Thursday, February 22, 1968
The Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
Traditional pledgeship
limits individual growth
Continued from Page One
Each active must know
what is expected of pledges
and himself in relation to the
pledges, Cullwell explained.
He said the house attitude
is positive towards this new
style of pledgeship. He called
it a step in the right direc
tion, and emphasized they
must keep working together.
"As freahmen, wc felt phy
sical pledgeship was holding
the house back. It's got to go
out of the Greek system fast,"
he warned.
Pfeifer said "rank and file"
fraternity members who hold
to the traditional style limit
the growth of the pledge,
rather than expanding his
academic knowledge and Unl
versity experience.
'Rank and File'
It is these same "rank and
file" traditionalists who are
the most resistant to progres
sive pledge programs, he
added.
One traditionalist goal has
always been pledge class uni
ty. More and more fraternity
spokesmen are caifeg for a
pledgeship based on the indi
vidual. "Class unity is kind of an
abstract thing," Hohensee
said. If it has a purpose, he
continued, that is to develop
a cohesion in the group.
Pfeifer criticized fraterni
ties for being too hesitant to
experiment with new concepts
of pledgeship.
Hang-up'
Both Hohensee and Pfeifer
criticized Greeks for their
"hang-up" on traditions that
prevent them from looking to
the future.
Hohensee argues for the
Ideal of individual pledge
s h i p, .questioning why all
should be required to partici
pate in intramurals and ac
tivities. He describes a situa
tion where each pledge would
set his individual goals for
his year after consulting with
house officers and upperclass
men. This would be carried
through with the guidance of
the active chapter.
"It does take more work
from the entire chapter, espe
cially the active as an indi
vidual," Hohensee said.
Agreeing, Wayne Kreuscher,
former Daily Nebraskan edi
tor and Theta Xi pledge train
er, called pledge class unity
superficial and short lasting.
Kreuscher on Friendship
"If a person lives with all
the men of his house, how
can he honestly divide them
into actives and pledges, and
between freshmen, sopho
mores, juniors and seniors?
Friendship is developed with
out regard to pins and class
standing," Kreuscher said.
An ideal pledgeship would
emphasize the individual and
cher said.
He said a fraternity should
aid the freshman's adjust
cially and mentally.
Speaker Program
He advocates the house
bringing in speakers who ex
press a wide variety of ideas
which would stimulate
pledges. He advocated contro
versies being discussed open
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ly and frankly to make fresh
men aware of different views.
As the freshman prepares
himself for life as an active,
he should have the freedom to
criticize ana speaK .out on
problems and issues within
the house, Kreuscher said.
He sees no value in keeping
nnanciai matters, rush con
cerns, questions of disqrimi
nation and cliques and atti
tudes of members from being
discussed with pledges.
Kreuscher said the pre-inl
ration weeK practices of a
fraternity should be its cli
max to the pledge program,
An ideal week would consist
of the whole house involving
itself in a discussion of
pledgeship and fraternity life,
aimed at helping the pledge
become a better member of
his fraternity.
Pfiefer and Hohensee agree
closely with that . concept,
adding that alumni ahould
speak to the house on the
meaning the fraternity has
had in their lives.
No Brotherhood
Kreuscher doubted that cur
rent concepts of Hell Weeks
could possibly lead to brother
hood after initiation. He listed
sincerity, friendship and a
mutual exchange of ideas as
more important than humili
ating pledges. He emphasized
building the individual's self-
confidence.
This type of a pre-initiation
week program is actually
harder and more demanding
than doing push-ups, Kreus
cher said.
"In many, if not in most
houses, Hell Week does not
build men." Pfeifer said. He
explained it is often a period
that allows the actives to sub
consciously let off their frus
trations on the pledges.
Improve or Abolish
"If Hell Week can't be im
proved, it should be abol
ished," Pfeifer said.
' Hell Week is not a time
for catching up, but rather a
time for summing up. It is
the culmination of six months
of work, study and pledge-
ship." said Phil Bowen, Beta
Theta Pi pledge trainer.
"It is not a period during
which a pledge must prove
something to the active chap-
w h e n each pledge proves
something to himself. Above
all. he realizes that the work,
rather than being over, is
just beginning." Bowen said
Isolated From Society
When fraternities set up
their own rules for existence,
they are isolating themselves
from society said Randy
Irey, pledge trainer for Phi
Gamma Delta.
