Show On the Other Side of the Ledger Last week the Chronicle published an editorial by a former editor which seemed to me to pounce on sororities and fraternities with an entirely biased and ignorant point of Perhaps I can point out one or two facts which will help to enlighten the Chronicle readers and give them some idea of what sororities really are as a person who a little more about what goes on inside these social y First of I would like to refer you to Dean Beeley's student opinion poll and the I J figures stated 36 per cent of the student body felt that sororities and fraternities were yet 50 per cent felt that they were democratic or had no effect is this a condemnation on the I. part of the majority of the students on this As president of I should like to point out that social as well as organizations are set up with special purposes in All sororities have these goals or purposes as excuses for their These To assume social responsibility as far as the community and m nation are To establish and maintain a good scholarship To give their members social training and To promote the general good of the To provide living quarters for their out-of-town members is a must on campuses as inadequately equipped for housing out-of-town as this one To expand the so- system sufficiently so that there are enough groups to allow anyone membership who really desires To sponsor philanthropic To further fellowship among their with other groups and with the student body at t v Here are some first-hand facts showing that sororities do assume more than their share of special Did you know that last year Tri Delta alone spent more hours in war-work such as the Red rolling entertaining donating and many more such equally worthwhile than all the other non-Greek letter organizations on the campus put Then add the other war hours of the other Greek groups to that and try to tell v. me that sororities assume no social and are not And it wasn't because these other groups didn't have the I know thai they did I was in charge of campus war work last The same is true of the clothing drive for Chi Omegas alone gathered t more clothes last year than all the i other groups I I invite you to look at the so- f scholarship record posted just site the registrar's office in the Park rf- There isn't one group that isn't weN above campus The sorority average is Another point your own f. library keeps a file of old tests for just like those the sororities much to last week's writer's Why don't you look it up And it seems to me that sorority women are especially concerned with the good of the Did you know that not so many years ago the entire organization of AWS was but that these same sorority girls took it upon themselves to change the constitution in order to divide council representative positions equally between affiliated and independent Further proof that good relationships have existed between independent and sorority women is evidenced by the fact that Mortar Board a few years ago was composed of seven sorority women and two independent Those members elected a succeeding group consisting of eight independent women and two sorority This board then elected an entire sorority Did you know that in cooperation with the faculty women's bought a braille dictionary for the blind boys on the Did you know about the Aid fund that helps buy books and pay Did you know about the Kappa Kappa Gamma scholarship presented annually to some outstanding whether or Last year it was given to Charlotte Elizabeth an Each chapter of a sorority sponsors either nationally or locally some philanthropic project and is the first to contribute to worthwhile projects sponsored by You who have sponsored drives on campus before know that you thought nothing of asking each sorority to donate from their treasury and stipulate the and they always came through without a word of And all activity heads and committee chairmen know full well that no campus activity or celebration could succeed without the wholehearted support of the sororities and And just what gave anyone the idea that sororities are not well Perhaps some of you haven't heard of a committee on fraternity and sorority rules through which all organizations have to Stringent house rules and regulations must be followed by every group on the And each chapter is required to uphold national Reports must be made each month to national and district Each chapter has both a national officer and a district officer come each year to inspect to see that these standards are In view of all this I feel that sororities fulfill very well their social I might add further that it is not considered undemocratic to have the right to Look at any community and notice the many clubs and organizations it and I think you'll find that they are Why then are sororities and fraternities any more undemocratic than these Mary Beth |