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EMERALD
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._DICK LEWIS, JACKIE WARDKLL, Associate Editors
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This Rushing Problem
The University has been in session officially for one week.
In reality the fall term begins today. Last week, when we
should have been settling down to this serious business of
acquiring a college education, all campus activity ground to a
halt in observance of the annual phenomenon known as rush
ing.
The attention of the hundreds of Greeks on campus was de
voted all last week to rushing, a business almost as serious to
them as acquiring an education. Without rushing and the
acquiring of new pledges, Greek living at Oregon would na
turally die
The attention of hundreds of new students was likewise
focused on rushing. To them it was a trial period, a time to
make important decisions. They were selecting their friends
and a place to live for the rest of their campus career.
With over half of the students enrolled at the Univer
sity so preoccupied with this non-academic, but necessary,
process, activities, orientation and incidentally studies suf
fered disastrously. What is lost during the first week of
classes through this preoccupation can never be completely
gained.
Why then does the University schedule rushing at a time
when it can’t possibly keep from interfering with the normal
campus life? Are the scholastic pursuits so undervalued as to
think they take no time even during the first week? Is rushing
considered so nonessential as to throw it in with classes during
this crucial “digging-in” period?
We don't know all the answers to these provocative quest
ions. We don’t pretend to know’ them. We are merely voicing
the questions which must be uppermost in the minds of many
overworked Greeks and many beu ildered rushees.
Fall term rushing, we are told, helps to build up the smaller
houses. The pledge lists do not entirely bear up this hypo
thesis. Some of the smaller men’s houses did no better during
this fall term rush period than they did during winter term
rush two years ago.
We realize that the combined forces of the administration,
Panhellenic and the Inter-fraternity council have been giv
ing this problem serious thought for a number of years. So
far they have come up with slightly varying plans each year,
including winter term rush for men and a women’s rush
period coinciding with New Student week.
The plan used this year—simultaneous women and men’s
rush during the first week of classes—was far from the best
used in the few years that we have observed rushing- It was
possibly the worst.
Many men, we know, would prefer a rush period sometime
during the middle of winter term. The University is com
mitted to the policy of deferred living, and the majority of
freshmen men—veterans and boarders in the smaller houses
excepted—must live in dormitories. It’s almost impossible to
Jpuild up real house loyalties during this first year, so why rush
fall term and initiate freshmen pledges during the winter term,
nearly a half-year before they can move into the house of their
choice? The same argument could be used for a winter term
women’s rush period.
We realize there are some arguments against winter term
rushing. Two years ago, when it was used for men, some fra
ternities were fined heavily by IFC for illegal fall term rush
ing. If one house rushes during the fall, other houses feel
obliged to do the same, so as not to lose out in the acquiring of
all-important new members. Heavy fines, such as the ones
levied two years ago, are the best deterrent to illegal fall term
rushing. Obedience to IFC rules then becomes a matter not
only of honesty but also of finance.
A second alternative solution to the rushing problem
would be a pre-New Student week rush period. Then rush
ing would interfere with neither the orientation program
nor the first week of classes. This plan, however, is not
realistic in view of deferred living.
The solution to this tangle is not clear. We can only hope
that the administration will come up with a better solution
next year than the one offered last week- Frankly, we feel it
was a mistake.
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Trgig, Norway; Edwin Henry,
Prineville; Donald Jaeklin and
Joseph Levine, Roseburg; Thom
as Bright, William Cook and
Kenneth Klanecky, Salem; Wil
liam Shepher, Walnut Creek,
Calif.
Kappa Sigma: Barry Bobbitt.
Portland; Charles Harrell. Harry
Lester, and Robert Richards,
Eugene; Charles Hann, Cottage
Grove; Frank Madsen, North
Bend; Raymond Hawkins and
Robert Johnson, Tillamook; Rand
Barbee, Beverly Hills, Calif.;
Greg Galleon, Pasadena, Calif.;
John Shea, Palo Alto, Calif.;
Thomas Midgley, Santa Monica,
Calif.; Jerry Kershner, Tacoma,
Wash.
I>amlHlu Chi Alpha: James Mc
Kinney, Amity; James Donnelly,
Drain; Jerald Finlay and John
Marsh, Milwaukie; Wilbur Pra
ter, Newberg; John Casey, Philo
math; Robert Albrich, Salem;
Joe Keller, Sutherlin; Lcland
Rodman, Boise, Idaho; Joe Falk
ner, Parkersburg, W. Va.; and
Owen Watkins, Wrangell, Alas
ka.
