TODAY, INSIDE TODAY, EDITORIALLY • ARTISTS' SERIES • OPEN LOUNGES ·a slo'l the lei • RESOLUTION • FACUlTY scorer er, tbe • VISITATION er Jim • DR. DAVID. HILLS Winni~g 'set thE * A Prize- Newspaper l com­ * * * Meet at VOLUME LV Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Friday, November 7, 1969 NUMBER 8 1r year a. Last ;>eighth a finisll JUld be ~onday. SG Approves Visitation ~t. only nee and ·emain. 1ber 10 Ned by :on the In Men's ·Dormitories and shaking their heads in amazement. to stress the importance of acting rationally BY DIANNE JONES "instead of becoming too emotional. Managing Editor "'That's damn efficient," said one elated student. "Let's act ·like mature college students,'' In an amazing display of speed and ef· Bill DeWe~se, sophomore of Waynesburg, he concluded. ficiency, the student government Wednes­ Pa., and chairman of the ad hoc SG visita­ Ed Wooters, student body vice president, day night unanimously passed a visitation tion committee which authored the bUl, just said, "We've got to keep our cool ••. When the bill which allows women students to _visit said, "It's beautiful." . decision comes up before the executive com­ in men's dorms on a limited basis. There Immediately after the bill passed; the lead­ mittee, let's be prepared to handle it." '.': was no discussion and no debate. ers of the Legislature cautioned the members The subject of visitation has been the The bill will have to be submitted to the about becoming over zealous in tile ambition main topic of discussion on the campus executive committee for· final approval. to get the bill approved by the executive ever since the l;lill wa:? introduced formally j About 30 students who had come to the committee. Jim Cross, student body -pres­ to the SG on Oct. 22. The bill is based on meeting to liear the debate on the bill ident, said "Let's prepare ourselves; it's the promise that "conduct in the resident walked out after th~ bill's passage smiling going to be a slow process." He continued dormitories is primarily a matter of stu­ dent concern." DeWeese along with other members ·of his committee have accumulated over 1800 student signatures on petitions eXpressing Open Houses And Visitation: approval on visitation in the ·boys' dorms. The petitions will be used as evidence when the bill goes to the executive committee. Cross said Wednesday night the SG need­ How Other Schools ed to do more work and get more organized before presenting the bill to the executive ~"" ,... ... Open lounges, visitation in male dorms ILLINOIS committee. The trustees and the faculty will ~he University of Illinois has open house not vote on the bill unless those organi­ inter visitation in dorms of both sexes. and .. · ~~ coed dorms--the issues which dominate for one-hour periods eight times a year. A zaUons themselves question any part of collet(e and University life ail over the 1lroposal is under consideration by which the resolution. '_ ... - ,J. tnited States. resident houses will have the-power to de­ Wednesday night, Oct. 29, over 300 stu­ Students are battling with administration .eide what kind of visitation they will have. dents crowded into DeTamble auditorium and trustees for the righttodeterminetheir At Kansas University which has pre­ to attend the SG hearing on the bill. Stu­ _ . 5th: Dimension-··Appears Tonight Llle 5th D1mens1on, the f~mous f1ve-mem- other forms of waiting this week, as students for its recordings of "Aquarius," "Let The own social_~ules. And in some cases they dominantly coeducational housing, living dents discussed the pros and cons of the are winning, and some they're losing. units may apply for intervisitation times bill and tried to determine a course of ber vocal group known for It~ mod costumes spent up to five hours in line outside the Col- 3un Shine In," and "Wedding Bell Blues," But all are fighting. .provided a majority of the students involved action. Last Tuesday night students attend­ ~d snappy. cho_reogr~phy, will perform to- lr~e Union 9ffice to buy tickets (see picture, ::urrently listed number one in "Billboard," ed a pa.nel discussion on the visitation headed mght at 8.15 m Watt Chapel. The concert page 2-) The ·5th Dimension is best known the recording industry publication F olicies on intervisitation and open hous­ agree. was the object of much standing, sitting and • · • ing range from complete student freedom Some universities have set up rather by Lu Leake, Dean of Women, and Mark found in Michigan and Maryland to the strict physical restrictions on the inter­ Reece, Dean of Men, in Taylor House lounge. University of Nebraska where an inter­ visitation requests which include: time lim­ One student summarized the positions visitation proposal was killed and the U­ itations, age requirements allowing only of the · two deans when he said, "Reece niversity of Alabama where there is no those over 21 to entertain members of the just as good as said he was against it, SAC Sends Open House Bill Back visitation policy with the exception of annual opposite sex in their rooms, complete visi­ and all Dean Leake talked about was spa­ open houses. tor registration and sign out, completely ghetti.'