ACTIVITIES SECTION Y f~~Afria ar ACTIVITIES SECTION' SUPPLEMENT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN,.MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1957 ctivties Bid. Houses Stu den t Organizations To J * * * * * * * * To Send Delegation Southeast Asia in 4 -Daily-Richard Bloss JDENT ACTIVITIES BLDG.--Almost all student organizations have their offices in this new lion-dollar structure which was opened early this year andis unmatched at any other university. Irueture Unique in Nation By JOHN WEICHER Latest addition to the University is the Student Activities Building, completed last February. The building, the only one of its kind among American universities, houses nearly every student group on campus, as well' as the offices of the Dean of Men and Dean of Women. It was built at a cost of $1,154,987, all of which was, sup- plied by the University. The SAB consists of three floors and a basement, totalling 115 rooms. These house, or will when the building is used to capacity, 80 student organizations. Most of these organizations have their offices on the second floor of the building, in the west wing.; Here they are given office space, and/or a desk and file. !~ ! Home Provided These offices provide a home for many groups which formerly wan- ! dered around campus from year to year, meeting in the living quar- ters of their president or any ether 'place available. Now they have permanent mailing addresses, either in separate offices or in the Secretariat, the central area which contains files and desks. Meeting rooms are also avail- able to these groups on the third floor of the building. These range 'in size from small rooms where groups "or committees of perhaps 10 students can get together and discuss matters, to the larger well- appointed room where Student Government Council and Joint Judiciary, meet. This room also has space for spectators to watch the proceedings. SGC Noved In SGC, like smaller campus groups, has found a home in the SAB. Before moving into the building, the council was cooped up in a quonset hut at one end of the campus. Now SGC has ample space, conveniently located in the same building with many of the groups affected by their decisions. SGC has also benefited in an- other way. Now that there is suffi- cient room, members of the ad- ministrative wing are more inter- ested in working; more students are trying out fpr this body, from which future SGC members are drawn. SGC committees also have greater room than in the old quonset hut. In this same wing of the build- ing (first floor west), are house'd other major organizations on cam- pus - Inter-Fraternity Council, Inter-House Council, Panhellenic Association, and Assembly Associ- rooms of the SAB, as well as being near enough to each other to com- municate and formulate plans in common. The Dean of Men and Dean of Women maintain their offices on the eastern side of the building. Dean Deborah A. Bacon and her staff occupy the first floor, in a setup similar to those in the, other half of the building - offices lin- ing the walls, and a central filing area. A similar plan is followed upstairs, where the dean of men, Walter B. Rea, and the 'Office of Student Affairs are both located. Off in one corner of the large general lobby on the first floor is the receptionist's desk.- See ACTIVITIES, page 8 RESIDENCE HALLS BODY: N ewly-Structured IHC U Beginning Second Year SGC Begins Third Year On Campus By RICHARD TAUB In an active second year on campus, S t u d e n t Government Council last year performed key judicial tasks and initiated pro- grams with far-reaching . effects in the University community. Last year, SGC: , 1) Found Sigma Kappa sorority in violation of a University regu- lation which prohibits racial and religious discrimination. 2) Set up a student-faculty-ad- mnistration committee to study the possibilities of an honor sys- tem at the University. This in- cludes such things as non-proc- tored examinations. 3. Made recommendations to the Regents concerning the Uni- versity lecture committee, some of which were accepted. 4) Worked to bring a voluntary Health Insurance program to the campus. 5) Initiated a forum program, in which controversial speakers will be invited to the campus. 6) Carried out the first Univer- sity Campus-Chest drive, "give- once-for-all" charity program, and prohibited Galens, medical honorary, from holding a separate drive. 7) Set up a Student-faculty-ad- ministration committee to study the effects of increasing enroll- ments at the University. 8) Worked to program a spring rushing program for women at the University. The Sigma Kappa situation took a great deal of the Council's time. Interest 'in Sigma Kappa began, when it was learned that this group's national had dropped two locals, after they had pledged Ne- gro girls. The Tufts College (Jackson) chapter was expelled from the or- ganization, the Cornell group sus- pended. 'W University regulation says "Recognition will not be granted any organization which prohibits membership in the or- ganization because of race, re- ligion or color." The Council, after a study of the matter, found Sigma Kappa in violation of the rule. The group was given until September of 195$ to show it had changed its dis- criminatory policies. In an area more academic, SGC has established an honor system study committee. This group will look-into honor systems at other Universities, and try to learn whether such a program is work- able here. The Council's study of the lec- ture committee has already been successful. This comimttee plans See COUNCIL, page 3 By DAVID TARR S UNITED CHARITY DRIVE: Campus Chest Combines Collections Completing its first year with a new structure, the major men's Residence Hall student government is preparing for a .year of growth and service. The Inter-House Council was reorganized