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Interfraternity Council
And Public Opinion
A BAD hitch in fraternity relationships on the
Oregon campus was straightened out yes
terday with the release of the advisory council’s
ruling in the case of Sigma Nu versus the inter
fraternity council. Both sides have agreed to
abide by the advisory council’s ruling and have
expressed a willingness to cooperate in the re
organization of the council.
In the report of the appelate body, reference
was made to publicity released by the Emerald,
prior to the tribunal’s rehearing of original
charges against the fraternities, as being "pre
mature, ill-timed and ill-advised . . . making
more difficult the possibility of a fair inquiry at
the time of the rehearing which occured some
six days after the original announcement of the
charges.’’
In previous years, actions of the intertratern
ity council have not been released for the press.
As a result of such closeted procedure, Inade
quacies in the constitution of the group were
left unremedied, fines assessed were either “fixed
up” or lost in the routine of general business, and
the council degenerated into an uncertain and
ineffectual body for governing the practices of
its members. It was ignorance of the expressed
provisions of the atrophied constitution that
drew the present council into a quandry and
caused the disc.repencies in its machinery to be
made widely known and criticized by heretofor
uninformed students.
As long as there exists such a body as the
interfraternity council responsible for and cur
ators of the student welfare, their actions must
be made public and understandable.
Of course, it is unfair to publicize the guilt of
the defendant before he has been given a chance
to defend his case. But failure to provide for
adequate hearing before release to the press is
a fault of the council—based upon» essential
weaknesses in the constitution or ignorance of
provisions restricting the powers of the executive
group.
The mistake will not be made again. If it
is, the Emerald will be pleased to let it be
known.
IN a report made recently and presented before
the state board of control by Mr. E. C. Hobbs,
numerous references were made as to the desir
ability of moving state-owned printing plants at
the University of Oregon and Oregon State col
lege to Salem- -under one head.
Mr. Hobbs’ report rolls merrily on and ap
proaches a meek question: “May we be pardoned
Hob
r. Hobbs
for making this general observation?” Then Mr.
Hobbs places the stiletto neatly between the ribs
of Oregon’s campus newspapers (which naturally
includes the Emerald) and twists it in a manner
that would be murderous—were it not so ludi
crous. Opines Mr. Hobbs:
“A school of journalism to endure and merit
support must be wisely directed and funda
mentally sound. It should inculcate into the minds
of the students the principles of American jour
nalism. And the student or campus paper partic
ularly if supported by the state, as in Oregon—
should not be the plaything and toy of youthful
crack-pots with bolsheviki tendencies; nor should
it be the propagandizing vehicle for jealous and
zealous professors.”
Now, Mr. Hobbs, let us look at this thing in a
manner wisely directed and fundamentally sound.
We agree with the forepart of the foregoing
essay. And it is also a most condensed and
accurate statement of the fundamentals under
lying Dean Eric W. Allen's 35 years of journalism
teaching at the University of Oregon.
But by an extensive and honest application of
all the canons of true journalistic integrity we
find it most difficult—yes, practically impossible
to agree with the gentlemen as to our being
"young crack-pots with bolshiviki tendencies.”
The Emerald will pay 54 per head for any
beard discovered on any Emerald staff member
beard discovered to be of a length approximating
one fourth of one inch. And all beards must be
measured by Mr. Hobbs’ own line guage. There
Mr. Hobbs—isn't that nice ?
As for the professors. It is difficult to be
inything but hungry on the pay they get. Tsk,
tsk.
As for “crack-pots.” Mr. Hobbs, were we not
of stern stuff, toughened by the tempo of news
paper endeavor, we would slump to the floor,
beaten things, and cry like all manner of babies.
Oh, but why carry this on ? -We shall go home
place our crack-pots where they belong, climb
INTO the bed, unfurl our shaggy bush outside the
covers, and dream of the American Legion, the
constitution, and pray God’s indulgence on our
scarlet souls.
Oregon Needs
A Theater
GRATIFYING and encouraging as it is to see
a new library, gymnasium, and infirmary
being built up to make a greater University, we
must not consider that the completion of these
projects means the fulfillment of all the needs
of the school. For, almost as badly-needed as a
new library, is an adequate theater for the pres
entation of the dramatic efforts of the University
players.
