Connecticut Daily Campus Struing Storrt Sine* 1896 VOL. LXVIII. NO. 108 STORRS. CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22. 1964 Syphilis History Long And Judiciary Board Ruling Grotesque Despite Cures By LESLIE HUNT Yet victims still walked the On Alpha Sig Reversed "A pox on you" was a mild streets ignorantly and none but a few would dare speak of the curse, often spoken in jest in the The decision placing Alpha Sigma reversal on the fact that the pledges naties should be expected to rely Middle Ages. But the disease that problem. A few clinics were open- were not engaged in anything poten- on their own good judgment and ed, but most of those infected Phi on social probation for viola- it refers to is anything but a joke tion of the IFC hazing code has tially detrimental. However, the pen- taste in deciding questionable mat- were ashamed to come for the sal- to the millions blinded, maimed, been reversed following an appeal alty of a fifty-dollar fine for fail- ters." varsan treatment. Quacks did a and driven mad by syphilis since by the fraternity Monday night. ure to register Hell Week was not Medieval times. brisk business selling "cures" since appealed and will be enforced. TEP Appeals no one would admit he had bought The decision of the Appeals Dr. Wedberg Speaks the medicine. Board reversed a previous ruling by Original Charge An appeal was also made by Monday night in a film-lecture the IFC Judiciay Board which Tau Epsilon Phi on whom the Ju- Campaign Launched on venereal disease. Dr. Stanley would have placed the fraternity on The original charge read "Alpha diciary Board had placed a twenty- Wedberg of the bacteriology de- In 1935, U.S. Surgeon General probation for thirty days, beginning Sigma Phi, in violating the article five dollar fine for failure to reg- partment described this world- Thomas Parran launched a cam- April 19, due to its off-campus dealing with off-campus pledging ister Hell Week wide problem to a capacity audi- paign thai marked the 'beginning pledging activities. activities created a situation wherein The fraternity brought to light ence and answered student ques- Continued to Page 3, Col I The Appeals Boad based their the reputation of the University and that a technical loophole existed at tions on these diseases. the fraternity system could have the time of the violation, in that The story of syphilis begins in been impaired. The hazing articles there was no specific statement of a the Middle Ages, when veneral UConn Screamers: purpose is to keep any and all deadline before which Hell Week disease served as a source of com- questionable activities from the pub- must be registered. However it was edy in theater productions. Yet lic eye. A group of college men felt by the Appeals Board that to syphilis was known to be a serious prowling around at 1 a.m. looking allow a circumvention of punish- disease and women thought to be for names on mailboxes or hunting ment when a violation in fact had spreading it were loaded into carts -*T for clues is a questionable activity. been well established, was not in the and driven out of town. Any vic- fT • " "In the future the judiciary board best interest of the interfraternin Council. tims thai went insane were chain- ik. advises interpretations of this article ed until death. Churchmen warn- as follows: All pledge training ac- The appeal board upheld the de- ed their congregations that sy- k» 1 *^H tivities should be confined to the cision of the judiciary board and philis was a judgment from God. it i chapter house with the exception of a fine of 25 dollars will still be Ignorance and Fear ^ A M bona fide pledge trips. The frater- enforced. In Victorian times. propriety forbade mention of syphilis. ▲ ftfe v* Shame prevented victims from seeking help from doctors and hi z *\1 Dining Room, Renovations many mail-stet order "cures" for syphilis appeared on the market Of course, none of them were leg- Planned In East Campus itimate and thousands lost their Ear? lives through ignorance and fear. Ff ■am Dr. Sumner Cohen. Director of dining hall is not finished, the old In Germany, Dr. H. von Zeissl Resident Housing, has announced one will be used. was studying syphilis. He called it "The Great imitator" and noted r that improvements on the East Other changes to be made will that in its final stages it often re- m** Campus dorms (Holcumb. Whitney, be in the form of the addition of sembles rheumatism or heart tro- and Sprague will begin on June I. new furniture and a complete re- uble. *w In 1905. Frit? Schaudrinrl and ATTENTION FUNLOVERS: All men and women with a 20 qpr Aside from the usual painting and numbering of the rooms in Hol- Brie Hoffman discovered the are invited to attend the last day of chceleading practice. 