SPECIAL REPORT
Fraternities: Educational Experience?
By tf:kry bales
Sports Editor This is the last of a three-part series on the condition of the fraternity system at USf'—Th'e Editor.
It is not the lack of money alone that is choking the Greek system. If a local chapter goes in the red. it can gain assistance from mortgages and from its national organization. which might have more than on* reason for keeping that group alive at Troy.
Besides, this great and benevolent university has s?en fit to keep social grace in existence out of necessity.
"One good reason fraternities are still verv much alive
.here is that the school can't 'afford to get rid of them be-’cc,use it can't spend the money to build dormitories for all the people who must live here.” Ray Sparling, chief justice of IFC Judicial, jsaid.
Both Sparling and Mike Raleigh, assistant dean of men are staunch supporters of the viewpoint that insists that fraternities serve a need and will continue to survive.
Says Sparling. “We all should be mature enough to realize that much learning goes on outside of the classroom. Getting along with people is one of the most important things in life.”
“Being in a house, espe-
cially a large one. gives you a chance to adapt to the full cross-section of life.''
“Every university has its own particular needs and desires." Raleigh says. “The problems USC hopes to solve revolve around providing the most productive experience possible for the student.”
Evidently, then, sociability ranks high in the quest for enterprise and excellence in education.
Raleigh continues. “Many institutions don't have fraternities because they don't feel they contribute to the material gain.”
His pxample is a familiar institution in Massachusetts
where the fraternity system has been allowed to decay— “Williams has the particular problems of having about 95 per cent of its men belonging to houses. This caused the feeling that the other 30-40 men who couldn’t (become members were beginning to feel like social outer sts. To solve the dilemma, the Williams administration simply stopped supporting the fraternities.”
But Raleigh is also quick
i	to mention the University of Cincinnati, where the system 'has survived under extremely adverse conditions.
Cincy is on the cooperative plan whereby students go to school for seven weeks and
then work for the same period.
“More than three fourths of the fraternity men at Cincinnati work under this program. This creates the task iof having a turnover every seven weeks, but the houses have adapted to the situation.”
What, after this haphazard tour around the fraternity [system, can be done to save a tradition that is as old as learning itself (if indeed it needs rescuing) ?
Fraternities themselves must recognize that a social change is in order.
"The problem." says Sparling, “is that fraternities are backward because of the in-
’fluence of their national chapters, who are run by the old-line alums who are still living in their own time.” Fraternities, like any selective membership organization, v/ill continue to be endangered by righteous do-gooders. Raleigh adds. “Social change is seldom fast enough.”
For Raleigh, the environment at USC precludes a social system of some type. The only place that leadership is a natural instinct is aiong the Row. Apartment dwellers, dormites and commuters never band together to provide responsible leadership that is well-organized.
The latest device for preservation is the new steer-
ing committee, which brings together faculty advisers, alumni, administration and fraternity leaders to discuss the growing problems that threaten the system.
This committee will foster subgroups who will discuss fraternity economics, pledging. rush, disciplinary and judicial problems and hazing.
More cooperation along the lines of a united Row will also help the fraternities to grow up. Hazing pledge pranks and discrimination, sources of criticism that have made fraternities very unpopular 03 n best hp eliminated if each house abandons the practice.
The fraternity member ir this new-born generation must be made to understand 'that sociability is only a small segment of university life.
In retrospect, the death of fraternities at USC and most everywhere else where the environment is favorable is clearly net at hand-
A more preferable way to speak of the so-called demise is to say that this is a period of domancy in which the system has a chance to take stock of it* past and to set proper goals for the future. If they can adapt to the changing times, then fraternities will achieve their prop°r place i.i th» educational system
WEATHER
Clear today and tomorrow: sunny and windy. Warmer days ahead. Today s high will be 74 degrees, the low SO.
Beaches will be 50 to 70 degrees wi th water ot 57.
