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Fraternities: The Weighing Process
Reveals A Need For A Few Changes

college Iraicrnity, for over a century
nuked sniiglv awav in iis academic cradle, has
now reached the poini where ii must fare
of life. The lime is rome when
inusi lie viewed ohjeclivelv. must have proved
iis case not onlv to the campus itself, hut to
those in the world outside who contribute the
wealth which makes that campus possible.
No one. surelv, who has been awake to the
limes can deny that such a fact exists. For several vcars. much of the press of the naiion has
devoted a great deal of its spare to discussion,
pro and con, of fraternities and their lot. Ai
least three magazines of national circulation
hae carried articles, picturing and describing
every phase oMraiernity life, from rush week to
hell week, from songfests to cups. Some have
lauded, some have damned, but whatever their
collective conclusion, they have served the pur-jxsthe
of putting "the frais" squarely
public, to le judged on their own merits and
nothing else.
One occasionally hears talk about the fraternity system "dying out." Nothing, however,
could le more untrue: a glance at the record
will show that there arc now more individual
thapiers in the country than ever before, and
a larger active memlxrship. It is hardly, then,
a question of numerical and monetary strength.
The issue, as placed before the public bv the
press, seems rather to be one of "Is the f rater
nil v svstem today justifying its existence, or is
it merely a hollow shell of a thing that has
outlived its usefulness and is living in the past?"
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Fraternities and here

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lodges as well as the men's are "good" for the
billowing reavms:
Thev aid. often to the jioiiii ol indispen
sibilitv. their respective universities in their
problems of housing and organization. On manv
campuses fraternity houses comprise almost the
entire dormitory svstem. in some cases without
costing the institutions a cent. Thev help, localise thev are organied, their colleges to rarrv
out innumerable programs that could never succeed fn large campuses that sprawl without
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svstem.
T Without doubt thev make for more diversified and better executed social activities than
would otherwise be possible, and they are capable of teaching even the most backward freshman
the difference between a napkin and a bib.
In numerous cases especially in the larger
universities fraternities play a major role in
acclimating freshman and transfers, and in gelling i hem through the orgies of registration
and classification. This, obviously, is only the
case at schools permitting
rushing
and on campuses where a majority of the new- omcrs are rushed.
They give to students a "feeling of belonging." a thing which, though usually overrated, manages to instill in the timid a bit of
fonfidence. a knowledge that here is one place
at h ast where he is wanted. And even the most
cynical must admit that the fraternity results
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"brothers."
These, obviously, are assets, and were it not
for the fact ih.it there are certain things wrong
with the system, and that it is ihese latter which
are Ining revealed most njienlv to the public,
then fraternities would have no cause Tor alarm.

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I'sing these- obvious conditions as bases, one
draws i his conclusion: all in all, fraternities still
co jusiilv their existence, and il is probable that
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long as docs the- American university in us pres- form.
The problem, however, is this: unless members
if the svstem soon admit that the above faults
exist and begin immediately to take steps to
iliev are r
.orrcct ih.-.r, to find themselves
in tlu- ,M,M.ion ..I hav ing only the campus froth
and cliall lor "brothers." They must face the
challenge which public opinion has hulled al
ihc in. and must wake up to the fact that these
are no longer the Sentimental Nin.ies or the
Gin-juwcn.ies: these are the super serious
davs ol I'llO. when everything which cannot
prove- iis merit beyond a shadow of a doubt is
going bv the lioard.
The- American society is so constructed
that
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an institution open up its ledger, that institution
miisi cither clean house or call il a (lav.
And the- college Iraternilv has been asked bv
the public in prove its worth.

