Brown and White Vol. 70 no. 32

              see gilhoul page 4 pledges bill of rights in committee proposal pledges were granted a bill of rights last night as interfraternity council voted unanimously to accept a rushing proposal devised by ifc's special rushing committee the constitutional amendment is coupled with a proposal to re instate rushing in the beginning of the second semester after a two year lapse ifc's three-point rushing proposal which also includes a plan setting contacting dates came three weeks after the group rejected student life committee's rushing-contacting proposal council on feb 16 objected to the slc clause which would have banned all pledge activities in the freshman year and at the same time appointed bill horton to chairman an ifc rushing committee that committee's proposal bans all hazing but does not limit other fraternity pledge practices the ifc proposal retained the joint gryphon-ifc committee sug gested by slc but refused voting power to the gryphons the fresh men counselors function will be to offer suggestions advice and to bring complaints before this committee the legislators objection to the original proposal was the gryphon's equal voting privileges moreover the new committee will not include a dean's office representative as originally proposed by slc ifc's proposal along with the pledges bill of rights will be sub mitted to student life for its consideration but whether slc approves or rejects the rush plan the amendment will still be regarded as doc trine by fraternities the bill of rights includes the following points 1 a pledge's activities in preparation for his initiation shall take place when they do not interfere with his active participation in the curricular or non-curricular program supported by the univer sity i.e athletics musical and dramatic activities lectures and con certs . 2 a pledge shall be permitted to visit his fraternity house whenever he so desires 3 hazing — any activity which is detrimental to the pledge's mental or physical health morals or religion — shall not be permitted 4 fraternities shall not deny their pledges sufficient time for sleep each night to insure their alertness in class 5 fraternities shall not de ny their pledges sufficient time for study to prepare themselves adequately for class 6 pledge trips shall not in any way conflict with all-uni versity functions and shall take place only between the hours of 12 a.m saturday and 12 p.m sunday 7 pledges involved in pledge trips shall have suffi cient funds shall be provided with transportation and shall be dressed properly to represent the university and the fraternity 8 all practices on pledge trips shall be confined to the letter of the law 9 kidnapping of pledges see horton page 2 ifc weekend features may music m&c play burning pestle by shakespeare's contemporaries beaumont and flet cher the play will also be presented en thursday and saturday nights for undergraduates and faculty not participating in the weekend's fes tivities both the dance and m&c s production are all-university affairs but the post-dance parties are off-limits for non fraternity party goers but the usual hospitality will be shown to friends and acquaintances by the various fraternities pub licity chairman joe montville 59 noted combination tickets covering both the m&c offering and the dance can be purchased for 5 from davis r.h to davis h b note m&c growth since 1893 start by jeff cox b&w staff writer back in 1893 when lehigh was only a few decades old a certain richard harding davis wanted to put on plays he consulted he peti tioned — and mustard and cheese was born what was originally a tiny student group with limited facilities has evolved into a group of about 50 members per play having in ter-collegiate casts its own workshop and rehearsal room the facili ties of a large stage and a thriving film presentation program mustard and cheese is designed for the purpose of presenting good educational theater stated prof h barrett davis head of the division of speech and director of the histrionic organization according to davis the main goal of the group is to produce a complete range of subject matter ranging from farce comedy and light drama to heavy drama and tragedy over a four-year period we're not like a civic theater said davis we want to present these various types of plays not only for entertainment but for the education of the student body the decision to produce any particular play rests with prof davis and thoburn v barker assistant professor of speech the play is picked with availability of personnel in mind other factors are sets and equipment for the set must fit their facilities and the necessary equipment has to be on hand this year for instance davis stated the plays were picked be cause of the equipment we already had on hand plus the other factors that are mentioned parts in the plays are open to all undergraduates and the casting is done through the audition method the applicant goes through two sep see knight page 5 en garde — bob clark facing camera who has a leading role in the mustard and cheese production the knight of the burning pestle sharpens on his dueling at a recent rehearsal see merger page 3 fadden riskin mccarthy and holl and the national has not revealed which of its officers will appear for the organization or who will repre lehigh's theta kappa phi chapter goes into lehigh county court to morrow to attempt to prove that the tkp national followed illegal procedure in merging with phi kappa both the local and national theta kappa predicts sure vic tory in the ahentown court battle scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m two theta kappa phi national officers president frank flick and secretary george uihlien have told the brown and white that they are sure that we are right local officers are equally confi dent house president peter bayer and john harding serving as trustee in the suit have asserted that alpha chapter is correct in its charges against the national in tomorrow's hearing in court the judge can either de cide that the amalgamation was completed with all due process and threw out the alpha claims or he can agree with the lehigh chapter that the convention and amalgamation procedure was not legal and grant an injunction to halt the merger of the two na tionals the suit is captioned alpha chap ter of theta kappa phi fraternity an unincorporated association by john c harding a member and trustee against theta kappa phi fraternity handling legal work for the local is the bethlehem law firm of mc ifc approves new rush plan bethlehem pa tuesday march 10 1959 vol 70 — no 32 arcadia rebukes leith on discriminatory ' act dean j d leith below the university average or other and lower standards see leith page 4 by robert j cochnar b&w news editor in special session friday afternoon arcadia unanimously termed dean j d leith inconsistent and discriminatory with regard to a re cent letter he sent to the solons rejecting two arcadia nominees to the board of publications the student council also called upon the dean to consider a slate of student-faculty committee selections to include at least the num ber of men elected leith originally proposed a minimum slate to include the names of twice the number of committee openings leith in his letter to arcadia secretary bill mountain 60 refused to approve the names of robert walters 60 and alan segal 60 selected by arcadia to membership on the board of publications the dean stated ". . . we should place policy and or operating respon sibility for our campus community's affairs in the hands of the most in telligent persons available a pri mary index of such intelligence in the campus situation as elsewhere is the scholarship index the billy may orchestra and the mustard and cheese plays will join forces this weekend to provide un limited entertainment for ifc week end participants initiating the weekend friday evening will be the colorful m&c presentation the knight of the the student who can manage his own affairs successfully to ward the accomplishment of the primary purposes for which the university exists leith noted not necessarily the best member of any particular com mittee but other things being equal or beyond evaluation he is probably better than those whose classroom performance is theta kap vs national in court test tomorrow gilhool to head state congress thomas gilhool 60 was elected president of next year's joseph f o'brien inter-state debating con gress last week at perm state a model student legislature the congress is held annually to consider various questions of importance to the u s political scene gilhool won one of five silver keys presented to outstanding parliament ary speakers at the 24th annual de bating congress while at the session gilhool lehigh university brown and white