THE MICHIGAN DAILY P'AGE SEVE~N ............. __ - ARTICLE BY SAAIN EN PULSE IN ORU MilL PROBLEMS OF FRATERNITY DEALING WITH NE SFUDENTS AND PLEDGING DISCUSSED BY DEAN Fornwer Uniersity lecturer cusses American Skycraper Treatise on Architecture I1s-. in PRINTED IN MAY ISSUE Eliel Saarinen, one of the noted architects of the world and recently a lecturer in the architectural college,' has written an article for the May number of the Forum, on th~e archi- tecture of America. The article is the last of a series of communicationsI that started as a result of remarks on } the architecture of this country made by a noted American architect. In the article Mr. Saarinen says that the skyscraper of America came, not as the result of necessity, but as a result of the spirit of the times. Its style, he says, enable the city- builder to give diversity and a bold pattern to the city's structurial out- line, creating by this means im- pressive complexes of buildings at important points in the town either by planning skyscrapers to stand alone or in groups with good rhythmic inter-relations. To be "Scientific City" Mr. Saarinen finds the only hope for the success of skyscrapes as al contributing and a practical aspect of I our civilization in the decentraliza- tion of city units and the planning of1 of the metropoli of the future so that they will be a conglomeration of city units, having convenient and rapid connections with each other. "The city so planned," says Mr. Saarinen in the article, "not only develops into a 'scientific city' but it also has possi-1 bilities of becoming a 'beautiful city', offering good living conditions and having a power to heighten culture." Among the evils that Mr. Saarinen finds as a result of the skyscraper civilization is the fact that the gigant- ic cities of the future, "where every second is coerced into denoting ma- terial gain or loss" will dwarf all oth- er faculties of the people, besides their hearing, which he finds now in peril from the din and the racket of modern transportation requirements. Expresses Modern Progress On the whole Mr. Saarinen finds in BU4SLEY Nl'v PLEDGING ;"Y M t "The questions for pledging and can do for the closely related," dean of students, terday on fratern fraternities say t lowed to pledge t they enter college sistance to themi in their college li to get acquainted, make good in thei ing them with a and in setting the conduct. "While I amr this," continued i) are some of the pi ternities make. they will help the proper value or r various activities ing in these ac athletics, dramatic lege publications, ganization." Advocat "Now these poi may be that the these things for 0 a matter of fact ities do them? I consideabrle doul bearing out these that it would bei the freshmen, the the college as av form of delayed p layed pledging I d for only two or ti mind that would continue as we ar "One great adv pledging is the more normal selec As it is now, it that a boy is me taken to the frater there until the ple on him. H'e has by some alumnus or he has on a g After he is in tl it may be absolu any other groupt [,( VrES IDhi~A LI)particularly like him, as they thinak I a 1e all on frcshmea, who, having' FRESII31EN AT there must be something in him they, been pledged as soon as they came to' HIfAN haven't seen, and they feel they must college, have an exaggerated idea of pledge him before someone else does, their own importance. This creates as to the best time IMay Pedging ' a natural feeling of resentiment on what the fraternity "I shouid like to see pledging de- the part of a number of freshmen,I freshman are very laved until about the first of May, with which 1 believe could be done away said J. A. Bursley,Int.st with by delayed pledging. in an interview yes.-requirement that a boy could not be Sees Second Object ion ity pledging. "The, pledged unless he had made a satis- "Another objection to first semester hat if they are al-factory scholastic record the first ! ledging is one that you are all un-t heir men as soon as semester, and that he could not be' doubtedly familiar with. It is the they can be of as- f initiated unless he had continued this practice which nearly all fraternities n finding themselves record for the second semester. This have of literally forcing their fresh- I ife in helping them would undoubtedly relieve the fratern- men into some form of college acti- in helping them to ities of many members who develop i vity. These pledges are told that they r studies, in supply- into liabilities rather than assets. must do this or that for the fratern- college background Now a boy manages to get by in this ity. Unfortunately, in many instances, im examples of right' work the first semest er and is in- these men try out unofficially, often iated. He sees. no necessity for fur- i with sad results to their scholastic not agreeing to all ther effort and lets go and falls down. work. en srshethese' He is dropped from college, many "I have recently made a study of} oints which the fra- times never to return, and has no par- the grades received by fraternity They also say that ticular interest in the group nor the freshmen. In about two thirds of