The dinky theater in the administration build
ing, with its doll-house stage, has for many
years curtailed the programs of the drama divi
sion directors who would prefer to cast more
elaborate productions and play to larger audi
ences. But the “little theater’’ seats a mere 190
persons, and the narrow confines of the stage
hindors any adequate settings, even disallows a
proper perspective for the audience.
However, it would not be necessary to erect
a new building. Villard assembly hall has all
the potentialities of a fine theater, and with a
moderate expenditure could be renovated to hold
several hundreds of people.
The classrooms at the back of the hall could
be removed, extending the seating capacity, the
acoustics could easily be made perfect by proper
treatment.
Such a change might well mark the beginning
of a golden era in University dramatics. For
many years the drama division has felt the handi
cap of an inadequate theater, and the lack has
been reflected in a discouragingly uninterested
attitude of the Student body to the plays that
have been presented recently. Legitimate drama
should play a far greater part in the education of
University students than it does at Oregon.
Air Y’ •> •>
❖ Listenin?’
By Jimmy Morrison
Emerald of the Air
Archie Parrott will, as Woody
Truax puts it, “tickle the keys” of
the KORE grand this afternoon at
3:45.
Local Bands
It is rumored that Hal Grayson
and his famous orchestra has been
engaged to play for the senior ball
here Februray 15. And it's with a
sigh that Tilten fans regret ti n
lovely Martha Tilten is no longer
witli him. But even at that, the
band is still very fine, and the
dance should be a swell deal.
Scott Held, who with his orches
tra has just completed a successful
engagement at the Trianon in
Seattle, is booked for a one-night
performance at Willamette Park
Friday evening, January 24.
The Air Angle
“Der Mustk Geht ltund Und
Rund,” suite fur cine grosse or
chestra mit 29 horns, in the man
ner of Franz Liszt, will be played
by laid Gluskin’s orchestra on
CBS tonight at 7:15.
The novel work is in three move
ments entitled, “Dus Kleinc Valve,”
“Das Mittol Valve," und “Das
Grosse Valve," played just us
Liszt himself might have written
it.
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Ever like to sit down and hoar
a few of those good old tunes tkut
swept you off your feet just a few
years ago? If so, tune iu KOIN or
some other C«.s station at
p. m. today and hear Freddie Rich
und his novelty orchestra play
“Two Cigarettes in the Dark,’’ “X
Just Couldn’t Take It, Bahy,”
"Collegiate,” "Overnight,” “San,"
"Lazy Bones,” "Stormy Weather,”
and “My Swoetie Went Away.”
w * *
Another gay Caravan of music
and humor, featuring Deane Janis,
Walter O’Keofe, and the Casa
Lomu orchestra, will be heard this
evening at 8:30.
Miss Janis will sing "Please Be
lieve Me,” with Kenny Sargent and
Pee Wee Hunt singing the vocal
interludes to "Too Much Imagina
tion” and “Dancing Feet.” The
Casa Loma lads will play Stephen
Foster’s famous melody of "Old
Kentucky Home” und "Should 1?”
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You can hear Eddie Duchin, one
of society's favorite pianists and
orchestra leaders, on the "bigger
and bettor than ever" Jumbo-Fire
Chief show tonight at 0:30, when
he and his band joins the weekly
program.
• HI *
Lawrence Tlbbett, who has
starred in famous baritone roles
at the Metropolitan opera house,
will demonstrate the unusual
range of his voice by singing as a
tenor the popular aria, "Vesti la
Giubba" from Leoncavallo's opera
"Fagliacci" this evening at 5:30
over CBS.
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It!BC*CltS Programs Today
12:30—Among Our Souvenirs.
KOIN.
0:30 Pickens Sisters. KPO,
KGW. Lawrence Tibbett. KOIN,
KSL.
[ 0:00 N. T. G. and His Girls.
NBC. Jumbo-Fire Chief show.
NBC.
7:00 Swift Studio Party. KPO.
KGW.
i .1j—Lad Ciu-d.ui orchcotra.
KOIN, KSL.
7:30 Jimmie Fidler’s Hollywood
Gossip. KPO, KGVV.
