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Greek Failure to Fulfill Ideals Causes-Actives-to Exit By GREGARY FRANCK Miss Helen Reich, associate dean of in the chapter house unless they have a ority house complained of the superficial­ It. aorority requires each prospective Another common reason for actives to (Ste Related Story Pal' 3) women and adviaer to sororities, has no valid reason to live elsewhere. ity of her chapter. mezruer to be recommended by one of leave the chapter bouse ia the feeling that Charging that fraternities and sororiUes statistics on the number of sorority girls Regardless of chapter rules, actives are "I just got tired of living in a h 0 use its alumnae. Some call t.ha requirement they bave out·grOW'A the system. IaiI to fulfill their ideals of scholarship and w;\o move out of houses or de-activate. leaving houses and the system. v here all they talked about was make·up, a service provided by alumnae belping One senior political scien.ca. m.;' ItId ntherhood, some University fraternity Her office only maintains tbe total soror­ One liberal arts junior who m 0 v e d dresses, and the guys they're going to the local chapter select qualified mem­ ex·fraternity man sala that the 'rat~ aDd sorority members are moving out of ity membership and not the reasons for from a fraternity house and was conse­ date Saturday night," she said. bers. But others charge that it ia also house had been a substitute home for b4a. Grtti housing and leaving the system. leaving, she said. quently suspended, indicted his chapter All her sorority sisters were interested used by alumnae to control a chapter', He said that be moved out because .. How many are de·activating ia uncertain, However Miss Reich said that the num­ for its bypocrisy. in was "status, status, status," sbe said. membership. bad wanted to live In more mature .... bot the exodus of dissatisfied Greekl is ber of sorority members dropping out of "It b.c.m•• moral Issu. with m.," One drop-Out sorority c:o«I said that roundings. !SjleCially noticeable among upperclass· local chapters was "nol significant." Another former sJrority girl explained he said, "I felt I wu livin, • lie." her motivation for pledging in the first her house had definitely been diac:rimina· Also he said that Greeks are aeclintnl men and in fraternities, although sororities MIss Reich Hid th.t In most c... s If tOry in selecting new member •. In influence because they are passive. are also losing membeni. I sorority member de·,ctlvates, "she'. He Slid his fraternity advortised It· place as a result of her desire for secur· s.lf u fadlit.tlng studies, guarant•• ing ity. "A girl may not make it into OUr sor· The Greeks who do leave the chapter n.v., """ • VIr( good m.mbe, In th. "Obviously no one is knocking down the an .ctiv. social life, fully developing an "I liked the girls and the feeling of b&­ ority for the most trilling reason," she IIouses seem to leave reluctantly. At heart first pl.c•• " sald. "U she crosses her legs or smiles fraternity bouse doors to get in," be Indl.,idual's person.lity and promoting longing," she said. added. I\IIIY are still sympathetic to the frater· "I suspect her de·activation Is a happy funny she ia doomed," abe said. "It ia lIily..sororily system's stated ideals of solution for both the cbapter and the girl," brotherhood. Then she said that she reached a point Evidence that Greeks are passive can in her development where she felt she asinine." be found. sdlolarship, personality development and Mias Reich said. "The fra temity can fulfill its social Sometimes an alumna cannot be found bnltherhood. promises and maybe help develop a per· had to he free of the sorority's pressures. to recommend a pledge for membership, Deblters .t • Union soap box sound· One coed disagreed with this viewpoint, The pressures to cf)nlorm, to dress alike S. fa, the Idvls.rs to both sororftl •• however, and said "U's the active, think· son's personality," he said, "but the oth. said one sorority active. oH last y.ar chall.n,.d GI'ftks to de­ II1II frlfwllltJls In the Offic. of Student er two points are a lot of garbage." and act alike "were stifling to me," she Much to the dismay of _ locI I ch...