1966-11-11; Central Michigan Life

              U-Senate Finds 'No Discrimination
hi Si
Constitution
bY NEIL C. HOPP
j%e Editor in Chief
J After a six-month invests
I «nn into "alleged discnm-
&y practices'' of nation-
temity Sigma Chi, Uni-
I Sy Senate Monday ap-
[   fd the  constitution   °f
E Chi Sigma, a fraternity
3 national Sigma Chi
Affiliation.
The Chi Sigma chapter had
int constitutional  approv-
last May but action was delved "pending clarification of
Itions relative to discrimm-
Ey practices."    Thepost-
nement was sparked by al-
eged incidents at other unifies   concerning  Sigma
'hi particularly  at  Stanford
iniversity in California.
The details of the alleged incident at Stanford were never
•released for publication although statements from the
dean of students at Stanford
were read before the Senate.
Arnold Form, associate professor of personnel and chairman of the six-man investigat-
ing committee, presented a
"signed statement from the national executive secretary of
"Sigma Chi which said that the
fraternity's constitution, statutes and ritual "do not include -any membership requirements which exclude or
discriminate against any individual on account of race,
color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin."
The, statement contained an
asterisk which said that the
fraternity "requires any person, to become a member, must
affirm a belief in God." The
statement explained that within this realm, "men of Jewish,
Moslem and other individual
backgrounds from the world's
major religions have been and
undoubtedly in the future will
be initiated from, time    to
time."
The  asterisk to  the   statement spurred the question on
'Not National Yet'
Even though Chi Sigma's
constitution was given the
stamp of approval by the University Senate, fraternity president Jeff Nemens told Life
that "it does not secure us a
chapter of Sigma Chi at Central."
Nemens said the local is
"moving towards membership
in the national" but "we cannot petition Sigma Chi until
they are ready to accept our
petition."
He pointed out that the U-
Senate action "is one more
positive step towards becom-
ming a chapter of Sigma Chi.
This completes our official ap--
proval through the university."
National officer John W.
Graham will be visiting the
chapter in December and this,
according to Nemens, this is
"the next step towards nationalization."
Nemens pointed Out that
"they (University Senate)
were very considerate in helping us get our constitution approved."
The fraternity has about 55
members and was founded on
campus in April of 1964.
the floor of the Senate whether
this in fact discriminated
against atheists. Charles Westie, professor of sociology, asked whether charters approved
by the Senate "can be revoked
if discrimination does in fact
exist."
Westie was told that all actions taken by the Senate are
retroactive to the body.
The Senate last year expanded the scope of the investigating committee to include all
campus organizations, investigating "present policies which,
govern the admission of members" to the organizations.
Form was told the committee is to continue, along thesa
lines. However no indications
was given as to what direction
the committee would now1
take.
For other University Senate action see page 3.
Antral Ptisan Cite
ifOL 47, NO. 16	
Snyder To Read
His 'Beat' Poetry
The English department is
sponsoring the first of two
dsiting poets on campus this
^ear. The performance will
)e-held Tuesday at 8 p.m. in
he Maroon, Gold and Wolverine rooms in the University
Center.
Gary Snyder, guest poet associated with the beat generation, will be reading his own
poetry.
Snyder, born in San Francisco and raised in Seattle, has
been living   in  Japan   since
(1956. He is here on a visit
and intends to return to Japan.
"His subject matter is end-
Ns . . . dreams and travel,
I women and landscape. He is
certainly one of the four or
five best American poets  to-
CENTRAL MICHGIAN UNIVERSITY, MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN
Friday, November 11, 1966
18-Year-Old Vote
Defeated at Polls
by STEVE REED
Life Staff Writer
Despite the efforts of organizations such as Youth for
Equal Suffrage and Michigan Citizens Committee for the
Vote at 18, and support from Michigan political and. labor
leaders, Proposal No. 1 was defeated by a statewide margin
of 2 to 1.
(Photo by Maisner)
K'^rnSfD^lfHS; DR. IOSSEF KRATZENSTEIN (right) meets ^ ™£
University of Michigan associ- Moore, vice president of acadeimc off cms and three^ents
ate professor in English and during the two-day All-University conference at which the
arranger of Snyder's tour. Bay City rabbi was the principal speaker.
Employees Accept Negotiated Contract
Non-academic employees of
Central voted unanimously
Monday night to accept a negotiated contract with Central
Mfccials concerning the kitchen, maintenance and custodial
workers.