University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
19 6 6 SWEEPSTAKES WINNER OF
CALIFORNIA INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION
Vol. XVII
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1966
No. 91
DR. ERNEST SAMUELS
. . . Pulitzer Prize W inner
Pulitzer Prize Winner To Lecture
i "USC Republicans, former of CYR as one of the major ly known as Trojan Young reasons for withdrawal. Park-Republieans may have sever- inson later noted that he had ed relations with its parent received a number of bitter ; group. California Young Re- attacks concerning the state-publicans, at the best time ment.
possible. USC Republicans Conservative members of President Jim Stauffer said jj'gc Republicans view the Monday.	hearing as a crisis for the
At a closed meeting in Los, Party. They regard the April Angeles with local YR lead- 2 court procedure as being ers' CYR president Mike something similar to a kan-Djordjevich said. “We are ap- garoo court whereby the
Ernest Samuels, winner the 1965 Pulitzer Prize biography, will lecture
preaching a state of crisis.” Djordjevicn indicated the 9,000-member volunteer party group has moved so far to the right it is in dangerous territory with the Republican Party and may lose its cred entals.
Discuses Problems At the meeting Djordjevieh discussed the problems which the Young Republicans may m face:
same people who want the charter revoked will be the ones who will conduct and rule at the hearing.
of
Block Set To Talk at Easter Rite
High-rising John Block is
on	• T h e National Federa
“Henry Adams and the Mod-	tion of Young Republicans scheduled to address early-
ern Temper" tomorrow at	will hold a special hearing on rising attendants at the Cres-
3:15 p.m. in 133 Founders	April 2 to decide whether the cc-nta-Canada Easter Sunrise
jjal]	official charter of CYR would Services.
The lecture by Samuels.! evoked.	The 6 9 basketball star
chairman of the English de-	# If the charter is lost, at- will be guest speaker at the
partment al Northwestern	lemP^ ma-v ™ade to den>’ third annual service. Robert
University, will be sponsored	the ri«hl of R ’° operate james< chairman of the event
by the USC Department of	in California as a Republican announced.
English. Dr. Samuels will be	organization If this happens, B1(jck hag enj d a bri ht
r , i	the organization will no long- . . , . .
* visiting professor here tor	* basketball career since high
E	er be permitted to collect . , . , ,, _
a year starting in Sej ember.	1 school, emerging as All-Coast
Dr. Samuels spent 22 years	p3; c a v j G , <j p-n’ inson ef‘n^er conference center, writing his m on umentals<at^ch;imanoftheRepub:honorable mention UPI, AP
three-volume study of Adams.	d„.,. f i, All-American, and I SC rec-famous American man of let
SPURS, ANYONE? — Spurs President Chris Burrill (seated) accepts applications from potential Spurs Barbara
Daily Troian Photo by £d Stapleton
Cruse, Connie Greenbaum, Marilyn Sutton and Karol Wahlberg. Applications for all women's groups are ready now.
Women's Organization Operation Seeking New Members/JJaffA fop
Find Dates
er be permitted to collect dues.
Dr. Gaylord Parkinson, state chairman of the Republican Partv. accused three	. . key officers of CYR of being ord holder for mosl P°ints in membeis of the John Birch one season*
Society: this was “more than USC s ' most valuable play-a coincidence," he said, and er'spends much of his time' marks “the first concrete off the court working with
Applications for membership in campus-wide women’s organizations are being accepted today through Friday in the Student Activities Office. 324 Student Union.
Spurs. Amazons. Chimes and AWS Associate Cabinet are all looking for new members this week, with the membership for all organizations
coordinated by the AWS. entation programs and the
Spurs, sophomore service spring AV\t} Recognition As ^i'. Just feed the IBM <090 honorary, will hold a coffee semblv.	computer a questionnaire on
hour for prospective members	Associate C a b i n e t Yourself and zaP' Y°u are
By ftARY U \I.I)MAN
No muss, no fuss, no both-
today at 3:30 p.m. in the pians the AWS Spring Instal- presented 'vil!\ the Ph°ne YWCA.	,ation> the AWg Fa„ part Inumbers and addresses of five
ters. historian, scholar, novelist. great grandson of John
Adams and grandson of John Luiliv_iucil^ir 1IC oniVi aiJU ~r_____ ________ ________
Quincy Adams.	marks “the first concrete off the court working with Candidates must have a and AWS-YWCA cosponsored
A member of the faculty at evidence that there may be young people. Accompanied cumulative 2.5 grade point events.
