PAGE EIGHT THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1964 1, PAGE EIGHT THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY. APRIL 9.1964 +.aa v+ vi a s! 4" v7 r Sorenson's Views on Affiliates, Bias (EDITOR'S NOTE: Reprinted here are excerpts from Regent Allen Sorenson's Tuesday night speech to fraternity and sorority leaders.) On Leadership .. . I do not draw a line between leadership on the campus and leadership in the rest of our so- ciety. There is a common cliche fr equently used by commencement speakers about "going out into the world." I disagree with the im- plication that you are not involv- ed in our world problems at this point in your lives. We have seen many times how our campus leadership, our student society has had a marked and last- ing effect on our course of action and our goals as a nation. Con- sider the part students have play- ed in civil rights activities of the past few years. And don't under- rate the weight of the opinion of student groups on the major poli- tical parties. Make no mistake about it. You a're leaders in our society' now. It is as such, as leaders, that you are being addressed tonight. Kinds of L'eaders There is what I shall call pas- ,sive leadership as well as active leadership. If you as a chapter president serve to maintain the policies as you found them, if you accurately reflect the philosophy of your brothers as their spokes- man, if your function as president is, in effect, to represent the aver- age of the house, then I would say you are a passive leader. This kind of laissez-faire lead- ership is fine if you find condi-' tions around you in all respects superior or perfect. There is then nothing to be done except to maintain a position, to man the defenses against any change. Of course, I am exaggerating. Whether speaking of a single house or of our entire society, we are confronted by serious problems crying out for our best leader- ship to find solutions. As I have already mentioned, the great so- cial and political problems of our time extend into your house. Member Selection What attitude prevails in your house regarding selection of mem- bers? Is it an attitude which is constructive and contributes to so- lution of a problem in our society -or at least promotes an intimate understanding of a problem-or is It an attitude which isolates and insulates the group from realities? I think few students fully ap- preciate the value, the unique na- ture of the once-in-a-lifetime op- portunity afforded them on this campus. For the great majority of students, there will not again in their lifetimes be a similar oppor- tunity to know intimately, and to live with others of the same age but different social, economic, ra- cial, and national background. Since leaving this campus, I have not again found such an op- portunity, nor has anyone else to my knowledge. The fact is that there is not again such an oppor- tunity for an individual ... On Discussion... It appeared to be in a fra- ternity I visited recently that they did have spirited discussions, but on a different scale of matters: ALLAN SORENSON the house finances, some food problems, how to circumvent a University policy 'which might in- trude on their right to be homo- geneous. Issues of major social concern cannot profitably be discussed in the absence of proponents of thi various viewpoints,, proponents who are intimately associated through background and experi- ence with that viewpoint, although, hopefully, not irreversibly dedicat- ed to that viewpoint. The human quality we possess of seeking to make our individual spheres of association homogene- ous and closed to deviant con- cept is probably our greatest ob- stacle to solution of social, poli- tical, and economic problems, be- cause of the absence of under- standing proliferated by this qual- ity. Educational Aims If an educational institution, we seek to create understanding, to encourage its development and growth. In the area of which I am speaking, understanding a problem' comes through associa- tion with those familiar with its diverse aspects. The opportunities are richly displayed for, the tak- ing in this community of scholars. The degree to which one avails himself of these opportunities is an individual choice, but subject to wise influence by active leaders. One of the problems you and I face as leaders in this academic community is how to make all students-minorities as well as majorities, foreign citizens as well as citizens of this country, those of disadvantaged background as well as those highly advantaged- aware of the great value and the once-in-a-lifetime nature of this opportunity. Majority Initiative If one side or the other is more responsible for initiative in pro- moting completely free association, it is the majority side. However,' the responsibilities are heavy on each side. Our foreign students, whom we are most honored, hap- py, and fortunate to have among us, are probably as guilty of con- fining their associations (under- standably so in a community of strange customs) as we are guilty of offering insufficient opportunity and hospitality for close associ- ates. In this particular example, I'm not thinking only of the occas- ional exchange dinner between na-i tional groups. I'm thinking of in- house living on a brother-to-broth- er, day-to-day basis of mutual un- derstanding and respect for dif-, ferences. This is the real core of the opportunity we have here and now for influence throughout the world for the future, an interna- tional