C^On - r 'Pu5l^Sf/ev Bj/ rm uNJs^iy oFctOOi^o ai^pwi or nic rmrmjjrj^ or PHJCbj^iAjA dtaji The sit-in started on January I 30 when over 400 students began their occupation of the adminis tration building. Two maior fac tions among them quickly develop ed, The majority group, which maintained For fifteen days student pro testors at Chicago occupied the University's six story adminis tration building. The students were demanding both an equal voxce in the hiring and firing of faculty, and the rahiring of Mrs, Marlene Dixon, an instructor in modest the start, was the control from more moderate of the tv/o. They saw the sit—in as a means to gain the rehiring of Mrs, Dixon and a student voice in faculty appointments. The min ority were literally radicals and revolutionaries who hoped to use the sit-in to gain much broader goals then those of the moderates the sociology department, whose firing touched off the movement. The sociology department de - the radicalization of the Univ cided not to iety in general. COHTiNUeO, A 4 rehire Mrs, Dixon because it felt that the quality of her research was not up to the ersity decis.ion had been made A stud ent voice in the hiring and fir ing of the faculty was seen as a means, of ensuring excellence of uea diing among the faculty with out detracting from excellence of research- Thus the major issues surrounding the confrontation i?ere, as the FIJIGRAH predicted in its last issue, those of stud ent power and of the value of teaching versus research Other students on campus were opinion sTxrvey and found to be mostly in favor of the two major demands of the sitters-in, but very much opposed to the tactics of the sit-in. Rough ly two-thirds of the students did favor amnesty for the their uu.juii ii without her reputed excel lance as a teaclier, despite WW I felt that the propeily considering polled in an subsequently of soc "M standards of the department. Howaver, the students and protectors disagreement en As a result of this winter'', rush, Chi Upsilon has seventeen freshmen pledges: STEVE BARRETT, Austin, Minn,; DAVID GOLDM/.Rh , York, N,Y,; BRIAN HORRIGAN, Fou- ton, Neb.; Texas; DAVID K' RON KEINIGS, DAVID KNT^, , O . Tampa, 1 La. - Warrenville, 111.; CHRIS LYON, Clayton, N.J,; MARK MALCOLM, Chicago, 111,; BILL MARTHINSEN, Hoffman Estates, 111,; PETER MAVRELIS, Oak Park, 111.; DOUG OLLILA, St, Pau.l, ,Minn, ; TOT REITZ, Wenatchee, Wash, r ROB SE- ARLE, Gaithersburg, Md,; WALKER, Anaconda, Mont,; MIKE RICHARD WISMER, Philadelphia, Penn, The chapter takes pride in the new pledge class, and expects that all will profit by the as sociation of the pledges with the fraternitv. \r\nduring Its these attention three yea.r£. at the last Ekklesia, have done well both The members individually and collectively. I t.o past excelleare received national I had the occasion last year reed tlie minutes oi tiie upsilon AUimni Association for 1939, .1940, and 1941. It was hard i .Ti'es for the undergradv^ate chap ter. The policies of Mr. Hxitchi i£:, and particularly the aban donment of .inter—collegiate foot— oall, led many to predict a bleak The chapter has had its ups and downs in the past and will no doubt have thetri in the future. Bur if we all, undergraduate.s and graduates together, retain sense of what the chapter been and what it can be, our has oxvr chapter will continue its impres sive record of contribution tc the lives of men and to the life future for fraternities at Chica of the University. go. The chapter siae dwindled, and problems mounted. Finally, in Different men contribute dif ferent qualities to and receive summer of 1941, the corporation the called a meeting to discuss whether to House abandon Chapter and turn in the Many letters x-;ritten by the Charter. graduate members at the time remain in the different benefits from the Chap ter. The Chapter thrives on sucl diversity when its individual and common which be derived can record. They are heartening read ing. Thay recount the many bene fits which individuals derived from their association with Phi brotherhood. Gamma Delta and the pleasures of fraternal association. Those op inions were persuasive, the Char chapter. ter