Brown and White Vol. 80 no. 15

              brown and white vml so - no is bethlehem pa friday movrkrsr 8 1948 0144331 halting discrimination will eliminate racism by john beutler the participants in a racism discussion at kappa sigma agreed wednesday night that the problem confronting kappa sigma uhuru and tha fratermty system ie finding ways to eliminate disc rt ml nat ion and prejudice in tha fratermty system the blackball system and selectivity were discussed aa creating the conditions for racial discrimination wayne mcßtvoen president of uhuru aald tha i have to live with this gay attitude waa not a valid reason tar rejecting a person cliques wltmn houses tend to separate aefha who dtd not ga mur m m £• rirsssad frat brothers use the ball before they really know the person well enough reasons for blackballing a person ha aald are usually superficial about 50 persons participated ia the meeting tha msjority from uhuru aad kappa sigma at tuesdays ifc meeting an fraternity men ware invited to attend the meeting organizers of tha meeting alao said meetings are open to al students the fraternities defended their position by citing ties with their national organizations whose officers want to maintain purity of their fraternities and hold the houses back from making progress it was proposed that strong houses m the university could back their national by withdrawing or changing the national policy nationals need strong local chapters m lemgh mere than tha local need them the need for courses in afro american culture for an students waa the fipth dimension soul city recording artists will perform friday night for tha univers ity houseparty concert tha group is wall known for such hits as up up and away stoned soul picnic and their naw release ' sweat blindness first jcul members to study varied views the first 18 members of the joint commission on university life have been chosen the com mission will hold its first meeting dec 8 it includes seven students flve faculty members three administrators and three trustees m j rathbone president of the university's board of trustees commented the commission will provide a forum and establish communication channels so that views ideas and proposals of interest will move freely between students faculty alumni trustees and administrators regarding existing policy and long range programs asd thsir implementation at the university the first members of tbe new j.c.l.u are students aldo bortn president of arcadia senior in business and economics reginald a jennings member-at-large junior in the college of arts and science lawrence g mackowlak member at-large junior ln arts and science eric c crouse representative of college of arts and science sophomore william g brownlow repre sentative of the college of business and economics junior a raymond schmalz representative of the college of engineering senior and milton h grannatt 111 graduate student ln economics faculty members prof francis m brady jr chairman of student life committee assistant professor of accounting ln the college of business and economics dr richard m spriggs chairman of the educational policy committee professor of metallurgy and materials science and associate director of the materials research center ln the ib a w phote hy dkuthch e lection night 1968 - the wlrh staff gave tha national el ections complete coverage tuesday night staff members ware at democratic and republican headquarters as wall as obtain ing nat ionwide results from three television stations coeducation a good investment editor s note the following is the tmrd in a series explaining the findings of the study conducted by prince ton university the education of women at princeton the study was published ln the princeton alumni weekly on sept 24 1968 by george j bancroft the princeton university report on coeducation denies the claims of many that coeducation ls prohibitively expensive the report states that any financial strain lncurred by initiating coeducation at tbe university ls minimal ln comparison to the educational and social benefits which would result from tbe move the report investigated two main questions concerning the feasibility of coeducation its effect on the operating budget and the capital expenditures needed to introduce lt to determine tbe fiscal effects of coeducation the study group made estimates using calculations based on investi gations of tbe monetary needs of each university activity admittedly many assumptions made by the study group are highly subject to change ln accordance with the national economy and therefore the final estimates are subject to change however the study group included allowances for unexpected expenses ln thsir estimates and added a contingency allowance equal to 10 per cent of the current and capital coats in many cases they made benefits outweigh costs several estimates for one activity to emphasize alternate ways to accomplish ends the report concluded that at the present level of costs and tuitions operating expenditures would exceed any income wmch will be directly attributable to the ad mission of women also a capital expenditure of 27 million was estimated these conclusions are not as bad as they seem according to the report in fact the estimated sums of money are much lower than what many people said they would be the report recommended that princeton university not be afraid to spend money now that will prove to be a good investment in the future the addition of women to the student body according to the report would make possible a greater sharing of the faculty and other resources growth ln the graduate program haa created academic capacities in some areas of the university wmch are not fully used many professors and graduate students do not teach a full load of classes and their own academic pursuits do not efficiently use their free time a poll of the faculty asking whether they would ba willing to sacrifice their scheduling freedom in favor of coeducation revealed decisively that they would over one-half the faculty la all age groups and 74 per cent of tha faculty under 30 years old said that a tighter scheduling of their time to facilitate the introduction of coeducation would not bother them according to the report the increased use of already existing facilities would lower their depreciation rata and therefore lower tbe cost of coeducation classrooms which are empty during part of the day and evening machines which are not used to their full potential and the allotment of hours to class time could all be better exploited such use of facilities would increase the efficiency of education and of the university and therefore lower the costs and raise the reputation of the university said tha report further reduction of costs would result from the use of data processing systems and computers to make possible tighter scheduling of space than was possible before it ls obvious from the report that such scheduling is necessary because the construction costs in tha princeton area are very mgh when compared to moat of the nation in the future these costs are predicted to rise l r»g range coat efficiency would also result from the preservation of buildings slated to be demolished becauad of replacements usable buildings according to tha report do not have to ba torn down just because naw ones are being built especially whea tha anftveratty ls contemplating the addition of a substantial number of women to tha student body saa prejudices page iu see first page 8