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Show Editorials Sponsors Cleared, More Needed Organizations Board has cleared Army Sponsors of being undemocratic in their selection process. (See story on page one.) Thanks to a remarkable lack of communications between Army Sponsors and the board, the investigation of selection procedures had to be done on the basis of past years. This year, while the process of invitation and the dates of interviews had the effect of discriminating against non-sorority freshmen women, the final list reflected fairly well the group that did apply. Actually, based on the past history of Army Sponsors, Spon-sors, it's not surprising a large number of Army Sponsors would come from Chi Omega. Since so many of the Chi Omegas are now in the sponsor group, it's likely they would select the sort of pledges who seemed as if they too would make good sponsors. Wc are satisfied the selection proceedure of the sponsor corps is acceptable within the definition of Organizations Board. What worries us, however, is whether it is the best possible system for the University and for the ROTC. The argument that a group should have rather complete control over its membership is valid. When members of the group are eligible, because be-cause of their membership in the group, for University credits, as are sponsors, the argument becomes less valid. It would appear that such a group should go out of its way to be more than just democratic in the organizational sense. We wonder if it might not be well for sponsors to try a different system, perhaps letting the entire selection process be carried out by the cadets themselves. them-selves. Our own suggestion would be to allow every girl to enter the corps in her first quarter, her remaining remain-ing being contingent on her performance. If the sponsors can't be more than just structurally democratic in their selection, perhaps they ought to give up the 12 hours of credit they get for participation. |