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Fraternities . . . are they fraternal? ahiairs by a vote of 6323 to 37'Z,, and valued its sports coverage as adequate Q79Zj and accurate Q75'Z,j. The edi- torial department did not fare as well, however, for only 222, admitted that their opinions were influenced by edi- torials, and 78175 said that the News editors followed rather than led cam- pus opinion. Nonetheless, 602, said they read the editorials regularly. The Dramat has drawn 4029 of the undergraduates to its productions while the remainder gave interference with other weekend plansn as the primary reason for their lack of inter- est. Q3j The Senior Societies were in- dorsed as worthwhile , while both fraternities and Honor Societies were repudiated by a slim majority of un- dergraduates who felt that they do not justify their existence. In the question, Should Senior So- cieties be abolished? only a fifth answered in the affirmative, while when a similar question was directed toward other leading campus Hnon- business activities , Torch and Aure- lian went down by a 53-47 margin, and fraternities were denounced as neither justifying their existence Q52fZ, to 48'Z,j nor as producing the feeling of brotherhood for which they were founded Q75'Z9 to ZSZQQ. An inter- esting footnote is the fact that of the group which repudiated Senior So- cieties, 3 out of 4 also voted against Honor Societies, and 4 out of S against fraternities. Fraternity members, comprising 1379 of the university, do not seem en- tirely content with their lot. For the question, if you had it to do over again, and the opportunity, would you: QU join a different fraternity, Q25 join no fraternity at all, Q3j join the same fraternity? the proportions were-Q lj log,-425 2671,-433 642. !

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C EM DR K golf, Undergraduates approve Lf ? - K ' 6 'T 2 OCD sports . . . . 1 nf' , , ' 59 I 1, if . Eg ca 1 ,V - T U - 1' -- ... K , Q ' 1 . . . but view editorials with disfavor. 43 eral, had vigorous indorsement. By the overwhelming margin of 5829 to Zl'Zg Ca cautious 2l'ZJ refused to go on recordj it was charged that Upulll' exerts an influence in the allocation of football tickets, and one sophisticated sophomore added, I know from ex- periencen. By nearly two to one, undergraduates favored an extension of the football schedule to include more intersectional games, but by SUE to 4427 they repudiated extension of athletic schol- arships. There was strong feeling on the subject of year-round condition- ing, and by avote of 622, to 382, un- dergraduates expressed their disap- proval of such a program. CZD Among publications, the Yale Daily Newsw receives an accolade which may surprise some of its critics. The results of the survey indicated an endorsement of the Newsl' policy of not reporting national or international The Dramat attracts 2,000 a year to scenes like this. 20

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