TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAIL'Y' a. ~qa~aE&U*j V --,' ,;..C IAND IL riourlr; r.LmvBN U' FRATERNITY MEN: Scholars, Servants, Socialites Panhel, 24 Sororities Promote 'Well-Roundedness' - By JEFFREY GOODMAN Diversity is the key to Univer- sity fraternities, with emphasis on everything from scholarship and service to social and athletic ac- tivities. Each of the 45 closely-knit houses on campus is run largely! by its members, though the facili- ties are owned by their respective alumni groups. Fraternity men elect their own officers in each house-including a house manag- er, athletic chairman, and stew- ard, who is responsible for pur- chasing all the food which the 25-70 members consume. A student becomes a fraternity member after visiting and meeting the members of houses he is in- terested in. He will go through three days of open houses-which open a "rush" period of indefinite length - and attend numerous smokers, dinners and other func- tions. Any Time of Year Whenever the fraternity decides it would like to have the student' join, it will tender him a bid, which he can refuse if he wants. Bids may be tendered at any time of the year after the period of open houses, ,' OSA Governs Students Outside the Classroom Many extra-curricular activities and agencies come under the auspices of the Office of Student Affairs and Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis. His office handles such diverse matters as non-academic counselling, bicycle and automobile regulations, student hous- ing both on and off campus, regulation of students activities and organizations, formulation of student disciplniary policy and student judiciary systems? -in short, most anything which concerns the student's non- academic life comes under his scrutiny. From his offices on the first floor of the Student Activities Bldg., the vice-president ful- fills the responsibilities of both the dean of women and the dean of men-both posts hav- ing been abolished by the Uni- versity in 1962.? Lewis came to the University° in the early 1950's after several years of service in the school systems of St. Joseph and Dear- born. He is also a professor in> the education school. Assisting Lewis are various directors responsible for keep- JAMES A. LEW[S ing things organized for the University's many students: -Director of Residence Halls Eugene Haun coordinates the University's vast housing systems. -Assistant to tle Vice-President for Financial Aids Mark Noffsinger handles loans to students by the University. -Assistant to the Vice-President for Counselling Elizabeth P. Davenport coordinates the University's diverse non-aca- demic counselling services. -Director of Student Activities and Organizations John Bingley oversees the numerous organized -activities of the stu- dent body. This "open rush" procedure willa be new in the fall. It allows a fra- ternity to rush a student any time it wants and also to make contact with him anywhere on campus.- Thus there. is no period of "for- mal" or "informal rush"; the; whole procedure is informal. Under previous plans, a stu- dent had to visit a specified num- ber of houses, membership bids were concentrated in two weeks of formal activities and the time and place for rushing were limited. Coordination Responsible for this change was Interfraternity Council, the Greek system's coordinating body with legislative, executive, judicial and administrative powers. IFC's executive committee con- sists of five senior officers, alum- ni representatives and a represen- tative from the, Office of Student Affairs. Use of Alcohol It is primarily a Judicial body, ruling on infractions of Univer- sity regulations such as those against unregistered parties and the use of alcohol. IFC also has authority to adjudicate violations of its rushing and pledging regu- lations. In addition, the Executive Com- mittee proposes legislation to the Fraternity Presidents' Assembly, the affiliate system's legislative body representing the heads of the 45 houses. FPA not only passes on recom- mendations from various sub- committees of the Executive Com- mittee but serves as the major liaison between the Executive Committee and the individual houses. Publicity, Service The third wing of the fraternity government is its administrative branch, composed, of five junior officers, who head 'committees dealing with publicity, rush, serv- ice, campus projects and special events. A new group, formed separately last year, is the IFC membership committee, which seeks to arbi- trate cases involving discrimina- tion in membership-selection. The committee works under an IFC bylaw prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, reli- gion, creed, national origin or an- cestry. The bylaw is similar to Regents' anti-discrimination Bylaw 2.14, under which Student Government Council acts. Though IFC has no official University authority in the field and only SOC can refuse to recognize a fraternity as a student organization, the IFC committee hopes to settle violations of the bylaw wherever it can and to edu- cate fraternities on the discrimin- ation issue. C4 Cooperation among 24 under-" graduate social sororities at the University is promoted by Pan- hellenic Association, which strives to meet the needs of all affiliated women. While each chapter is self- governing, the 24 presidents meet weekly to discuss issues common to all sororities; discussions and de- cisions taken at the presidents' council in turn are related to af- filiates at their individual house meetings. The sorority system provides an alternative to dorms, with empha- sis upon a relatively small mem- bership sharing mutual interests. Sororities have been at the Uni- versity since the 1870's. Originally they were social units only, but emphasis now is toward "well- roundedness" in campus living. C- Academic interests are promoted forts include canvassing door to by awards for scholastic achieve- door for the national drive for Aid ment at house honors dinners and to Leukemia-Stricken American Panhellenic trophies awarded an- Children. demic toesororities with top aca- Social activities remain a very averagesimportant part of sorority life. Many sororities have recently Football open houses are held after initiated cultural programs, either the games and many houses par- individually or in connection with ticipate in Homecoming efforts, other houses. both by constructing their own Service projects are also em- chapter displays and by working phasized. Last year Panhel mem- on campus-wide committees. bers participated in the fall Affiliated women also tradition-. Bucket Drive and Help Week. ally participate in the Inter- They also worked with the Ann fraternity Council Sing and the Arbor Community Center in aid- Lantern Night sing. Yearly house ing under-privileged children and projects include-fraternity-sorority giving Christmas parties for or- cooperation in Michigras or Spring phans. Weekend. Many sororities, in addition to The rush program within each their local work, sponsor national chapter is supervised and coor- philanthropic Projects. Their ef- dinated by Panhel-this being one of the primary responsibilities of the executive council which is composed of 13 officers. In ad- dition, a sercetariat composed of 10 underclass girls aids the execu- tive council. Under the new rush plan, the fall rush will be directed primarily at pledging upperclassmen while spring rush will be mainly for freshmen. In addition, open rush on a completely unstructured basis will take place may be held by individual sororities following the regular spring rush. No house is required to take part in the new fall rush; how- ever, any house which does not participate in the fall program may not pledge upperclassmen during spring rush. Another recent change in the S C'. FRESHMAN GRS EEME! tee. rush program is a shortening of the rushing period-from four weeks to 15 days-with more of the parties taking place during the week. Affiliated groups are specifically considered "student organizations" under the jurisdiction of Student Government Council by the Re- gents. Council is thus empowered to apply Regents Bylaw 2.14 which forbids discrimination within the University to sororities and fra- ternities as recognized student or- ganizations. Last spring, five sororities which had contested SGC's authority to request membership criteria filed membership statements in ac- cordance with Council regulations, completing compliance on the part of all student organizations ca &1 Ae o s' N~ OKI , ..~' I I VIP, For MICHIGAN DAILY SUBSCRI PTIONS Phone NO 2-3241 It '.ftOollege 40W V AMd one impoi'Ian* 9S9e* +o any education is *vavet. Ya6uII have mnany oppotunities 4for travel during these years: I"search pro'jeck trips, betweei.geese jaun$, foot batIl basketball jwiket$, skiing excui'sions, and weekend *ours. 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