in the spring of 1956, spending most of its time last year feeling its way along new paths. At Year's end, its outgoing president described the organization as "in a good position to grow." Already the group has undergone many growing pains, but its several accomplishments this year and *its considerable plans for Campus Chest held the first united charity drive in 'the Uni- versity's history last May, col- lecting almost $3,000 of a $6,500 goal. At semester's end, chest offi- cials were thinking in terms of a- fall bucket drive this year. The money received from last spring's drive was distributed among three charities, World Uhiversity Service, the University Fresh Air Camp and Free Univer- sity of Berlin Fund. The last of, these charities finances a scholar- ship for an exchange student from the University to study one year i1 Berlin. The University Fresh Air Camp provides a summer camping ex- perience for 250 boys, - witl: be- havioral problems or broken homes. WUS Helps Students World University Service aids students and faculty members of all countries to obtain needed edu- cational spplies, and Ah aids in; the education of refugee students. The once-for-all charity drive replaced for the first time separ- ate bucket drives and tag days held for each charity. This combining of drives was enacted by Student Government Council in the spring of 1956 to eliminate the numerous solicita- tions held throughout the year and in the hope of obtaining a larger donation 'from the student body. The last of these aims failed to materialize, for the $3,000 col- lected by the Campus Chest even failed to equal the $4,000 collected a year ago for the Fresh Air Camp in its separate drive. Drives United The SGC motion did, however, unite the drives under the Cam- pus Chest board, a group working under SGC and responsible for conducting the annual drive and allocating its funds. Instead of the bucket drive con- ducted in the past, Campus Chest has sought to base its campaign for funds on personal solicita- tions. A bucket drive was held this spring, however, as an additional means of collecting donations. The first campaign held an auc- tion to open its drive. Among the items put on the block were tick- ets for the Ohio State and Michi- gan State football games on the 50-yard-line, dinner for two with University President and Mrs. Harlan Hatcher, and a student parking permit good for this year in a central campus faculty park- ing lot. The theme of the drive, "Don't pass the buck, give it," and the drive symbol, a helping hand dropping a coin into the chest cof- fers, set the theme of the opening campaign. CAMPUS CHEST DRIVE-Three charities combine to drive annually "once for all" on the University campus. AFFILIATES' BODY: IFC Organies, Speaks For 42 'U' Fraternities By ROBERT S. BALL, JR. Interfraternity Council represents and coordinates 42 social fra- ternities and their 2300 members at the University. Five officers are chosen annually to guide the organization: president, executive vice-president, administrative vice-president, treasurer and secretary. Judcial and policy matters are referred to the Executive Commit- tee, composed of the five officers, presidents of the five fraternity districts, Assistant to the Dean of Men Bill Cross, and three alumni members. Violations of University and IFC rules are brought before 1958 Eight-Man Cultural Trip First for 'U Cost of Project Set At .$26,400;Group Preparing Prospectus By VERNON NAHRGANG Daily City Editor Student Government Council and the University will continue planning this year to send an eight-member delegation to South- east Asia next summer. This cultural ,and educational delegation will be the first spon- sored by the University. Only two other American schools, UCLA and the University of California, have had similar projects. An SGC-appointed steering committee has been organizing the project and preparing a' pros- pectus setting forth the objectives of the delegation. This group will appoint a second committee which will select the delegation mem- bers. Delegation Costly Initiated last spring at the sug- gestion of former SOC member Anne Woodard, '57, the project will cost an estimated $26,000, The funds will be sought through a foundation grant. Preliminary plans call for an eight-member student-faculty group to take a nine-week tour of Asia, visiting the Philippines, Viet-Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma and Indonesia. During the current school year,- the delegation members will un- dergo an extensive training pro- gram designed to acquaint them with political, economic and so- cial aspects of Asian cultures. The persons to take part in the delegation, will be selected through petitioning which will open next month. Group to Visit While in Asia, the group will visit universities and meet with students in addition to touring rural and industrial areas of the countries in the itinerary. Efforts will be made for the group to participate in special programs and to meet with Uni- versity alumni and families of University students living in the Asian lands. When the delegation returns J to the University its members will take part in lectures and radio and television appearances to dis- seminate some of the information gathered during the tour. Publi- cation of articles and pamphlets by delegation members is also scheduled for next fall. Knowledge Important Student members of tht dele- gation, according to a preliminary prospectus, will be chosen on the basis of their knowledge and in- terest in Southeast Asian cultures and geography and their ability "to speak to groups formally and informally." Those planning for the delega tion hope that more will be learned of Southeast Asian ways here and that the delegation, in turn, will spread a greater under- standing of American cultures. Rushing