PAGE SIX

T HE MICHIGAN DAILY

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935



Deans Express Opinions On FraternitySystem

Daily MaKes
Wide Survey
Of Fraternities'
Colleges And Universities
In United States, Canada
Are Interrogated
(Continued from Page I)
problem naturally has to do with liv-
ing conditions within the group and
within the fraternity house as they
affect the student's relation to his
university or college.
"In my judgment this has been
one of the most serious problems in
fraternity and university life. Frat-
ernities seem to feel that it is a case
of their 'house being their castle' and
that it is nobody's business what they
do while residing therein. It is be-
cause of this very distinct attitude
on the part of fraternities that I
feel any effort on the part of univer-
sities or colleges to control university
life through regulations from the out-
side will be disappointing and futile.
If fraternity interests and academic
interests cannot be brought into har-
mony, the academic institution will
have but one thing to do, and that
will be to get rid of fraternities.
" * * * Personally, I feel that there
is much good to be obtained through
fraternity life if it is properly lived.
But many of us feel very decidedly
that fraternities and sororities are
not living up to their possibilities
and obligations. We feel that they
are not willing to accept their re-
sponsibility in the maintaining of a
code of conduct more in behavior
with real standards of life."
ROBERT RIENOW, Dean of Men
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
"Answering the questions raised in
your, letter. There is a fraternity
problem here, as there probably is on
all campi where fraternities exist.1
The problem is a result of an atti-;
tude which has been developing for
a number of years that the fraterni-
ties are separate and distinct from
the University - that they have no
relationship further than that which
they themselves wish to recognize.
They have lost sight of the old pur-
pose of fraternities in the earlier
years - that they were a part of the
University, that they had certain
scholastic obligations.
* * In answer to Question 3,
moral and financial conduct is not
directly controlled by the university
any further than with any other
group."
EDWARD E. NICHOLSON,
Dean of Student Affairs.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
"There is a fraternity problem on
our campus just the same as there
are undergraduate problems on this
campus. * * * The problem itself is
to aid the organizations we have in
the best financial, social, and scholas-f
tic development of the members of~
the various organizations.
"Fraternity moral and financial
conduct are not controlled by the uni-
versity in the sense that control is
exercised over the fraternities at
Michigan as expressed by the rulings
passed last fall. We have served more
in an advisory capacity without such
stringent regulations and have been
able to work out our problem fairly
satisfactorily."
FRED H. TURNER,
Dean of Men.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
S " * ** There is no fraternity crisis
at Northwestern and our many prob-
lems are being handled as part of
the regular administrative program
of these organizations. We believe

that our system of fraternity housing
and the organization of our general
housing plan forms the basis for a
continuous constructive program.
"The University is interested in the
moral and financial conditions with-
in the fraternity life. It expects the
fraternity to assume the responsibil-
ity for these problems and to main-
tain an organization capable of hand-
ling them."
J. W. ARMSTRONG,
Dean of Men
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"The only fraternity problem ex-
isting on this campus is one of fi-
nances. The Administration feels
that there are too many fraternities
on the campus in the undergraduate
schools for conditions of economic
stress at the present time.
Fraternity moral and ethical

conduct come under general univer-
sity discipline and has been the cause
for no special anxiety on the part of
the university."
W. CHATTIN WETHERILL, ,
Director of Student Welfare
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
"I will say that we do not consider
that we have a fraternity problem
at Purdue University - at least - not
in the sense of it being a serious sit-
uation. The University is doing a
good deal in the way of controlling
moral and financial conduct, but it
is not being done by administrative
legislation. It is being done by ad-
vice, consultation, and suggestions."
M. L. FISHER, Dean of Men.
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
"The principal fraternity problem
on this campus is financial at the
present time. The university has re-
cently compelled all fraternities to
enter our fraternity auditing system,
whereby each fraternity undergoes
the minimum requirement of sub-
mitting its records every month for
an audit in this office. When the sit-
uation seems to warrant it, we insist
that the fraternity auditor serve as
treasurer for certain fraternities and
he keeps the records. Usually in
the same cases we suspend all social
functions, and beginning this quar-
ter, we shall probably hold up the
credits of all members in the delin-
quent fraternities until there are no
current accounts receivable.
"The supervision of moral conduct
is limited to that of having chaperons
at social functions and such influence
as we can use through our Inter-
fraternity organization. This prob-
lem and that of ethical conduct are
seemingly best controlled by playing
upon the natural pride of the out-
standing fraternity men."
FRED STROTHER,
Assist nt Dean of Men.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
"Practically all of the fraternities
maintaining chapters at Columbia
have been confronted with difficult
problems during the past five years.
In the first place the lack of funds has
prevented many students from joining

