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Rush roulette matter of chance? By MARGARET DOWNING

Editor-in-chief

This fall two black students, a sophomore and his fresh- man sister, went through formal rush. They were not pledged to any fraternity or sorority.

Qualifications? He's neat, personable, maintains good grades and is a college cheerleader. While a freshman, he made many friends among Greeks, in one fraternity especially.

His sister is, by all accounts, attractive. A freshman, she belonged to numerous organizations in high school where she was also a cheerleader. She graduated in the top one-fourth of her class.

What sounds like pure gold to any fraternity or sorority on campus was turned down. The reasons? Well there is some confusion about that.

The sophomore had started to go through formal rush

Interpretive his freshman year, but decided to drop out when he saw he didn't have the time for it and band practice.

He did sign up for open rush but was never contacted. He decided to forget about it though when he got involved in cheerleader elections second semester.

This year he went through rush again. Though he seemed to get along with everyone, he only got two in- vitations the first time around and none the second.

Ron Hill, adviser to the fraternities, said the black- balling system varies from fraternity to fraternity. All it takes in some is three blackballs, in others it works on a percentage basis.

As far as fraternities are concerned, Hill said alumni references have little bearing on whether a person is extended an invitation to join.

The freshman black girl seemed to be favorably received at the parties also. After the first night of parties, she received six bids. The next night there were none.

One girl told her she was not accepted because she didn't have any alumni ratings. The sophomore and his sister feel however that there were other applicants who didn't have alumni ratings either.

Panhellenic adviser Marilyn Bachnik, said the matter of alumni references depends on the individual sorority.

THE ICEMEN COMETH—Repairmen Wayne Schultz (left) and La von Armstrong stand silent vigil over a malfunctioning air conditioning system in the basement of Clark Hall. They estimate repairs will be completed by Friday, but said that is subject to continual revision.

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Some say the girl needs alumni references from her home town, while others allow her to come to the parties and get alumni to sign references there.

Miss Bachnik said if local alumni refuse to give a person a reference, that would be grounds for eliminating them.

Dean of Students Libby Proffer said in the sororities there is a ranking system where each girl is given a number by the sorority. So a girl might make the first cut only to lose out in the second or third one.

In the handbook "Regulations Governing Student Organizations at Texas Christian University," it says

. . . no discrimination in any student group based on race,

color or national origin.

there can be no discrimination in any student group based on race, color or national origin.

-It further requires a formal statement from the officers of any student organization that their constitution con- tains no discriminatory clauses.

Dean Proffer said each sorority and fraternity on campus has given her such a statement.

Miss Bachnik said there has never been a black sorority member. George Harris, Sigma Phi Epsilon member, said Evans Royal pledged their fraternity in 1971 in open rush, though he said no black has ever been pledged in formal rush.

Harris said Evans' brother Lynn has also been invited to join. Dean Proffer said the national chapters connected to some fraternities and sororities here on campus have accepted black members, the Sigma Chi chapter at Stanford opened the doors to integrated Greeks, when it took the first black member, she said.

Some discussion was held at Panhellenic meetings last

IFC held no discussions of black

admittance last year, . . .

year of trying to get blacks into sororities. Miss Bachnik said she suggested if any sororities wanted blacks they should send delegates to the national conventions and try to get regulations loosened.

IFC held no discussions of black admittance last year,

Hill said though he thought it may have been discussed by individual fraternities.

The college cheerleader said he had been asked by different people if he was trying to prove something by going through the "white" frat system instead of the black ones on campus.

He holds that he has a lot of friends in one fraternity and this is where he wants to be. "Ever since I came here I knew I wanted to be a Greek," he said. "I'm the type of person who would really enjoy it."

Can any blame be affixed to any group? No, obviously not. Clearly if the sophomore has close friends in fraternities, then it is wrong to typecast all Greeks as bigots.

And the favorable reception his sister felt she received would have been hard to fake entirely. Probably there were many girls who liked her.

As one fraternity alumnus put it however, it's a pretty exceptional group that is comprised of 80 people and doesn't have any bigots in it.

Nationally the Greek system has opened to blacks. Here things are moving slower--not just for the white Greeks, but for black organizations (not all of them, but some) on campus who make it clear they want nothing to do with whites, and among independents too.

