TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
The Deferred Rush
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The question of deferred rushing, a sys tern which could revolutionize fraternity rush
ing at the University, is now under serious consideration by the Interfraternity Council :
Deferred rushing is not a new issue with University fraternities. It was brought before
IFC fast year, coupled with a motion to raise the minimum pledging average from 2 to 2.2.
The deferred rushing motion was defeated, but the average change passed and is now in
effect.
However, when the motion was
proposed last year, the effects of
the average change were not fore
seen. Since then, and particularly
since the finish of last semester,
there has been considerable dis
satisfaction among fraternities be
cause of the pledging average.
The new average has caused
a number of freshmen to be in
eligible for pledging, in some
cases more than half the pro
posed pledge class of a particular
house.
The deferred rushing issue
was presented to IFC again last
week, along with a motion to
nullify the 2.2 reqirement re
troactive to last semester's av
erages. The latter motion was
defeated, but the rushing pro
posal has gone to cothmittee
and will be voted on within a
few weeks.
Deferred rushing, in a broad
sense, means postponing the rush
ing of freshmen. probably until
sometime in the second semester.
There is no pat system for de
ferred rushing; all the details
would have to be worked out
by the IFC, The term "can be
defined however we wait to de
fine it," according to Robert Jub
elirer, chairman of IFC's• rushing
evaluation committee, which is
working on the motion.
But the core of the idea is to
keep freshmen away from frat
ernities and fraternities away
from freshmen for at least the
first semester. After this, fresh
men with averages would be
rushed for a certain defined
period, after which they would
be eligible for pledging.
The prime purpose of the sys
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ng Questio
Rushing Would Mean
hange for Fraternities
By DICK DRAYNE
First of a Series
tern, according to Jubelirer, is to
eliminate part of the expense of
rushing. Houses waste a large
amount of money, he said, rush
ing freshmen who they find they
cannot pledge because of a low
average.
Deferred rushing would elim
inate this: only the freshmen
who made their averages would
be rushed. and the others would
not be considered by fraterni
ties until they had made a 22
or a 2 all-University average.
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dent government organizations.
A number of junior will be
conspicuous by their absence.
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Also, with the postponing of
rushing, the period set for rush
ing would probably be consider
ably less than a semester, which
would help to decrease the
money spent by fraternities.
As with the other details of
the system, this period has not
yet been defined. A 2-month per
iod seems to be used more than
any other, by IFC officials con
nected with the issue, to illuctrate
how it would work; however, this
is still conjecture.
The letter also included an
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45-rpm record from Mr. Wald's
next movie, "The Long. Hot
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Rushing Procedure
Behind the scenes in sorority rushing most of the work
is done in the basement of Old Main by a giant IBM card
shuffler that can put a deck of 2000 cards in order in about
3 minutes.
The paper work involved in rushing now takes one-fifth
as long as formerly, according to sorority alumnae who for
merly sorted the cards each morn
ing and afternoon and now only' erence card listing the sororities
work' two days a week in the; i n or d er of preference.
Panhellenic post office. Then on Friday, another tabu-
For all rush events there is a; lator will match the rushee's first
card for each rushee for each i c h o i ce "against the sorority's first
of the one local and 23 nationallist and will record the results.
sororities. On it the rushee can Next it will match the sorority's
indicate her choice of time. Each; second choice against the rushee's
card is perforated with rectangu-i first choice.
lar holes so that when it is placed ; Finally the lists will be sub
against a master sheet numbers, mitted to the sororities.
signify the rushee's student num-,
ber, semester, curriculum and a'BMOC Booklets Available
special code number for each;
sorority. ! Several copies of Who's in the
News remain at the Hetzel Union
a
desk for students whose names up
acceptances according to sorority! Pear in the booklet.
Then it sorts regrets.
The system is practically fool- .
proof, since the machine rejects
improperly marked cards.
During bidding from 10 to 12,
p.m_ Thursday in the rushee's own,
residence hall and in the Panhel-!
lenic post office in Atherton Hall
for town girls, rushees who wish:
to join a sorority will sign a pref.!
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