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Greek Rushing, Activities Banned Winter Quarter By NEIL LANDRY Rushing functions are the means whereby the Statesman Editor Greeks introduce students to fraternal organiza- All fraternity and sorority Rushing activities tions and pledge new members to their groups. and social functions were banned until the end One fraternity member, who aslrnd to remain of winter quarter in action taken Nov. 26 by Ed- unidentified, remarked, "I think the penalties are win 0 . Siggelkow, coordinator of student activities. definitely too harsh, and I don't believe the frats The ban came in the wake of an all-Greek will submit to them. If a fraternity doesn't hold party Nov. 23 at the Blue Heron club in Piedmont social functions, it might just as well not exist Heights. The Greek letter groups were charged at all." with violating University regula- "What's going to h appen to tions prohibiting the presence of extra - curricular activities on alcoholic beverages at University- campus? If the Greeks don't sup- approved functions. port them, there will be none at Siggelkow and Robert J . Falk, all," he continued. assistant director of the Office of A fraternity officer said, "If Student Personnel Services, met the administration wants to break with representatives of the six up social fraternities on campus, UMD fraternities and sororities in the school is going to suffer a Kirby Student center to inform Siggelkow Miss McAdams great deal." them of the ban. Siggelkow said, "I felt that LaVerle McAdams, president of Pan-hellenic this particular incident stemmed from the lack council, served as unofficial spokesman for the of a well-coordinated fraternity-sorority system Greeks at the session. She suggested alternative and a general lack of appreciation of the inter- punishments for the Greeks, saying those laid relatedness of the groups with one another and down by Siggelkow were "too harsh" and might with the University." result in "the disappearance of fraternities and ,Siggelkow added, "I would like to indicate sororities from the· UMD campus." that there is no desire to injure the fraternity- Siggelkow said, "I felt that if the Greeks were sorority system, but the question of their contin- able to make sufficient progress in the formation ued existence in good standing is dependent upon PETEY DRIVE-Chairman Dan Amell (center), Dave Zentner of a governing board for fraternities, and if th ey their willingness to accept the responsibilities (left ) and Bruce Weatherby (right) appear well pleased with the coordinated and broadened their rushing pro- outlined for recognition on this campus." results of the fifth annual Petey Drive completed yesterday. As of grams and developed inter-group programs of sig- As th e Statesman went to press, indications Tuesday, contributors were Elementary council, Gamma Theta Phi, nificance beyond mere parties, there is every prob- were that the Greeks would appeal the ban to the Kindergarten -Primary club, Sigma Phi Kappa, Sigma Tau Kappa, ability the penalties could be reduced." Provost's Committee on Student Affairs. UMD-Y club and United Youth Fellowship. The drive is sponsored by Gamma Theta Phi. 'Fantasies' To Begin Holiday Season; Organizations Join To Decorate KSC By JOANNE ERICKSON Decorations for the dance are anist; Butch Dahlin, drummer; Christmas Fantasies, a semi- being planned by Ginger Root Don Hogstrum, vocalist, and a formal dance featuring Mickey and will consist of sugar-plum male quartet. Free refreshments Levine and his 11-piece orches- fairies, soft blue net and silver will be served. tra, will be held in the Kirby white branches. Both patios will Members of the Kirby Student Student center ballroom tomor- be winter gardens of trees shin- Center Social Special Events Vo l ;l5 Duluth, Minnesota Friday, December 6, 1957 No. 10 row, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets ing with colored lights. Banked committee supervised the dec- which are on sale in Main and snow will set off the scene. orating of KSC for the holiday KSC are $1.50 per couple. They Two floor shows will provide season. Ginger Root planned the can also be purchased from Mike entertainment in the cafeteria decorations which consist of Tryouts Tonight As Morgan Berman, who will be dressed as during the dance. Appearing on paper murals and paper sculp- Santa Claus advertising this the program will be Kathy Han- ture. Christmas greens serve as event. nibal, vocalist; Bob Richie, pi- background for these ornaments. Prepares Next Production: A large Christmas tree, tradi- tionally decorated, has been Odets' 'The Flowering Peach' placed in the main lounge. Tryouts for the University among them The Big Knife and The Social committee sought Theatre winter quarter produc- The Country Girl, which