[Background of Deferred Living at Oregon,
(Present Status Surveyed by Reporter
By Al Karr
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■►ocond and final of a series glv
J(iK f>"' background of deferred
’ Hvfntc at Oregon. Approval of
'(he plan liy all part Ion, freshman
t Inrmltorles, and prnn-nt statu*
^s surveyed.)
Advantages of deferred living
Merc reiterated after its one-year
Luostponement, better scholastic
[achievement for both Greeks and
dorms, and social maturity and
balance for freshmen being stress
ed.
Opposition then took different
forms a "Can the 1’lan" sign, a
“Deferred living No!" shout at a
football game, and a purported
'card stunt number six" against
vhe plan at the game, the stunt
,never occurring.
Committee Studies I’lan
A nine-man AStTO committee
was appointed to study the plan,
-'ocal point, of consideration was
deferred rushing, asked by the
lory, but opposed by Fanhellenic !
and IFC. On Jan. 20. 1050, IFO and j
JDC voted to abide by the plan, 1
and to have deferred rushing
keeping frosh loyalty in the dorms
until the sixth week of winter I
term. Women’s dorms and Panhel
lenlc concurred with the plan, al
though women's rushing was still
to be fall term.
To Implement deferred rushing
a “no social contact” policy was j
(Voted by IFC, with fines for fra
ternities violating the rules.
Deferred living went into effect
fall term of IfthO. Major weakness!
ip the system soon appeared the
IFC "hands-off ruling. In Oc
tober 8 fraternities and 18 fresh
men were involved in illegal rush
'ing, the houses were fined and fhc
freshmen were not allowed to
.pledge the particular house for one
(year.
- Because of this event, certain
freshman athletes left school. A
Ijowl went up from then Football
Coach Jim Aiken and the alumni.
Mine Creek leader said, "The only
Jossibilitiy is to rush now."
IFC and 1DC hashed over the
‘fraternities' proposal for immedi
ate rushing, the dorms' not in fa
,vor of it. IDC, finally agreed, how
ever, and fall term rushing was
'held for freshman men. (This year
' men's rush week was held winter
term.)
Stanford's I'lan Studied
’ Attention later turned to the
possibility of having freshmen live
.in separate dorm units, rather than
mixed in with ull classes. Last
April an 11-member ASUO com
•mitteo studied the setup at Stan
ford ^university including the one
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frosh dorm and freshman orienta
tion at that school.
When the committee returned,
it compiled its "Stanford Report,"
and proposed an "Oregon Plan" for
freshman dorms. Also proposed
were deferred rushing until winter
term for men and women und an
intensified counseling program.
IKC and JDC were In favor of the
proposal, but Heads of Houses was
not. Executive council, ASUO gov
erning body until this year, gave
informal approval.
Program Set I'p
Under the "Oregon Plan" coun
selors were to be selected and a
social and intramural program
was to be set up. Supporters
argued that it would give fresh
men a purpose, provide orienta
tion, loyally and unity.
Women's cooperatives wanted
better representation in social and
athletic areas than the plan pro
vided. Heads of Houses, still not
approving, made recommendations
for improvement, including request
for better dorm counseling and for
fall term rushing. Continuance of
fall term rushing for women was
later granted.
Heads of Houses and the Exec j
council then gave official approval, j
and the administration prepared to
effect most of the plan.
Points <;i\en
This year revised deferred liv
ing has operated with little strik
ing difficulty, at least on the sur
face. An fight-man alumni com
mittee, headed by Charles Hollo
way, has investigated deferred liv
ing and is compiling a report.
Called the Holloway report, it is
not yet complete, but Alumni Sec
retary Les Anderson made a re
port to an alumni meeting during
Homecoming, giving the essential
points he thought were stressed at
that time.
The points were:
1. Deferred living is here to
stay.
2. Financial difficulties of some
houses are the fault of the individ
ual houses, not the plan.
3. One advantage is the wide ac
quaintanceship gained by fresh
men.
4. A disadvantage is the lack of
proper information about regula- '
tions < most of them student-im
posed, not administrative).
Creek Leaders Disagree
This term, however, Greek lead
ers disagreed with the second
point. When contacted by the Km- I
erald. House Managers President ;
Herb Lombard and Panhellenic I
President Joanne Lewis said some j
houses were facing financial !
troubles caused by the decrease in '
membership which resulted from
deferred living. Certain costs do
not change with changes in mem- j
bership, Lombard said.
Deferred living is a success,
Donald M. Du.Shane, director of
student affairs, has asserted. He
said all data available points to
that conclusion.
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