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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
1051 OCTOBER 24
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1951
Lee Sheppeard.
Hazing Persists At Many Schools
In a recent article published in "School and Society" the question of hazing got a going over. Questionnaires were sent to "40 small, liberal arts colleges having enrollments of between 500 and 2,000 students." Here are some of the results;
However, "There seems to be some confusion as to the exact value of hazing, even in the minds of those students most desirous of its continuance." The article states four frequently proposed goals of hazing:
1. To help new students become quickly acquainted with one another and at the same time know the older students better; 2. To develop a spirit of unity among those being hazed; 3. To strengthen loyalty to the college or fraternity by making newcomers learn songs, traditions and rules in a hurry; 4. To discover misfits as early as possible since such persons usually become apparent almost at once when subjected to pressure.
"Hazing as understood by these colleges is the practice of imposing a number of restrictions upon certain groups of students by other students in order to set them apart from the rest.
The following conclusions are made: "...Hazing in some form or another is still being practiced at a surprising number of very fine colleges, although almost everywhere efforts are being made by students and faculties alike to diminish its activities or abolish it entirely...Almost everywhere there is a tendency to replace hazing with a more positive student-directed orientation program."
"...Those being hazed may be required to wear freshman caps, costumes, or signs, avoid certain campus walks, have no dates for a certain period of time, or be refused the right to drive their cars for several weeks...Refusal to (comply) brings swift retaliation in one way or another."
The article noted that hazing is usually carried on as either a function of the sorority-fraternity system, or by sophomores, who imposed their will on the freshmen.
Stories-We've-Been-Waiting-For Department
Joe Taylor taylor made
The old soldier stood at the window near his desk in the headquarters building. For several moments he stood gazing out across the parade ground. He remembered well the first time he had seen this view more than 30 years before. Then, however, he had looked at it from the rookie barracks and not from the office of the commanding general.
Thoughts of the hundreds of other men who had come into the army with goals similar to his flashed through his mind. Almost all of them were still struggling along in the lower ranks.
He chuckled softly as he remembered the sergeant who told him to forget his plans of being a general. He was preparing even then for the day when he would be at the top.
The old soldier slowly turned from the window. His every motion showed pride. After all, he could have done worse than spend 30 years as a pfc.
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Anti-Sorority Film Fails To Arouse Movie-Goers
By HOWIE RYAN Associated Collegiate Press
There are indications that Hollywood fell flat on its face in trying to rouse public sentiment against college fraternity-sorority elements with the Greek-blasting film, "Take Care of My Little Girl."
But a college senior, who admitted he was definitely anti-Greek, remarked, "No, I'm still convinced the
Falling equally flat was the Interfraternity Research and Advisory council's chairman who denounced the movie as "Communistically inspired propaganda" which would "give comfort to the enemies of our country."
A recent series of informal interviews in Minneapolis, Minn., seems to indicate that the majority of those who saw the movie were not moved one way or the other in their attitudes toward Greek-letter organizations. And without exception the theater patrons called the "Communist-inspired" charge ridiculous.
When asked if the movie had changed their attitudes, most interviewees replied. "I don't know anything about sororities." One sorority girl replied acidly, "Well, I don't think I'll turn in my pin, if that's what you want to know."
Movie-goers interviewed as they left neighborhood theater lobbies included 17 adults who had no college education, three coeds belonging to sororities, two fraternity actives, four non-Greek college students and several high school students.
Except for two elderly ladies, all those questioned said they felt the movie had very much distorted the sorority picture. Commented one 38-year-old family man, "I don't know—I suppose some of it is true. It seemed awfully silly, though. How do they get anyone to join if it's that bad?"
All college students who were interviewed agreed the movie was unfair to the Greeks. Most violent reaction to the film came from a senior in high school. "It wasn't typical of sororities at all," she said. "Sororites are just the thing for a girl who wants to get ahead socially in college. . . Besides, rushing and pledging are fun—not miserable like in the show."
Other opinions: "It was one-sided!"
... "College kids aren't that foolish"
... "Sororities aren't that bad." An elderly lady declared. "Sororites ought to be eliminated. There's too much heartbreak for those who can't join."
fraternity-sorority arrangement is a good deal—it keeps those screwballs in one section of the campus."
