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the basement for one night. They
were then fed a strong laxative,
la order for one person to leave
the room, it was necessary to
awaken the entire group.
Members of a third fraternity
regularly beat their pledges and
held rat courts. One pledge, a
veteran, . resigned- He- explained
that he had been through a war
and "wasn't going to be beaten
by anyone."
Although .forbidden to use pad
dles and paddling tactics, another
fraternity gave paddles to pledges
which had to be signed by all of
the brothers. A signature entitl
ed a brother to a few swings. The
pledges were warned, however,
not to mention the paddling to
anyone.
Several fratenrities also forced
pledges to wear heavy sack un
derwear.
These incidents, however, oc
curred ' before the Interf raternity
council voted November 15 of
last : year .to abolish hazing. This
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the ceiling, ripped bedding, tore
doors from the hinges, turned
fire extinguishers on, smashed
light bulbs and windows, and
piled clothing on the floor."
The youths Ralph Witt, 21,
Wilmington, N. C; Gayle Wells,
22, Ashland, Ky, and W. G. Voll-
rath, 22 explained the chapter
had tentatively sold the house
and- was moving into another
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week's alleged incident is appar
ently the first reported violation
of the ruling.
Hazing has been illegal, how
ever, in North Carolina since the
state statue (reprinted elsewhere
in this paper) was passed in 1912,
following the death of a student
here.
The IFC at its November abol
ishment session broke hazing
down into three catagories
"public display, physical abuse
and scholastic interference."
Listed under public display
were such items as scavenger
hunts, rides public disturbances.
Physical abuse included paddling,
games, aim. iccuxiig , picugcs
nauseating foods "and mixtures.
Scholastic interference was de
fined as any practice putting
pledges in a position of being un
able to attend or properly pre
pare themselves for classes.
Infirmary officials have esti
mated that a minimum of 50
school days are lost each year
due to fraternity hazing. Not in
cluded in this estimation are
pledges who remain out-of the
hospital, but cut and sleep
through classes due to exaustion
and staying up through the night.
The big danger of hazing is in
border-line cases, the infirmary
report said. "The fraternities do
not know who these boys are
that have slightly weaker physi
cal or psychological make up.
Hazing could do these boys real
harm
The report which was made
last fall, cited several examples.
"Ex: boy with congenital heart
disorder, B medical "rating. Has
to be extremely careful with
colds, must be closely watched.
Frats. gave him the works, he
came in and had to be under
special observation and atten
tion, less his heart became in
fected, with the remote possibil
ity of death . . '
"Other boys," the report con
tinued, 'are prone to worry about
things, nervous, etc., and they
can become very emotionally up
set. Few years ago, a boy came
in from the Comm. fraternity . . .
in an extreme nervous condition,
unable to tell his name or talk
sensibly. Had to receive special
psychiatric treatment.
The infirmary concluded their
report with:
"Hazing runs in cycles. Trend
now is getting worse because we
are having more young fellows
fTom high school in control, and
they enjoy such antics. Prior to
this (the fraternities) had many
older boys, veterans, with a much
more sober and mature outlook
on life, who possessed enugh
sense to avoid such things. But
the younger age level is coming
increased hazing."
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By Henry Bowers
The "Interf raternity Council
Court last Monday night acquited
a fraternity of charges of hazing.
Tha tthis fraternity was guilty of
crude arid vile hazing is beyond
question. In finding them not
guilty the IFC court has done an
injustice not only to the fraternity
system but to the students and the
university of North Carolina. This
action, following so closely the
excellent work done by the last
IFC anf. by many individual fra
ternities to stmap out hazing
points up most clearly again the
inadequacy of the IFC court to
handle hazing cases..
Hazing at the University has
been on the decline with some
retrogressions; snice the unfor
tunate death of a student in 1912.
At this time the State Legislature
passed a statue outlawing hazing.
This law has been generally dis
regarded in fact this law was
probably passed, although assur
edly it had many sincere support
ers, as a concession to public
opinion. hTe decline of hazing
Meeting Set
Monday For
Candidates
Following a compulsory candi
dates meeting Monday at 7 p.m.
in Memorial hall, the student
body will have the opportunity
to hear the views of those running
for major offices in the April 9
election.'
