SELF-SERVICE EDUCATION See Page 4 Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXIX, No. 153 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1959 Discrimination In Fraternities (EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is the third in a series of seven articles dis- cussing fraternity discrimination. Statements made by fraternity men at other campuses are taken from the Colorado Daily nd the Wisconsin Daily Cardinal.) By THOMAS HAYDEN Local members of fraternities with written discriminatory clauses report no substantial concern over the question within their chapters. At least one house-Alpha Tau Omega-is not in favor of drop- ping its prohibitive membership clause. ? But all four-Acacia, ATO, Sigma Chi, and Sigma Nu--agree there is a trend away from .discrimination. Face Crises Elsewhere All but Acacia face crises on other American campuses which may have eventual complications for University chapters. Acacia, with an unusual clause barring Roman Catholics, is not under pressure at other schools, notably the University of Wisconsin, where time limits for clause elimination have been imposed. Acacia's constitution prohibits those who at time of initiation are inherents of'"any organization which seeks to restrain its members from affiliation with Masonic organizations., Bars Catholics The Catholic Church can be construed as such an 'rganization, Dan Arnold, '59E, local president, said. r The fraternity has "no formal relationship" with the Masons, Arnold explained, but is still Masonic in origin and ritual. Acacia frequently bids Catholics, Arnold said, but "they often depledge after checking with a priest." The local chapter includes three men with Catholic backgrounds. Meanwhile, critical situations at the universities of Wisconsin and Colorado have involved ATO, Sigma Chi and Sigma Nu chapters. Gary Swenson, president of the ATO chapter at Wisconsin, sees hope for eventually eliminating the fraternity's clause which limits membership to "white, Christian males." Views 'Definitely' Changing "Under the present conditions and situations, a really good show at our August 1960 national convention might be enough" to gain a time extension from tl'e Wisconsin faculty, which has authority in the area. He said that delegates to the national convention "definitely seem to be changing their views, but we hope fast enough to help us." The See DISCRIMINATORY, Page 2. Re ferendurn Dates Set By Council Students To Answer Two Bowl Questions By JUDITH DONER. Student Government Council has set May 12 and 13 for holding its student referendum on the University's participation in post- season football games. Elections Director Roger Sea- sonwein, '61, announced that stu- dents will be asked to vote on two questions: 1) Should, the University sup- port continued Big Ten participa- tion in the Rose Bowl Agreement? 2) Should the University sup- port any post-season football par- Tests Student Feeling Both questions are included to determine whether students are in agreement with the Rose Bowl setup, and if not whether they desire any post-season football games, Seasonwein said. Since the questions of further University Bowl participation are to be decided by representatives from the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics and the faculty, the referendum will only be an expression of student opin- ion, Seasonwein cautioned. The Board has already gone on record as favoring continued par- ticipation. A special meeting of the Faculty Senate has been scheduled for May 18 to discuss the recently submitted report on University athletics, from a special Senate subcommittee. Sees Discussion Subcommittee head Prof. Wil. bert McKeachie of .the psychology department reported that he didn'tknbw if there would be any kind of faculty recommendation, but that the Rose Bowl issue would probably be discussed. "What I suspect," Prof. Mc- Keachie said, "is that students and faculty will either be pretty evenly divided on the issue or else the faculty will go one way and the students another." However, if there were strong sentiment, the faculty representa- tive would probably take it into strong consideration, he acknowl- edged. Seasonwein lauded it as "the first referendum in the history of SGC. This is the only university as far as we know that has utilized student opinion in this area," he added. Issue Not Complex "Most issues are just too com- plex to be answered with a yes or no vote," he continued. They require a thorough knowledge of not only the issue itself, but the background of the issue. , "Here we simply have a question of how the students feel about an uncomplicated matter." Williams' Fund Pr'oposal Report Republicans Spur --T THOMAS TURNER, EDITOR Composer Of 'ictors' Louis Elbel, composer of "The: Victors," died Saturday night atj University Hospital at the agel of 81. His life was tributed Sunday night at the May Festival when Eugene Ormandy directed the Philadelphia Orchestra in what John' Philip Sousa termed the finest college march ever written. Elbel, a University student from 1896-99, composed. "The Victors" in 1898, inspired by a University 1 victory over the University of Chi- cago. He had completed both words and music when he returned, from his weekend there. Each year, he returned to con- duct the marching band in "The Victors" on homecoming day, and was here last Oct. 25 to see Michi- gan defeat Minnesota in its only Big Ten Conference victory of the season. Born in South Bend, Ind. in 1877, he was known there as the. "dean of musicians." A child piano prodigy, he toured the country at the age of 12 and, in 1900. studied with Martin Krause in Leipzig, Germany. Performing with the Chicago Symphony and the Ge- wandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig in his early years, he later gave up concert work to devote himself to teaching.. He is survived by his wife, Maud Biggs Elbel, whom he married in 1920, and by two sons, Robert and Fred Elbel of South Bend. Clarification Committee Hears Plans Two alternative plans for com- mittees to control fraternity and sorority affairs were .