Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
AMERICAN u. GIVES APPROVAL
TO STUDENT FRATERNITIES
In Making Announcement Of
ficiaIs Ban "Rough-
House" limitations.
Regulations Announced by
Chancellor Clark and
College Dean.

Placing the ban on "rough-house'
limitations. American University has
officially recognized fraternities and
! sororities, at the College of Liberal Arts.
placing in the hands of the board of
trustees, the authority to issue char
| tiers, and revoke charters for cause.
In making this announcement, DR..
Lucius G. Clark. chancellor Of the uni
versity, and DR.. George B, Woods, dean
of the college, stated that two fraterni-
ties, and two sororitieS Of local origin
had been recognized, and that two
more were under consideration.
A comprehensive set Of regulations
has been adopted by the board of trus-
tees and by the faculty of the college.
These regulations govern eligibility, pro-
baton. finances. initiation and several
other phases of fraternity life.
Specific Rule Applied
Local groups of students must be or
ganized and approved for at least two
years before they may be permitted to
petition for membership in a national
organization, and 1t is further provided
that any advances made by officers Of
national fraternity are to be reported
promptly to the faculty committee
The four organizations recognized
specifically include two sororitieS.--
Alpha Chi, and The Swager Club; and
two fraterntties.-The testers Club, and
Phi Eeta Zeta.
{ mesrs of the four organizations,
which have been in existence for some
time but which were formally recognized
during the past week are as follows
vice president, Orrell Belle Claf1in. The
Swager Club, president, Alice Hetzel
vice.president, Elizabeth Hill; secretary
Frances Young. The Testers Club.
president, Leon Shloss: vice-president
and treasurer Jack LeFavre; secretaries,
Ward Mitchell and Eric Friedheim.
Phi Beta zeta, president Raymond j.
Spaeth; vice-president, William Hamil-
ton secretary, Barrett Fuchs; treasurer,
David Lichliter
Two other clubs were reported by
Dean Woods as forming"
Chased as Big Step Forward"
In explaining the regulations DR..
Woods declared them to be "a big
step forward in fraternity life, to help
keep eligibility on a high plane, to
eliminate many of the common and
Objectionable features of initiation, and
to safeguard the finances Of the organi-
cations through the auditing commit
tee" Each month all financial accounts
OF the societies will be audited by the
faculty auditing committee, headed by
DR.. Charles F. Marsh.
To be eligible to initiation a student
must have a grade averaging G in all
work taken in college, and he must be
registered for at least fourteen hours of
work exclusive of physical education.
There are other eligibility provisions,
and regulations that the whole society
may be placed on probation when the
scholastic average of the combined
membership falls below q certain index.
These interesting provisions govern
limitations by both fraternities and sor-
critics: There shall be no public init
alton. There shall be no program of mi
tiation that humiliates the student, that
impairs or jeopardizes his physical or
mental condition, that restricts his free
| physical movement, or that interferes
with his program Of studies. There
| shall be no vulgarity in initiation. There
shall be no so-called rough house intSi-
alton Of any sort-pubhc or private.
All mock initiation features shall be
confined to "a hours between Friday
noon and Saturday noon and shall not
be effective in public
Class Elections Inaugurated.
The senior class has started the class
elections of the scholastic year by nam
ing as its president Milton Crist, quar-
terback and captain of the university
foot ball team and ministerial student,
who is preaching in a local church.
Other officers Of the senior class are:
Vice president. Otis Fellows; secretary,
Elizabeth Hill; treasurer, Donald Ohm
stead.
The sophomores have elected as
1@fI Asr-t,1 sxVfn al
other officers later. The freshman class
still is organized under direction of an
| upperclassman, Blake Espey, as CHAIR
man, and will elect later.
The Brecky Club, consisting Of gradu-
ates Of Central High School of this city
has elected officers for the year as tol-
| lows: President, Yule Fisher; vice
1 president, Dorothy Darby; secretary,
Rosalie Dimmette, and treasurer. Bruce
| Aitchison. The Brecky Club held q
card party last night at the home Of its
president. 4421 Seventeenth street.
| DIR. SpIawn In Charge.
! DR.. Walter M. w Splawn, dean of the
I graduate school and the school OF the
political sciences, has taken charge al
these two downtown schools, 1901 1907
F street, following a recent Illness and
reports the school opening with large
classes and much interest on the part OF
both faculty and students. DR.. Splawr
and Chancellor Clark unite in stating
that while registration has closed II
most of the courses it still remains open
in the following courses: Commercial
and admiralty law and philosophy o.
law, both by DR.. Gilbert o. Nations
principles of government, by DR.. Irvir
Stewart; general economic history, b!
Dr. Ernst Correll: statistics with labor
atory work, by Miss Cleona Lewis, ad