3-5 p.m. today in repair jobs, a completely new din- comb Hall. These too. are expected the Union Ballroom. Tryouts will be held on April 26. from 7-9 p.m. also ing hall will be built. This new cafe- to be finished by the start of the in the ballroom. Hope you can come. teria will be located on the first fall semester. floor of Whitney Hall and will pro- CONNECTICUT vide a new and pleasant atmosphere ROOM University Band Presents for those dining there. CCC Marathon The WHUS^CC Marathon Completely RtmoMtd far According to plan, the basement area (presently used as the cafe- begins next Sunday. The house Fraternity Partiaa teria) will* be turned into a study that contributes the most money Annual Concert Tonight per person will receive a trophx lounge. Sorority Pirtas The 80-member University of giers." Gordon Jacob's "An Original WHUS will be on the air around the clock to take dedications and Connecticut Concert Band will pre- Suite". Clifton Williams' "Fanfare It is expected that these improve- and Allegro". Fred Kepner's" Cu- ments will be complete in time for requests. Minimum donation is sent its annual Spring Concert at the start of the fall semester. If. 25 cents 8; 15 p.m. tonight in tne A.N. Jor- ban Fantasy", and John Philip Sou* sa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever." however, for some reason the new gensen Auditorium. Variety of Selections la*** Under the direction of Allan E. Gillespie. the band will present a HOTEL HOOKER variety of selections ranging from Rimsky-Korsakov" "Procession of 119 Main St. Call 423-1479 the Nobles" to Morton Gould's Willimantfe or 429-944S "Fourth of July" march. "We want to emphasize this third small spirochete that is the cause facet of band activity on campus." of syphilis. Next came the Wasser- Gillespie said. "Most of the students man test, able to diagnose syphilis are familiar with the marching band even after the early rash had dis- and the pep band. Now we would appeared. like them to find out about the Salvarsan Discovered concert band." This progress spurred the search One highlight of the program for a cure for the disease. In Ger- will be the first Connecticut per- many. Paul Fhrlich was experi- formance of Vitlorio Giannini*s menting with arsenic compounds. Symphony No. 3 for Band. This is He injected syphilitic animals with one of the major works written es- one that looked particularly prom- pecially for concert band. ising — Arsenic Compound 606. The early sores disappeared as Admission Free they always did, even without The performance is open, admis- treatment. Then Ehrlich examined sion-free, to the public. Also in- blood from the animals for the cluded on the program will be presence of the spirochete; the re- Girolama Frescobaldi's "Toccata," sults were negative. Thus encour- Gioacchino Rossini's "Italian in Al- aged, Ehrlich made more tests, this time on humans infected with syphilis. Compound 606, which Goldwater fans disclaim his far he had called salvarsan, proved right label. Even hos foes, af'.er lis- effective; a cure for syphilis had tening to his speeches, agree he isn't been found. altogether right. PAGE TWO CONNECTICUT DAILY CAMPUS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1964 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Bare Cupboard although his words, and the atti- tion it. The UConn Mile Relay Connecticut tudes seem to be implicitly in this team might have been happy if To the Editor: direction. "In all, most college stu- you told the University that they I have considered Mr. Hubbard's dents have no great convictions as broke the existing record. Granted viewpoint very carefully, and want to why they not believe." It is "quite that we don't have a Plummer, to thank him for defending a posi- vogue" (there's that word again), Williams, or Motley, running the Daily Campus tion I have held for a long time; and "if you disbelieve my hypo- mile relay for us, but we do have that the most devout Christians are thesis then ask your next date . a DePoalo who ran 49.6 on his leg complete idiots. In the first para- what their views on religion are." of the relay. When I broke the graph he absolutely sizes up sex Don't forget to ask them if they are school pole vault record at the Yan- WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22. 1964 as "the most over-rated and most "cool" first. Of course, in a finel dis- Con Championships I didn't expect talked about subject at UConn". play of his superb construction of it to be in the Campus because and perceptively points out the cur- his article Mr.