the freshman place the college. If he completes a year with instances the marks received by elative value on the successful grades, before initiation, pledges living outside the fraternity of college, includ- the chances of future failure are much houses were higher than those ob- tivities scholarship, reduced. tained by freshmen living in the cs, work on the col- "Another point which I believe house. and i student or- should be mentioned is that delayed "The biggest disadvantage to delay- pledging such as I have described ed pledging, as I see it, is the possible es Change would tend to lessen to a certain ex- development of a spirit of dishonesty its may be true. It tent as least a form of snobbishness due to sub rosa pledging. There is, fraternity can do which exists in some instances. We no question but what that is the real he freshman, but as how many fratern- think that there is bt about the facts claims. I believe A PIrtsLtfHN OE to the advantage of IAPL SHWR fraternities, and to B R ING OUT danger. Each fraternity blieve that of the fraternities. If these charges so far as its members are conc:rned:,are true, I can rnly I>ay ' od protect every one is perfectly honest. u us from cur aluuni.' every other group must be looked at First Year I'[edgi'rj askance-that they are not going to "I am not in fav or of second ear play the game. Therefore, in o r to ple ig at :Michiga at at, he ue be on equal footing, this particular under such arrangemient th ui er- fraternity must play according to the ity houses would be only partay till- same rules and pledge before the as- ed during the first semester. ,ft the signed time. The alumni are charged sophmores were to come back to col-' with being responsible for this condi- lege with no fraternity affiliations, tion in certain places where delayed they would be obliged to go into room-, pledging has been adopted. That is, ing houses and our rile, of course, it is said that the alumni talk to the requires that after a man has taken freshmen and get them 'sewed up'' a room, he must keep it for at leas when invited. The alumni have been one semester, so that if the meon were charged with a great many sins of not Pledged until after the beginning omission and commission and here of the second year, it would mean that; again they are charged with possible they could not go into the fraternity' unfairness in the selection of members house to lire until the second semester WhenTraveI are ment you will usua E M''C~ STCA is the college way-the only third cabin service to tained entirely for college people and those with whom t of that year. On the other hand, if they are pledged toward the end of the first year, their fraternity affilia- tions will have been established prior Ito their return to college in the opho- more year and they could go right into the fraternity house in the fall and be initiated at the convenience of their fraternities. Such an arrange- men," concluded Dean Bursley, "\would give all the advantages of de- layed pledging and at the same time would pe(rmit the fraternities tq fill their houses for the full college year." CHICAGO-The press stand in Bartlett gymnasium has been enlarg- ed, due to the demand for space at the National Interscholastic basketball meets. - - - rnd Europe boned ily-hear of and from Europe main- hey naturally associate. whole to have some ledging, and by de- [o not mean delayed! hree weeks. To my be worse than to! e. vantage of delayed possibility of a tion of membership. frequently happens t at the train and 'nity house and kept dge button is placed been recommended or group of alumni, ood suit of clothes. he fraternity house tely impossible for to get hold of him. FISH BRAND SLICKERS Application blanks are required in all cases. More than 400 people from HARVARD YALE WILLIAMS SMITH VASSAR WELLESLEY PRINCETON 45 alone have already signed to Cross STCA to Europe this SCm11 There are such college orchestras as THE BARBARY COAST at DARTMOUTH, THE INTER-COLLEGIATE ACES from PRINCETON, THE YALEf DANCE 'ORCHESTRA, THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS, and the UNIVERSITY of MICHIGAN WOLVERINES. i i i \\ f /9 \1 The most Practical and Styx lish Rainy DyGarments v 9WE1' A.J.TOWER CO. B ostor, Mass. the skyscraper the future of American If a fraternity happens to be rushing architecture of a distinctive quality a boy who is being sought after by and expressive of the advance of a number of other groups, they will American civilization. And it is in not drop him, whether or not they, .r .s '""°"s ""° ... ' . ..- p Weekly sailings on the ships of the Holland-America Line to and from England and the Continent. $1 0-185 OUBW Trip See University of Michigan Travel Bureau or Mr. George Fisk Mr. Richard Barton Miss Mary Cristy the direction of decentralization and a fine taste for the advantages that the skyscraper will offer that he finds the remedy. In commenting on the reputation of Mr. Saarinen in architecture the ed-' Itor of the Forum says, "It has been said that what Sibelius is to Finnish music, or Nurmi to Finnish athletics, Saarinen is to architecture." 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