THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY AU( "UST 29, 1967 INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, 1967-1968 Special Pre-Season Concerts NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, LEONARD BERSTEIN, Conductor TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 and 13, 8:30 P.M. in Hill Auditorium.. TICKETS: $6.00-$5.50-$5.00-84.00-$3.00- $2.00 Fraternities Integrate Academic, Social Aspects of Student Life Choral Union Series (in Hitl Auditorium) CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JEAN MARTINON, Conductor ....(t2:30) Sunday, October 1 FRENCH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA, with EUGENE ISTOMIN, Pianist.......Monday, VIENNA SYMPHONY ..... ............. ...... ......Thursday, "CARMINA BURANA" - opera by Carl Orff ......... .. (8:00) Sunday, Expo '67 Production with Les Ballets-Canadiens October 9 October 19 October 29 ,_ CHRISTA LUDWIG, Mezzo-soprano.............. ...........Tuesday, October 31 ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF LONDON........... Wednesday, January 17 VACLAV NEUMANN, Conductor NATHAN MILSTEIN, Violinistr.............. ....................Monday, January 29 HELSINKI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ............ Saturday, February 24 VAN CLIBURN, Pianist............................................Friday, March 15 TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.... ............. .......Thursday, March 28 SEIJ I OZAWA, Conductor SEASON TICKETS: 530.00-25.00-$20.00-$15.00- 12.00 SINGLE CONCERTS: (counter sale begins September 11): $6.00-$5.50-5.00-$4.00-$3.00-$2:00 Extra Series (in Hill Auditorinn) "LAN DOF SMILES"--operetta by FRANZ LEHAR ..... ........Monday, September 25 (original Viennese production starring Giussepi di Stefano) CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ............. ...........Saturday, September 30 JEAN MARTINON, Conductor YOMIURI JAPANESE ORCHESTRA .................. ..........Friday, November 10 ARTHUR FIEDLER, Conductor NATION BALLET from Washington, D.C.........Wednesday, January 24 STOCKHOLM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA...... ............Friday, March. 8 ANTAL DORATI, Conductor SEASON TICKETS: $15.00-$12.50- 10.00-$7.50-40.00 SINGLE CONCERTS (counter sale begins September 11): $0.00-$5.50-$5.00-$4.00-$3.00-$2.00 Chamber Arts Series (in Rackhan Anditorii) CHAMBER SYMPHONY OF PHILADELPHIA.............. ...... .......Saturday, October 21 ANSHEL BRUSILOW, Conductor Interfraternity Council Presi- dentBruce"Getzan, '68, points out in his letter to freshmen in the September issue of IFC Commen- tary that one of the biggest func- tions of the fraternity system is to establish opportunities for the student to remain an integral part of the "outside community" and bring his learning experiences to it. Next year's IFC program shows an added emphasis on both learn- ing experience and their integra- tion with University and commun- ity affairs. Higher academic standards for pledging went into effect this year. It now is necessary to have a 2.2 overall average except in the College of Engineering) to pledge a fraternity instead of a 2.0. IFC established the higher aca- demic standards for pledging tc discourage anyone who has nc interest in the academic side of University life, according to Doug Marshall, advisor to fraternities. Also in an attempt to stress academics, some fraternitiestex- perimented last year with having a graduate student live in the house for advice with studies and promotion of discussions and Imeaningful activities. In an attempt to bring frater- nities into the sphere of campus political activity, IFC took stands last year on non-fraternity issues of campus concern. IFC endorsed the student petition for a referen- dum on submitting class rankings 0 the draftsand sponsored na- tional leaders to speak on the issue. Last spring, IFC also moved in- to campus political activity by initiating action that would bring a Student Government Council motion allowing non-students to participate in University organi- zations to a referendum this fall. Arrangements are being made to expose fraternity men to non- classroom learning through an effort by some chapters to have Tuskegee Institute exchange pro- gram students housed in their fraterniites: This comes in the face of ac- cusations locally and nationally that some natio'nalt fraternities practice discrimination. The University's IFC, a leader in tie area of discrimination, was one of the first fraternity organi- zations to recognize the discrimi- nation problem when it set up a1 membership committee several years ago. This membership committee brought fraternity constitutions under review and is prepared to review any complaints of discrimi- nation in pledging. Initiations Play a Key h ' ataaE, Panhellen ic Coordinates Zany Sorority Programs By LUCY KENNEDY The University's 24 undergrad- uate sororities are loosely con- nected through the Panhellenic Association coordinating rush, ad- ministrative problems and pre- senting a sordrity stand on cam- pus issues. The most massive and unified effort of Panhel is rush. Panhel decided last year to change to only one rush in the fall, so fresh- men would be rushing without preconceived notions on the mer- I BERLIN PHILHARMONIC OCTET.... ....... ... ........Sunday, November BERLINER CAMERATA MUSICALE.............................Monday, November CHICAGO LITTLE SYMPHONY...................... ...........Saturday, January THOR JOHNSON, Conductor MUSIC FROM MARLBORO (vocal and instrumental)..............(2:30) Sunday, February MUNICH .CHAMBER ORCHFSTRA ....... ... .. ............... Thursday, February SAN PIETRO ORCHESTRA OF NAPLES ............ ....... ..........Friday, March De facto discrimination and Committee and to allow it to the embarrassment of being part consider such problems as the of national fraternities that do failure of minority groups to rush discriminate in some of their houses of different cultural chapters are the most serious backgrounds. problems IFC has to deal with. Another potential program for Proposals have been made to, next year encompasses an inter- strengthen the IFC Membership fraternity debate on such issues as the future of fraternities, the twentieth century businessman and his ethics, and the effect of student activism on university decision making. Rush begins this year with a series of open houses Sunday, Sept. 17. This will be followed by other contacts with the fraterni- ties through smokers and infor- mal get-togethers. { . If a fraternity decides in all night sessions known as "hash" they want a rushee they tender him a bid. Bids can be tendered at any time during the year fol- lowing open houses. The University has one of the oldest fraternity systems in the country. There have been fra- ternities on the canpus since 1845. Demand for fraternity hous ing has been high for a long time and several new houses have been built in the last five years. IFC was awarded first prizes in 1953-54 and 1954-55 in national competition among collegiate fra- ternity systems. A full fraternity intramural program is carried on throughout the year, in addition to individual fraternity participation in Home- coming, Winter Weekend, and IFC Role in Fraternity Life S. 5 13 20, 4 29 22 ai e £iri!an Dait3 OFFICE HOURS Circulation-764-0558 Complaints-9-1 1 :30 Office Hours-I -4 Classified-764-0557 Call between 12:30 and 2:30 its of an individual house and to ease the strain on sorority women in general. Previously sororities had conducted two rushes a year--one in the fall for upperclassmen and a larger rush in the spring for freshmen. After s e v e r a 1lindoctrination sessions, giving freshmen tips on "what rush is really like" and explaining the mechanics of get- ting through four sets of pledg- ing, rushees go through all houses on campus in the first set known as "mixers." During mixers, the rushee is introduced to as many girls in the sorority as possible - meeting about one new person exery six minutes. After this set and all; other sets the rushee finds out through her rush counselor if she has "made it" for the next set at the sorority of her choice. The four sets put the girls into a variety of clothes and situa- tions culminating in "final des- serts"-the set sororities use for their big pitch, through candle- light ceremonies and favorite sorority songs. If the rushee chooses to pledge the sorority that chooses to pledge her at a session after final des- serts known as "preferencing," she will be given a bid and car- ried up the steps of her sorority by members of neighboring fra- ternities on "pledge Sunday." In addition to setting up rules for rush Panhel attempts to set a tone of informality for struc- tured rush. Girls may also pledge at any time during the semester through open rush.. Panhel, last year, endorsed ex- tension of sophomore hours and later agreed to allow sophomores who live in sororities to have no hours if the University discon- tinued them for women living in the dorms. Sorority women also used Pan- hel to voice their opinion on issues that did not effect them directly such as endorsement of the 18- year-old vote.In conjunction with IFC, Panhel initiated a referen- dum last year to rescind an SGC ruling that would allow non-stu- dents to participate in University activities. By far, though, the most cru- . cial problem Panhel has had to deal with over the last year has been discrimination. In 1965 Panhel set up a mem- bership committee to review the constitutions and by-laws of all sororities on campus to check for any discriminatory clauses.. No sororities have been accused of discrimination in their con- stitutions at this time and no in- stances of discrimination have been brought to the committee's attention. De-facto segregation and inter- ference from nationals cause the greatest problems in discrimina- tion. On some campuses-Wisconsin, for example-sororities have been given the ultimatum of signing a statement saying that.there is no outside (usually alumnae) inter- ference in membership selection or going local. Many sororities on this campus must have a recommendation from an alumna saying a girl is acceptable to pledge the girl. Often, an alumna will refuse to recommend a girl because she is from a minority group. With this in mind, Panhel pass- ed a resolution last year con- demning t h e recommendation system in hopes that nationals would be pressured into changing their procedures. Many conservative alumnae will not even admit a discrimination problem exists and the tenuous financial situation of the houses makes it difficult for sororities to coerce their nationals into action. The nationals own most of the houses on this campus and sororities must go to them for improvements or additions to their houses. The Cultural Concerns Commit- tee of Panhel has been fairly in- active for the last year, although it did help sponsor the writer-in- residence program. Next year, however, they hope to bring girls with common interests in art and music together for workshops. Ir addition, Panhel hopes to have several of the Tuskegee exchange students live in sorority houses and perhaps sponsor an all cam- pus forum on the Tuskegee stu- dents' problems and observations. SEASON TICKETS: $20.00-$15.00-510.00 SINGLE CONCERTS (counter sale begins September 11): $5.00-$4.00-$2.00 Sixth Annual Danee Festival (in Hill Auditoriuin) HARKNESS BALLET.... ........................... Friday, October 13 Company of young dancers from New York in a program of classical and contem- porary ballet OLAETA BASQUE FESTIVAL OF BILBAO...................(2:30) Sunday, October 22 First American tour of this colorful group in a pageantry of songs and dances of the Basque country. JOSE MOLINA BAILES ESPANOLES ................ .... Friday, October 27 Spanish Dance Company in a program of classical and folk dances, and flamenco. SERIES TICKETS: 88.00-.$0.00-$5.00 SINGLE PERFORMANCES: $4.00-53.00-52.00 Christmas Music (in Hill Auditorium) IT'S NONE. OF YOUR BUSINESS... BUT IT COULD BE! Join the Daily Business Staff DROP BY 420 MAYNARD STREET OR CALL "MESSIAH" (HANDEL) -Three Performances ......................Friday, December University Choral Union, and. .......... ...............Saturday, December Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra ...................... (2:30) Sunday, December 1 2 3 TICKETS: $2.50-$2.00-$1.50-$1.00 (Counter sale begins October 10) t t . : , f.