In none of these cases can discrimination be proved.

. . . it's a pretty exceptional group

that doesn't have any bigots in it

Under their system, Greeks have a right to exclude someone they feel does not meet their qualifications. The question is, were these people excluded because they did not meet the written or the unwritten qualifications?

Greeks at TCU have been working hard to make their system work. Both Dean Proffer and Miss Bachnik ex- pressed a real desire to talk to the people involved, for a clearer understanding of why what happened did.

And Hill said just because a person is turned down one year does not mean he will be turned down the next.

So maybe next year, there will be a place for these two blacks who have wanted to be Greeks and have much to offer TCU's Greek system.

2 THE DAILY SKIFF Friday, September 14,1973

Thorp Spring mecca for 'picnic pilgrims'

For those students wanting to get away from the tedium of University life for at least one short afternoon there will be a welcome relief on Sunday, Sept. 23.

"A Picnic Pilgrimage" to the original site of TCU is being planned by TCU and University Christian Church. The trip will be to Thorp Spring by chartered bus.

Buses will leave from the front of the Student Center, Worth Hills Cafeteria and the north parking lot of University Christian Church at 12:15 p.m.

A catered luncheon is planned with food prepared by Vance God- bye's of Fort Worth. Entertainment will be offered by the TCU band and Theatre Department, which will present several vignettes from the porch of the old Clark home.

Tickets are $2 for students and will be available at the Student Center information desk until Friday, Sept. 21.

6 coeds enroll

Women maneuvered into ROTC By BRUCE S. JASURDA

Women are being allowed to enroll in Army ROTC for the first time in TCU history. The Department of the Army recently opened its entire ROTC program to women.

"The Army is aggressively seeking college-educated women to fill many of its interesting and diversified occupational vacancies," said Capt. Michael T. McNeight, a member of the Army ROTC instructor group.

McNeight added, "The Army's need for women to fill military occupations will double within the next two years. In the past, the Army has fulfilled its need for women officers primarily through a direct commissioning system. This is no longer the case, however."

Six women on campus have already enrolled in the program. They are Marie Carbo, Sonia Pecunia, Ellen Bracy, Rosa Casas, Georgann Truitt and Linda Robinson. These six women constitute 11 per cent of the present corps of cadets.

Their reasons for enrolling in the program are quite like those of their male counterparts. "I saw ROTC as an excellent op- portunity to develop self- discipline and leadership," freshman Rosa Casas said.

"MY BROTHER took ROTC in high school, which I suppose was my first contact with the program. The program there

was strictly for boys. I was very interested in the program because I felt it was both in- teresting and informative."

Miss Casas explained that this was not the only reason she enrolled in ROTC. "I'm not a staunch women's lib advocate or anything like that. That's not why I joined. I want to work with the guys and possibly get ahead of them.

"Many women are discouraged from enrolling because of the uniform. On campus, everyone wants to dress uniquely different from everyone else. I believe two girls can be dressed alike and still be uniquely different," said Miss Casas.

Army ROTC is a relatively new option open to women. Any woman with at least two years of

To serve jury duty

Jury duty will not pose a problem to the new 18- to 20-year- old adults enrolled in "an in- stitution of higher education."

According to Texas House Bill No. 120, Article 2135, Section 4: "Every person who is enrolled in actual attendance at an in- stitution of higher education is

college remaining is eligible to enroll. During these two years, the cadet is enrolled in the basic course. Thereafter the female cadet receives the same training as her male counterpart.

HER FIRST semester of in- struction is a foundation for the following seven semesters of ROTC. Instruction includes studies in the principles of war, the evolution of weapons and warfare, factors of national power, the Constitutional basis for national security to include a general study of the Department of Defense, the United States Army, active and reserve and the ROTC program itself.

Probably the most common misconception concerning Army ROTC shared by the public is that enrollment by members of either sex in the ROTC basic

or not to student's

entitled not to be liable for jury duty."

An individual who receives a jury duty summons must report to the judge at the time and place designated on the summons and inform him of his student status. If the judge is in doubt, the student may have the Dean of

course incurs some future military obligation. It does not.

Students enrolled in the basic course are not required to sign any legal agreement binding them to future military service. The student has the option to terminate his enrollment in the course prior to completion of the program, if he so chooses.

