Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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long questions appearing so sharp!)- during the college years. The fall Symposium brought to the fore ideas on this same theme from others outside the University com- munity. The Individual in Mass Soci- ety provided the Symposium topic. Speakers this year included Joseph Fletcher, of Episcopal Theological Semi- nary; Norton Long, Brandeis professor of economics; and John Roche, National Chairman of the Americans for Demo- cratic Action. These three authorities in their tields expressed their ideas on the freedom oi the individual in today ' s mass society, and the students had a chance to question, challenge, and support the speakers during the panel discussions which followed, and at several coffee discussions on a more personal basis. 20

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West fraternity rush brought 410 Shake ups in January, a figure greater than last year ' s but a two per- cent decrease in the overall ratio. The continued open relations during the tall had led to several kinks in the system, but tratcrnit ' men were optimistic on the whole. Meanwhile, IFC revamped its pro- gram ot structure and organization. Committees were used to supervise the scholarship, budgets, and social pro- grams of the various fraternities. Joining with members from the stu- dent governments, the Student Union, and independents, IFC members formed a new coordinating body, the Univer- sity Veekends Committee. In this cooperative effort, Homecoming was expanded, with the Student Union providing entertainment by Bob New- hart and Peter Nero, and a new Winter Weekend was planned. In April, Greek Weekend and Joe College brought the campuses again together in quick succession for planning entertainment, floats, and parties. However, Greek activities were not confined to pressures and parties of rush, weekend blasts, and after-the-game open houses. Joint Christmas parties were held for Durham children, a clear Sunday afternoon even bringing the Beta Santa Claus sky-diving down into the field near Wannamakcr. Greeks contributed to national or local philanthropies during the year, and spring brought a revised, voluntary program of Help Week. The Greek system in these ways gave one means for the student to find his own identification with those he or she felt most congenial with. Inde- pendents found similar house, dorm, or group loyalties, and such an identi- fication in relation to others brought something of the answers to the life- 19

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As the student seeks his role with- in the University and his relationship to a larger society, programs such as the annual Symposium widen his perspective to the problems ot the age which con- front the old and young alike. It is against the background of such timely and timeless questions that the college student ultimately spends his tour years of thought, activity, and effort. Though he spends countless hours organizing, planning, entertaining, and being entertained, when these hours are sifted apart, there remains the valuable core of study, lectures, discus- sion, and research. Long hours spent on a term paper . . . labs done, redone, and finally completed ... a heated after-class discussion . . . blue books filled by the score . . . postcards re- turned all too slowly or none too 21