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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Friday, September 20, 1929
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Published daily during the college
year except Mondays and except for
the three intervals during Thanks
giving, Christmas, and Spring Holidays.
Glenn P. Holder , Editor
W. H. Yarborough, Jr.,.. .Mgr. Editor
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Marion Alexander. Business Mgr.
stretched and, stretched and it remainder of the season after
is our firm belief that it is these two days shall have passed.
plenty time to call a halt, and
this fraternity rushing problem
is the one to call it on. Let the
Inter-Fraternity Council create
the machinery to enforce their
silence ruling or abandon it.
The Honor System must be pre
served, and any act which fur
ther burdens it aims at its de
struction. J. E. D.
Fraternities Make Drastic
Changes in Rushing Rules
Two Species
Of Frosh
In accordances with a custom
established hyx an editor who
was proud 6 his collegiate side
whiskers anH- peg top trousers,
the editorial glad hand has been
extended to . the new crop of
freshmen every fall in the first
Tar Heel of the school year.
We believe, however, that the
1929 edition of John Frosh
neither needs nor deserves a
welcoming editorial. If he pos
sesses a desire for knowledge
and a determination to secure
it, nothing else is required. No
ebullient editorial outburst could
assist him materially in accus
toming himself to. campus life.
On the other hand, if the new
material is another of the social
leeches who are the bane of
every college and university, he
should receive no encourage
ment in establishing - himself
here. Providing that he sur
vives the rigors of the scholastic
requirements, which is unfor
tunately not unlikely, he will be
come, another of the "crip"
hunters who waste the taxpay
ers' money , while they glide
through the curriculum with
a minimum of effort and a max
imum of indolent enjoyment of
the pleasant University exis
tence. . The freshman with a purpose
in attending college oes . not
need a welcoming, hand to assist
him through the University's
portals.
And Now the
Inter-Fraternity Council
The Inter-fraternity Council
has decreed that when Greek
meets a prospective Greek dur
ing the first week after the com
mencement of classes that in
stead of the usual high-pressure"
sales talk that silence shall
reign. For the first time in the
history of fraternities at the
University the very much be
wildered frosh will be given a
week of seven valuable days to
acclimate themselves to an at
mosphere foreign to what they
have been used to. They will
need every minute of it.
But the Tar Heel pauses to
ask in its subtle way How are
the rules governing this alto
gether worthy but somewhat
noble experiment, to be en
forced, and just what body con
siders itself large enough and
alert enough to police the cam
pus and its environs looking to
ward enforcing the ruling? Is
it to be supposed that when an
older brother meets the kid
brother who has just become 4
Carolina man, that they will
pass in silence? Of course,
Gentlemen, all of these questions
are purely rhetorical, and the
answer is NO.
The Inter-Fraternity Council
has operated as an efficient or
ganization during its existence,
and we believe in its usefulness,
but it has added another burden
to the already heavily laden back
of Old Man Honor System.
Carolina men are honorable, and
it would seem unusually so in
view of the fact that a large
majority of universities are
abandoning the honor system in
its entirity. The point we are
making is that . the Inter-Fraternity
Council taxes the Honor
System -beyond need.
In our short contact with the
University we have seen ; the
arms of the Honor System
(Continued from page one)
as stated to the adviser shall be
considered as final.
Penalties
7. In case a member of any
fraternity violates in any way
the rules regulating rushing (as
defined in the by-laws) during
the periods of silence, his fra
ternity shall be denied the
privilege pf pledging or initiat
ing for the period of twelve!
months dating from the time of
said violation, and shall also
forfeit a One Hundred Dollar
Bond which shall previously to
any bidding of freshmen have
been placed ir the hands of the
treasurer of the Inter-Frater
nity Council at; the opening of j Chapel Hill.
the fall quarter. In case any
freshman violates any of the
rushing regulations he renders
himself, permanently ineligible
to join or be pledged by ; any
fraternity at the University of
North Carolina. Any pledging
before the second period - of
silence shall have expired will
not be legal and will not be
binding on the freshman; it will
furthermore incur the penalties
named above as a violation of
the rules. Penalties for vio
lations of the by-laws by frater
nity men and freshmen shall beJ
determined by the Executive
Committee of the Inter-Fraternity
Council at the, time ,of said
violation. . ,
Executive Committee -A
committee of five from the
Inter-Fraternity Council and
two from the faculty, making
seven in all, shall act on all cases
ot alleged violation or tne re
gulations of the Inter-Fraternity
Council, and their ruling shall
be final. This committee shall
have full power in carrying out
the machinery of the rushing
system.
By-Laws
1. Definition of Rushing
Rushing is defined as entertain
ing, engaging' in social conver-
sation, m written correspon
dence, or in any form of com
munication direct of indirect
(except formal salutations)
on the part of any member of a
fraternity or any agent thereof.