­ b.t. the IMrft. of the 1Yn.tn. Althovth ing persons who tend to de·activate; they said. Aff,l,. .re not conc.,ned with the Greek become fed up with the trivia and the high· He said that with the social life pushed ter, J.wl.h co-ed" from _ ,.rticul., the challen,.rs we... .rmed with _ ...t 4rtp.outt. set ideals which are rarely lived up to." on you, !.he average student needs the A feelin, of dissltisfaction pr.vailed plrt of low., c.nnot be pledged, bee.UN fr • ..,nlty pl.d,. manu. I•• nd Korad the "U's not unusual for upperclassmen to The situation in fraternities is somewhat tutoring service the Interfraternity Coun· In her house, she said. She Slid thlt no .Iumna from th.t region will enderse G.... k ,yst.m in unkind t.rms, lie _ move out of chapter houses," James different than sororities because of dHfer· cil provides. u many II two-thirds of th. hou •• them. ro •• to defend the Iystem. Adams, adviser to fraternities, said. Up­ ing housing policies. Generally fraternities Brotherhood was almost non·existant in mambers w.... unhappy with some , .. Repeated editorials In the Oracle, the pect of sorority lI.,ing. Although many dissatisfied Greeks gen· perclassmen see the glamor of apartment allow members to move out of chapter his house, he added. Greeks' own newspaper, calling for ~ living but not the drudgery of housekeep­ erally condemned the system for its hy' bouses without a valid reason if they are He refused to condemn all the frater­ Tight control of sororities by the alum· their forms in the Greek system drew UtU. ing," be added. pocrisy. they cited its contribution to members in good standing, although the nities at the University. He said that a nae was cited by one girl. personality development. comment or action. III fact, he said, one house had only one chapter may have rules providing for the couple of houses did meet the ideals of The Committee on Student Life (CSL) "[ gained many good, positive things With this evident lack of concern of ltIIior living in it last year. suspension of members who leave the the fraternity system. began an investigation last spring of p0s­ from my house," said one otherwise dissi­ University Greeks to either improve their Adams added that the number leaving house. "Either the fraternity should say as it sible sorority discrimination. CSL ia cur­ denl co-ed . "I know I would he a different system or eve.n defend it, those dissati .. fraternity houses this year does not appear In this way they are more lax than soror­ does or It should do as it says," he said. rently awaiting replies to the charges person if I had not lived in the house for lied actives may find dropping.out an in· 10 be great. He had no definite figures. Ities, which require their members to live One co·ed who moved out (\f her sor- [rom the sororities. three years." creasingly popular alternative. .. Huit Stepping Out Forecast IIHft If Students M. L. Hult will "­ IttIInt out to "wh.... the tICfIon Is" Centlnued mild temper.tv.... with • _, In .n .ttempt to .how .tudentt chance of ICittered .how.r.. HIths In !hit .'nlstretors _I'll hum_ ... upper JOt. ......, en PIge •• ~ail Iowan Servin~ the University of Iowa and the People 0, Iowa City Ellablllhed in 1868 10 call a cop, Associated Press Leased WIre and Wirephoto Iowa City, Iowa 5220-Tuesday, October 15,1961 Graduates Gang Strikes Unaffected • By Draft Drive-In Bank The second bank robbery in 24 hours cashed a $100 biU at the main bank at 229 Enrollment Here Up occurred in the Iowa City area Monday S. Dubuque St. in the afternoon and asked night. how long the drive·in bank would be open. Despite Fear of Drop Four unarmed persons drove up to the drive.Jn section of Hawkeye State Bank Between 6:30 and 6:55 p.m. the four Despite the pessimistic predictions of on the corner of First and Lower Musca­ persons arrived at the drive·in bank. last year, total Graduate College enroll· tin e Avenues and drove away with an Snider said that two or three of the four ment has not been affected by the draft. estimated $4,000, Monday night, according persons stayed in the driveway, causing a Charles Mason, assistant dean of the to Detective LI. Charles Snider, who is in disturbance and distracting the bank per· Graduate College, said the 1968 enroll· charge of the investigation. sonnel. The other member of tbe group ment increased by 119, with male enroll· Snider said two men and two women entered the bank and took a sum estimat· ment decreasing by one. ed at $4,000. Last spring's revised draft law ended Local and state police and FBI agenta deferments for graduate students, effect­ ive whenever their current deferment ex­ are searching for two black male! and the of 20 pired. two black females bEtween ages Women Voters and 25. The four persons were said to be The decrease in male enrollment w a I noc nearly as large as the Graduate Col· driving a late model cream·colored Buick lege had anticipated.

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