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ditorial Opinion
The Controversy Spreads
The controversy over discrimination in fraternities at
universities has spread to the University of
Minnesota
Minnesota’s senate committee on student affairs is
wrestling with the perplexing problem on that campus.
The specific issue, as reported in the Minneapolis
Tribune, is that the Alpha Tau Omega Chapter has refused
to seek a change in national fraternity regulations restrict
ing membership to Christians only.
The Minnesota chapter had been found in violation
of committee and university policy forbidding any student
organization to deny membership on the grounds of race,
color or religion.
The Minnesota chapter was supposed to apply to its
national fraternity for waiver of a constitutional clause
restricting membership to Christians, it refused to do so.
The national fraternity’s feeling on its restrictive
membership clause was clearly illustrated recently when
it revoked the charter of its Stanford chapter because it
had pledged several Jewish members.
Jhe case of Minnesota is still entangled in committee
hearings, but some points about fraternities with discrimi
natory membership clauses existing at state universities
must be made clear.
Fraternities plead for freedom from university "inter
ference" and one of iheir big arguments is that universi
ties have no right to regulate or be concerned with fra
ternities on their campus,
Slate universities have both the right and the concern.
The University of Connecticut has ruled that houses
located on state property could not use discriminatory
membership policies. (How does Penn 9tate justify a
discriminatory sorority occupying a suite in a residence
hall?)
The Stale University of New York outlawed fra
ternities with discriminatory policies ‘‘on the basis of the
perversion of educational processes—rather than merely
of the diversion of public funds or services to discrimina
tory purposes.”
This action was challenged in the Federal District
Court. The court ruling established the "right of public
institutions to define the policies that govern fraternal
groups on Iheir campuses."
On Nov. 8, 1954, just six months after its school
desegregation decision, the U. S. Supreme Court upheld
the fraternity ruling.
Universities use substantial sums of money to super
vise fraternity chapters and interfraternity activities. And
at a state university this is public money.
These, facts completely destroy the argument that
universities have no right to regulate fraternities.
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Business Manager
Letters
Plea Made
For Tenants
Trying to Vote
TO THE EDITOR: The follow
ing is a direct quotation from
the January, 1961 Newsletter
of the Unitarian Fellowship for
Social Justice, a volunteer or
ganization in the Washington,
D.C. area, Gene Piazza, Presi
dent:
‘‘Urgent! In Fayette County,
Tennessee nearly 2000 colored
persons registered to vote.
These were the first in 80
years. As « result most of them
(tenant sharecroppers) have
been evicted from their land,
and denied the essentials of life
by “white” merchants.
“They can not even buy
food, clothing, shoes, soap, or
anything else. Oil companies
refuse to sell them gas or home
fuel; and a medical black list
is also reported. They need:
money, canned foods, blankets,
winter clothing, flat shoes,
rainwear, soap. Please con
tribute to: Fayette County
Civic League, c/o John McFer
ren, Route 4, Box 133, Somer
ville, Tennessee ”
—Walter M. Schwenger
Gripers Told
To Open Eyes
TO THE EDITOR: Many times
students have voiced com
plaints that there is nothing
interesting to do on this cam
pus. They claim there is only
a limited number of choices,
such as the movies or a fra
ternity party for worthwhile
entertainment.
If these people would open
their eyes to read ads and pos
ters they might realize that
their campus provides its stu
dents with a variety of good
entertainment.
To name a few Rood shows
in the immediate future, the
Jazz Club is presenting Art
Blakey and the Jazz Messen
gers this Saturday night, while
on the following Saturday, the
Thespians are putting on “Won
derful Town,” a smash Broad
way hit. If these aren’t con
sidered worthwhile entertain
ment, what is???
—Jeff Fisher, '63
Insignificant?
TO THE EDITOR: Now that
the rutting season is almost
upon us, campus politics again
comes to the front of the class.
Student government is a co
ordinator of social activities; it
is also a maturing and in
structing element to those who
take part in it.
But to feel that it is any
thing more than this, however,
is to overestimate the func
tion and the worth of some
thing that is basically insigni
ficant.
—David W. Deizer,
Graduate Student
Gazette
TODAY
American Chemical Society, Student
Affiliate, 7 p.m., Conference Room,
Petroleum Engineering Lab.
Angel 7 p.m.. 215 HUB.