He said houses must be
come more and more an in
tegral part of society, by
adopting rules which are not
different from society's.
"Houses must realize they
can't take a man for four
years and isolate him." Irey
said.
He cites the progressive
pledgeship based on reward
and not punishment as one
way that fraternities can pre
pare a freshman more for
college life, rather than the
social life which many houses
overemphasize.
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Irey said a progressive
pledgeship "starts with the
initial enthusiasm of the
pledge" and consistently
builds upward to initiation.
The scholarship record of
Farmhouse fraternity has
been consistently above the
rest of the Greek houses on
campus. The reasons behind
this success are many and
inter-related.
"Our policy of scholarship
is based on the idea of mak
ing each man, active and
pledge, responsible for him
enforced study halls, leaving
each man responsible to himself-
for the use of his own
time," said Walt Baumann, a
Farmhouse junior.
Spirit
Baumann attributed the
house's success to an internal
atmosphere of spirit and in
formal sanctions.
All seniors live in the house
out of desire, not by neces
sity, he said. The seniors es
tablish and are the primary
enforcers of the pledgeship
policies.
The men rely upon the ex
ample set by the upperclass
men for the pledges, Bau
mann explained. This creates
what he calls "an interest in
learning through mutual re
sponsibility." The house adopts a positive
approach to pledgeship by
letting each man contribute
in his own way what he can
to the house. Pledges are not
required to participate in ac
tivities, a practice contrary to
niost fraternity pledge programs.
Convocation
features
Dr. Haggai
National radio personality
Dr. Tom Haggai will address
an East Campus Convocation
Friday at the East Campus
activities building at 2 p.m.
Dr. Haggai will speak on the
topic, "As A Man Thinketh."
He is expected to comment
on the draft, the Vietnam con
flict, poverty and welfare pro
grams, and the problems fac
ing an immigrant to the
United States.
Before becoming a radio
personality, Dr. Haggai was
pastor of a Baptist Church.
He thinks of his radio pro
gram, "Values for Living,"
as part of his function as
"minister-at-large." Dr. Hag
gai addresses an average o
one school, business or armer
forces group a day through
out the year.
Quiz Bowl
matches set
for tonight
The following quiz bowl
teams should be in isolation
at 6:45 Thursday night for
first half competition: Uni
corns vs. Love Memorial Hall,
Alpha Omicron Pi v. Farm
house B, Cather Freshmen vs.
Alpha Xi Delta Classics, Dis
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Men vs. Braindames, Rho Re
actors vs. Sammy Freshman,
Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Zeta
Tau Alpha, Chi Phi B vs. Tan
Kappa Epsilon.
Second-half isolation be
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Rho vs. Theta Xi B, Kappa
Delta vs. Alpha Omicorn Pi.
Flower Children vs. Alcos,
Abel IV vs. Delta Gamma II.
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BAPTIST STUDENT
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STUDENT AFFAIRS
MEETING-10:30 a.m.
PEACE CORPS-12 noon
PLACEMENT LUNCHEON
12:30 p.m.
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
PUBLICITV-3:30p.m.
AWS COURT-3 30 p.m.
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PEACE CORPS-3:30 p.m.
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AUF EXECUTIVE 6:30
P'AUF BOARD 7 p.m.
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Organizations succumb
to Union reconstruction
If you notice white flecks
on your shoulders, don't
reach for a new shampoo be
cause it is only plaster fall
ing from the Union walls.
The biggest problem in
volved with the construction
in the Nebraska Union is lack
of space for meetings of stu
dent organizations, Allen Ben
nett, Nebraska Union Di
rector, said Wednesday.
The Union is. presently us
ing temporary buildings G
and H to hold meetings for
several organizations. The
space in these temporary
classrooms was secured
through special permission of
the Administration.
The temporary use of the
buildings is the most signifi
cant action taken by the
Union to alleviate the prob
lem of reduced meeting
space, according to Bennett.
A serious problem in the
area of the Crib and the
lounge is that of plaster dust
and dirt, Bennett said.
He added that Eward Simp
Free University lives!
