A 4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY tHURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1951 Fraternities Hear Bias Poll Results By CRAWFORD YOUNG Fraternity men are now getting the scientific lowdown on the real nature of their attitudes towards minority groups and towards a change in membership policies. Report-back sessions on the discrimination survey taken last spring by the Interfraternity Council and the Research Center for Group Dynamics are now well underway. Last year, each affiliated man filled out a comprehensive questionnaire getting his opinions on various aspects of the touchy racial and religious minority questions. THE REPORT-BACKS are made by staff members of the Research Center, with the reactions of the individual house illustrated and con- trasted with overall fraternity reactions by means of charts. After the results have been demonstrated, the men discuss their feelings on membership practices in light of the survey results. So far, 13 fraternities have heard the results of the survey. The rest are now being given the reports at a rate of three or four a week. This phase of the project will be concluded by the middle of May, according to Prof. Ronald Lippitt, Program Director of the Research Center., One of the most interesting results of the survey, Prof. Lippitt felt, was the discovery that individual houses differ widely in their atti- tudes. Because of this fluctuation, it was decided to report the results to the houses individually rather than immediately publish the overall results. THEREFORE, results of the survey are being kept confidential .until all the report-backs have been, made, according to Prof. Lippitt. Another sampling is being taken of the reaction of the men to the results. These additional results will be tabulated as quickly as pos- sible, and overall figures for the project should be available for release by September, Prof. Lippitt estimated. The IFC and the Research Center will collaborate on the publication. The Research Center undertook the project at the request of the IFC last spring when the issue of fraternity membership policies seemed to be coming to a head. "WE HAVE no ax to grind in this survey," Prof. Lippitt empha- sized. "Our only objective aside from collection of the data is to get the affiliates to recognize that a problem exists, and to discuss it fully in formulating policy." Prof. Lippitt expressed regret that the survey couldn't have in- cluded more of the campus. However,.he said that previous smaller surveys have indicated that the attitudes of other students are not fundamentally very different from those of fraternity men. The IFC envisages the survey as part of its long range program of "educated tolerance," according to Pete Johnstone, '51, head of the IFC Human Relations Committee. This program was undertaken last spring after considerable campus pressure. SL has since imposed a 1956 deadline for removal of bias clauses anyway. Campus Calendar Events Today JAPANESE ART--Jiro Harada, Japanese art specialist will speak on "Japanese Gardens" at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphithea- tre. His speech will be sponsored by the fine arts department. CONCERT - Patricia Pierce will give the final music school faculty concert at 8:30 p.m.' in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Her piano program will include music of Scarlatti, Prokofieff, Poulenc, Faure and Schumann. Events Tomorrow CONVENTION -- The Michigan Engineering Society's 71st annual convention will hear an address by Prof. J. Phillip Wernette of the business administration school at noon in the Union. Prof. Wernette will speak on "Don't Sell America Short!" And at a 7 p.m. meeting of the group, also in the Union, Prof. Chester Wisler Af the en- gineering college will discuss "The Last Frontier." I a:, A . --Mike Scherer DREAMS OF GLORY-Nancy Groesbeck, '52, sits in the begin- nings of her soap box derby racer. She anticipates a victorious finish in the coming May 19 all-campus Soap Box Derby. * * * * Specifications for Soap Boxt Racers .Announced - ' I'- "II Plans for the all-campus Soap Box Derby to be held on Geddes Rd. May 19, were rolling ahead yesterday as Bill DesJardins, '51E, Derby chairman, announced ten- tative specifications for the rac- ers. Any male student enrolled at the University is eligible to com- pete in the Derby, DesJardins said. However, the status of coed entries has not been decided by the Student Affairs Committee. HOPING THAT students would begin construction of their racers over spring vacation, DesJardins Bad Acoustics At Rackham BringProtests It looks like Rackham Lecture Hall audiences will continue to strain their, ears whenever a speaker addresses them in dulcet or soft tones. Goaded by a continual stream of complaints, Rackham officials have admitted that the acoustics in the Lecture Hall are "poor," but claim nothing can be done about it. No money! DEAN Ralph A. Sawyer of the Graduate School explained that the 13 year old public address sys- tem is the main source of the trouble. "There is a limit to the extent of its amplification." But, he added, there is noth- ing we can do about it except to have the P.A. System com- pletely rebuilt, and that would take money. Mrs. Lois M. Beltram, Rackham house director, expressed even greater disgust with the loud- speaker. Informed that The Daily had been getting some complaints in regard to the Hall's acoustics, she retorted: "You're getting com- plaints! Why, we get them after every lecture." "Not only is the public address system poor," she' continued, "the ventilating fan positively roars." issued the following specifications, which are subject * to slight change. To begin with, the' racers must have four rubber-tired wheels not more than 12 inches in diameter. They must have a wheel tread of 30 to 40 inches, a wheel base of not less than 40 inches, a maximum length and width of 108 inches and 48 inches respectively. There must be a three inch road clearance provided and the racers can't be over 45 inches high. The maximum weight of the cars must be no more than 200 pounds and loaded, it must not weigh more than 375. The Derby is sponsored by the TennisBall Committee indcon- junction with its annual dance and an all-campus Arb party. Featuring Genuine ITALIAN SPAGHETTI and RAVIOLI with Salad, Rolls, Coffee Also SANDWICHES and SHORT-ORDERS 0 k LOOK and LISTEN . . with Harry Reed I Things are getting serious ford comic Jack Benny and singer Margaret Truman. At 9 p.m. today, Benny takes a turn on "Suspense" as Hercules Remington, a piano tuner who be- comes involved in a $25,000 theft, and later this month Margaret will make her debut as a dramatic actress when she co-stars with James Stewart in "Jackpot" on "Screen Director's Playhouse." SHE HAS recently signed an exclusive contract with NBC for guest appearances on radio and TV, and has called off all press receptions and interviews to study and rehearse for her coming show. Grads Granted 120 Awards One hundred and twenty fel- lowships and scholarships have been awarded by the Executive Board of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. Dean Ralph A. Sawyer explained yesterday that the awards, pre- sented on the basis of high schol- astic standing, have been made to students from universities and colleges' throughout the United States and Canada. * * * SIX DIFFERENT kinds of fel- lowships and scholarships have 'been awarded and will be effective at the beginning of the fall se- mester. There were 10 Horace H. Rackham pre-doctoral fellow- ships worth $1,500 each and four Horace H. Rackham special fel- lowships worth $1,000 each. Forty-two of the awards were University fellowships worth from $800 to $1,100 each and 28 were University scholarships which will cover semester fees. Included were state college scholarships valued at $750 each which go to one student from 21 colleges in Michigan. Read and Use Daily Classifieds Recommended f o r futureI Monday nights is "The Somer- set Maugham Television The- atre" show which premiered the other night. The hour long show is slated to appear every other Monday night with such favor-' ites of the author as "Rain," and "Of Human Bondage." * * * PERSONALTIES: Groucho Marx, star of "You Bet Your Life," was recently awarded title of "Most Outstanding TV Personality" by West Coast writ- ers, but confessed his pinnacle of success in title-collecting was be- ing named the "most enjoyprble entertainer" by inmates of San Quentin prison last week. GUEST STAR joke is the ap- pearance of Lefty Denise Darcel withrBasil Rathbone and Frank Sinatra on Frankie's TV show. 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