v;aE good times and bad. retained, and a program of graduate and undergraduate co•-peration for the improvement of he chapter was planned. After the ■-he chapter Second World War, ei.ibarked on a long oeriod of growth and had success in many areas. There were many ups and dovms, of there was courser bxit little talk of abandon ing the chapter. In rhe mid—Fif ties, indeed, the chapter enjoyed a kind of golden age: a larg-c chapter, vigoroi.is in its intern al politics, active on the naticnal scene, and well represent ed in the life of the University. In the early 1960's, however, the chapter in size; once again and some dwindled undergraduate members qaestioned whether it could survive. A cooperative ef fort on the part of undergraduate and griiduate members to refttrbish the chapter House and streng then chapter administration once again produced dramatic results. Chi Uosilon has probably never been stronger than it has been undergraduate members recognize and pursue Our graduate traditionally the benefit;- througl brothers have avoided a me-ddlinq interference with the life of the They have, rather, at tempted counsel, continuity, a comfortable setting and in bot.f I had served as Purple Le gionnaire from time to time dur ing the past ten years, alterna ting with Charles Wright. Broth er Wright and I and nard Del Giorno Brother Ber have ser' ed that capacity, one or th of us, for the past decad half. Now Douglas L. that a younger Petersen has responsibility. ir other and brothel assume-r I am sure the undergraduate orothers recog nize that this is no le.ssening of interest in the chapter on the part of "the older generation." CONTINUED. A H f i —^ ilTP ii \r\nThere are several T ■" ■ i address to ch?, v :;1 report. H. LLOID MIL LER "43 can be reached at the U. of Iowa Medical Hospital. WILLIAM F. KRCL '58 is at 1208 llalstead Rd. Balitmore, Marvland, 21234. LCRENZ A. MUNDSTOCK "'49 now livei at The FIJIGRAM is pleased to pass on the following news items from our graduate brothers. RIDER '68 is Peace Corps. DAVID in Morocco with the ROBERT G. STAITEF '6b is completxnq his military oblig.^tion and hopes to enter U. of C. Qusiness School later this year HARI.es a. weight '57 is at Cen tral Illinois College in East Peoria and heads the German Dep artment, CHARLES L. NELSON '59 h IS been pictured recently with the president of South Korea ded— ;hrating a new tobacco plantation, f iUiS D. WALTERS '55 is moving to br.. Louis to the corporate staff r> industrial engineering for the Frilstaff Brewing Co. JOHN F. GULP '66 is currently at Warner Gear Plant of Borg-Warner in Muncie, 'Indiana. DON/iLD J. ALLEN '68 is stationed in Kev West, Florida 'With the army. RICHARD L. DOBSON '53 is going on sabbatical for a year to Nijmegen, Holland. He also lectured in Israel last sum mer. Maj. Gen. WARD H. MARIS '15 (ret. ) just completed a year of craveiing in the U.S. , Europe, Africa, 3ea RICHARD celebrate his at A. MORTON U. of Barbara, artment at aamiiton, will The wives of presidents and San Pedro, '3( Md. EDWARD D. and fellow student JONES III In '66 '5? ar addition E Washington Universit LAWRENCE SLIFMAN expecting PlA.' ' s June former chaptaj DAVID R. LECNETTI expecting babies. '66 sometime ar. aroun 1970. LARRY WASSERMAN" '69 v./as mar ried to Miss Laurie Joseph oves the Christmas vacation. BII.L ELLET 70 is planning t( take a quarter break from studifv and relax as a busboy for a Col orado sorority house. RICHARD MERTZ '46, wife are co-authors .sand Years city's aiid hi;. of Two Thou .Rome, a book on thc- h is"tory, a rch 1.1ec tu re an c painting. DAVID North RIDER Africa, volunteer. RICHARD named J. Rick is STONE editor Rev lew. '68 U.C.L.A. in Moroccc as a Peace '67 has Carp beer- of the U. C. L.A.. L-av. placed ten per cent of his School in the toi. class at thr of Law, u: and McxMaster Law School. move cur at next biophysics dep Canada. SROFF '68 '60, California next year to the '57 Apt.A 21014. his wife's longevity. Santa T^eck the Middle East and Black areas to rently 3437 Cal. 90731. ROBERT D. KRACKE Box 345, R.F.D. 3, Bel Air, University, MIGiniEL A. is attending DOUGLASS L. was elected Purple NEM- Columbia