became the help of all campus clubs and organizations for this project. tion, The Flowering Peach, by an Academy Award winning mo- vie. The Flowering Peach is a The sororities and fraternities Clifford Odets, began yesterday folk play telling the story of worked together to decorate the in Main auditorium. Tryouts Noah and his family in terms sections of KSC assigned to will continue tonight, Monday of present-day implications. them Dec. 4 and the other or- and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Menasha Skulnik, noten Jew- ganizations completed the dec- auditorium. ish actor, played the lead in the orating Dec. 5. William Morgan of the UMD play when it won the Critic's Free apple cider was served Speech department will direct Prize award as a Broadway stage to workers on both evenings. the play. He also is directing production two years ago. Dick Puglisi led informal group The Seven Year Itch, by George When it opens on the UMD singing and the students blend- Axelrod, currently running at stage Feb. 12, the play will ed their voices in famous Christ- the Duluth Playhouse. have its first off-Broadway pro- mas carols. Odets is the author of many duction since its New York ap- well-known contemporary plays, pearance, according to Morgan. The freshman cabinet will meet at 7 :45 Dec. 11 in Li- brary 134. Any freshma.n in- SANTA'S HELPER?-Maybe not. Maybe Gail Salo is merely terested in participating in submitting a request for two or three "A's" on her final exams. Mike the freshman visitation to Berman, as Santa Claus, would probably like to comply but Santa area high schools program are has no more pull with the instructors than the average student.- asked to attend this meeting. (Photo by Ken Moran.) Polio Shots National Science Foundation Now Available Institutes On UMD Campus Polio vaccinations will be (UMD-NS) - For the second erican science and science edu- available at the Health Service, successive year, UMD has been cation brought about by Rus- Washburn 100, beginning Dec. 9. chosen as one of the nation's sia's spectacular 'firsts'." "Vaccinations will be available campuses upon which National Announcement of UMD's se- every day, excepting Saturdays, Science Foundation institutes lection was made by Alan T. Sundays, and holidays, 9 a.m. to for high school and college Waterman, director, National 1 p.m. and will enable students teach ers of science will be con- National Science foundation, to receive the three recommend- ducted. under whose auspices 108 insti- ed doses," said Dr. Dwyer. "We are gratified in receiving tutes will be conducted in 104 "Even if students received this signal distinction for 1958, educational institutions next their first or second shots long- shared in Minnesota only with summer. er than the recommended wait, th e University's Minneapolis The appropriation awarded it is still important," he said, campus and Carleton college," UMD for th e coming year is DIRECTOR-William Morgan of the UMD speech department "that they come to finish the UMD Provost R. W. Darland said $45,600. It covers expenses of works over set designs for the UMD Theatre winter quarter produc- series. The emphasis should be last week. a minim um of 58 high school tion of "The Flowering Peach," by Clifford Odets. Morgan will di- put on the necessity for the to- "It represents a new challenge teachers attending the Duluth rect the folk story of Noah and his family as it is seen in relation tal of the three doses." and a grave responsibility in institute, according to William to pr«r5ent day implications.-(Photo by Dick Koch.) The cost will be $1 per shot. light of the emphasis upon Am- (Continued on Page 5) U.S. Editors Study Education Situation Iowa State Now let's look at a high school program from (ACP)-Russia's winning the ·space satellite the Middle East: (Incidentally, we are told that FORUM race may be only a reflection of a race the United 95 percent of the population in the area around To the editor: States has been losing for some time, think Iowa this school attend the classes. Courses are taught State DAILY editors. That is the "race for edu- seven hours a day six days a week. and this is not In the Nov. 22 edition of the Statesman, Floyd Johnson wrote cation and progress in general." uncommon throughout Europe as well as in the on a problem of a student who was 'injured in physical education Here are the Iowans' comments. Middle East.) · class, and as a consequence found himself faced with a doctor bill The United States may very well be losing REQUIRED to pay. The implication of the article was that the student had more than just the satellite race this year- our Course Year been forced to take medical insurance which proved inadequate. country may be losing the race for education and Physics 3 The implication was unjust.