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Monday, December 18, 1967 r I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I THEPECKEE PAGE 7 Blackball Procedure Eliminated UMOC ■ WESLEYAN’S FINEST --Lancaster, Pa. - (LP.)- Beginning this fall, all fratern ities at Franklin and Marshall College are required to elimi nate the blackball procedure in which a prospective mem ber may be dismissed by one, or in some cases several, vote, against him during his pledge period. The dismissal instead re quires a two-thirds .vote of a chapter’s membership by secret ballot. This, according to a recommendation by a Com mittee To Study Student Life, should be done only “when there is sufficient sentiment on the part of the membership that the conduct of any one of its members is contrary to their standards of group living,” and not automatically at the end of the pledge period. The Committee described the “social unacceptability black ball” as “humiliating and un necessary,” noting that it found “distasteful a practice by which men who are considered ac ceptable members of the Col lege community are considered unacceptable to a self-appointed organization subordinate to that community,” The Com mittee declared that “students should have the right to choose their friends and associates, so long as prejudice or bigotry are not reasons for rejection,” but pointed out that “so long as a blackball procedure exists, members of fraternities do not in fact have full right to choose their fellow members.” The Decree Offers The Following As An Example Of Our Staff Photographer’s, Baxter Smith’s, Talent. We Are Looking Forward To Our Association With Him
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