This holds for the evening meal
laws.
2. Rushing for the first two
days (i.e., September 27th and
28th shall be done by invitation.
During these two days rushing
shall be restricted to fraternity
houses. Cards will be distribut
ed to the fraternities on which
they are to write (one name to
a card) the full name, the home,
and in every possible case the
local address of the freshman
whom they wish to come to their
houses these two days. These
cards are to be handed to the
Dean of Students through the
secretary of the Inter-Fraternity
Council by noon, Septem
ber 25. A standard invitation
will then be delivered to each
freshman for every card receiv
ed, these invitations requesting
that the freshman visit th vari
ous houses, at least once during
the two days. Each freshman
must visit each fraternity from
which he has received an invita
tion, if only for a few minutes,
and failure to do so will be con
sidered a violation of the rush
ing regulations, the penalty
therefor to be determined by the
Executive Committee of the
Council . Fraternities shall be
at liberty to make dates for the
3. No freshman who rooms
with an upperclassman who is
a member or a pledge of any
fraternity, shall be allowed to
join or be pledged by the fra
ternity with which his room
mate is affiliated until the se
cond week of the winter-quarter,
1930. Freshmen shall be allow
ed to make changes in their
rooming quarters up to and
through September 21, without
incurring the said penalty,
should, they find themselves
rooming with fraternity ' men
against their wishes. In other
words, this regulation goes into j
effect September 22. '
4. There shall be no rushing
of freshmen by fraternities at
meals. The breakfast and
lunch hours are covered by the
period of silence, and the even
ing meal period shall be consid
ered as being under the limita
tions imposed by the period of
silence.
5. No fraternity man will be
allowed to accompany a fresh
man out of Chapel Hill at any
time, and there shall be no rush
ing of freshmen away from
Notice, Debaters
The following rules passed
in the final session of the De
bate Council last Spring "be
come effective today, the be
ginning of the Fall Quarter
of 1929-30:
1. The gold monogram shall
be granted regularly for rep
resenting the University' in
two or more intercollegiate
debates.
2. The monogram shall be
granted for participation in
less tfian two contests only in
case the participant secures
the recommendation, of the
president of the Debate Coun
cil and the unanimous vote
of the remaining members
thereof.
3. Freshmen shall be eli
gible for varsity competition.
J. C. WILLIAMS,
Pres. Debate Council.
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6. No fraternity man will be
allowed to pay for any enter
tainment of freshmen in or out
of Chapel Hill.
7. During the periods of
silence, every freshman is con
sidered on his honor not to dis
cuss the subject of fraternities
or fraternity, matters with any
one else, another freshman, a
member of' any fraternity, or
any agent thereof ; further, as
has been stated above, when he
is summoned before the adviser
to receive his bid he must, on
his honpr,, remain absolutely
silent about the choice he made
before the adviser until he has
reached the house of the frater
nity of his selection and has
there received his pledge button.
8. Every fraternity man shall
be considered on his honor to
see that the regulations are
are faithfully kept, and to re
port violations of the same to the
chairman of the Inter-Fraternity
Council Executive Commit
tee. 9. The term "freshman" or
"new man" in the above regula
tions and articles includes
freshmen and transfers from
other institutions. Upperclass
men, or men, who, have previ
ously attended the University of
North Carolina, may be pledged
at any time after the opening of
school in the fall. Men who
have attended the University of
North Carolina only in summer
school shall have the same status
as freshmen entering the Uni
versity for the first time.
10. When the freshmen as
semble to receive their bids
from the faculty adviser, three
members of the Executive Com
mittee will be present to help in
carrying out the machinery of
the system, and to make sure
that the freshmen conduct
themselves as prescribed in the
regulations.
11. In the order that this sys
tem may prove a success, the
cooperation of every fraternity
man and freshman is essential.
It shall be the duty of every
member of the Inter-Fraternity
Council to see that all members
of his chapter are properly in
formed concerning this system,
and that they obey it in spirit
as well as in letter. Any j
question as to interpretation is
to be decided by the Inter-Fraternity
Council.
The term "rushing season" is
used to designate the period be
ginning with the first day. of
freshman week and ending at 6
P. M. October 17. During this
period there shall be a rigid
period of silence except for the
indicated hours in the nineteen
days of actual rushing.
55 Students Selected
As Swain Hall Waiters .
Fifty-five boys from vir
tually every section of the state
have been announced on the
list of University students a-
warded waiterships in Swain
Hall, the University dining hall,
to help defray their college ex
penses this" year.
The assignments have been
made and announced by the Self
Help Bureau of the University
Y. M. C. A. from 200 applicants.
The Bureau, headed by Grady
Leonard, each year assists
hundreds of boys in finding
jobs to help pay their way
through college.
Thirty of the men assigned
jobs will be coming to the Uni
versity for the first time, and
twenty-five will be returning as
upperclassmen.
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