8:30 — Camel Caraven. KSL.
KOIN.
Complete Report
(Continued from Page One)
posed by the action of the coun
cil on October 10, 1935.
Subsequently provision was
made for a review of the case and
a rehearing before the same tri
bunal that imposed the fine for
the five specific cases of violation.
This rehearing took place on Thurs
day, October 17, 1935, after which
the tribunal saw no reason for
revising the decision reached at
the previous meeting and the fines
were allowed to stand as original
ly assessed.
Sigma Nu fraternity then raised
the question of the regularity of
the proceedings and alleged that
bias and prejudice had played a
large part in determining the de
cision against their group and the
amount of the fines which had
been assessed. At the same time
the defendant organization assert
ed its desire to withdraw from the
Interfraternity council, expressing
a lack of confidence in the present
personnel of the council and the
tribunal.
The Interfraternity council ap
pealed to the president of the Uni
versity to support their decision
and to enforce compliance on the
part of the Sigma Nu fraternity.
The president of the University
properly referred the case to the
Student Advisory committee with
a request that a thorough review
of the case should be made and
recommendations with regards to
the lines of settlement should be
transmitted to the president and
to the dean of men and dean of
personnel a damns tra Lon. It >\as
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The Marsh of Time
By Bill Marsh
Haircut
Bill Barker started it. Now Noel
Benson has followed suit, and got
ten himself a haircut, too. Benson
looks like the barber’s foot slipped.
His ivory is covered with a scant
half inch of bristly stubble, mak
ing his head look like a Kansas
wheat field in the middle of the
drouth.
I wonder how Franny Johnson
feels, going around with a con
vict.
* * *
Sidewalks of Eugene: Overheard
just outside the College Side. Two
charming young ladies, conversing
rapidly. Says one, “And he didn’t
even try to insult me. Was I sur
prised?’’
Whoever the gentleman in ques
tion was, his reputation seems to
have preceded him. Look thee
now, oh spirit of Immortal Casan
ova, and behold thy modern coun
terpart—the collegiate Borneo.
* :l: *
NEW YORK: Scores of Gotham
police rushed to a downtown hotel
when they received a call, saying
that a “man has been stuffed into
a sack.” Sensing another hatchet
murder or something, they burst
into a room and found the man
sitting up in bed. “It just seemed
to me, at the time, that I was
stuffed into a sack,” he explained.
Fortunately the room was too
small for the chap to see any pur
ple alligators running up and down
the walls.
it oner
This brodlc was executed last
Friday night by Scott McKeown,
University debater. Orator Mc
Keown led off with a recital of the
causes of the next war, working'
up to the question of the evening,
to wit, "Can the United States re
main neutral?”
Booming to a stirring climax
with a flourish, MoKeown cried in
a righteous fervor, “We in Amer
ica must guard against being in
volved in such a holocaust of hate,
death and INSTRUCTION!”
He said it was the effect of Hell
week, but they shot him anyway.
Pun of the week: “The new deal
Is doing Farley well, thank you.”
Skunks and Cabbage
Some crackpot scientist at Cor
nell has invented a smellless cab
bage.
All right, then, howinhell do you
spell smellless?
An the smell is the best part of
cabbage anyway. Cabbage is like
a rattlesnake. It gives fair warn
ing. When you smell it cooking,
you can always sneak out and run
over to the Greasy Spoon for a
hamburger. But cabbage without
a smell could be served on your
blind side, and by that time it
would be too late to run.
Thank you, no. Mother nature
gave cabbage a smell, just like she
gave the little polecat his distinc
tive aroma. Now if someone were
to invent a smellless skunk, there
would be something. But no scien
tist, however zealous, lias the cour
age to experiment with skunks.
What started all this hooey any
how ?
Phooey.
assumed that whatever decision
was reached by the Student Advi
sory committee would be enforced
by the proper authorities.
On account of the fact that Dean
Onthank and Dean Earl had been
rather intimately associated with
the Interfraternity council and the
tribunal by which the judgment
was rendered, it was deemed ad
visable to eliminate both of these
men from the Student Advisory
committee and to substitute for
them Dean Wayne L. Morse and
Orlando J. Hollis of the law school.