From the standpoint of mere entertainment the movie seems to have fallen short. Fewer than half of those interviewed said they would recommend the movie to their friends. One middle-aged man said he wouldn't have attended it himself, were it not that the inside of his house was being painted and he wanted to get away from the smell. A great many said the show was "all right," but "nothing exceptional."
The final question—do you agree with the Interfraternity council's view that the movie was Communist-inspired?—brought more laughs than replies. The popular answer was a chuckling "no". Other answers included: "I didn't see any Communism in it"; "…Rubbish!"; "Poppycock" . and "Is McCarthy hitting Hollywood now?"
If these interviews are to be taken as at all typical of popular reaction to the movie, the writer concludes that "Take Care of My Little Girl" was vastly overrated by both Greeks and anti-Greeks in its powers of persuasion.
The majority of spectators who knew little or nothing about the Greek system left the movie feeling their knowledge had been only slightly augmented.
As for college students who saw the film, their dominant view might be summed up by one who mumbled at the close of the picture, "Just more Hollywood hogwash."
Six Instructors To Attend Clinic
Dr. J. W. Twente, professor of education, Dr. C. S. Hobson, associate professor of education, and Kirk Naylor, research fellow in the School of Education, will participate in the annual Education clinic in Winfield Wednesday through Friday.
Dean George B. Smith, of the School of Education, Fred Montgomery, assistant professor of education and Miss Maud Ellsworth, associate professor of education will attend the clinic on Friday.
On Saturday they will attend the Kansas Junior College association meeting in ElDorado.
-News Roundup
Asks Communists To Pick Talk Site
Tokyo—(U.P.)—The Communists refused today to shift the Korean truce talks from Kaesong to the no-man's-land village of Songhyon. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway promptly asked them to suggest some other site between the battle lines.
The exchange left resumption of the suspended armistice conference still possible, but only barely. While neither side budged from its basic position, neither seemed ready to take the responsibility of breaking off negotiations altogether.
North Korean Gen. Kim Il Sung and Chinese Gen. Peng Teh-Huai rejected Ridgway's week-old proposal to move the conference to Songhyon in a note delivered at 6 p.m. Wednesday C.S.T.
Austin Defends Jessup
Austin gave Jessup his unqualified endorsement and praised him highly for his "ability, character, skill and loyalty." Joseph R. McCarthy, (R. Wis.), had said that Jessup has an "affinity" for Communist causes.
Washington—(U.P.)-Warren R. Austin, chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations, told a Senate subcommittee today that Ambassador-At-Large Philip C. Jessup is a loyal American to the very "fiber of his being."
Dulles Declines Japan Offer
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Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman said today that John Foster Dulles has declined an offer to be U.S. Ambassador to Japan because he wants to try and save the Republican party from isolationism.
The President was asked at his news conference about his talk yesterday with Dulles, Republican foreign policy adviser who handled Japanese peace treaty negotiations for this country.
The department said that it has no record that would show that Wedemeyer had ever asked that either of the four officers should have been relieved or investigated for alleged pro-Communist leanings. In fact, it said, the general had commended them for their work.
Buenos Aires, Argentina—U.P.)-Gen. Benjamin Menendez, ringleader of an abortive five-hour revolt against President Juan D. Peron last week, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, reliable sources said today.
Says Press Prints Secrets
Prison sentences imposed by a Supreme Armed Forces council on Menendez and eight other Army, Navy and Air Force officers involved in last Friday's uprising were expected to be signed by Peron and announced officially today.
Argentine Rebels Sentenced
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman asserting that "95 per cent of our secret information" has been disclosed in newspapers and magazines, appealed today to publishers and radio news-casters to withhold military secrets regardless of the source of the information.
Washington—(U.P.)-The State Department today questioned a statement by Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer that four career diplomats in 1944 and 1945 gave him advice that would have speeded Communist control over China.
Mr. Truman, in one of his longest news conferences, complained particularly about the publication of air maps of principal American cities and a map printed by Fortune magazine showing the location of atomic energy plants.
Question General's Remarks
Gabrielson Denies Charges
Washington—(U.P.)—Republican National Chairman Guy George Gabrielson said today he would rather "refute slander with facts" than "resign in the hope of saving my party embarrassment" over his dealings with the R.F.C.
He denied any wrongdoing in connection with helping Carthage Hydrocol, Inc., a firm he heads, obtain $18,500,000 in government loans before he became party chairman.