-' open or half-open doors, signs on the doors The visitation bill calls for opening men's To Legislature For Further Study IOWA of rooms entertaining a visitor, and letters dormitory rooms on a regular limited week­ The situation at the University of Iowa from parents giving.their sons or daughters end basis from noon to closing hours of the BY DIANNE JONES permission to participate in the progr.am • . women's dorms Friday, SaturclayandSunday. According to Jim. Cross, student body more supporting evidence •••• more student seemed to echo th;l.t of this University. Faced 'ihe 'Open Lounge resolution which was sent· president, a. problem of legality· was-involved support . ., alkl--more- clarification. .," with the problem of limited p h y s i c a I Universities which have given students Individual suites and halls will v'ote on Cross said. · control over intervisitation seem on the whole whether or not to conduct open dorms by back last week to the student government in the rejection. The SAC made minor ·al­ structures in which men and women students for "clarification," will be considered by terations in the bill and decided to send it ~he resolution calls for open lounges could mingle informally in the residence pleased with the results. secret ballot each semester with a three­ At the University of North Dakota, inter­ fourths majority vote. the Legislature at their next meeting Nov. back for student government approval. in the men's. dorms seven days «'week areas, the university instigated a program 19. The SAC also demanded "more study••• , corresponding to the hours in the women's which would compensate for the physical visitation is controlled completely by the · rlorms. limitations. By this plan, open houses are student governing associations and the ad­ Each organization would vote on whether registered by the dean of students. They are ministration sets no limits at all. The dean to conduct open lounges and would be re­ applied for by each unit and administered by of men said the program had been very sponsible for conducting open lounges in each unit. The dean of students evaluated the satisfactory. "We feel that it should lead to Official Says ConventionToBe'Quiet' the realization by the students of their aims accordance with University policy. according program, "We have been very gratified by to the resolution. the responsibility our student members have and goals at the University, which should in­ eJChibited in this area." clude the educational, moral, and social Committee Of 20 To Report 1\E:GISTER At Mary land the intervisitation is "student aspects of growth," he said. Fraternities and men• s residence houses initiated and student administered,'' and at The dean of women at the Uiu.versity .of would not have been required to register Michigan the student living units have the Oklahoma said they had had no problem at The committee, headed by Carl Bates, "Somebody may prq>ose that we cut our open houses with the dean of women or to power .to determine intervisitatlon policy. all. She said she could understand the "stu­ get aa officer of that .organization to. be on dent's request for privacy." BY PATTI ALLEN pastor of the First Baptist Church in Char­ ties with the colleges. but I doubt it," he At all other major state universities some said. ''There's always a group looking for duty during hours the lounges, •were opened limits were set up to define the times for lotte, was set up two years ago to study FEW DENYING the problems and relations of the Baptist iss.J.es," he added. ,if the resolution had passed. the SAC ... open lounges_ and open houses and the voting The Hon. Brooks Hays, director of the The bill states there is a need for a procedure for determining whether or not An official of the Baptist State Conven­ colleges to the convention. A one-year ex­ Every month students are gaining more tension for a more thorough report was Ecumenical Institute of the University, will "more integrated atmosphere to help de- to have intervisltation. liberal allowances, and the policies of the tion predicts a fairly quiet 139th annual speak Wednesday morning on "Baptists and . velop and enhance college life" and the convention Nov. 10-12, in Fayetteville. granted at last year's convention. above schools are probably in some cases According to the Oct.