Mr. Patterson, a student member
of the committee because of his
affiliation with a certain frater
nity. was also asked to withdraw
and the president of the student
body was asked to name a sub
stitute. The substitute member, if
appointment were made( did not
appear at any meeting of the Stu
dent Advisory committee. All oth
er members of the Student Advis
ory committee wore present for a
two hour session on Thursday,
January 16th. and again at an ad
journed meeting held Friday after
noon, January 17th. Those pres
ent for the combined sessions
which aggregated f o u r hours,
were: Gilbert, Morse, Hollis, Spen
cer, Shumaker. Mrs. Sehwering,
William Hall, and Virginia Younie.
The specific questions on which
the committee was asked to rule .
were as follows:
1. Did the accused fraternity
have a fair trial before the tribun
al or did prejaduv., bUG. or ucsiiv
to satisfy a grudge have a part in
shaping the decision?
2. Assuming the guilt of the
Sigma Nu fraternity, were the pen
alties assessed fair and regular ?
3. In the light of the decision
on the foregoing question is Sigma
Nu privileged to withdraw from
the Interfraternity council or has
the organization assumed a con
tinuing obligation of membership
and of conformity to the by-laws
to which the organization has sub
scribed ?
4. What would be the conse
quence of allowing a fraternity to
withdraw from the Council when
dissatisfied with its rulings and
with penalties assessed?
Proceedings Wert* Irregular But No
Evidence of Prejudice or Bias
Found.
With regard to the first ques
tion on which the Student Advisory
committee was asked to rule, the
committee was compelled to reach
the conclusion that proceedings
before the tribunal in the original
hearing of October 10th were ir
regular and failed to conform to
the express requirement laid down
in Section 4. Article VI. of the
constitution, in which it is stated.
“The accused fraternity may ap
pear at the meeting of the tribunal
to present its case."
Extensive inquiry into the cir
cumstances surrounding the orig
inal hearing lead to the conclusion
that the procedure was more or
less secret, the eases being dealt
with by number, no particular fra
ternity being accused, and no op- j
portunity being presented for a
representative of the house to for- J
mulate a defense and to state the
case from the standpoint of the
defendant organization. There
seemed to be general agreement
upon this point between the con
tending parties.
On the 10th day of October the
Interfraternity council met with
the representatives of all organi
zations present. At that time it
was the unanimous opinion that
the charges and the fines assessed
should be reported to the organiza
tions at once and that an oppor
tunity for a rehearing should be
afforded in case any fraternity re
quested a review of the decision
already reached by the tribunal.
At this point an unfortunate in
cident occurred. Despite the fact
that one member at least of the
council had requested' the editor of
the Emerald to withhold publicity
until after the rehearing and the
final decision, and another'mem
ber of the same body had raised
the question of the expediency of
any publicity prior to the time of
final settlement, the Emerald edi
tor apparently reached the conclu
sion that the rulings of the tri
bunal were legitimate news and
the rulings were spread on the
first page of the Emerald on Oc
tober 11, 1935.
Although this first account in
the Emerald referred to the fines
assessed upon nine fraternities to
the extent of $140, subsequent pub
licity emphasized the particular
guilt of the Sigma Nu fraternity
and gave prominence to the amount
of fines assessed upon this one or
ganization. The council believes
that this publicity Was premature,
ill-timed and ill-advised, and made
more difficult the possibility of a
fair inquiry at the time of the re
hearing which occurred some six
days later on October 17th.
At the rehearing referred to
above, Sigma Nu fraternity was
given an opportunity to present its
case in defense. The president of
the organization, however, already
embittered by the adverse public
ity, regarded the rehearing as per
functory and, according to the tes
timony of various persons present,
admitted most of the charges
which had been preferred against
the organization. At that time the
tribunal saw no reason for revi
sion of its original verdict and
therefore agreed that the fine
should remain in effect.
Although proceedings were ir
regular and not in conformity with
the express provisions of the con
stitution, the Student Advisory
committee finds no convincing evi
dence to support the claim made
by Sigma Nu that prejudice and
bias had entered into the delibera
tions, and that certain members of
the Interfraternity tribunal had
been actuated by a desire for re
venge because of political develop
ments during the spring election.