Phi Delta Theta: John Bohl
man, Harold Duffy, James Hi
lands, Stewart Jones, David
Kjome, Sidney Mood, William
Scearce, Vernon Scott, James
White and Charles Withers,
Portland; Raymond Miller, Eu
gene; Theadore Tenny, Ashland;
James Pifher, Baker; Winfred
Hastings. Bandon; Donald Lind
land, Oakridge; Ronald Brown,
Pendleton; Calvin Callaway,
Charlet Pattee and Jerry Urness,
The Dalles; Donald Lane, Modes
to, Calif.; Willian) Thordarson.
Tacoma, Wash.
Phi Gamma Delta: Jerry Bat
tin, Robert Buckendahl, John
Charlton, William Cromwell,
Vern Etchison, Kenneth Howard,
Jack McLarney, Allen Aprehus.
David Redpalh and Robert Stein
metz, Portland; James English,
Gary Jackson, Robert Kirkwood,
Mike Smith, Hood River; Darrell
Best, Medford; Herbert Devos,
Monmouth; John Flaxel, North
Bend; Daniel Lees, Ontario;
Chris Kisky, Oswego; Edward
Lilly, Rogue River; R. K. Hoo
ver, Roseburg; Gary Brown. Vi
salia, Calif.
Phi Kappa Psi: William Mc
Coy, Portland; Robert Beatty,
Owen Chamberlain, Robert Sum
merville, Eugene; Marvin Woods,
Ashland; Del Freeman, Clat
skanie; Kerry Livingston, Coos
Bay; Donald Dextur, Richard
Lolcoma, David Maxwell, Gregg
Shultz, Klamath Falls; William
Bladine and Gerry Thomas, Mc
Minnville; Bryce Weissert, New
berg; Alan Johnson, Roger Long,
Oswego; Donald Ware, Rose
burg; Richard Urey, Daley City,
Calif., and Lee Bumford, Ther
mopolis, Wyo.
I hi Kappa Sigma: Richard
Kr,eeland, Portland; Samuel
Thompson, Klamath Falls; Rog
er Miller, Moro; Jerry Jones,
Roseburg; Roger Tucker, Salem;
Richard Weeks, Sweet Home.
Phi Sigma Kappa: Lester
Saunders, Portland; Richard
Harper, Albany; Duane Cooksey,
Jefferson; Jack Bull, Milton
Freewater; Walter Sowards, Ore
gon City; and Robert Hutchens,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Pi Kappa Alpha: Robert Loo
mis, Portland; Donald Gerhart,
Eugene; Angelo Maffei, Eagle
Creek; Richard Crist, Hermiston;
Floyd Pierce, Klamath Falls, and
Carleton Knoblaugh, Richland.
Pi Kappa Phi: Robert Shum
way, Bend, and Allen Reynolds,
Roseburg.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Bruce
Baake, Norton Barber, John Bar
bour, Ronald Beggs, Robert
Boehm, William Clark, Richard
Domini, Charles Elliott, John
Hedford, Howard Hedinger, Ed
ward Hicks, Robert Isaacson,
Vincent Perry, Ronald Savage,
Richard Stables, Scott Taylor,
John Thotus, and Richard Ton
neson, all of Portland; Keith
Gubrud and Jerry Hill, both of
Eugene; Norman Cole, Gold
Beach; Gary Mark, Grants Pass;
Bruce King, Robert Lyons, and
Samuel Tripplett, all of Salem;
Denny Sperry, Springfield; and
Peter Bluett, San Francisco,
Calif.
Sigma Alpha Mu: Stanley
Blauer, Gerald Epstein, Leon
Goodman, Gerald Hirseh, Robert
Kramer, Stanley Marcus, Rob
ert Mosher, Edward Schneider.,
Norman Siedenberg, and Allen
Schlelfer, all of Portland; Charles
Landakroner, Kugene; Richard
Katz, The Dalles; Norman Ross,
Beverly Hills, Calif.; and John
Speigl, Orlnda, Calif.
Sigma Chi: Perry Buckcndahl,
Charles Cowan, Robert Rogers,
and Michael Spear, all of Port
land; Dale Dickey, Dennis George
and Ronald Whitaker, ull of Ku
gene; David Shelby. Albany;!