Upon satisfactory completion of the basic course, male and female cadets will be eligible to enroll in the advanced course. They have the option to sign a contractual agreement with the Army which does incur a future military obligation.

IF THE student desires to do so and is otherwise, qualified, she will receive a $100 per month stipend from the Army for duration of the advanced course in the ensuing two years.

Pete Wright Dorm not 'sink-ing' By TOM BURKE

Although Pete Wright recently died, Pete Wright Dorm is still very much alive, according to Bob Neeb, director of Residential Living and Housing. There are no plans for destruction of the dorm, despite rumors.

There are also no plans for remodeling the dorm. "Pete Wright Dorm was remodeled only 10 years ago and this dorm has everything the other dorms have, except sinks in the rooms," Neeb said.

Presently there are about 150 students in the dorm, which can house 172. Neeb explained that since enrollment is down, the number of on-campus residents has also decreased.

There are as many returning students living on campus as there are freshmen, Neeb added, and attributes this to the small size of the freshman class.

The fraterrjity houses are also feeling the student

shortage. There are large numbers of "acancies in some fraternity houses. The sorority houses are nearly full.

"We want to encourage fraternities to try and fill their vacancies, for their own good," Neeb said.

Neeb sees no changes in the rules and regulations now enforced in the dorms. "The policies are well articulated and I don't expect the policies to be changed," he said.

"Coed living will be studied this semester by a committee. We will study and look at all possibilities and we hope to have a report done by the end of this semester."

According to Neeb, freshmen will still have to live on campus despite the new legal age law. Sophomores and other upperclassmen can still move off campus, but sophomores have to request permission by May, preceding their sophomore year.

serve choice

Students contact the judge to reassure him of the student's standing.

Previously any person 21 years or older registered to vote was eligible to be called for jury duty.

According to the bill, those under 21 years of age may be called for jury duty unless they meet one of the following ex- ceptions: females who have custody of one or more children under the age of 10, students of public or private secondary schools or any person enrolled in and attending an institution of higher education.

Under no circumstances should any student ignore a jury summons just because he is a student.

According to Ansel Greer, chief bailiff of Tarrant County, if an individual fails to show up for jury duty, the court issues him a subpoena.

If the individual still fails to show up, the Deputy Sheriff appropriates the person and he is punished for contempt of court. "This is very, very rare," Greer said.

A common fallacy is that women may qualify only for clerical work or fields related to medicine. Today's Army, however, no longer confines women to jobs of typists, stenographers and nurses. Under current Army regulations, women are eligible to fill any military occupational specialty, with the exception of combat occupations.

Women are required to wear uniforms provided by the Department of the Army at no personal expense to the women. Women are not required to bear arms at any time in the program.

Interested women should contact Capt. McNeight or any other member of the Army ROTC instructor group in Sadler Hall, ext. 307, for further information.

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Yoa are allowed one ticket per ID One student, though, it allowed to pick up six tickets with six ID carda. If the TCU ID U used by anyone other than lb] .owner, the card will be taken up and Its owner will forfeit all athletic privileges.

AH Ucketa other than student tickets are fun price («) la On student section. OFFICE HOURS (HOME GAMES): The ticket office Is located directly In front of the stadium at the east side box office. Hours sre Monday through Thursday, lp.m. to 4:30 PJB.

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Tickets for away conference games (Arkansas. Baylor, Texas, 8MU) are available the weak of the fame ONLY. The tickets are half price to fulltlme students and must be accompanied by the ID card. Tickets are available Monday 9-5. Tuesday 9-5 and Wednesday 9-11. PART-TIME STUDENTS <( hears or less):

You may purchase a coupon book good for aU home athletic events for $10 at the Ticket Office. This book does not entitle you to any discount for away games.

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Friday, September 14,1973 THE DAILY SKIFF

reader feedback Editor:

In reference to the editorial, "Howdy Week $: Up, Up, and Away" there seems to be a gross exaggeration and misun- derstanding of Howdy Week. One point should be known: the Howdy Week funds have always been separate from the University budget. Therefore, the University's financial position of "operating barely above the red" has no bearing on the Howdy Week planning.