A tentative
ttral
I««"-T "ie American F&
^State, County and Mu-
tract during negotiations and
both seemed very satisfied.
Points-.considered most important are the union shop and
security. Ross said these were
the last to be' agreed upon but
a settlementivas reached. If it
Wtentative agreement be-   - had not been, reached, workers
! S11 Central and CMU Local     were  threatening  strike pro-
Sc?6 ^rican Federa
Jf»P State, Cou
"!W Employees was reached
Wednesday, Nov. 2. Details of
Lf ***** wiU not be dis"
gjgUntil after the Board of
"7es feting Wednesday.
4acrt6»realhappy with the
C^l1?6 local executive
W*ood!» fange benefits «™
^toL*6 first contract that
coSL?loyees have *ad- I*
.£■**e than 48 sections.
theC0llt5TS.very sure that
*» Cfw m be ratified by
sides eS     . said that both
^promised on the ctm-
University is concerned with
the welfare of its employees
and is pleased that a mutual
understanding has been attained." , , ,
Final signing of the contract
will be after the Board of Trustees meeting.
If passed, the measure would
have enfranchised Michigan's
youth between the ages of 18
and 21.
Andy Marks, Mt. Pleasant
■ freshman and chairman of
Youth for Equal Suffrage
(YES), attributed the defeat of
the proposal to a lack of voter
knowledge. He said, "We were
unable to sufficiently bring
the issue before the electorate
-... if the proposal could have
been built into a major issue,
with all the pros and cons aired, we believe that it would
have passed."
Marks went on to say, "The
average voter will not change
the status quo until it is definitely proven to him that the
change is necessary."
Smaller Margin
The 23 precincts in the Mt.
Pleasant area defeated the
measure by a considerably
smaller margin than the, overall statewide margin. The Isabella County and Mt. Pleasant final tabulation was 4,046
yes votes to 4,537 no.     =   ;
The concensus of opinion of
the supporters of the proposal
at Central is that the issue is
not dead, but was definitely
set back by the wide margin,
against it. Greg Merwin, president of the Young Republicans here, stated that he was
"very disappointed"- by the defeat, while Young Democrat
President Tony Brigham described his reaction to the outcome as "appalled."
Student    Body    President
Bob Ballard  summed up  the
f eeling of the supporters when
he  said, "The
unfortunate
outcome    will
probably    set
back the issue
10     years.
Michigan was
to be a proving grounds
for the measure and since
it was defeated here, L don't
See—^VOTE—Back Pjage
Ballard
were  threatening  strike pro-
- cedures.
Local members began picketing Oct. 21 for an "equitable
contract." Negotiations had
been going'on since last July.
Picketing   went  on   for   four
• days.  On the fifth  day they
• took down the pickets  as an
' "act of good will." Both union
officials and the Board of Trus-
' tees called special meetings to
• try to work out an agreement.
"A" contract   had  previously
been presented to the workers
but had been unanimously re-
iected.
Central   spokesmen  agreed
that they are Very happy that
' ah agreemient was reached. According to thestatement, "The-
Waring: The First Fifty Years'
"The First Fifty Years,"
Fred Waring's 50th anniversary
show starring the Pennsylvan-
ians, is coming Monday at 8
p.m. to Finch Fieldhouse. This
will be the only local presentation of the show during its
forthcoming   cross-c o u n t r y
tour.
Though this show is set within the frame of Waring's familiar "Sleep," which has been
his theme song for five decades on radio, recordings, concerts, films and television, the
show will be full of surprises.
It will feature soloists,; skits,
choral comedy ,and orchestral
numbers drawn from the "rich
harvest of his half-century'musical career and presented in
his novel arrangements.   .
A company * of fifty young
and veteran performers comprise the orchestra and choral
ensemble of this musical show.
Featured as soloists- are soprano Karen Kopseng, Miss North
Dakota of 1965; singing comedy
team Linda Wicker and Jim
Wheeler; Cordovox vikuoso
Donna Dee Anderson}  deep-
voiced Leonard Kranendonk
and , banjo-humorist Bobby
Day; and comedian-drummer
Poley McClintock, original
member of the four-man band
that started Waring's career in
Tyrone^ Pa., a half-century ago.
- "The First Fifty Years," is
a musical entertainment conceived and supervised by versatile maestro Fred Waring,
Who inspires his Pennsylvan-
ians with a virtuosity and enthusiasm that has made them
famous in every phase -1 show
business.  ,  .
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