Starts September 29 From Sunday, Sept. 29 through Oct. 13 is a period many new Uni- versity students are not likely to forget. It is during this period that rushees visit the 42 social fra- ternities on campus, seeking lin Joint Judie Holds Court 3 ., Oan campus By JAN WILCZEWSKI Joint Judiciary Council is the campus student governing body "with a heart", a former judic chairman once said in describing the group. "When the Council starts to talk about penalties, first or sec- ond offenders ana University reg- ulations, many students mistak- enly think of an appearance be- fore Joint Judie as an only slight- ly modified third degree session in a toreboding courtroom atmos- phere," he said. "Nothing could be further from the truth." Judic Informal Actually, he went on, Joint Ju- dic, hearing mostly drinking and driving violations, is an informal group holding round table discus- sions with the student appearing before the judicial body. After reading written summa- ries of the cases, the board listens to the student's story. Then council members and the student together try to reach a decision "equally beneficial" to the University and to the student. . The 10-member board, composed of both men and women, also hears a number of cases involving false idenification and apartment par- ties. An occasional entire frater- nity and sorority case comes up in the weekly meetings. Cases Appealed All men's cases are directly ap- pealed to Joint Judic. Since every women.'s housing unit has its own X1957-58 indicate the direction IHC is headed. , IHC, which is for all residents of East, West and South Quadrangles, in its present form was conceived by a committee established by the old IHC to study, evaluate and recommend changes in the organi- zation. Immediate predecessor to IHC was the Tri-Quad Council, which existed in 1952-53. .HC formerly had a structure consisting of two members 'from each House in the Quadrangles, plus a cabinet of officers. This organization, a 56 - man body, proved 'too unwieldy and lacked any real motivation. The new structure is composed of the 23 House presidents, a group the s t u d y committee believed would be well informed and cap- able of good leadership for the Residence Halls. Purpose of IHC was also clari- fied by the committee when it wrote the new constitution. The preamble says, in ' effect, IHC See IIC, page 8 this committee at its bi-monthly C meetings. Ten committees, working under the officers, represent the admin- istrative aspect of IFC: fraternity relations, fraternity services, pub- lications, rushing, social, office, personnel, scholarship, alumni and Junior Interfraternity Coun- cil. Legislative matters are brought before bi-monthly meetings of the Fraternity President's Assembly. IFC belongs to the National In- terfraternity Council and sends delegates to national conventions. Fraternity men, rushees and alumni find several services avail- able through the IFC. Sponsored by the social committee are the annual IFC Ball and Greek Week, and a Christmas party for Ann Arbor school'"children. The rush- ing committee publishes a rushing booklet and brochure. The scholarship committee hopes to offer $100 per semester to a student. IFC will operate on a budget of about $5000 this year. Freshmen welcomed By Lewis It is always a pleasure for me to be included in the large group of University folks who welcome the incoming fresh- man class. My special interest in this open letter is to call to your attention the services that are }available to you for coun- selling and guidance here at the University. During your orientation you will be made fully acquainted with these services and effort will be made to get you to understand that you should feel free to take ad- vantage of the services. Our experience is that many times, for some reason or other, freshmen do not seem to want to use the counselling and guidance agencies. Let me urge you to acquaint youself thor- oughly with these agencies and then use them to the utmost. You will find warm and friend- ly people about you who are devoted to helping you 'in all kinds of situations. Why don't you try them? The other interest of mine is worthy, I hope, of your early attention in your new college life. Student activities in gen- eral are part of your learning experience. We have hundreds of opportunities for expression of your interest in these areas. The record Nill show that students who participate in the various activities come from small towns as often as they do from large communities, from average American families, as DEDICATED LAST FALL: Union Wing Provides More Service Facilities By LANE VANDERSLICE ation. These groups formerly meetings in the Union; now are able to use the third held they floor * Convocation Held Yearly University students achieving high marks in their courses are recognized annually at a special honors convocation. Held late in the spring in Hill Auditorium, the convocation hon- ors undergraduate* students re- Dedicated last spring, the $2,900,000 addition and renovation to the Union is the result of seven years of planning and construction which will come to a close with the finishing touches now being put on music rooms. Actual construction began in fall, 1954, with the ground breaking ceremonies coming in conjunction with the Union's 50th anniversary. Much of the addition and improvements are very noticeable-the enlarged and remodeled cafeteria, new student offices, more room for many different uses-but much is hidden behind the scenes. Elevators New A maintenance shop provides enlarged and improved facilities for' upholstery and general maintainence work. The basement of the new addition also contains a centralized storage area. New elevators and elevator shafts speed service between the ground and fourth floors of the Union. i ..... t"F.t".. ....... ;.,tom. .