SORORITIES III
Alumnae Regulate Membership
(Ed. Note: This Is the third In a series of four editorials discussing
Sorority-alumnae relations.
Alumnae have their greatest influence over sororities where
it matters most—on membership.
National Panhellenic sets the patterns for rush quotas.
Presumably one of the aims of Panhellenic is to equalize
the different houses. For some years they attempted to do
this by giving the smaller houses larger quotas, and the larg
er houses smaller quotas. Two years of this system on the
Oregon campus failed to change the relative size of the
sororities.
This year national Panhellenic inaugurated a new system of
blanket “floors” and “ceilings.” They sent Maxine Blake, dele
gate to National Panhellenic, to Eugene to help put the system
into effect.
A floor of 17 for formal pledging and a ceiling ot 48 was
set. The system works only if all of the houses maintain the
ceiling. At this writing 75 per cent of them are under. Some
houses have only fivfe or six pledges.
There is little chance that they will be able to fill their quota
before the next formal rush periods.
Each pledge must have a minimum number of recommen
dations, usually three, from a sorority alumnae before she
can pledge that house.
Many houses have “screening boards” of alumnae in Tort
land, who check on high school graduates before they come to
Eugene. If the Portland board refuses to pass on a girl, she is
not pledged.
It might be argued that girls who do not pass muster
would not get enough recommendations for pledging any
way.
Nevertheless the Portland screening board system amounts
in effect to rushing the girls before they enter the University
and before the active members of the sorority have a chance
io meet them. It discriminates against Portland girls.
Campus groups generally accept the verdict of the Port
land boards.
Alumnae participation in the actual rushing program is more
than nominal. They are on campus all during rush week. They
help in the secretarial work of rushing, filling out bids, answer
ing questions from rushees, and generally overseeing the pro
gram. On preference night they work with Mrs. \\ ickham
and the sorority presidents, tallying preferences, making up
jpledge lists, and writing the invitations to join.
Althougn suen contacts are megai, one piummcm mum
visited a girl in the dormitory on preference night, to try to
persuade her to pledge the house the alum belonged to 30
years ago. She said she could “arrange things” as the rushee
had already indicated preference for other houses.
To her credit, the rushee pledged the house of her own
ichoice.
Mrs. Carl Koppe, president of City Panhellenic, and Mrs.
Mary X. Plummer, former national president of Theta, denied
that houses set up regional quotas, limits to the number of
Portland women or out-of-state women that can be pledged.
It appears that informal quotas at least are in effect, for
sorority members give them as reasons for dropping a girl
during rush week.
The reason for these regional quotas? As Mrs. Koppe and
Mrs. Plummer said, the houses plan their membership so as to
build strong alumni chapters.—(H.J.)
Love At First Sight
G-2S
“Daddy, this is Worthal
■I believe he mentioned he’s flunking one of
your classes.”
Theater Ticket Sales Open Today
For 'Death of a Salesman' Drama
Ticket sales open today for
“Death of a Salesman,” University
theater production. Tickets are
available at the theater box office
and reservations may be made by
calling ext. 401.
The play, which starts Friday,
Feb. 5, and runs Feb. 6, 7, 11, 12, 13
and 14, is the third production of
the UT's ’52-’53 season.
Prize-winning Work
"Death of a Salesman", the
prize-winning work of Arthur Mil
ler, is the story of a Brooklyn
salesman who has lived on delu
sions of popularity and material
success and .is unable to face the
facts of his actual failure as a
businessman and father.
Starring in the lead role of Willy
Loman will be Jim Blue, senior in
liberal arts and student announcer
at KORE. Jeanne Gottfredson,
graduate in speech and costume
mistress of UT. will play his wife,
Linda, as her first role on this
campus.
Sanders, Suitor Star
Phil Sanders, senior in speech,
and Clarence Suitor, junior in
speech, will be featured as the Lo
• Campus Briefs
0 Ernest Kalibala, in charge of
the African section of the United ;
States department of Technical As
sistance, will speak tonight at 8
p.m. at the Unitarian church, 11th
and Ferry streets, under the spon
sorship of the American Friends
Service committee.
^ Petitions are still being eall
ed for the Women’s' Recreation
association carnival to be held Feb.
27. Chairmanships still open are
general chairmen, booths, tickets
and decorations. Petitions can be
LUriieU ill Lu x^vyio ziamai at ncVrcu
House or at the cage in Gerlinger.
0 Emerald staff pictures will
be taken Tuesday afternoon. Both
editorial and business staffers will
have pictures taken. Oregana busi
ness and editorial pictures will be
taken Thursday afternoon. Staff
members of both publications will
be contacted as to definite time for
various shots.
Librarian Attending
Chicago Meeting
Carl W. Hintz, University librar
ian, is attending the annual mid
winter conference of the American
Library association which is be
ing held in Chicago Sunday
through Saturday.
Hintz as chairman of the plan
ning committee of the Library Ed
ucation division of ALA will pre
sent the committee’s report at the
conference. As a member of the
committee, Hintz will also take
part in sessions of the Association
of College and Research Libraries
committee on audio-visual aids.
Classifieds
FOR SALE: Auto Radios — new
and used for all cars. Eugene
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man brothers, “Hap and Biff.”
Sanders and Suitor were both seen
in “The Happy Time.’’
Other members of the cast in
clude: Charley, Jim Weaver, senior
in political science; Bernard,
George Johnston, first year law;
Uncle Ben, John Bree, senior in
speech; Miss Francis, Joice Balch,
junior in liberal arts; Jenny, Sally
Mollner, sophomore in liberal
arts; Howard Wagner, Glen Yost,
senior in speech; Stanley, Bill De
Land, junior in speech; Miss For
sythe, Diane David, sophomore in
liberal arts; Letta, Carol David,
freshman in liberal arts; and Sam,
David Sherman, freshman in jour
nalism. -
JLi&tenUuf, On
...On KWAX
G:03 Piano Moods
6:10 News Till Now
6:15 Guest Star
G:30 Campus Interview
6:45 Here is Spencer Snow
7 Window in the Ivory Tower
7:30 Show Time
8 World in Keviow
8:15 Campus Iteeital
8:45 News Iloiindup
9 Cavalcade of Music
9:30 K waxworks
10:30 Emerald of the Air
10:35 Softly Now
Dad's Hostess
(Continued from fnr/c one)
with the other two finalists, wil
also be presented at the lunehcor
Saturday. Paul Patetrson, gover
nor of Oregon, will be the gues'
speaker.
Dads must be registered by Rat
urday at 5 p.rn. to be counted it
the competition for the larges1
percentage of dads for a campu!
living organization, Light said
Awards will be based on percent
ages, using a list compiled by tin
office of student affairs.
One Trophy
Dads of non-freshman living ir
Greek letter organizations or af
filiated with such an organizatioi
are the only ones that can lx
counted by fraternities and sorori
ties. Carson Hall is to be count*
as one living organization.
One tropny will be awarded foi
the freshman living organlzatior
with the largest percentage til
dads, and first and second plac<
trophies for the living organiza
tion in competition with the whole
campus, Light explained.
Death Total
(Continued from pope one)
the height of the storm in South
end, a resort like New York':
Coney Island, fire broke out in 2
gas plant. Firemen worked Iron
boats. At Dartford. fire broke oul
in a firecracker plant. Just aftei
firemen left the scene, a stock ol
magnesium blew up.
Our freshman year
We had some fun
We nearly spent
All Daddy's mon.
Dad's Day Feb. G, 7. 8.
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