Robert Ayre, Steven Bigelow, and
Charles Hall, all of Coos Bay;
David Brandsneas, Cottage
Grove; James Shallow, Grants
Pass; Duane Shaw and Donald
Sielar, both of McMinnville: Rob
ert Reeves and Buron Williams,
both of Medford; Donald Gra
ham. Jack Murphy, and James
Shan ley, all of North Bend; Gene
Jones, Salem; Richard McDan
iels, Wallowa; Donald Delbon
and John Robinson, both of Daly
City, Calif.; Le Roy Phelps, San
Bernardino, Calif.; and William
Goodman. Tacoma, Wash.
Sigma Nu; Dewey Barton, Da
vid Knotz and Waiter Mackin.
all of Portland; Walter Garrett,
Kugene; Paul Johnson and Bob
Reiter, both of Astoria; Russell
Sloop, Echo; David Nelms, Jef
ferson; Bob Turley, La Grande;
John Karlenbaugh, Lake Grove;
Dave O'Conner, Lakeview; Dick
Pruitt, Reedsport; Gerald Dixon.
Wallowa; Larry Blank, Roger
Hay and Vinton Summerville, all
of Bakersfield, Calif.; William
Woodward, Corning, Calif.; Rob
ert Ackerman, Menlo Park,
Calif.; Phillip Lowthian, Orinda,
Calif.; William Allvurado, Ihien
te, Calif.; and Dean Hcdlund,
Honolulu.
Sigma Phi Epsilon: Richard
Allen, Juris Cilnis, Richard Hall,
Lawrence Kott and Robert Per
ron, all of Portland; Jon Mellish
and Nelson Tandoe, both of Ku
gene; Erik Hansen, Hillsboro;
Robert Bye and James Craig,
both of Klamath Kails; Donald
Borden and Richard Carmody,
both of Lakeview; Stanley Kala
pus, James Perry, Craig Philips
and Terry Sherwood, all of Med
ford; Robert Kails, New Pine
Creek; J. C. Wheeler, Oregon
City; Berge Borrevik, Reedsport;
Robert Houghton and j,y
Gregg, both of Halt*in; Freeman
Squires, Springfield; Roger i;nf.
try am! Keith Renner, both
Wo»t Linn; Allen Oummn. <i„_
verdale, Calif.; James Carter
Grass Valley, Calif,; John ix.p.z'
Ontario, Calif.; and William
Banks, Han Mateo, Calif,
Tan Kappa Epsilon: Charles
Brown, James Noble and Wil
liam Russell, all of Portland
Larry Gubrud, Eugene; Law
rence Olson, Cottugn Grove
Norman Clark, Irrigon; Thomas
Colt, Hanover, N.IL; and Tatsu
ya, Akebl, Kyoto, Japan,
Theta Chi: Richard Williams
Portland; Louis Blue, jerry oil
bert. Don Hodgkinson, Ralph
Meyers and Lowell Slick. all „f
Eugene; Richard Hyder. Albany
Berry Orr, Beaverton; Rudy
Herr, Brownsville; Robert Hap
py. Coos Bay: On. Maltu, <
qullle; J. D. Griffiths, Gresham;
Gordon Hummers, Halfway; Rf)gl
er Diddock. Madras; Albeit Mcd
ford. Mapleton; Terry Maddox,
M.-dford; Jack Cednrgreen, osl
wego; Robert Aik.-n, Ruseburg;
Robert Pratt, Salem; Keith Cool
ley, Sliverton; A1 Boyles and
George Hladleman, both of The
Dalles; Jerry Chrl.Hly, Be.k.l
ley, Calif.; Joseph lWson. Sun
Jose, Calif.; Phillip Hatt.rl.e,
Sacramento, Calif.; and Thom a.*/
Walla Wulla, Wash.
Campus Briefs
0 Alplut Phi Omega, men's
service fraternity, will meet
Tuesday night at 7 in the Stu
dent Union, reports Travis Ca
vens. president. The meeting will
not la-t beyond 7:46 pm.
Campus Calendar
Noon Fset of Art 110 8U
Spanish Tb! 111 8U
URC 112 SU
4:00 UIS 112 SII
United Appeal 214 KtJ
5:30 Oride*-Yeomen
Potluck Ger! Rnpr. J
7:00 Yeomen Gerl 1st F!
Orides Gerl 3td FI
7:30 Co-Ed Housing 111 HU
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