Our committee found no evi
dence to support the view put for
ward by the defendant fraternity
that the tribunal had assessed the
fines only upon organizations al
lied with Sigma Nu during the
spring elections of 1935. Although
the majority of the fines assessed
upon fraternities for the violation
of rushing^ regulations (nine all
all told) were assessed upon fra
ternities allied with Sigma Nu in
the spring campaign we believe
that this distribution of penalties
was accidental. Two organizations
in the opposite political camp were
subjected to fine, and more con
vincing still is the consideration
that the tribunal was divided
equally between the two opposing
political camps.
The Student Advisory commit
tee finds no evidence to support
the charge that Thomas McCall,
president of the Interfraternity
council and ex officio member of
the tribunal, was actuated by any
desire for revenge upon Sigma Nu
because a member of that organi
zation is alleged to have prevented
McCall from being elected senior
class president. The senior class
presidency was never an object of
considerable desire so far as Mc
Call was concerned, and he is not,
in the opinion of our committee,
the type of man to cherish a long
standing grudge and seek to ob
tain revenge upon his political en
emies. Whatever warnings were
given to Sigma Nu fraternity by
both LaBarre and McCall were in
the nature of friendly reminders
and intended to forestall further
violations of rushing regulations.
If LaBarre and McCall had been
actuated by a desire to “get Sigma
Nu fraternity” by laying a trap
for the organization they certainly
would not have warned the offend
ing fraternity in advance of the
time when the “trap” was being
set.
Despite the fact, therefore, that
the procedure before the tribunal
was not regular and in conformity
with the terms of the constitution,
we believe that the personnel was j
impartial and that prejudice played 1
no part whatever in shaping the
final decision.
Sigma Nu Frateriiity Guilty on
Two Counts
Despite the fact that the pro
cedure was irregular, the commit
tee reviewed in detail the charges
which had been made against Sig
ma Nu fraternity and arrived at
the conclusion that the defendant
organization was guilty on two of
the five charges which had been
preferred against them. (Nos. 1
and 5).
Under No. 1 it was charged that
the Sjgma Nu fraternity through
William Dick and Lee Canessa had
been talking to Brad Foley, a
rushee, in an automobile parked
in front of the Osburn hotel at the
hour of 11:15 p. m. on Monday,
September 23, 1935. The facts as
stated here were freely admitted
by the representative of Sigma
Nu. The organization attempted
to make a defense on the ground
that Dick and Canessa were not
members of the organization at
the time when the offense oc
curred. Technically this is true.
Both Dick and Canessa had been
released from pledge at the end of
the academic year 1934-35. They
were, however, repledged to the
organization on September 28th
under special dispensation re
quested from the national organi
zation by the local chapter. In the
interim these two men had all their
affiliations with Sigma Nu and
unquestionably acted as represen
tatives of the organization in ap
proaching rushees. The defendant
organization must therefore as
sume responsibility for the acts of
these two men and the charge
against the organization is sus
tained.
On No. 5 Don Goodall and N.
Kavanagh, members of Sigma Nu
fraternity, were in the room of Mr.
Bill Polk, rushee, in the Eugene
hotel until twelve midnight. This
charge was freely admitted by the
representative of Sigma Nu fra
ternity, both at the original hear
ing by the Tribunal and in the re
hearing, and in the written brief
submitted by the organization, and
finally before the Student Advis
ory committee.
The fine originally assessed upon
these two specific offenses were
$5.00 and $10.00 respectively, and
it is the decision of the Student
Advisory committee that these
fines remain unchanged.
Sigma Nu Fraternity Exonerated
on Three Charges
On charges Nos. 2, 3, and 4 the
Sigma Nu is exonerated and the
fines remitted. The committee be
lieves, however, that a consider
able measure of blame attaches to
Mr. Fenwick’s conduct with
Dick Roberts at the Eugene hotel
after the hours for such contacts
on Tuesday, September 24th. Mr.
Fenwick entered the plea that he
and Mr. Roberts were long-stand
ing friends, and that he. Fenwick,
happened into the Eugene hotel at
the time mentioned and stopped to
converse briefly with Mr. Roberts.