-presented to' the Student Government Plan Clarification Committee yesterday. David Kessel, Grad., also spokeI against the plans for special boards governing the affiliated groups at the University. The first plan, presented by Iferbert P. Wagner, chairman of the Board of Directors of the University Interfraternity Alumni Conference, includes a committee on Fraternity Affairs to consider recognition and other fraternity matters. Members of the proposed Board would be three active fraternity members, three alumni members Raid Flops An attempted panty raid' fizzled early this morning -- almost ,pefore it started. Following- a Triangle honor- .ary initiation, a noisy, crowd collected between South and West Quadrangles and: milled about blaring on'trumpets, and hurling firecrackers, until after one a.m., when staff members succeeded in persuading most to return to their rooms; Meanwhile, police rushed units to the Hill to meet the raiders who never materialized. About 12:50 somceone in South Quadrangle shouted "to the Hill," the only answer he received was "put' your money where your' mouth is." At one a.m." a', dwindling group of men started for East Q u a d r .angle, but as they reached the Law Quadrangle, only a caisson and rolling drums were lacking for a most' elegant funeral procession. ROBERT JUNKER PHILIP POWER .. city editor . . editorial director Turner, Peters .Head Daily Saffs SCHOLARSHIPS: Regents Acce t Funds For Restricteld Grants (EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is the first In a series of three interpretive articles dealing with gifts and grants to the University.) By JAMES SEDER Crapo C. Smith was a successful Detroit lawyer who one day decided that he was sick of big-city living and returned to his alma mater to take up residence in the Union. He died in 1948. When his will was probated, the University was notified that Smith had left a grant of $1,250,000 to the University, comprising the University's second largest scholarship fund. This amount was to be used to aid "partly or wholly supporting I worthy young white men and wo- INTEGRATION, HUA men." The Regents were faced with By THOMAS KABAKER Thomas Turner, '60, was ap- pointed managing editor of The Daily last night by the Board in Control of Student Publications.j The Board appointed Ronald Peters, '61E, Daily business man- ager. Named to other editorial staff positions were Robert Junker, '60, city editor; Philip Power, '60, edi- torial director; Barton Huthwaite, '60, features editor; Joan Kaatz, '60, magazine editor; Charles Koz- ol, '60, personnel director, and Peter Dawson, '60, contributing editor., Other edit staff appointments were James Bow, '60, associate city editor; Susan Holtzer, '60, as- sociate editorial director; and Selma Sawaya, '60, associate per- sonnel director. Other senior business staff ap- pointments are Theodore Cohn, '60, advertising manager; Morley Gwirtzman, '60, associate business manager; Richard Champe, '60BAd., finance manager; and Marilyn Fisher, '60, accounts manager. Turner will replace Richard Taub, '59, as Daily editor. The ap- pointment will make Turner an ex-officio member of Student Government Council. A resident of Santurce, Puerto Rico, Turner is enrolled in the English Honors program, a mem- ber of Sphinx, junior men's hon- orary, and Sigma Delta Chi, pro- fessional journalism fraternity. He is 19 years old. Replaces Topol Peters will take the post for- mally held by Stephen Topol, '59. He is a 20-year-old native of Trenton, Mich., and a member of Alpha Chi Sigma professional fraternity, and Triangle, junior NITY: v ws w.v va vvwa J. the question of accepting or re-$ jecting the grant - it had no op- portunity to change the grant's conditions. They accepted. This is standard Regental policy. Some administrators, particu- larly those in areas with no direct contact with the scholarship pro- gram, ask if it's "any less moral to accept funds restricted to 'white' or 'protestant' students than it is. to accept the Barbour scholarship (restricted to oriental girls) or the various American Indian scholar- ships?" But other administrators, es- pecially those working in the stu- dent scholarship area,. appear to' have more thorough philosophy on' accepting these funds. They ek- plain that they are opposed to all types of restrictions on scholarship: funds-in addition to moral cnn- JEvUIUA~fIy(ILO den Outlines 'Personal Journalism' "It could happen only in Amer- ica" is the apt statement of a man who believes first and foremost in a brand of what he calls "person- al journalism." And Harry Golden, editor of the Carolina Israelite and noted hu- morist, employs this style of writ- tegration crisis in the South. ing when a 15,000 to 25,000 word "I came to the South at the paper (all his own work) comes right time" for the Negro story, rolling off the presses each month, he said. It was described as a time "I'm completely secure in the which "involves a changing social knowledge that I won't be order." scooped," Golden said of his Notes Real Stories unique publication. Once again, there were news Describes 'Personal' Form stories and editorials. But Golden Speaking yesterday as a Uni- claimed that the real stories were versity lecturer in journalism, left to a few marginals like him- Golden described his form of So G "personal journalism" with two So Golden wrote and talked. He examples. When Israel invaded is perhaps best noted for his "Ver- Gaza, his deadline date was three tical Negro Plan," which advo- wesoff.r cated' putting out-of-order signs weeks .on all drinking machines labeled And despite news reports, maga- "white" in the South. zine stories and editorials, Golden "For the first day or two the was not scooped. He played the whites were hesitant," he wrote, story as an analogy between . m ;a- mr,+ _ V - _ + and death." He quoted statistics showing that for every white wo- man who dies in childbirth, there are three colored women. The Ne- gro infant death rate is six and one-half times that of the white race," he added. The South's basic problem is that -it is a single homogeneous society, Golden claimed. But the problem has gone past their pri- vate lives into their public institu- tions, he added. New York Native A native of the Lower East Side of New York City, Golden recalled that "everyone was Jewish and we had our own culture." 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