51 SHE MICHIGAN DAILY WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES: Physical Recreation, Opportunities Abound [DALE PRINCIPLES-Cooperative housing at the University l >rdinated by the Inter-Cooperative Council. Members are I in a house by the ICC and must agree to uphold the Roch- rinciples for democratic living. peratives Emphasize 1ocratic Living Code By MALINDA BERRY" k group of University students years ago organized the first dent co-operative in the na- :, the present Michigan House. There are now eight student co- under the Inter-Cooperative incil on the campus; three for n-the Michigan .Co-op, John kamura Co-op, and the Robert 'en Co-op; three houses for un- graduate women-the Muriel, ter Co-op, A. K. Stevens Co-op, d the Harold Osterweil House; house for graduate women, Mark VIII Co-op; and one ise for married students, the Uis Brandeis Co-op. the co-ops were originated in 1930's when students, as well' everyone else, were faced with nwinic hardships, Land it was essary to reduce living ex- Hses. Owns Houses The ICC houses are owned by council, a corporation set up I run entirely by the students o live or eat in the houses. the ICC was incorporated to vide a central organization for ding deeds and mortgages and gotiating real estate deals. The up has an office in the Stu- it Activities Bldg. .CC is presently working toward e purchase of a ninth house. All work within the co-ops, such cooking, dishwashing, mainte- nce and management is done the members. All members are eligible for offices, such as presi- dent, house manager, food pur- chaser and accountant. It requires approximately four to six hours a week of work 'per member to run a co-op. The exact work time is decided by house vote, as are all decisions, which are mare at open meetings by majority vote. Membership Selection . Membership in the co-ops, which presently number about 250 stu- dents, is decided upon a first- come first-served basis, without racial, religious or political dis- crimination. The 'rooms within the co-ops accommodate rfom two to four people, with a few single rooms. Rooms are completely furnished, and the arrangement of the furni- ture and furnishings is left to the discretion of the occupants. Each house serves three meals a day. In addition there is a "guffing" system, which means that the members can have cof- fee, ,tea, bread, jam, leftovers, etc., between meals-an extension of the old American habit of raiding the ice-box. The women's co-op houses are required b ythe University to have a house-director. But the co-op houses have been granted the, unique privilege of electing their own, subject to approval of the D4n of Women. The approximate cost per se- mester for living in the co-ops is $225 for room and board. For all incoming freshmen coeds_ and transfer students who lack a physical education credit on their transcript, the University makes one year of physical education training a requirement for gradu- ating. The program for women is di- vided into four eight-week ses- sions. For each eight-week period coeds select a different activity. Women who want to learn div- ing may receive instruction in the Women's Pool. Those who know the, basic techniques of this sport may take advanced courses. Swim Clubs Michifish and its junior coun- terpart, Michifins, are two extra- curricular clubs in which advanced swimmers and divers participate. Tryouts are held each spring and fall. The groups feature synchro- nized swimming and put on a water ballet in the Women's Pool which is equipped with under- water lighting and facilities for just such a program. Coeds may also obtain their Red Cross Water Safety certificate through their swimming courses. This certificate is helpful in ob- taining a summer position as a camp counselor. A putting green and two golf courses are available to students whether they are advanced or be- ginning golfers. Coeds who are taking other physical education courses can use the golf courses also. Bowling Facilities Four bowling alleys in the Wom- en's Athletic Building give women an opportunity to become familiar with the sport. Scoring and tech- niques of bowling are taught. Fencing instruction is also pro- vided in the WAB. After'the first few weeks of the course matches are arranged between.,students in each class. All equipment is fur- nished for the coeds. Instruction on the trampoline, horses and rings as well as tumbling and some marching, are included la. the apparatus, course.. During the winter ice and figure skating instruction is given at the University Coliseum. Coeds are re- quired to furnish their own skates but they are not asked to purchase a pair before the first class if they don't already have their own. Recreational leadership is an- other class open to University coeds. This course is designed to teach the fundamentals as well as to give the students experience in the receational field. The course provides experience required for summer jobs. Students learn essentials of the handicraft, camperaft, hobbies, games, music, nature study story telling and first 'aid. Coeds do field work with Scouts, Brownies, Y-Teens, patients at University Hospital and other recreational centers