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The Vice Of The People
By John Spieer
Walter Hodge, ex lootball lumin-- ary and Billie Dyer have been in
and out since Billy returned from
New York where she worked as a
miidel this summer. "It'll take her
a while to rid herself of big city
ideas," says Walter.
That persistent rumor that the
Lee Huber-Rut- h
Ware romance is
on the rocks is false. They re going
together again but definitely.
Best news of the week is the an- nouncement by Preacher and Mrs.
Sam Hulette that they expect a visit
from the stork real soon. Sam is sure
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u s suing .iu u a uu onu nir urai
ur little footballer in the country.
Anna Rae Pennebaker was seen
with village life- in a
guard. Careful Ham. it can happen
here again
Captain John Eibner's recent
oh in UJ
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preuy miss was enmaxea me omer
night. She pinned big John and
gave him a sparkling diamond ring
to boot. The big man has a way
with women. Kay Dee Eileen Sullivan thinks he's Just grand.
Dave Brown and Billy i Tyrone"
Black are still roommates and the
best of friends, even though they
have reneged cm the "We share all"
understanding they had, when Billv
showed inlerest in Daves ovm LiI.
lian Gaines Webb.
Bo Scott couldn't quite make the
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town and rumor has it that he's
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urday. but Oscar Wright took the
play away from him.
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Ver- The romance of
non Albert and Helen White is in
its fourth year. Congratulations,
Vernon is slow but sure
It seems as if Erma Jane Reis has
forsaken Eill Blandford. whom she
has been dating all summer, ior
Larry Loury. sne nas Deen seen wun
Larry quite often of late.
John Sweeny electrified the sport- ing croud at the Xavier game by
pulling a "Gypsy Rose Lee."
Peyton Horton. Hoot Combs and
Buster Btepnenson. tne iasi laiKing
Pi Kap, are in the field for the
hand of Lovely Lida Stoll Peyton
and Hoot seem to be running neck
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and neck with Euster ambling along
behind.
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Violet Owen seems ti be the at- tractive distraction that is causing
Tom SawyM. tj gQ sleppless nights
gne was
far tnp most souht
alter girl at the hop last Saturday,
Ed
Phillis.
"Tat" Allen-Ph- il
Ohoul?on- - Chi Omeoa Jane Richard
and Larry Garland-Shirle- y
Mattox
are in the holding hands stage.
The loss of Rita Sue Laslie's tur- ue eusie. a rememoerance irom
rry Zimmerman caused so mucn
sorrow that the girls from Jewell
nal1 replaced "Susie" wiih a minia- "-- '
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o.e.
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uui nnnnrnH iui uru lcii uiiitri- ent shades of red. when she realized
that she had accepted a ride to
town from two strange boys. "It
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present form. Optional class at- To the Editor of The Kernel:
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I am an optimist as far as student tendance for
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thrugh careful and patient
training, over a number of semesters,
To expect otherwise is unfair and
not precedented in the history of any
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in internation- al or kindergarten circles. True
those in power cannot take a pug
nacious stand on any major issue at
present, for to do so would give the
opponents of the SGA an opportun- - win.! aim
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or distort our fast developing organ
of student desires.
we win HKe 10 oe realistic ana look
to the present before the futur".
elet us then consider two agitations:
Hi the O'Bannon affair that causer
such furor. This bit of student
thusiasm died out in a lit tie- - over a
leaving a.s its only marks
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arrival, but the primary motive re- mains unaltered and is still demand
ing a major portion of the students-camputhoughts.
That is because this proposal has
had the backing of a student organization the SGA! The possibility
remains that this continual pressure
will, sooner or later, cause us to
have optional class attendance in
some form.
Thus, if a student has a good irit-that is liked by a majority ol the
students, he can present his plan
to the. SGA and feel assured that it
will not die from lack of attention.
So, before we write or talk "rebellion and revolution" against our
student government let us sit down
in a deliberative manner and weigh
all the merits, as well as the demerits, of the SGA. Let us build
for a future, when students of tlv
University of Kentucky shall have
a substantial voice in the way they
are governed by the faculty and
trustees.
'Signed
JIM COLLIER