North western since 1942. Dr. conspiratorial activity by the by teammate Bill Westphal.! average. At the tea the\ will Samuels has font degrees John Birch Society to take Block traveled to New York’s j have an opportunity to learn from the University of Chi- over a segment of the Repub- Harlem last si./nmer for the more about Spurs, meet in-
cago. He is a former attorney, lican Part.”	Presbyterian Church and the formally, and meet S p u r s-p I |n CrJJ-sv/
Young Life Program to work sponsor Stephanie Adams, as- I edCM-m mudy
UCLA fo Host
having returned to the teach- USC Republican leaders ing profession in 1937.	listed the political reputation with over 800 youngsters.
ALL THIS WEEK
Tickets Still on Sale for Zhivago/ Skin of Teeth'
sistant dean of women. Amazons, junior and
machine-tested dates, or mates. And all for the price of $3.
Operation Match was originated by two Harvard juniors. Jeff Tarr and Vaughn Morrill, with a purpose: to U n i t e d remove the obstacle of in-
from college
sen
I	junior
ior women's service organiza
tion. also requires a 2.5 aver-
Alternatives to ______
States Southeast Asia policy comPatabl!,ty will be offered at a 12-hour bating.
Neal Forman, a senior
Teach-In. to be held at UCLA iNeal Forman, a senior in
„ , cFridav	the School of Business Adage. while members of ritu -•	. . ^ .. ,, ttc*-.
• • . , „	., . , .ministration, is the ubt Chimes, junior women s hon- For the noon to midnight
The Bovard Box Office is having its busiest days in many a year as tickets for the Troy Camp benefit showing of "Dr. Zhivago" and for the Mainstage Production of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth" are currently on "He.
T le "Dr. Zhivago" tickets will be sold from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day this week, Marty Bibbero. ticket chairman. said. The campus saturation plan for selling tickets will begin next week.
All tickets for the screening on April 16 at 9:30 a.m. cost $1.60. a savings of $2.40 from the normal selling price of $4 for the reserved-seat motion picture.
The “Teeth" tickets for Thursday’s performance cost 51.50. snd for the Friday and Saturday performances. $2. A discount of one dollar will be given to students buying their tickets with an activity book.
orary.
cumulative average.
The AWS Associate Cabinet, which functions as a committee-at-large for the AWS Executive Cabinet, plans the fall and spring ori- pus.
campus representative.
must maintain a 2.75: event the UCLA Vietnam „It eliminate3 much of the Day Committee will bring na-,needless time.wasting ritual tionally known speakers from Qf dating •• Forman said. “It many segments of American makes Hfe a lot ea3ier -life to the Student Union rpj^ compUter wants to building on the UCLA cam- know the applicanfs
score on
the Scholastic Aptitude Test and his opinions of sex.
General questions on religion. race, height and weight are also asked.
Operation Match has spread to over 500 campuses across the nation, as well as By GAY DUNN	of the basic concepts of poi- to Canada and England.
In our society everything son prevention.	-Forman plans to set up a
hss its week One week rhe The pharmaceutical frater- table on campus soon with country is observing "Be Ex- nities. Alpha Iota Pi, Phi Del- information available to in-tra Loving to Your Spouse ta Chi and Rho Pi Phi. are terested students.
Week.” a,nd not long after, working with the Lambda -■-
advertisers are urging “Na- Kappa Sigma sorority to S'* .nc^l^rc Ackorl tional Familv Din.ninn snre>afi the information.	OOUllSCIOi b AAblvtJsJ
Pharmacy School Sets Poison Prevention Week
Planning spread the information
Week.”
USC has also embarked on a new kind of week, and it doesn’t take anything out of a person's system or pocket.|h,ow
This is Poison Prevention Week, sponsored by the School of Pharmacy and Skull and Mortar Society, a pharmacy service organization.
pamphlets are the Pharmacy
Prevention available in Dispensary.
Displays in Science Hall and around campus will show to recognize poison victims and how to give them aid.
The pamphlet explains eighteen counter doses to common poisoning like insect and
For Orientation Before hitting the car. two
By ELI JOT ZWIhBAf H
News Editor
Paris has its Folies. London has it? musir halls. New York has its musical comedies, but USC has :t^ Songfest.
For the past twelve years Trojan energies directed in a nonathletic endeavor have achieved an extra de gree of fame with the annual musicale, the largest of any similar production in the nation and certainly far superior to the unprofessional Spring Sins of What chamacallit in Westwood.
On May 14, the Hollywood Bowl will reverberate with the thirteenth edition of Songfest. with various
I	•
campus organizations and or living groups vying for the coveted Tommy Awards, symbol of excellence and enterprise in entertainment.