In order to heep up- perclassmen on campus over the long weekend while entertaining freshmen, more effort and finances were required. Ac- cording to the Skiff it was merely "wasting money on a one-time event." If it was a waste, why did over 1000 students wait, cheer, and return the next night to see a seven story balloon? Why did both Dasid Frye and Vince Vance receive a standing ovation from approximately 700 stu-

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dents? Why did over 400 students attend the barbecue on Labor Day? By TCU program- ming standards these are characteristic of an important, not a "foolhardy" event.

The editorial expresses a need for small, inexpensive activities, but these very kind of activities were overlooked. The following activities certainly did not cost more than renting buses to the Kim bell Art Museum: Movie Orgy ($100), Fashion Show ($20), Godspell Performance ($100) and Rickel Center activities ($30). It should also be noted that the barbecue cost approximately $400 less than last year—despite larger crowds.

The editorial expressed great surprise at the cost of major events (e.g. balloonist, David Frye, etc.). Why the surprise? The entire budget was discussed last spring at the Activities Committee and Student Pro- gramming Board meeting— both attended by Skiff reporters. In fact, the Skiff had an article about the balloon and its cost in the March 27 edition. Admittedly, the event did not work as plan- ned, and a contract had to be worked out for next year. For that mistake, though, did student representatives really "lose their sense of priority?"

Another complaint refers to the cost of Vince Vance. The University paid $2000 for a two and one-half hour concert that was enjoyed by all who attended. Only a name group, costing over $20,000, could have provided as much enjoyment.

Whether the budget of Howdy Week was a "foolhardy" blunder or a success is strictly opinion. One thing is certain though- more interest and excitement, in

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terms of attendance, was evident at the 1973 Howdy Week than in several years.

Randy Mores! Howdy Week Chairman

Editor: In recent years members of the

student government system have played a significant role in the initiation, formulation, and implementation of many policies and programs now affecting the student life and education at TCU.

This somewhat infant tradition, along with the con- tinuing need for improvement, affords each student an in- creasing opportunity to serve his fellow and future students. At the same time he can benefit per- sonally from the experiences and education uniquely available through involvement in student government.

I hope the The Daily Skiff will continue to do all it can to en- courage each student's active participation in one or more of the various branches of TCU's student government system.

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Baseball outlook bright again By PHIL JOHNSON

Staff Writer Billy Tohill is not the only head

coach in Frogland elated about Am on Carter Stadium's new Tartan carpet. Frank Win- degger. who directs TCU's baseball efforts, has found the turf to be just the ingredient needed to allow him to hold fall workouts on the Frog diamond.

In previous years, the fresh- man footballers had to use the baseball diamond as their practice field, but the turf has essentially "created" another practice field in the Frog athletic complex.

"Fall workouts are beneficial to us this year simply because we have a lot of kids trying out," says Windegger. "We're just playing intrasquad games this fall—not working fundamentals. We want day-by-day competition that'll give us a chance to see how the freshmen respond to college pitching."

WINDEGGER has plenty of new players to look at after an excellent recruiting season. Outstanding among them are Jimmy Lassiter, who was an- choring third base when David Clyde pitched at Houston Westchester this spring, and Tommy Crane, a transfer first baseman-outfielder from Westchester by way of Tyler Junior College.

Senior second baseman Phil Turner, the first Frog first team Ail-American ever, returns to share co-captain duties with senior catcher Dana Car den. Mike Turner will return to the outfield after shoulder surgery and a year's absence as a junior in eligibility. Sophomore Gene

Burton will move in from the outfield to play shortstop, his old high school posituion.

"If we can find two more outstanding pitchers to go with Frank Johnstone and Ricky Means. I'd just about say 'Katie bar the door' in the conference race." the Frog coach chirps.

TWO GOOD prospects as additions to the Frog hill staff are freshmen Steve Hill of Fort Worth Richland and Randy Owens of Waxahachie—both possessing outstanding high school recommendations. Left- handed reliever Johnny Parten of Fort Worth, a transfer of senior status from Hill County Junior College, adds depth coming out of the bullpen.

Since the NCAA has approved the designated hitter rule, the colleges will now join the American League with 10-man lineups.

"Any time more kids can play I'm all for it," says Windegger. "Baseball has always been slow to try something new; I say, if it's good for the game, do it. Since you don't have to use the DH for the pitcher, there are a lot of ways to use the rule."

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