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All Guilty Fraternitiei Oregon® Emerald Vol. I-XIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1063 No. 62 IFC Presidents' Council Makes New Hazing Rules ny KU> Ifl r.l. Emerald Editor Twenty-one serious and con corned fraternity presidents de liberated nearly five hours Sunday afternoon on plans to control haz ing next year, then after hearing President Flemming's statement, decided to keep all immediate de cisions concerning this year's ha/ ing confidential In a statement to the Emerald, Inter fraternity President's f.'oun cil President. Dan O'Connell said, "The President's Council, as a whole, is considering, and will make decisioas concerning the houses being charged with hazing violations, which we understand will tie reviewed by the Office of Student Affairs ’* O'CONNELL said the immedi ate action would be confidential because the office of Student Af fairs would have to make a re port to President Flemming, and because, "we feel it shouldn't be made public until the time Stu dent Affairs makes it public." The President's Council, in its afternoon meeting Sunday, before hearing Flemming's decision, took several steps to tight'-n no rules that will apply to future pre-initi ation weeks. THE COUNCIL decided that: 1) All initiates shall return to their dorm or other place of resi dence by 12 p m and not return to the houses before 7 a m There will be no contact with the initi ates by the houses during this time 2) The investigation team, set up in the Council’s meeting last Wednesday, will include one ASUO Senator, a member of the faculty or administration, and the II-(’ Tribunal chairman 3) Pre initiation weeks can only be held during the first three weeks of each term 4) The alumni advisor must re view the pre-initiation week plans and sign a statement stating ap proval of such activities and guar anteeing that they do not conflict with ha/ing regulations, and that this be submitted before the sub mission of such plans to the Presi dent’s Council. And further, that at the termination of the pre ini tiation activities the adviser sign a statement to the effect that th< manner of execution of the ap proved plan was consistent with IFC regulation. THESE stipulations were added to the regulations passed by the Council last Wednesday stating as follows: 1) That a complete schedule of pr<- initiation activities be submit ted to and approved by the Presi dent's Council and Student Affairs one week prior to the beginning of all pre-initiation activities. 2) That all fraternities be re quired to be open to inspection during their ore-initiation period . by an inspection team appointed by the Council itself. 3) THAT THE following be ad opted as the definition of hazing which will be applied, not only during pre-initiation activities, but throughout the entire academ ic year ‘'Action taken or situation created, intentionally, whether on or off fraternity premises, to pro duce mental or physical discom fort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule Such activities and situations include paddling in any form: creation of excessive fa ff ontinurd oil />iuir d,) Barnhart Says Dormitory Rate Increase Envisioned for This Fall By RON COHAN Associate News Editor A proposed $40 a year increase in University dormitory room and hoard charges will be considered by the State Board of Higher Ed ucation today. Late Sunday night University President Arthur S Flemming told the Emerald that, contrary to a story published in the Eugene Kegistar Guard, the University will not reecomend increases for Susan Campbell and Hendricks in addition to the $40 The original proposal would have increased charges in those two older dormi tories an additional S45, making their charges equal to charges of other dorms. The current proposal, would af lect all state system schools, with increases of $15 a year for room charges and $25 a year for board charges. The plan will go into effect next fall if the state board approves it today. Present dormitory room and board costs average $680 a year at the University. The proposed increase would make the amount $720 a year Barnhart said Saturday that in creased costs prompted the new plan, particularly increased bond ing costs, the increase in the num ber of students eating meals at the dorms, and an anticipated in crease in labor rates. The proposal was drafted ear lier this month at a meeting of the inter-institutional fees com mittee, he said, and represents a joint recommendation by all state institutions of higher edu cation ASUO PRESIDENT Neil Gold schmidt called the general in crease "unfortunate" but possibly necessary. "1 don't think the dor mitory program should operate in the red," he commented. Goldschmidt said he was “to tally opposed" to the originally proposed increase charges for Susan Campbell and Hendricks Halls "I don’t think these dorms are up to standard,” he said, and it “would not be a wise move at this time ” Women students with financial problems would have difficulty paying the higher fees for these dorms, he said, especially with ' the tuition increase proposed in I the governor s budget and the in creased cost of textbooks at the Co op next year. CO OP MANAGER Gerald Hen son told the Emerald that pub lishers are raising their prices per book by about 25 cents each year on the average. This has been estimated to amount to S5 to $10 more per student each t year. Goldschmidt also suggested that funds in the dormitory re serves could be used to prevent such an increase. Money in this fund represents profits made on dormitories which have already paid back their own cost. Barnhart referred to the plan as a “normal increase that should be expected. Oregon schools have the lowest room and board costs of any schools on the West Coast and maybe in the entire United States except for the South.’’ HE SAII) fees at Susan Camp bell and Hendricks should go up because “we put a lot of expense into these buildings and expect to put more into them in future (( on tinned on poof 7) Racial Discrimination NAACP Questions Charter The validity of the “waiver" for local fraternities and sorori ties whose national charters con tain discriminatory membership clauses was questioned Friday in ;■ telegram sent to Chancellor Koy E. Lieuallen. The telegram, sent by the Port land chapter of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People, expressed fear that the state board may “retreat from its forthright position” of 1961 on racial discrimination by Greek chapters. AT THAT time the board di rected that after Jan. 1, 1963, the University of Oregon and Oregon State College (sic) should with draw recognition of any frater nity or sorority whose national charter requires local chapters to restrict membership on the basis of race or religion. A “waiver" granted by national officers would enable local fra ternities and sororities to disre gard their national charters’ spec ifications that membership be based on race or religion. Wally Priestley, a NAACP Board member, said Sunday that his group does not believe that the granting of “waivers” fol lows the 1961 resolution. HE SAID that because the state hoard resolution specifically men tioned national charters, granting the use of “waivers” for local groups is a weakening of the stand. He said that organizations which have discriminator* clauses relating to either race or religion, “should not be recognized as meeting the standard necessary to be affiliated with a state tax supported college.” The telegram to Lieuallen. Priestley said, urged the board to withdraw recognition of any organization which continues to ; To Be Closed Flemming Orders Dean To Investigate Hazing By PHIL COGSWELL Editorial Page Editor r< University President Arthur S. Flemming announced Sunday that any fraternity found to have violated the Uni versity’s hazing policy during the past two weeks will be closed for at least one year, effective March 25. In announcing the decision, Flemming stated, “There is no place on the University of Oregon campus for anv group that engages in hazing practices and thereby demonstrates its utter lack of concern for the dignitv, worth, and well Legislators May Examine Frat Hazing The State Legislature may in vestigate hazing practices, Sen-i ator Glen Stadlcr, D-Lanc, an nounced Saturday. “It may be in the province of the State Education Committee to look into campus bevahior such as hazing,” Stadler told a public legislative forum in Eugene. lie is a member of the committee. “Hazing is a throwback to trib al customs of the caveman and has no place in this era of so called enlightenment. Physical hazing of the paddle-torture vari ety is not only childish, it is stupid, silly, asinine, and nega tive. It demonstrates an absense of intellectual development,” the Senator said. As a legislator publicly discus sing hazing at the University. Stadler sets no precedent. A bill was introduced in the 1961 Leg islative assembly to make hazing a misdemeanor. The bill introduced by Senator William A. Grenfell of Portland called for maximum punishment o* a S500 fine and one year im prisonment. It provided also that no person in attendance at an educational institution in this state shall conspire to haze, at tempt to haze or engage in haz ing. which is the commission on any act that injures, degrades, or disgraces, or tend to injure, de grade or disgrace any person at tending the institution.” Grenfell said at the time that University officials with direct knowledge of hazing in a frater nity would also be considered guilty of violation of the law. The bill, however, never became law. It died in the Senate Judiciary Committee a month after it was introduced. Senator Edward N. Fadeley, D-Lane, and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday that “The 1961 bill was (Continued on pti/rc 7) Angel Flight To Interview All girls who petitioned for membership in Angel Flight must check the ROTC bulletin board today for interview times. since interviews will be gin tonight. Interviews will con tinue throughout the week. Waivers restrict membership because of lace "in any of its chapters or as a national policy." TWO FRATERNAL organi?a tions will report to the state board Tuesday about compliance to the racial discrimination ban. The two. Sigma Nu and Alpha Tan Omega, have had discrimin atory dases removed from their local chapters by waiver. Lieuallen would not comment about the possibility of the board accepting “waivers" on the word ing of national charters. He in dicated that the state board would have to make a policy de cision to deal with the matter. Wcinfe of individuals. The identifi cation of such a group as a frater nity is a mockery.” Flemming said that Dean of Students Donald M. DuSbane is conducting an investigation of ‘ al leged violations” of hazing policy and has been asked to make a re port as soon as possible on the re sults of his investigations. “I HAVE requested the Dear, of Students to arrange for the clos ing of any fraternity or fraterni ties found to be in violation of the l niversity s policy for a period of one year effective March 25, 1963,” Flemming said. That is the first day of spring term. The president added that any fraternity closed will be permit ted to rc open at the beginning of the Spring 1964 term ‘ only if the 1 niversity has definite assurances from all who are responsible for the operation of the group that there will be compliance with the policy against hazing and all other l niversity policies related to the operation of fraternities.” If Dean DuShane concludes that there are extenuating circum stances in the ease of any frater nity. the president has request d him to state these circumstances and to 'recommend an appropri ate probationary period for the group or groups.” ASSl RANCES that there will he compliance with University policy will be necessary for a group to be taken off probation at the end of the probationary peri od. Flemming said "If these as surances are not forthcoming, the fraternity will be closed,” he ad ded. Flemming has also reques^d Dean DuShane to recommend "ap propriate disciplinary a c t i c n” against any individuals within a group who participated in hazing activities in spite of the efforts of the responsible officers of the fra ternity to adhere strictly to the University policy.” Action would then he taken against the indivi duals involved rather than the group as a whole. Flemming pointed out that two years ago the fraternities recog nized the existence of the hazing policy and assured the University they would undertake to enforce it. "THIS POI.ICY is an outgrowth of the University's concern for the dignity, worth, and well being of each individual who is a mem ber of the University community,” he stated. Continued iui pilin' 0) Education Board To Meet Today A rc\ iscd non-resident tuition policy, increased dormitory rates, and a report on the University’s land acquisition problem involv ing the Pioneer Cemetery are possible topics for discussion in the State Board of Higher Edu cation meeting today and Tues day. The building, finance, and cur riculum committees of the boa"d will meet Monday, and the full board will meet for official action Tuesday. The meeting will be he'.d at Portland State College. Emerald Photogs To Meet Tuesday Tuesday night there will be a meeting of Emerald photogra phers at 7:00. Those interested in working for the Emerald as photographer sale also asked to attend.
