The Washington times., 1929-04-11
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fcr the University of Virginia men,
without entanglements with 9 nas
fiOnal body.
Prssident Edwin A. Alderman Of
the University and Thomas ~.
McEachern, president Of the inter.
fraternity council. today declared
that the differences between the
local chapter OF Delta Tau Delta
Iand the university were those Of
means to an end and not OF aims.
Both are trying, the leaders said,
lin their respective ways 70 peter
Conditions ct the university, and y
rs anticipated that q complete set
tlement of the differences VIII pe
6ound In q short time.
President's Viewpoint
Declaring that the enforcement
AOf means Of limiting the drinking
among students is up to the stu
dents themselves, President Alder-
man continued: :.
.sI'm not going to snoop around
student gathering places and the
deans are not going to do anything
0f the kind, and the students know
that We are not going TO DO So
The university has no force en-.
ployed to pry into the private lives
Of the students.
ssOf course, could issue an order
3Orbidding liquor to Students, bur
when + had done Il any student
who wanted to drink could say.
come and find me,' and we would
be worse off than we were before.
II believe absolutely in the truth
1uIness OF the students here, ana
if they agree upon q rule they VIII
carry IL out. 1t is because q cer-
tain minority Of the fraternities did
not feel capable Of enforcing q COM
plete ban and were unwilling 10
snoop upon their brothers that they
thought it best not to lay down
q rigid law they were not behind.
Students Act First
Mr.. McEacherIl, q law student,
row completing his seventh year
at the university, said the students
took up the matter OF drinking be
fore the school authorities broached
the subject. That was last Decen.
ber and the representatives Of all
the fraternities gathered to discuss
ways and means of abating the al
legged conditions which the Rev.
David w. Hepburn. st1perintende
ot the Virginia Anti.Saloon League.
declared existed at the university.
Twenty.fOur Of the fraternities
already had rules forbidding liquor
in their houses, and these agreed
TO enforce their rules more rigfdly.
The remaining eight fraternities
were willing to cooperate, but they
did not altogether approve Of the
other fraternities' methods.
Various conferences were held
after this with members OF the
president Alderman suggested that
an Of the fraternities ban liquor
completely from the houses, 90
agreeing, IL declining TO do 50.
Plan Submitted
President Alderman then invited
the eight houses to submit plan
of their own to the administrative
council, which they have now done.
Mo word has been received that this
plan Is unacceptable.
The plan, boiled down, amounts
To this, Mr.. McE'achern said:
No fraternity viii purchase liquor
or serve It at any entertainment or
ht any other time; formal repri-
naaald will be administered to any
member found under the influence
Oe liquor, the second such offense
win mean that his name goes be-
fore the dean Of the college and the
offender win be obliged to take
the pledge during the rest of his
university career, and that no
member of the three upper classes
win drink with any member Of the
freshman class.