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Editorial Opinion
Fraternity Prejudice:
No Right to Be Wrong
There is still a major segment of American education
which is making little or no effort to conform to the spirit
of the U S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision on intergratien
or to the American ideal of racial and religious equality.
That segment consists of the many fraternities and
sororities which maintain national discrimination rules.
Speaking on an Inlerfraternity Council Workshops
panel last night, three men prominent in national fratern
ity affairs spoke vigorously in favor of such rules.
Glen T. Nygreen, dean of men at Kent State Uni
versity and educational adviser to the National Inter
fraternity Conference, used the old argument that fra
ternities should have the right to choose their own mem
bers.
Nygreen is right! The active undergraduate members
of every chapter should have the right to initiate any
type of student they please.
If every active chapter of every fraternity and soror
ity could do this, it does not necessarily mean that there
would be sweeping changes in their makeups. Every chap
ter would have the power to reject, as well as accept,
individuals as its members would choose.
But it is wrong for national fraternities and sororities
to hamstring their local organizations with regulations
prohibiting them from choosing their own members as
they see fit.
“Fraternities have the right to be wrong,” however,
said Richard Fletcher, national executive secretary of
Sigma Nu.
This simply is not true. In another workshop speech,
Nygreen said fraternities present the greatest potential
tool and at the same time the greatest threat to obtaining
the ideals of education.
If this is the case, Greek national organizations can
not afford tg make mistakes. For if they refuse to use their
potential for the highest advancement of education, if
they hinder moral and intellectual growth, the colleges
and universities of this country will not—and should not
—tolerate them.
This has already been shown by a number of colleges
and universities which have ordered fraternities with
discrimination clauses to change their policies within a
certain period or to leave the campus.
However, Robert Miller, national executive secre
tary of Phi Delta Theta, who also strongly supported the
discriminatory rules, urged fraternities to accept and
support their national constitutions and by-laws, including
discrimination clauses.
But they cannot do this if college and university
administrations prohibit parts of the constitution. Often
such an attitude by the school does little toward solving
the problem and merely penalizes the local chapter. A
more realistic way of getting rid of discrimination clauses
must be found.
Many fraternities and sororities have no discrimina
lion rules, and these Greek organizations serve as a credit
to the fraternity and sorority systems in this respect.
But the national fraternity officials who speak about
each fraternity’s right to choose its own members should
practice what they preach. They should insist that every
fraternity man, every sorority woman be able to choose
members not for wealth, rank or honor; not for race,
color or creed; but for personal worth and character.
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Washington
White House
Is Heli-Port
By ARTHUR EDSON
WASHINGTON (/P) —He doe 3
not know it, but every time Presi
dent Eisenhower takes off by hel
icopter, he has an enthusiastic
cheering section only a couple of
blocks away.
For the Helicopter Council has
its headquarters within easy lis
tening distance. As Eisenhower
whirs into the air, its members
note with satisfaction that here
is one more public reminder of
how safe and handy a helicopter
can be.
The council’s latest brochure
has a picture of the White House
back yard proudly captioned,
“The Nation’s Most Famous Heli
port.”
Probably most of us don’t
spend much time thinking about
the helicopter. When we do, we
.only dredge up a picture of a
thing that looks like a monstrous,
ungainly beetle.
Congress, which often offers
teasing hints on the shape of
things to come, took several
looks at the helicopter and its
problems during the last session.
One of the most interesting
bills was introduced by Rep. Pet
er Mack (D-Ill.), a jet pilot when
he isn’t buzzing around Congress.
His bill called for a look at the
chances of building a heliport
right on Capitol Hill.
Mack's air-minded point: Now
that both the White House and
Pentagon have this service, why
not Congress? His bill got no
where, but pioneers rarely score
on their first try.
Gazette
TODAY
Cosmopolitan Club, square dance
and party, 8 p.m., 2 White Hall
Cross Country, versus Michigan
State, 1 p.m.
Football, versus Syracuse Univer
sity, 1:30 p.m.
Student Movies, 8 p.m., HUB As
sembly Hall.
