f 7i~iL MCHiGAN DAiLY TuESu~iY, NOV. ,, 1942 . . .......... m KNOW HOW TO STOKE FIR ES? Dormitories Sororities Institute Work Schedules This year, for the first time, even. dormitories and sororities are insti- tuting work schedules to get rooms cleaned and fires stoked. Students who have never before! swept under the rug or shoveled coal are adding these accomplishments to the rest of their liberal education. To the eight co-operative houses on campus, "work holidays" are, no' novel occurrences. For the past ten years about two hundred fifty stu- dents have been papering walls, var- nishing floors and making draperies at the beginning of each semester in order to renovate their co-op homes. And part of their regular class sched- ules has always been learning to cook potatoes and sterilize dishes at din- ner time. As with so many ventures, the men first pioneered in co-op living, with the opening of the Michigan Co-op- erative House in 1934. Depression- born, co-ops have flourished through the intervening years, until in 1940 eight men's houses, and three wom- en's houses were firmly established. In this war year of 1943, the ratio has somewhat changed, with only Mich- igan, Stalker and Owen Co-ops open for men, and Palmer, Pickerill, Lester, Rochdale, and a new house for women. Despite the changed personnel and housing facilities, the principles upon which the co-ops are based remain the same. Co-op principles closely correspond- to the Four Freedoms of, the Atlantic Charter and the ideas of the Bill of Rights: Open membership, regardless of race, belief, or individ- ual background; equal' participation by all members in financing and working and carrying responsibili- ties; democratic government in the individual houses and representation of each house on the Inter-Coopera- tive Council. The war has shown the need for co-ops in all the war-torn countries of the world. The Chinese Coopera- tive movement is a war child, grow- ing rapidly, ^and carrying on vital production of clothing and light ma- chinery just behind the front line fighting. In England practically one- fourth of the total population are now members of 'consumers or pro- ducers cooperatives. In South Africa the same story is repeated, as it is in the cooperative farms of the USSR, and the expanding cooperative move- ment in Canada, which this year has become a political as well as an eco- nomic force. The idea of working together in- stead of alone; of enjoying picnics and square dances and exchange din- ners as members of a group; and of doing it all with less cost in time or money than any other way of "work- ing one's way through college" . . . these ideas make the co-ops on the University of Michigan campus im- portant beacon lights in the educa- tional world. "The Saturday Evening Post" will soon run an article on the co-op movement at the University, indicative of a growing interest on the part of adults in the co-operative way of life. * * * Congress Is for Independenuts I Congress of unaffiliated University, men plans to improve the general welfare of the unaffiliated man at Michigan, Fred Hoffman, '44, presi- dent, indicated recently. He declared that the' aim of Con- gress is to insure such men of an equitable representation in all extra- curricular activities. This fall Con- gress will concentrate on programs to aid the present housing conditions. Representing all men who are unaf- filiated, and who do not intend, to Join a fraternity, Congress is madel up of men from rooming houses, councils and the president's council of dormitory presidents. Typical of the groups represented, in the council are members of the University cooperatives. The coopera- tives ably show the workings of true democracy. John McKinnon, '43, president of the Intercooperative Council said, "The cooperative houses at Michigan offer the students" the opportunity to live in an atmosphere where democratic principles and ideals are put into working form: inter-racial and democratic control by the members are the bulwark of the organization." The basic cooperative principles are carried through in the 'policy of strictly open membership in the or- ganization. Rackham Is Center 'Of Grad Activities All activities of the 1,500 students enrolled in the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies are cen- tered in the Rackham Building. Since all work must be concen- trated in one field, the graduate courses are taken in. the same de- partment as the students' major. The faculty in the department chosen by the student advises as to the pro- gram to be taken. Twenty-four credit hours taken twelve hours a semester must be completed for a master's degree. The Rackham Building serves as registration headquarters for this college, which has no faculty. of its own. Entertainment and dances for the students are planned by an Outing Club and Student Graduate Club and the ballroom on the top floor is used for these social gatherings. A library of phonograph records is being developed by the school which presents a music program each week. Dr.,Eson Gale Ileads Center The most cosmopolitan spot in Ann Arbor is the International Center where East meets West and foreign students exchange culture and ideas. Under the direction of Dr. Esson M. Gale of the political science depart- ment, the Center provides a varied yearly program to aid the students from other lands in adjusting them- selves to their new environments and in becoming acquainted with their fellow Americans. In 1933, five years before the Cen- ter was organized, the University started the Counselor's Office. This office, which is now incorporated in the Center, helps foreign students with their problems of housing and employment, registration and class- ification, language, immigration and naturalization, and personal affairs. The International Center was opened in 1938 so that students com- ing from different backgrounds but with common problems would have a means of becoming adjusted to the University. Its English language service is of importance to foreign students. Other language services such as the Ger- man table and the French roundtable have been included in the Center's program in the past.# Dr. Gale took over the position of head of the Center when Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson retired at the begin- ning of the summer. He is assisted by Jimmy Crow and Robert Klinger. 4 New Fraternity Rushing Rules Are Simplified Prospective Greek letter men will find rushing, pledging, and initiation' greatly simplified this fall as a result of the new rushing rules drawn up during the summer by the Inter- fraternity Council, representative organ of approximately 10 fratern- ities remaining open and 20 groups without houses. To aid pledging for the duration of the war, the rules will permit a man to be pledged and initiated within one month after registration. C Average Is Necessary A man in his first term in the University may be initiated under the new regulations'if'his latest grade report meets a required average of C or better and if he has obtained a certificate of scholastic eligibility from the Dean of Students. This rule extends initiation priv- iliges to first semester freshmen at the time of their five-week grade re- ports. Transfers Are Eligible Transfer students are eligible for initiation one month after pledging if their reports from previous schools comply with the C requirement. Undergraduates above the fresh- man level who do not receive five- week grades are eligible for initiation only after semester grades are re- ceived. 2 Week Period Necessary Pledging is legal at any time after registration lists of prospective rushees are in the hands of all fra- ternities. A period of two weeks must elapse between the official registrar, ton date and the vnae when arushee may be pledged. Because approximately 2a fratern- ities have relinquished their houses to the Army or to the University for the duration of the war, engagements are allowed outside of the houses and within the limits of Ann Arbor. Those fraternities occupying houses will hold their rushing en- gagements there. 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