Elections Board Chairman Er
line Griffin yesterday said those
competing for the six major posi
tions will speak. Candidates to
be heard from are those for pres
ident, vice-president, secretary
treasurer, editors of The Daily Tar
Heel and Yackety Yack, and head
cheerleader.
Miss Griffin also reminded
candidates who miss Monday's
required meeting, that they wil
be fined $1 and disqualified if
the fine is not paid within 24
hours. Those who will not be able
to attend must-present their ex
cuses to her before the meeting.
Miss Griffin said.
Candidates received another
warning from the coed elections
head. She reminded them that
posters are not to be put ' any
where except on bulletin boards.
Let's Face It-
Spring Is Here!
And it's time for YOU
to freshen, up for Spring.
So. come in today and
get that well-groomed
look with a haircut and
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since then is probably due to three
artors: f IV. public opinion, (2) an
active student government which
has tended to give the students
at this University a greater sense
of responsibility, and (3) a change
in tnc conieuipuiaijr
which ever-increasingly looks
upon such acts of violence with
disfavor. In the last few years
opposition to hazing has increased
and there have been great strides
made to do away with this prac
tice.
However hazing is far from
dead on this campus. Elsewnere
in this paper will be found spe
cific examples many have not
been printed because they are too
vile to print. It is inconceivable
that college students in this day
and time would submit, let alone
percipitate such indignities.
A constitutional amendment
would remove hazing cases from
the jurisdiction of the IFC court
and place them in the hands of
the Men's Council. This action
must be taken for the following
reasons:
(1) Hazing and more specifical
ly "Hell Week" directly affects
the whole student body, not only
in the criticism which it brings
to the student body but in direct
disturbance as well as a lowering
of standards.
(2) The IFC court has contin
ually failed to deal with the prob
lem both under general and spe
cific laws. In the past five years
the court has tried eight cases and
acquited seven. For one in which
the student almost died, and
which incidentially involved the
same fraternity acquited last Mon
day, it veyed a small fine only
after great insistance by, the ad
ministration.
One former' secretary of the
court reported several cases in
this manner. "The facts of this
case are too indecent to be placed
in writing. Action is acquitted.1
There are probably two main rea
sons why the court has failed to
act (1) It is not a truly represen
tative body that is, the individ
uals, do not vote as individuals
and (2) the court is subject to
pressures which it has not been
able to overcome.
It is therefore necessary to place
the handling of hazing cases un
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fdtement
der the jurisdiction of a body
which is to a i greater extent dis
interested, responsible to the
whole student body, and which
can judge and act within itself.
It is, furthermore, necessary to
establish a firm mechanismto
deal with these cases while oppo
sition to hazing is at its present
level to insure against retrogres
sion and to eliminate this black
mark on our record.
Hazing runs in cycles cycles
closely corresponding to the age
of the college student. Human
nature does not change. There
is a tradition at this University
of hazing it must be turned into
a tradition of no hazing.
I hereby call on the student
body to actively support this con
stitutional amendment and to fur
thermore work in anywoy it can
to stamp out hazing.
Meets Sunday
The York club for Episcopal
graduate students and faculty
will meet Sunday, at 8:45 p.m. at
IheT Parish House. Dr. J. Carlyle
Sitterson of the History depart
ment will lead the discussion.
Play Tonight
'Le Verre d'Eau," presented
last night and Wednesday by the
Theater Francais, will be given
again tonight at 8:30 in Graham
Memorial. There is no admission
charge.
The' French play is acted in the
original. . .
MANAGERS NEEDED
Managers are needed for spring
football practice.-Students inter
ested should contact Bob, Linger
feldt, Phi Delta Theta house,
phone 5041, or Fitz Lutz, Woollen
Gym.
Piano Concert
Calvin Lampley, a native of
Chapel Hill, will give a piano
concert at 8 o'clock Sunday night
in Graham Memorial main
lounge.
Lampley is a member of the
musical advisory staff for Col
umbia Records Co. He began his
piano studies with William S.
Newman here. He is a graduate
of the Juilliard School of Music.
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