The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-02
FRAT BILL KILLED
BY STATE SENATE
Greek Letter Bill May Come Up
Aga:n-Connittee Condemns
Heating Plant 1nd Sewerage.
The State, 9th.

whose iae, Is sc :~-a::a.'aNy supposed
to be parallel if not ;rde:;ical.
If ore wee cnllcd upon - rane
reuresents ives Of the ''olsin people,
if there he such class IN South
Carolina, certa'~7y Senator Larey OF
Chesterfield and Senator Moore Of
Abbeville would be named. Both have
been in public l;fe for a lorg time.
Both are ever watchful of the inter-
ests Of those who have not had great
OPPORTUNITIES or at least who have
not succeeded in the world so we'll
IS some Of their fellows. Both have
heen horored time ard AGAIN by the
neople of their counties, and both
have won respect for themselves
throughout the state. Senator
Laney, who has seen longer service
in the senate, is regarded with al
fection by all who know him, how
ever much they may differ with HIM.
His motives are high, his heart IS pure
and his purpose is honest. The same
may be said of Senator Moore. Yet
on the fraternity bill they differed
as widely as the poles.
Their speeches are reported IN
greater detail, but the striking clt-
ference should be summarized. Sen
ator Laney thought the presence OF
fraternities would revive class teel-
ing. Senator Moore thought their
prohibition was a regretable incident
of class feeling which should be
wiped away and forgotten. Senator
Laney thought them aristocratic, and
anti-democratic. Senator Moore
thought them perfectly natural and
the essence of democracy. Senator
Laney thought their presence at state
institutions a matter of very grave
concern. Senator Moore thought
them school boy fancies, hardly
worthy OF the attention Of the gen
eral assembly. Senator Laney
thopqht their regulation TOO great a
burden for the faculty and trustees.
Senator More expressed little appre-
citation &C faculsies and trustees un-
able to deal WITH fratern!t,es. Sena-
tor Tarcy shou~h: they would cast
p shadow cvar the Ives Of many
worthy bcys, Senator Moore did rot
think vegy highly Of any hey vino
could not cope with the situations
created by frate.nities
Both men are sincere. Beth are
honast. Both have the best inter-
ests of the people at heart.
The Fraternity Bill.
After the disposition of all uncon-
tested matters in the state senate
Yesterday Senator Clifton called up
the bill repeating the act whereby
Greek letter fraternities are not per-
mitted at state institutions!
Senator Larey had moved to strike
out the enacting words of the bill. lie
opened the debate: He said that since
the passage of the bill forbiddlng the
presence of Greek letter fraternlties
in state institutions those institu-
tions had enjoyed high degree of
prosperity. These institutions were
favored by the legislature. There was
generous support of these institutions
and he feared that if the fraternities
were readmitted there would not be
such unaninity of support by the
members of the general assembly.
He said that at the present the
sons of tie rich and of the poor, the
sons of aristocrats ard the sons Of
the common people were together and
in the absence Of fraternitias there
was no class distinctions At the state
institutions. If fraternities were
admitted he thought d;scords would
arise and the seed Of class dlstlnc-
tions would be sown. He sad his re-
marks applied to Winthrop college
as we'll as to the boys colleges.
He said if fraternities were ad-
mitted it would cause change IN the
student bodies. Divisions IN the stu
dent bodies arose because of the
methods of operations of the frater-
mites. He said some members of
fraternities agreed with him on this
subject. This was something that
was not wanted in the student bodies.
No member of the general assembly
wanted any divisions among the stu
dents.
He read an editorial from the
Clemson College Tiger against frater-
mites, saying that it did not wish to
break the fellowship of the students
of Clemson.
He said there were as good men IN
the fraternities as out of them and
r,o, IN after life all pulled for the