PETERSON Legion- aarre. UAMFS VICE was featured Fijis have once again come out at the top of the standings after the winter intramural sea son. The "A" basketball team com prised of MIKE KOCH-W^ESER, BOl KIESLING, JOE KHNLORA, DENNY CULLEN, AND JIM STANKIEWICS,, tool All-University honors. GARY CUR TIS and DENNY CULLEN won individ ipeaker on March 1 at the Indiana 'tate Day festivxties at Indiana ual championships in badmintoi and free throw competitions res- polis. spectively as the TERENCE A. BLOCK '67 re- .urned to Chicago and was hosted t a party in his honor by some if his Fiji brothers. Fijis won bot.) sports. Second place finishes i: track and rifiery round out tht : successful record. \r\nUNBEHemm -W The FIJIGPAM is pleased to ceport on some of the material results of graduate financial help. The penthouse has a new -eiling and a on its walls. new coat of paint The chapter house has $1020 worth of circuit break ers, heavier wiring and addition al outlets. These improvements were made possiore only because of financial help from the grad uate chapter. undei-graduates We mmm, contindbj) My principal recommendation in parting from office is that the Chi Upsilon Graduation Assoc iation and the undergraduate chapter turn its attention, once again, to renewal: further effort to improve undergraduate life and chapter administration and a ma jor effort to provide the phys ical facilities necessax'v for the next two decades. I believe we have proved that extend our thanks. survive On February 25 Chi Upsilon initiated two members into the orotherhood, PAUL M. LUSKIN '71, must here the chapter can and flourish: nov: provide which that can most satisfactor- ily take place. and GARY L. NAKARADO. PAUL a pol itical science major from New tork City is the Liembers major who of the All-University social highlight of ':he winter quarter. All the Fiji iimps and their girlfriend-proszitute-dates wore their sleaziest lostumes as they danced, drank, uid ate light. into their The way through basement was a dark Parisian the turned alley and ihe dining room became a sidewalk jafe with checkered tablecloths and candlelight. The traditional skit was a cake-off on the -he sit-in topical theme of and the . struggle of "he student power movement. Beraie DelGiorno '55 illustrated to che large crowd his philosophy on cue gartering ceremony on his cate i front of a wildly cheer ing throng. Mc:ce than 50 per cent of the brothers and fall pledges re ceived grades of 3.0 or better last quarter. Ten received As grades of 3.25 sit—in the interest of both inside "Apache "69" held on February the '54 M.Cfllff. was one of the -iji basketball team. 15 was James W, Vic Chicago house fortune r-eller. GARY from Trout Lake, licbigan is a guitar playing ecolomico we the setting in dragged moderate and on, students outside of the building waned. Moderates within the building became disillusioned and frustrated as their seemed as far from ever, and they goals attainment as began to leave. Thus control of the sit-in passed over to the radical minority by" the beginniiig of the second week, and they began issuing nas? demands basically unrelated ginal two. to the ori Predictably, student support, for the sitters-in plum meted, and after fifteen days of sitting-in, protestors acknow ledged their defeat and left the building voluntarily. President Levi's tactics in handling the sit—in were well calculated to bring about th.,' peaceful conclusion that was ob tained. A potentially explusr'' c? situation vras defused by his rt" fusai to discuss any of the is sues while the sit-in was in pro gress or to call in the police. or better. The list includes BILL It was essentially a "do-nothing" x"e&poase and it worked precisely BSRKMAN '71 (3.25), GORDON DECKER because '70(3.5), strong GORDON GROEBE '71(3.5) TIM McGHEE '70(3.33), PAT MURRAY •70(3.33), GARY NAKARADO '71(3.33 LON PULSE '71(3.25), PETE RICIIAFD SON '70(3.25), LARRY SILVER '69 (3.83), and D.AVE SPINDEL '71(3.5) the protestors needed a confrontation for them to maintain sit-in. tae With were forced momentum no of their rasponse, they to gi ve up in frus- •> ■cration without achieving any of their goals.