Arnold Air Snclely, R p.m.. 21S HUB
Hack the Budget Committee, 7:30 p.m.,
an hub
Ilook Exchange* 6:30 p.m., HUB as-
jmmbly hall
C’hcH* Lessons. 7 p.m., HUH card room
Education Student Council, 0:30 p.m.,
217 HUB
Freshman Advisory Board, 8 p.m., 212
HUB
Graduate Student Assn,, g p.m
HUB
ICG. * p.m.. 203 HUB
Industrial Education Society, 7:30 p.m.,
316 K. Prospect Ave.
Infirmary Committee, 7:30 p.m., 213
HUB
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship,
12:45 p.m., 218 HUB
Liberal Arts Student Council, 6:30
p.m., Kappa Alpha Theta Suite. Pol
lock 1
Liberal Arts Lecture Series, 8 p.m.,
HUB assembly hall
Nittany Grotto, 7:15 p.m., 121 Mineral
Industries
Panhel, 0:30 p.m., 208 HUB
Penn State Bible Fellowship, 6:30 p.m.,
214 HUB
Schuhplattlers, 7 p.m., 204 Eng. B.
TIM, noon, HUB assembly hall
Wesley Foundation, Communion 6erv«
ice, 5:16 p.m., the Foundation, 266
E. College Ave.
West Halls Judicial, 12:16 p.nu, 21T
HUB
interpretin
India Enhances
Political Stature
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
India returns to the United Nations General Assembly today
with an enhanced aura of leadership among the ex-colonial and
uncommitted nations.
She has spurned the blandishments of the Soviet Union
and made one powerful commitment —to the United Nations way.
Just how much pressure
Prime Minister Nehru has
been under from Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev is not known,
except that it
has been con
siderable. To
whatever de
gree the pres
sure was on
in the recent
corr espond
ence between
the two, to
that degree
is the Indian
offer of 3,000 Roberts
soldiers to the UN Congo
force a defeat for the Com
munist leader
It is in similar degree a vic
tory for Secretary-General
Dag Hammarskjold and for
that group of nations which
cling to the United Nations as
the agency for peace and seek
to hold it above the cold war.
It will be interesting now to
see whether the Soviet Union
will continue to fly in the face
of these nations with her cam
paign against Hammarskjold
and her attempt to replace the
secretary-general's office with
an administrative committee of
Letters
Food for Red Chinese
TO THE EDITOR: It was
brought to the attention of the
audience at the Norman Cou
sin’s Lecture on Feb. 24 that
a group of Penn State students
petitioned the federal adminis
tration, urging the dispatch of
food to Red China.
Mr. Cousins apparently con
doned this action and I also
would like to express my ap
preciation to those who realize
a deficiency of this country in
general organized public
opinion.
However, there is strong ar
gument against supplying food
to a government that is actually
starving their own people.
President Kennedy pointed out
in a news conference that Red
China, while undergoing a
severe drought, is still export
ing food. Red propaganda
Little Man On Campus By Dick Bibter
(MALI)
AS SEEM
TUESDAY. MARCH 7. 1961
three, one of whom would
have veto power over methods
of implementing the will of
the General Assembly.
To the extent which the In
dian action will solidify the
opposition to such a proposal,
to that extent does it become
more far-reaching than its di
rect effect in the Congo.
Nehru already had indicated
willingness to send a few hun
dred combat soldiers in addi
tion to the staff and organiza
tional force already there.
Khrushchev is believed to have
complained. He got one of tha
most positive replies ever
given by one of the neutrals.
For a nation like India, en
gaged in disputes with Red
China and Pakistan, commit
ted to the defense of small
countries lying between her
and Red China, sending away
3,000 soldiers merely to back
a principle is a major act.
It represents an important
tendency among the uncom
mitted nations to form a third
force, to be interposed in the
United Nations between the
two cold war forces which
might get the world into a war.
seems more important to China
officials than seeing that the
people are fed.
This argument was countered
by Mr. Cousins by saying to
the effect that we shouldn’t
be concerned about simply
“scoring points" in the cold
war. It was pointed out that
this could be simply a people
with surplus giving food to a
people with a deficiency.
But then what is to prevent
China from exporting this food
given to them? Or, what is to
prevent them from using his
food and then exporting an
equal amount of food produced
within the country? This cer
tainly wouldn't be a gesture
from the United States to tho
people of Red China if the
latter never even realizes it.
—Bill Slivinsky '6l
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