The committee believes that the
relationship between the two, the
fact that the meeting was acci
dental and apparently not pre-ar
ranged, constitute extenuating cir
cumstances. On the other hand,
the committee believes that Mr.
Fenwick as president of the or
ganization should have recognized
a special obligation on his part to
'•shun every appearance of evil"
in the matter of violating rushing
rules to which his organization had
subscribed. The fine was remitted
but the action of Mr. Fenwick is
subject to censure.
Under charge No. 3, namely,
that several members of Sigma Nu
fraternity were seen at Mammy's
Cabin after midnight on the eve
ning of September 24th, it was not
established to the satisfaction of
the committee that any rushees
were present and the concourse of
members of Sigma Nu fraternity
at any hour of the night or day
does not constitute a violation un
less rushees are present and being
entertained by the members of the
organization. It appears that
rushees had been present at an
earlier period in the evening but
they had been sent home before
10:30 at which time lawful rush
ing ceases.
Upon the fourth charge that the
Sigma Nu fraternity entertained
rushees at Chicken Inn until one
o'clock in the morning, the evi
dence was conflicting and not con
clusive. It appears likely that the
contention of the fraternity that
no rushees were present at an hour
subsequent to 10:30 is a correct
statement of the case.
On the three counts last men
tioned, therefore, the Student Ad
visory committee reaches the con
clusion that not only was the pro
cedure irregular but that the evi
dence submitted was not convinc
ing. The fines therefore originally
attached to these three offenses
should be remitted.
We may therefore list the find
ings and recommendations of the
Student Advisory committee under
the following heads:
First: Because of the irregular
ity of the proceedings involved and
because of the lack of satisfactory
evidence Sigma Nu fraternity is
adjudged not guilty with reference
to charges Nos. 2, 3, and 4, al
though some censure must be at
tached to the conduct of Mr. Fen
wick in connection with his meet
ing with Mr. Roberts at the late
hour mentioned, in the Eugene ho
tel.
Second: The committee finds, de
spite the irregularity of the pro
ceedings involved, that charges
brought against Sigma Nu frater
nity under 1 and 5 are supported
by conclusive evidence and admit
ted by the fraternity itself, and
that the fines levied against the
organization to the extent of $15.00
shall be allowed to stand. It is fur
ther decreed that that the fines,
now long over-due, shall be paid
to the Interfraternity council on
or before January 22, 1936.
Third: It is the opinion of the
Student Advisory council that Sig
ma Nu fraternity has no just
grounds for withdrawal from the
Interfraternity council during the
present academic year. Mention
was made in our hearing of advice
from the national organization
that the local chapter sever its re
lation with the Interfraternity
council. It is difficult for us to un
derstand how the national organi
zation could request withdrawal of
the local chapter from an organi
zation to whose constitution and
by-laws it has definitely sub
scribed. Moreover, in matters af
fecting the discipline of organiza
tions as well as students, full power
is given to the University of Ore
gon faculty and its proper com
mittees, and their decision with
regard to the status of a definite
fraternity must take precedence
over any wishes expressed by the
national organization.
Tourth: The Student Advisory
committee after a careful study of
the situation presented by the case,
is firmly convinced that an organ
ization modeled after the present
Interfraternity council is necessary
to regulate matters of common
concern to the Greek-letter organ
izations on the University campus,
and to establish a code of fair prac
tices with regard to competitive
rushing.
It is, therefore, the recommen
dation of the committee that the
present Interfratornity council be
reorganized on a permanent basis
and that membership therein be
made compulsory.
Fifth: As indicated in the body
of this report, procedure before
the tribunal was irregular, failed
to conform to the requirements of
the constitution and with regard
to the usual practice that an in
; dividual or an organization charged
with an offense shall have power
I to submit evidence in its own be
half and present in a formal way
an answer to the charges made.
VVe believe that the procedure be
fore the tribunal should be revised
with a view to safeguarding future
decisions against the charges set
forth in the body of this report.
The committee refrains from mak
ing definite suggestions, believing
that the problem should be solved
through collaboration between the
Interfraternity council and the
present administration of the Uni
versity of Oregon.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES H. GILBERT.
Approved:
C. V. BOYER,