Evening star., 1943-12-22
Reports OH Survey
OF Fraternities i'm High Schools.

To the Editor of The Star
An article in The Star about the re-
moval of Paul Steiner from the presi-
dency of the Roosevelt High School Stu
dent Council and captaincy of Company
G as a result of an old Board of Edu-
cation ruling mentioned that the mat
ter was to be brought before the heads
of all the high school student organiza-
tionS at the next meeting of the Inter-
high Council.
I am on the Roosevelt Student Coun-
Gil and have been one of RooSevelt'S
representatives in all Inter-high Coun-
Gil meetings this semester. At the last
meeting of the latter organization
took, with the approval of our faculty
adviser, Miss Margaret C. Amig a sur
vey of what the fraternity and sorority
situation is at the other high schools.
AS a result, I found out that out of
Washingtons eight high schools, five
| have fraternities and sororitieS which
| are sanctioned by their schools. These
organizations, in spite of the fact that
they each have faculty adviser, usually
hold their meetings at the homes of
their members. Although they do spon-
sor some social affairs in their respective
! schools, they give numerous parties and
dances that have no connection what
ever with the schools.
Quite few of the representatives Of
the other high schools are members of
such fraternitieS and sororities, and they
seemed rather surprised when I told
| them that many students at Roose-
welt resent having faculty advisers, that
they would rather belong to an out
| lawed" fraternity or sorority than be-
| long to an organization whose Constitu-
ton has been approved by our principal
The conclusion that I drew after I
| had taken this survey was that re-
sentiment toward the present ruling is
| prominent only at the Theodore Roose-
welt, Calvin Coolidge and, perhaps
Mckinley Tech High Schools However
many of Washington's high school STU
dents have found out that teachers can
be good sports and have learned to ap-
! preciate the mature advice that they
| give. FRITZ KAHN.
| Naturalists Held Proper Authorities
| To Decide About Park "Cleaning Up"
| To the Eo<or Of The Star:
| Last spring numerous protests re-
suited in the stopping of an indiscrim-
mate cleaning up of Rock Creek Park
| peated, so it was with considerable sur
| prise that we saw the recent invitations
| to all comers to cut wood. A reasonable
amount of cleaning up may be needed
to reduce fire hazards, but opinions diff
fer greatly as to how far to permit this
to go.
Naturalists the world over are agreed
that there should be wooded areas
everywhere. left largely in their natural
condition to furnish food and nesting
material for wild life and particularly
birds SO necessary to destroy insects
that prey on farmers crops.
Tree surgeons and landscape archi-
tets, under whose direction we UNDER
stand such cleaning up usually is done,
rarely have any information or interest
in wild life requirements. The National
Capital Parks and the National Park
Service have competent naturalists
whose advice in such matters should be
followed. and it is hoped that the pres
ent protests will result in suitable ad-
vice and supervision being given in such
matters in the future.
P. L. KICKER,
President, Wildf1ower Preservation
Society," Inc.