| Show More on fraternity issue Dear When I read Howard Whitman 6 article in Collier's I was disappointed by the poor editorship shown bv the I was tempted to write my thoughts on the and now Walt Cook-has brought me to the First of all may I question Cook's statement attitudes of the members of these clandestine organizations are known well enough Just Im d what are these member of one of these I'd like to know of these horrible attitudes manifest by my and I ask Walt to make a survey of our local It might shock him into sensibility if he found out that we aren't spending the old man's Most of us support ourselves and those who are abundantly blessed with money are Then is it a crime to accept money from ones parents No reliable figures college students are among those expected to discern rash claims of Don't be taken in by a man's disreputable use of the press to make a name for I saw no reliable figures stated in Howard Whitman's He made sensational but the fraternities of America on the whole are in no way guilty of his I believe any fraternity man will agree that there are requirements to be met by each person taken into a On the other do you go with Negro girls Would you even dance with one I agree with you that there is nothing wrong with but the world has not overcome racial If we took a Negro into our frat would you join and sleep with him during He's just as go-ad as you We both agree on that about church I imagine you belong to some church does your church have Negro members I agree that race prejudices should be but the fraternities can't do it The nation and world must make this and I'm sure that when the time comes the f rats will be well f orward in the The Negro's aren't the only minority on the you may ask why are Jewish fellows why are Chinese fellows barred The answer ds that they The constitution of my frat states that only Christian can become It is an organization of Christian In the past Jewish fellows believing in the Christian religion have been members of our Does your church membership include people of the Jewish The leadership brought forth by frats was questioned in Cook's Take a look at your student body officers and class committee show a high number of Look at many of our national figures who belonged to frats in Let their records speak for everybody likes to see homecoming Who enters these with all the enthusiasm in the The do a lot to make campus life what it Let's face We aren't the worthless individuals some people try to make EARL R. |
