ' AtJi Y & f v ) -m " , Ldq ft A) 4 A W,- ( YX '.'5sf v -J ' "" ' ' . i .fjT H, I ' f I . f K I - ;ia H $v aA n i t - m A ! . STUDENTS CAN TUNE IN ... to the sounds of Cal Tjader as be performs on tfc steps of Sheldon at 3: 30 Friday afternoon. arising because fraternities can pledge only high school graduates who were in the upper half of their class, Stevens studied only "upper half" graduates in all the liv ing units. For the purposes of the thesis, Stevens divided the fraternities into "high pres tige" and "low prestige" groups. According to the IFC. he found these results: "First Semester: "High prestige fraternity freshmen grade point aver age's were higher than dormi tory freshmen average; low prestige fraternity average was slightly lower. The dif ference was not significant even though the average of all fraternities was higher than the dorm average. RESULTS "Second Semester: "Both groups of fraternities had higher freshmen grade point averages than the dormitory freshmen, though the difference was not signifi cant." The IFC report also cites William S. Zerman, former Dean of Men at Michigan University, who wrote, "Any one who tells you that there are good scholastic reasons for deferred rushing should produce the evidence." There is absolutely no evi dence in the last twenty to twenty-five years which in dicates that individuals and fraternal groups increase academically with a deferred rushing system." IFC goes on to point out "assistance and incentives for good scholarship" pro vided to fraternity freshman: Most houses hold orienta tion sessions for freshmen. Pledge education pro grams include compulsory class attendance clauses. The many upperclass men "in all varieties of aca demic pursuit" can provide counseling and assistance. The IFC hires profession al tutors to aid freshmen pledges in difficult courses. Freshmen have a better opportunity to become oriented to the University, IFC says. Pledges benefit from orientation programs during the first weeks of school and from contact with the 60 to 80 upperclassmen in the house. 'There is much less reluc tance for a freshman in a fraternit. house to go to a member of the house for ad vice than there is for a dormitory freshman to go to a resident assistant whom he doesn't know as well."
