Panhellenic to revamp system
By ANN MORITZ Kansan Staff Writer
An overhaul of the sorority rush system is one of the primary items on the agenda for the Panhellenic Council in the future, said Kathy Hoefer, Prairie Village junior and Council president.
The sorority rush chairmen met this week to discuss the first steps in this revamping process. They will be connected with the house presidents and a committee of those interested in bringing about needed change in the rush system at KU. A meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Kansas Union.
Since the rush system next fall will be on a smaller scale than this spring, it will be a good time to experiment with new ideas, Miss Hoefer said.
Panhellenic is now working with two additions which will continue operating next fall. Miss Hoefer said. They are the Council for Cultural Affairs and the Philanthropic Committee. The first group consists of the cultural affairs chairmen from each house which will sponsor speakers and
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other events to create a cultural intellectual atmosphere in the sororities along with the expanding campus, she said. The philanthropic committee will coordinate the money set aside from projects in sororites for humanitarian purposes.
The idea of a senior annex to the houses' membership has been discussed because most University women eligible for rush during the school year will be living in dormitories under a new year long contract, Miss Hoefer said. She said it will be more difficult for the houses to fill their quotas and keep them filled.
There has been discussion about senior women living outside the sorority houses. Because of financial difficulties under the present system, it may be some time before seniors may live out of their houses for any reason but academic or personal financing, she said.
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Theater group presents plays
The Treteau de Paris, a touring theater group, will present two plays by Ionesco, "Les Chaises" and "La Leçon" today at 8:20 p.m. in the University Theatre.
Three professors of French, Kenneth White, Anne Lacombe and Brigitte Desrues, will conduct an introductory colloquium to the plays today at 4:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk room of the Kansas Union.
Tickets, which are priced at $2.80,$2 and $1.40,are available in the Theatre Box Office.
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a standstill in its liberalizing attitudes, Miss Hoefer said. The extent to which it can effect its ideas is bound by the national organization of each sorority.
"There is a strong Panhellenic spirit at KU," she said. "We're more progressive than most and are nationally recognized as one of the finer Panhellenic Councils," she said. But she said the council is somewhat restricted in its activity in the individual houses.
Collegiate representation in the national governing bodies of the sororities is virtually non-existent, Miss Moefer said.
The National Panhellenic Council has remedied the situation somewhat by starting an organization for college age members of Panhellenic, but it began two weeks after the national convention last year, she said. Any recommendations of the organization will be held over until the next National Panhellenic Conference.
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