influence for peace and co- operative solution of mutual prob- lems based on the same under- standing and respect for differ- ences which we would generate here and now. Comfortable Niche I am sure, unfortunately, that there are people who enter this. community from a background of social and economic homogenei- ty, who carefully construct for themselves among us an insulated niche as nearly as possible in imi- tation of their parentay commu- nity; who live here for four years, dutifully taking courses, perhaps with good grades; who then re- turn to the society of origin, per- haps in a different location, with no major opinion changed, or questionel seriously, or perhaps even recognized as existing ... On Bias .. . I must now tell you of a change in position I have experienced. Again, for background I must re- fer to my experience as a student on this campus. At that time, an effort was being made to eliminate from the bylaws of fraternities and sororities those membership or rit- ual practices which ddiscriminated against an individual because of his race, religion, or national ori- gin. This seemed to me then an entirely proper effort, one to be encouraged as being in complete harmony with our precepts as a nation. Some 15 or 20 years later, when I began this great privilege of serv- ing on the Regents, I was quite shocked and disappointed to find this same very important matter was still not completely resolved. We had evolved to a point where only a few discriminatory cluases remained. We had witnessed the bold action by student government units seeking to enforce the policy. We had, in some cases, seen these bold actions thwarted or reversed -indicating, in my opinion, an uncertainty of our goal or our means to the goal. This uncer- QO 4 4 % a13 0 J~ AUSTIN DIAMOND CORPORATION tainty may also have been part of3 the reason for the long period oft incomplete success to which I havet referred.1 New Views1 My first impulse. was to chargeS onward. But in the discussion of how best to finish the job, I found my own opinion changing. Perhaps this is not so much a change as a clarification and new understanding which came with{ my first really close-range person- al contact with the issue.- My position now is this:f First, by every reasonable stand-t ard I can use, fraternities and ,r- orities are private, social clubs, na- tional in scope and mem;)ership,t with localized chapter existence. Int addition to the very visible evi- dence supporting this view, there1 is the support of a recent con-a gressional directive to the Civil Rights Commission specifically' mentioning college fraternities and sororities along with other social clubs as not subject to investiga- tion by the commission. With this, first point established, there is little alternative remaining. The overwhelming weight of legal prec- edent and constitutional guaran- tee is that selection of members or ritualistic procedures in private clubs is the concern of the mem- bers, and of them only. Status Quo We are in this untenable posi- tion at present: 1) We have fraternities as an officially recognized part of the University, in any segment of which, as a publicly supported in- stitution, there very clearly can be no form or trace of discrimi- nation on the basis of race, reli- gion, or national origin. 2) The Right of Free Associa- tion, indeed the right to discrimi- nate, must be guaranteed to these groups as private clubs. As you can see, there are only two alternatives. Either the frater- nities must drastically change their nature, their traditions, their national affiliations so as to be in truth student organiiations rather than private social clubs (this is highly unlikely to occur) or these private clubs must be made pri- vate in fact, that is separated clearly and precisely from the Uni- versity and from all our state supported institutions. Not Impossible I can see no insurmountable obstacle which such 'a separation would pose to continued flourish- ing of fraternity life. I am told by fraternity representatives that they see no serious obstacle. We are closely watching the sororities at Long Beach State College in their new status of separation from the college. So far, there appears to be little effect on the sorori- ties. For the' past year, I have urged my colleagues on the Board of Regents to take this action. I am convinced we will do so in the near future. I call upon our sister institu- tions in this state to take the same action to end this double violation of civil liberties in which we viol- ate the right of free association in our effort to impress into a new mold the inherently discriminatory private clubs whose presence in a state institution violates the right of equal opportunity .. . The University's policy, like that of the University of California and many others, has been to assure the existence of the right of free choice of new members-without restrictions due to race, religion. etc., imposed by a national struc- ture which is external from the standpoint of the institution. Unsatisfactory This, in my opinion, is not a satisfactory end-point. For if such a right is established, that is; if all the clauses are eliminated which are offensive in a state institution from a civil liberties standpoint, the discrimination in fact is by no means eliminated, nor would it be eliminated consider- ing the subjective, arbitrary, and discriminatory nature of the mem- bership selection process. 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