fraternities and it has made it diffi- control the fraternities in moral and
cult for those who do join to bear their financial conditions through the Uni-
share of the chapter's expenses. versity, except that, of _course, we
" * * * The Universiy is not in a should institute disciplinary procedure
position to be of great practical as- against a chapter in which flagrant
sistance to the fraternities in view practices were pursued."
of the fact that their difficulties are I SCOTT W. GOODNIGHT,
wholly financial. The University does Dean of Men.
not consider that it has direct control
over the conduct of the chapters. It UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
does have control over the conduct of
the individual members since they are "The fraternty system at the Ui-
students in the institution."v ofhToronto is entiredierent
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Associate Dean.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
"The fraternity problem at the Uni-
versity of Chicago is not markedly
different from elsewhere as far as I
can judge. A considerable number of
fraternities are having difficulty in
maintaining themselves financially.
However, the last financial report for
the six months period ending Oct. 1,l
1934, shows that only nine out of
twenty-two fraternities operated at a
loss during that period.
" * * * Fraternities are subject to
the general social regulations of the
University. The University, however,
exercises no close supervision over
their social affairs. The only other
general requirement of fraternities is
that they submit quarterly audited
statements together with lists of ac-
counts receivable and payable. A fra-
ternity maintains its good standing as
long as its accounts payable to trades-
men are not in excess of $500."
WILLIAM E. SCOTT,
Assistant Dean of
Students.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
"There is a very definite fraternity
problem on each and every campus,
I believe. The economic strain on fra-
ternity chapters has been heavy in the
past three years. Some chapters have
gone out of existence. Some others
have lost their houses.
* * * The University is not taking
any steps in the matter, but, so far
as my office is concerned, I am en-
deavoring in every way I can to aid
fraternities and I am happy to' say
that the prospect is brighter this year
than it was last. We have assumed no
new control over fraternities.
" * * * No, we do not attempt to

sity does not in any way, recognize the
fraternities. The fraternities are,
however, an important factor in Uni-
versity life, as they embrace at least
one-third of the male and one-fifth of
the female registration. They are run
entirely by themselves with no Uni-
versity interference of any kind. There
is, therefore, no fraternity problem at
the Universityv.of Toronto."
E. A. MAC DONALD.
Secretary-Treasurer.
McGILL UNIVERSITY
"Residential fraternities h a v e
played an important role at McGill,
especially for out-of-town students.)
They are developed, however, without
official connection with the univer-
sity. The university keeps no lists of
fraternity members, it does not men-
tion fraternities in its announcements,
and there is no recognized machinery
for co-operation between the frater-

nities and the university, so that it is
sometimes stated that at McGill they
are not officially recognized. Friendly
critics of fraternities complain that
their activities are generally not re-
lated closely enough to the life of the
university as a whole, and that they
tend to be narrowly social rather than
broadly educational societies."
T. H. MATTHEWS,
Registrar.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE
" On every campus where there
are fraternities, I suppose there are
fraternity problems, but at Williams,
I feel that the problems are general
rather than acute or specific.
" * *Our administration does not
undertake to exercsie control over the
fraternities either as to finances or as
to matters of moral conduct and has
set up no machinery to exercise
any such control. We leave the houses
free to manage their own internal
affairs but hold each house strictly
responsible for the results."
H. L. A.GARD,
Dean.
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