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Oregon® Emerald
Vol. I-XIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1063
No. 62
IFC Presidents' Council
Makes New Hazing Rules
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.