Organizers' new interest
revitalizes NFU's plans
Course organizers for the
Nebraska Free University
have taken a sudden interest
in the program which has re
vitalized the NFU curriculum,
according to Susie Phelps,
chairman of the NFU coordi
nating committee.
Miss Phelps reportad that
the number of offered courses
has jumped from 5 to 21 since
last week, which she called a
"satisfactory increase of in
terest by course organizers."
"We're expecting to have
about 25 courses in NFU by
Friday," she added.
Miss Phelps accredited the
increased interest in NFU to
the controversy last week con
cerning the small number of
NFU course organizers.
Discussion has helped
"The discussion created
about NFU last week has
helped the program," the
chairman contended. "NFU
will never have any signifi
cant effect if it remains in a
vacuum."
Miss Phelps said that many
of the people who have vol
unteered to participate as
NFU course organizers are
people who were not con
tacted personally about the
program. "Some of them had
never considered it. before,"
she said, "and some were al
ready considering it before
the controversy."
The NFU committee will
hold two or three group semi
nars with course organizers,
she said, to discuss the goals
of NFU and to formulate a
systematic evaluation of the
program.
Evaluation needed
She felt that an evaluation
of NFU was needed to gain
continuity between NfU se
mesters. "We would like to get the
ideas of the course organi
zers," she explained, "and
discuss the reaction of NFU
participants."
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ADM
son, Jr., Director of Univer
sity Health Services, has in
spected the situation several
times and has assisted in at
tempting to solve the health
problem involved in serving
food.
With construction progress
ing as planned, the next prob
lem for the Nebraska Union
will be further restrictions of
meeting space in second and
third floor rooms, Bennett
satf,
Construction on the upper
floors in the next month will
involve fireproofing of rooms,
pouring of the floor concrete
for tile, and partitioning of
rooms, Bennett noted.
This will include rooms 234
on second floor and 345 on
third. The additional loss of
these student organization
rooms and offices will place
the amount of space under
restriction at a maximum for
the construction period, Ben
nett said.
Several of the rooms will
be completed by June, and
Student reaction to NFU is
on two levels, she said ,
how participants react on
a personal and immediate lev
el. what NFU means to the
University; if it presents a
stimulus for experimentation
in educational reform.
Miss Phelps stressed that
students should make an ef
fort to participate in NFU.
"Students may discover a
new and exciting area of in
terest," she said.
Group effort vital
However, NFU participants
should not expect to gain
from their courses without ex
hibiting a group effort, the
chairman noted.
Registration for NFU
courses will be Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday in the
Nebraska Union from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Miss Phelps said.
Classes will begin March 4.
NFU coordinating committee
will also be available for
NFU registration during the
dinner hour in the dorm com
plex dining rooms, she said.
Miss Phelps pointed out that
courses will be taught by peo
ple of varying backgrounds.
Courses organizers include
professors, graduate students
said.
"Image" offered
One NFU course being of
fered by Mrs. C. Twig Dan
iels is entitled The Image of
Woman.
This course will deal with
questions concerning sexual
relationships and will consist
of four panel discussions: My
Ideal Woman (panel of bache
lors), Sex Before Marriage (a
man and a woman), Abortion
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by October nearly all the
rooms will be available for
use, Bennett added.
The new cafeteria is sched
uled for completion in June.
All dining facilities will be
located in the new cafeteria
while the Crib and present
cafeteria are remodeled.
Bennett also noted a favor
able response from the 10 to
12 thousand students and cus
tomers who use the Union
each day in regard to the
disruptions resulting from the
construction.
Reactions from the cons
struction workers are also
favorable.
According to Jerry Rauch,
masonry foreman, work is
masonry foreman, work
is progressing satisfactorily.
The workers shift from one
area of work to another to
avoid the heaviest traffic
through the Union, Rauch
said.
He added that the only
problem existed with people
failing to follow directional
signs.
and Birth Control (a doctor)
and Pregnancy and Childbirth
(panel of mothers).
Mrs. Daniels is also offer
ing a course for engaged wom
en called After the Honey
moon, which will examine
some of the new adjustments
of marriage.
Another approach to the
NFU program is a discussion
class which will be led by
John Davidson. "Participants
will decide on their topic of
discussion," the chairman ex
plained. The Bible in a Post Reli
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offered by the Rev.. Hudson
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