around Ann Arbor. Instruction in horseback riding is furnished throughout the school jyear. Transportation is provided to the stables located outside Ann Arbor. Dance Courses Also Courses In ballet and modern dance are also offered. Modern Dance Clubs, Ballet Clubs and Choreographer's Workshop are ex- tracurricular activities which sup- plement these courses. The traditional courses of bad- minton, baseball, archery and bas- ketball are also open to coeds. Fourteen tennis courts are avail- able for the exclusive use of Uni- versity women. Beginning, inter- mediate and advanced instruction is offered in the racket sport. Coeds learn the rules and scoring of each and apply them in class fmatches. The department also offers a class in Posture, Figure and Car- riage, in which girls are taught the elements of good bearing, and par- ticipate in exercises designed to improve them. Each girls is given individual attention to her specific needs, and improvement is rated over the duration of the course. There are many clubs, such as the tennis club, the fencing club and the riflery club, represented on the Women's Athletic Associa- tion panel. Basketball and softball are, among the. most popular ini the inter-house leagues in which many sororities and residence halls com- pete. IFC Views Rush Plan, Regulations (Continued from Page 1) quantities of food at wholesale prices for fraternities. Athletic Program Each house also has an athletic chairman who handles the group's participation in the various in- tramural programs offered at the University. IFC is in charge of semesterly rush, and offers the rushees ser- vices ranging from rushing coun- elors and a rushee orientation pro- gram to policing to insure that all houses follow proper pro- cedures. Fraternity pledges usually spend one day a week or so working around the house, mowing the lawn, making miscellaneous re- pairs and doing other odd jobs around the fraternity's grounds. Pledge Classes, Each fraternity pledge class elects a president who acts as its representative at Junior Interfra- ternity Council (JIFC). JIFC takes charge of pledge help week, a period during which fra- ternity and sorority pledges con- tribute their effort working at the University's fresh air camp. Fraternity social life is also ac- tive. Ranging from informal par- ties to pledge formals, affiliate social life is run by the social chairman of each house. All par- ties are registered in advance with the University. IFC also attempts to further re- lationships between fraternity men and the University community as a whole. (Continued from Page 1) years ago. IHC, organized on a house rather than a quad basis, included a Presidium including all the house presidents and an exec- utive council. The Presidium was eliminated in favor of the smaller IQC single body since it was felt that the Presidium had become a "rubber stamp" of the executive committee. House Level The present organization of residence hall government starts at the house level with a house council and officers. The presi- dent of the house and a repre- sentative from each serve on the quadrangle council which in turn has its own ,officers who, plus a representative, sit on IQC. In the individual houses, there are numerous functions; academ- ic, social and athletic. Academically, many of the houses have academic chairmen who maintain exam files. Socially, the individual units have chair- men who arrange mixers and oth- er such events. Athletically, the houses participate in the intra- mural program, offering oppor- tunities in many sports. On the quadrangle level, social events are organized and run on a somewhat broader scale, including some dances. There are also cultural pro- grams, including movies and con- certs, and quadrangle libraries which offer a combination of ref- erence works and light reading as well as records which can be rented or played on the libraries' reproducing equipment. The quadrangle councils also take responsibility for setting rules in certain areas such as dress regulations subject to the approv- al of the administration. House councils have similar au- thority over regulations govern- ing their houses such as quiet hours. Radio Station IQC, in addition to coordinat- ing the activities of these other student government bodies has authority over the quadrangle ra- dio station WCBN and sponsors a number of activities of its own. This group has also cooperated with Interfraternity Council o questions affecting both bodies. During last fall's rush, then IQ President Dan Rosemergy an( former IFC head Jon Trost co laborated on a letter to all quad rangle residents urging them thi the decision to rush and pledg was an individual one. One of the participants at la spring's conference on the quac rangles was IFC President BC Peterson who participated in discussion regarding the problen encountered by residence ha houses in which fraternity pledge live. Sponsor Sing Other residence hall activiti sponsored by IQC include the IQC Assembly sing, a storage servio for residents who wish to stoi trunks and boxes during the sumr mer, and various other service ant cultural programs. 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