Thirty groups have applied for participation in rhis yeai's program, but only 16 will make it.
V\ ith preliminaries set for next Wednesday anri Thursday, they have been rehearsine since March 7 ; with visions ot 20.000 watching them perform on th = Hollywood Bowl stage two months from now.
Prom an inauspicious start in Bovard Auditorium. Songfest grew large enough to move to the Greek Theater, but the spring extravaganza dwarfed even that entertainment arena.
^-o it was that the best that the University of Southern California had to offer in the way of entertainment joined with the bes<. that Southern California had to offer in the way of exciting theater.
Songfest has been housed in the Hollywood Bow! since 1956. and the union has produced some of the most original and unique musical numbers Angelinos have ever been treated to.
Just as football fans look forward to the USC-Notre Dame clash to provide real excitement, all of Southern California (university and geographical area alike) are looking forward to May 14 and Songfest.
Flying Club Returns After 7 Year Absence
By BRENDA HI DSPFTH The Flying Club was So you're the shy. stable, originated in 1928 with USC dependable type person, being the first college in Cali-You're well-grounded and fomia to have such an or-your life is just one hum- ganizarion. In 195* USC won drum sequence of boring the Intercollegiate FI yin 2: events. You long to oe ad- Contest.
venturous, daring and flighty. After seven inftcnvP years
Don t despair, there is still this club is being revived and hope you may become all of membership is now onen *<-* these things and get off the anyone with in interest in ground as well if you join flying.
"Flying is like being in a different world like stepping into a dream- ' says Jim Cantore. a senior in electrical engineering and club secretary.
Members of the Flying Club get c ..count rates at Bates Aviation in Hawthorne. A Requiem Mass will be where they may learn to fly held tomorrow for Michael either a Cessna 150 or a Douglas Campbell, a fresh- Cherokee 140. Both of these man in the School of Den- small two-passenger craft* tistry. who died Sunday. are capable of speeds up to The mass at 9:30 a.m. and 110 miles per hour, the^ Rosary at 8:30 p.m. to-	{.’lying Club is present-
night will be held at St. jv preparing for the Mary's Church in Whittier. pacific IntercoIlegiate Flying Mr. Campbell, 21. was Contest which will be held killed while driving the wrong April H thn>llJ?h jfi in Ho|-way on the San Diego Free- er cahf
way.	.. .. . . it
•,	...	. Events in the contest will
He was driving north in . . ,	. ,.	.
.. ... , . e .. include spot landing or land-the southbound section of the .	. j u -n
r	, , ... , , ir.g on marked field witn or
freeway when he collided . ,	, .
... ‘	. ,, . . without power, bomb drops,
with a car near Atlantic Blvd. , ^	r.
and a cross-country flight.
The cross-country flight is a
the USC Flying Club.
Campbell Mass Set For Today
were forced to
Ddily Trojan Photo by Ed Stapleton
BOVARD BOX OFFICE—Michelle Dedeaux buys a Dr. Zhivago ticket from Steve Coontz (left) and Martin Bibbero. "Skin of Our Teeth" tickets are also on sale.
The object of the week is rat poison, lye and gasoline, not to prevent book-w'eary It also describes counterdoses Trojans from making a quick for overdoses of alcohol, bar-exit. It is to inform students |biturate« and pep medicines-
Applications for counselors for fall orientation are available through April 1 in the Student Activities Office, 324 Student Union.
Students interested in communicating with people and helping build enthusiasm for USC among incoming freshman may apply. Orientation Chairman Gordon Biesoar said.
100-mile closed course flight
other cars
d0AnottS' car crashed into in whifh ^ f11? 7USt the wreckage, officers said.	!“* °'™ fuel	.
Mr. Campbell was pro- “ °J ar"^1 air sPeed lnd nounced dead at the scene. S1"01111 s.
He is survived by his The pilot with the closest mother. Joan M. Campbell, estimates to the actual tig-and liis sister. Dianne Marie tires wins the cross-country. Campbell.	Anyone interested in spon-
He is also survived by his soring or becoming a mem* grandmothers. Mrs. Mildred ber of the club may contact Campbell and Mrs. Marie David Holladay in 253-B Ad-McCune.	^ministration.
TYR Split with CYR Labeled Good Timing
Songfest: USC s Folies Bergere?
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