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To the Editor of the Kernel:
In response to the hundreds of inquiries in regard to the Students"
Cooperation from the student body.
I would like .to give them this ex
planation tnrougn your columns.
First I want to thank the siudents
for their unanimous support and
pletfge
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sympathy given o
that We will do our utmost to ful- fll their confidence by giving them
economic and efficient service.
The Cooperative has been run by
a directing committee composed of
those interested students who came
to an open meeting called for the
it
purpose of setting up a
students' organization to buy and
sell books. This group all decided to
act and agree that we should and
could d0 something for ourselves;
tRmnnmrV ofTipPrQ WPre pl.Vt.Pd tO
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begin our Pgram.
Tne Buidin8 principle of our co- Ppratlve
as simP'e a.s tnis.: The
( rrk ilia mira All lavl luui U a inrl ski K
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plirs Roes to the student members
instead of soing to a
capitalist. This principle is work- able and sound and is highly suc- cessfu, at otner coUeges That
cooperative u in business t0
money for its members and not to
make money off the students.
l,r future Plans caI1 for "Pa'n- MU"
" as lo ,m,mlp omcr stuaf-""eeds; we wH1 be set UP ac the end
of this semester to buy and sell new
and used
for tne students on
it
a
basis. Suggestions as
to how we can make this a more
worthwhile organization will be wel-ecorned at any time.
me cooperative win oe operated
n v a noarn rit n rPr-- f ore wa rocrvonci r a
of
representatives elected by the mem- L'crs.ln a demci"atic manner. The
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profits tax, which could have been
drawn up to avoid profiteering,
yields on every point to the demands
of industry."
Another point of Issue raised by
fa the ..connict between
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tne Nationai Defense Advisory Com- miuee and tne Antj.Trust division
0f the Federal Bureau of Investig- ation, in which the NDAC urges
suits pending against
that anti-tru23 oil companies be dismissed so that
they can be induced to participate
jn the program of national defense."
Many events show the power and
intention of industrv "to exoloit the
national crisis." With these in- equalities noted, the California!!
postulates, "Now can the conscrip- tion bill hope to lay claim to equal
distribution between the drafting of

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is under the direction
Mrs. Mary King Kouns. will be
held at the Women's gym at 4 p. m.
tomorrow. There is no prerequisite
necessary to dance with this group.
Folk dancing, under the direction
of M. G. Karsner. physical education instructor, will be held at 7:30
p. m. each Thursday in the Women's gym. Those attending the
dancing- which is open to all. are
required to wear low heeled, rubber
soled shoes.

as a "touchdown pass" is the campus-to-hom- e
laundry service offered by RAILWAY EXPRESS. We
call for your laundry, lake it home... and then bring
it back to you at your college address. It's as quick
and convenient as that! You may send your ljundrv
prepaid or collect, as you prefer.
Low rates include calling for and delivering in all cities
and principal towns. Use R A I LWAY E X PR FSS, too, for
swift shipment of all packages and luggage. Just phone

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limited only by our lack of vision,
industry, and willingness to cooperate. This is a challenge to our
student government and to all
who want to make a constructive contribution to the University of Kentucky.
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industry conscription laws
which would defeat their own purpose by apparently promoting profiteering. Intended to curb profiteering and mobilize industries for
war defease needs, the proposals
have been met with continued disapproval from arms makers, the
paper states. "Actually the roars of
the arms makers serve as a smoke
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Play, Has Had A Dizzy Career

