T[UESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'U' FRATERNITY MEN: Scholars, Servants, Socialites Panhel, 24 Sororities Promote Well- 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-'0 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 overnsS tudents 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 student 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 firstj 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-j 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- MES A.LEWIS ing things organized for the University's many students: -Director of Residence Halls Eugene Haun coordinates the University's vast housing systems. -Assistant to the 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 will i be new in the fall. It allows a fra- t ternity to rush a student any time 1 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. 4 Under previous plans, a stu- dent had to visit a specified num- ber of houses, membership bids x 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 SGC 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. For MICHIGAN DAILY SUBSCRIPTIONS Phone NO 2-3241 r r r~ . , .ya s ~ a *A4d aw mporfant aset*46o .ayeducaf ion IS 'flave . Y0u1Jhave. eua yoppor unites 4;or' *rarul curing these years:;'Gsearol' projec*t dips, betweern.s msip* joumnis, foobualkbasketball junW~, skiipg excursions.. and weekend. *ours. 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