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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1967 THE DECREE £AjjE^ FRATERNITIES ARE ANALYZED --Ames, I^-(L P.)- Fra ternities tend to De anti-intel lectual, sterotyped and are dic tated by sophomores, according to a detailed report of the In- terfratemity Council Big Eight Conference released to Iowa State University house presi dents. The Greek System empha sizes scholarship by grades, not by real learning, the re port says. “Too often we say come to our group to meet people like yourself” when they should be saying “come to the Greek System to meet people both like and unlike yourself. There should be a chance to promote a tolerance of out groups within a fraternity.” The report states that the “Greek System provides a freshman with security—this is good. However, often Greek freshmen have a tendency to become too confident Com placency results and a tend ency not to realize problems objectively prevails.” Fraternities, the report con tinues, continually ship older men out of their houses. The causes lie in inadequate hous ing for all fraternity members, interest in out-of-house activi ties, being tired of house re sponsibility and structured schedule of participation, more self-centered interest rather than group-centered, and free dom gained by living off-cam pus, the report stated. The report suggests possible solutions such as programming for more mature activity in houses — above sophomore ac tivity, using juniors and seniors Save 20% to 40% BIG DISCOUNT SAVINGS • Photography Needs • Cosmetics • Prescriptions • Health and Beauty Aids Here You'll Find the Lowest Prices in Town STOP IN SOON . . . . . . STOP IN OFTEN WAM-t:dd>ilOMy SONoA in prominent positions, and up grading sophomore - dictated activity to provide programs of interest to seniors. “Good Greeks are great — average Greeks are no better than average anything. They are falling far short of their potentials” the report con tinues. “Joe Average Greek has more faith in what his pin will do for him than what his house wilL” Fraternities must program closer to their Ideas. They must do more than build good executives and hostesses. Fra ternities should take time to evaluate each year what they are really doing with men they pledge. They must ask them selves, “What do we really do for our freshmen, sophomores and upperclass men 7’ The report feels there is a tremendous credibility gap between what houses are really doing and what they tell the general public. Yet, Greeks criticize the public for their contempt. Long - range planning com mittees should be established to determine where a house Is going, Instead of function ing from crisis to crisis. The BU system Is at pres ent behind In programming pledge education, according to the report. Other schools have developed regulations concern ing pledge activity, control of pledge skips through registra tion at IFC offices, police com mittees made up of fraternity representatives for enforcing rules and a permanent pledge education officer on adminis trative board. At five of the campuses, presidents, secretaries and business managers of IFC were paid on a monthly basis. It was felt that better qualified officers were running because of the chanee. GRADES (Continufid from Page 2) would help the student make the transition from high school CO college at a time when he still carries with him the grade consciousness of high school and when stud«it anxiety is rec ognized to be at Its peak.” The change, they continued, should permit students to “hit their stride” in the junior and senior years, when grades will be recorded, without being per manently penalized for any early setbacks in their college career. The faculty feeling, general ly, was that grades during the first two college years should be regarded as “educational tools for communication be tween students and faculty,” while junior and senior grades have additional significance as devices for evaluation of the student by graduate and pro fessional schools. Another modification also ap proved by the faculty permits a written evaluation to be given in place of a numerical grade in some advanced courses, in cluding senior research work, and departmental studies. In such courses, the transcript will Indicate that a written eval uation accompanies the tran script and a note will be made if the course is failed. Until now virtually all stu dents in all classes received numerical grades. A few took advantage of an option for “pass-fall” grades for courses beyond the normal course load LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NOBODY WROTE! Rocky Nioun\ Lanes ”Great for a Date” Something To Do ASK JERRY WINBERRY WHERE HE WAS THE NIGHT OF OCT. 12, AND WHERE WERE ALL THE ADS. STUDENTS (Continued from Page 2) These authors also find evi dence “that some of the small colleges are not suppl)fing the kind of undergraduate exper ience needed for successful continuation In graduate work-- evidenced by dropout of many graduates of small colleges in their first year of graduate work. “More and more,” they state, "the beUef Is growing that the dropout is due in large meas ure to an emotional strain re sulting from the sudden reali zation, usually coming too late, that the student has fallen far behind his classmates, and has no hope of catching up. The small college student often dis covers, with great shock, the competition that exists in large graduate classes—competition which he has never before ex perienced.” The Representative from Olan Mills will be at Wesleyan Oct. 23-25 to show students their portrait proofs. FRIDAY NIGHT FLICKS The Wild Oat Hilarious Farce In True Tradition of French Comedy OCTOBER 20 8:15 P. M. — Cafeteria LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS rr I ''IVE" 6AVEP ALL THE QUESTION^ EV'EfSVoWE ANP MOW IVE GOT A TB6T HEKE /tOT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN’T LISTEN AND LEARN THE FIRST TIME. Anonymous CFPn DON’TSUC CEED, DON'T Wastp TIME. WAbTE YOUR Walter White Watch For It Bcgiiuiing Soon . . . THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW 'COLLEGE OFFICE" To Better Serve You! Just .8 mile south of N.C.W.C. on Highway 301 BANK OF ROCKY MOUNT MEMBER F. D. L C. t
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