ii v changes won el icapordie
the lunda- "
menial idea, which is lo show how destructive
certain lvpe-- ol women can be." So. for several
months l.i
production lagged.
Iitn even Providence. R. L. 'H healed up
over ii and banned ii
the lirsl place in the
l iiiticl Siaie-where ii i net such a fate. Said
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we do not think the
of Providence
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phases ol lit-- , but we leel that
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phases are not what the- oconle of Prov i
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enro stateS- "Privately we whisper
or peace an(j publicly we shout for
war Attributing the frame of mind
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to a -- constant repetition of
a list ic propaganda" editorially the
paper continues. "Alter all. 'his
nation is not preparing for war. but
rathe for peace. We strengthen our
national defenses, not to encourage
war but to avoid It." A "peace hy-steria" is suggested for "war
steria." end "peace preparation" insteaj cf war preparation."
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But because an appalling number of Greeks
to be aware that there are
are too
things wrong, these conditions now exist:
There has grown up a tendency to regard
the fraternitv as the
thing in college, wiih academics sulxtrdinated to the rank of
a "sideline." Somehow or other, there seems to
have arisen a belief among many that the Greek
lodge is the very rtii.snn d'etre for the university,
and that one must nol allow his "schoolwork
to interfere with going to college."
In a majority of rases, the national
ofhre approaches the status of the racket,
liecoming the tail that wags the dog to the
dog's disadvantage. Even in the letter of the
national-chapter
relationships, one can hardlv
deny that the campus chapter gives much more
to the national office than it receives in return.
There is a tendency for fraternity politics
to approach methods which are nearer fascism
than democracy. Jersey City's Hague is no more
fuehreristic than the Greek party boss who der.
mands hlind lovahv and stinoort
oi inose candidates
ing candidates, rcgaiciie-scapabilities.
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the system's reputation, is hell week and excessive
haing. This practice, which bv everv possible
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criterion should have died with the
trousers and camouflaged Fords, is still being re
tained bv and is still losing prestige for an
astounding number of campus chapters. And
all this despite rccated disapprovals from na- . 1.
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for the draft, student
polling lagged behind, but it was
of all
estimated less than
college students will indorse the bill.
some conception of nation- al student opinion can be obtained
by perusal of college publications.
Among the first colleges conduct- ing opinion polls was the University
of West Virginia where 70 percent
interviewees favored the draft.
percent held that con- scription is a step toward war while
81 percem uriiuiim.ru uic u.w,...E
of "those holding responsible positions in industry, family men. and
college men." From the Ohio sector.
the Miami Student, of Miami Uni
versity. Oxford Ohio, declared itself opposed to the draft even
favors it"
though it

oarrassing manner, but with highest
hopes for the future.
Before condemning :ho SGA as
a complete failure and some'rint,
be scorned, let us consider not so
much from whence and how it came
ns where it is going under enthusiastic and sympathetic guidance.
Dcrhnnc onv tlinr nmQtt fTIPPfinix
could have demanded and gotten the
same results which were accomplished by the student constitution. However, the constitution sets up a
machinery whereby these demands
Bv Ai i i Miv K. Vii k
may be safeguarded and added to
instead of being revoked or disII lot no other, reason than its
career.
mi it he i hood w as not pleasing to him. He threattracted as scon as the mass meeting
Glare- Bool he's "The Women" should cm vinic
ened to keep the production from the British is disbanded.
We must remember that the SGA
lane v rajiers when il hits this campus shorllv
stage. Said Mrs. Lure (Clare Bool he had mar- is merely a babe, and as such is an
over ai Guignol. Its history is dotted with
ried Hi in v Luce, publisher of Time magaine). uncoordinated, sprawling mass that

tips and downs which have served to
make the piece quite Mipular. First ei forma nee
was in Philadelphia's Torres! theatre, under Max
Gordon, on DcccuiUr 7, I'.trtti. 1 hat bictihc-rllove town couldn't hold it... ticket pi ic es loo
high
and it moved lo New York.
I lie Phillv cast was .18; in New York onlv .!.".
later 40. Guignol is casting for II. Official GotL'ti thai vear in
was on
ham
i luT.thcl Barrvmoic ilie.iin anil Times revie w
I disliked
i Biooks Atkinson said. "
it."
the- show didn't bat vi we ll. es
Abroad,
eiall
in Ixiiielou where the
British couldn't
'es. the Briii-.l- i
git into the swing if iliing-,- .
tcKik the ihing text damned serious v. Lord
CIijiiiIm-- i lain objected to the plav on the grounds
thai the altitude ol one ol the characters toward

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Of course, again, the furure holds
diplomacy.
krieg it is designed to combat, final era of "big-stic" ,np answers
enactment of the'peacetime military
Terming the draft a "double-cros- s
conscription bill descended upon the of tne current national adminis- nation's college campuses last week. tmion tne student accepts
objective polling of nation- - sonption as a necessary evil. War
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pop- - by tnp
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of the nation's adult voting
Goldenrod of the Wayne
un- ulation declared themselves
college.

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