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University Daily Kansan Thursday. May 4, 1961
Who Do Sororities Pledge?
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A Sigma Kappa explained, "We consider the girl's scholarship, her leadership and activities, family background, those who know her, and whether she will be an asset to the chapter.
"It's important," said this sorority member, "that the girl fit comfortably into the group of girls already in the house."
A CHI OMEGA representative said their first emphasis was scholarship because "we feel that the primary objective of a university is scholarship. Next considerations are recommendations from alums and people in the house who have known the girl previously to seeing her in rush. After these two points, it's hard to say exactly what we look for, but mainly it's individuals."
All of the sorority members questioned said that they required recommendations from alums for girls going through rush.
"But these are obtained by the sorority members and alums; the freshmen themselves should stay out of it." stressed one member.
Asked if there were discriminatory clauses which affected their choice of membership, one sorority
member replied, "Race is not a factor because Negro girls have their own sorority." (This sorority is Alpha Kappa Alpha and is included as one of the 13 on Panhellenic Council, the women's Greek coordinating body.)
An Alpha Kappa Alpha member said, "We wouldn't want to be in any other sorority, and I'm sure we would feel as out of place with white girls as they would having us."
Commented an unidentified sorority member, "We don't pledge Jewish girls and I doubt if we will for a long-long time. Our national organization is against it, and though I'm certainly not against it personally, there's nothing several girls can do against national rules. Jewish girls will have to form their own sorority; they already have a chapter on some campuses."
IN CONTRAST, another girl said,
"We do pledge Jewish girls, or rather
we have; however, there are not
many who go through rush at KU."
If all of the girls going through rush met the qualifications of scholarship, leadership and individuality that sorority members have described would some still be left out? If these 388 girls had been the most
outstanding women on KU's campus, could they all have pledged? For that matter, does any girl have a right to expect to pledge a sorority?
Comments from Panhellenic Council, an organization made up of two representatives, the president and membership or "rush" chairman of each sorority, were:
"We agree that some pretty fine girls were left out, but if the quotas are filled, what else can we do? We can't ask new pledges to spend their first year in the bathtub."
"Some girls are always hurt, we expect it. If these 388 girls had all been 3. beautiful Amazons, 119 of them would still have been left out."
"OUR HOUSE wished afterwards that we could pledge several of the girls who didn't pledge, but we'd filled our quotas."
"I wish we could work out a way to satisfy everyone, particularly those women who are capable and sincere in wanting to become a member of a sorority."
Trips to Italy to Be Awarded for Essays
"I know from experience that some of the rushes were hurt much more than other sorority girls may realize, but you can't juggle numbers."
A trip to Italy at the end of the summer will be awarded to the two Kansas students who write the best essays on the subject, "Italy Today: From the Ruins of World War II to Her Accompagnements in the Various Fields of Human Endeavour."
versities and colleges are eligible to enter.
The Italian government is sponsoring the contest to commemorate the Centennial of the Unification of Italy, which coincides with the Kansas Centennial.
ALL STUDENTS in Kansas uni-
Essays by KU students must be submitted by May 20 to the faculty committee in charge of the local contest. The committee chairman is J. Neale Carman, professor of Romance languages.
Any student interested in the contest may consult a committee member for further information. The completed essays should be delivered to the chairman.
"We're concerned, and frankly, I wish there was some way to include all of the girls who wanted to pledge."
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"No matter how highly qualified they may be for foreign study the acceptance of an exchange scholarship is impossible for them as they often do not have funds for transportation costs." he said.
Is there a solution? A plan whereby all of the qualified, interested girls who wanted to pledge a sorority, would pledge if the sorority wanted them? Or will the 119 girls who did not pledge this time increase as the campus population expands in the future?
KU established the direct exchange program with 13 institutions with which the U.S. has no Fulbright program arrangements. Included are five British institutions: Reading, Exeter, Southampton, Birmingham and Aberdeen.
(The last article will explain possible solutions for sororites to take in view of the rising number of girls who have expressed a desire to pledge.)
KU-British Fund Established
A $500 trans-Atlantic travel scholarship for student exchanges between KU and five British universities has been recently set up by a Lawrence firm.
"We hope this will be a beginning of similar scholarships from others."
J. A. Burzle, chairman of the Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures department and head of the foreign scholarship program, said that the travel scholarship given by Maupintour Associates, will provide up to $400 in transportation from a U.S. port city to a British port city. There will be $100 provided for incidental expenses.
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