TOMORROW
Artists Series, Robert Iglesias Bal
let Espanol, 8 p.m., Rec Hall
Bryan Green Convocation, 4 p.m.,
HUB Ballroom
Cabinet Committee on Parents'
Association, 4 p.m., 217 HUB
Campus Party, steering commit
tee, 2 p.m., 217 HUB; clique
meeting, 7 pm., 121 Sparks
Education Student Council screen-
ing board, 2-9 p.m., 213 HUB
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship,
1:45 p.m., 212 HUB
Newman Club, 7 p.m., 215 HUB
Senior Class Advisory Board, 1:43
p.m., 214 HUB
Swedbordjan, 10:30 a.m., 212 HUB
Student Movies, 6:30 p.m., HUB
Assembly Hall
MONDAY
AIM Bridge Party, 7 p.m., HUB
Cardroom
Cabinet Committee on HUB Ex-
pansion, 7 p.m., 214 HUB
Alpha Phi Omega, 8 p.m., 214-215-
216 HUB: 7-8 p.m., 212-213 HUB
College of Physical Education and
Athletics faculty, 7 p.m., 241
Recreation Building
Dancing Class, 6:30 p.m., HUB
Ballroom
Economics Faculty Seminar, “The
Pure Theory of Conflict,” noon,
Dining Hall B and C HUB
Engineering Mechanics Seminar,
4:15 p.m., 203 Engineering “A”
Faculty Luncheon Club, “Tha
Coining Election,’’ noon, Dining
Room A HUB
Inlerfraternity Council, 7:30 p.m.,
HUB Assembly Hall
Leonides Council, 6:30 p.m., 216
HUB
Model Railroad Club, 7 p.m., 215
HUB
Rufus Jones Lecture, 7:30 p.m.,
121 Sparks
University Park Aero Club, 7:30
p.m., 10 Sparks
Tiny Tarpon Taken
By Amazed Angler
BROWNS VILLE, Tex. (TP)—
Most fishermen brag about fish
they catch, but Hal Roche be
lieves he has caught the world’s
smallest tarpon.
The fish was 4Vi inches long
and weighed three ounces. Local
fishermen said thev could not re
member a tarpon that small being
caught on a line before. Most ara
measured in feet.
Little Man on Campus by Dick liblw
T finally got a blind date for your friend here— we can
even stay out past closing hours."
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Power for
Someone's
A friend of mine is a political science major and he’s
especially interested in international relations.
“International understanding,” he always says, “is
the key to world peace.
“If people understand each other—their languages,
problems, dreams—then they
have no reason to fight each
other.”
Well, I guess he’s quite an
idealist. It’s too bad, too, for
it was quite a shock for. him
yesterday when he went to
view the United Nations Day
ceremonies on the lawn in
front of Old Main.
He had gone to see- the cere
monies on Thursday and, quite
pleased with the sincere words
of understanding and peace,
went yesterday at noon to
watch the raising of the world’s
flags.
But flabbergasted and shock
ed, he stopped—l mean dead
in his tracks when he saw
the straight rows of uniforms.
“Soldiers,” he cried.
“No.' They’re only RO T C
guys,” a bystander said.
“But it’s military. It’s incon
gruous. It’s blasphemy. It's ri
diculous.”
These were my friend’s
words.
_ Fortunately, he recovered a
little by last night. Bui, the
poor guy, it will probably
make a deep impression on
his whole life.
It reminded me of my own
experience of about three years
ago while stationed over in
Germany. There we stood,
(CENSORED) strong, our
backs straight and our fronts
in a perfect line. Mighty jet
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Peace:
Kidding
by Dave Fineman
planes roared overhead and
tanks thundered up the parade
field, kicking the dust high in
to the air.
There were all kinds of dis
plays on the field. Nikes, atom
ic cannon, exploding and
screaming phosphorous gren
ades, huge flame throwers and
other weapons just this side
of the “ultimate” variety.
And then two great, clatter
ing tanks came down the long
run of the parade field, a
large, white banner suspended
from a pole hung between
them.
And on the banner, in big
red letters, was written the
theme of the celebration:
“Power for Peace!”
Ike Will Decide
On Space Issue
WASHINGTON (/P)—Donald
Quarles, acting secretary of de
fense, said yesterday President
Eisenhower will decide whe
ther the new civilian space ad
ministration will take over
key men and facilities from
the Army.
Quarles said that the issue
will be put before the Presi
dent’s Advisory Space Council
at a meeting next Wednesday.