THE HOMER HOUSE HADGER UNE NEWS Yesterday evening the ardent worling party comuittee finally decided on a theme for the gala affair being planned for this Saturday evening in the unit lounges bet= ween 8 and 12 psn. The committee is going ‘through mich trouble to provide a farm like autumn atmosphere with live trees, leaves, hay-=the whole bit. Music for the dancing dancing will be supplied by the Quad's own talented disc-jockeys, and refreshments will be served. Dress will be informal; slacks, jeans, and benmdas would be very appropriate. One may expect an entertaining evening, so one might be sure to be there. ‘Two interesting facts: the unit now has in its treasury a grand total of $92, There 4s a test file in the Quad Library besides the unit file in Governor Bill Mallatt's room. SPORTS The date of the tug of war has been changed to October 6 in order that everyone night participate. You big brutes who have not sighed up for the tug of war can do so in Steve Beison's room, 212. steve, by the way, is now serving on’ the Judicial Board, and'so will not be able to remain in the position of athletic chairman. Anyone who is interested in applying for this position should make the proper petition as soon as possible. The second floor beat the other floors combined Monday night with a score of 2-0, For a second floor coment on football, see Page two, inside this issue. SEPTINGER 25, 1965 INDIAVA UNIVERSITY VOL.VE NO, 1. 1S G ME ane® From a caterpillar tractor ad in the September 6, 1963 issue of Time: "Once Bloomin’ton, Indiana, was water starved. Its hopes for growth were willing. Indiana University foresaw curtailment of its vast expansion progran unless water was made abundant. Then, in 1955 Bloomington ended its water shortage. Bven though the city now uses more water than e ever, there is plenty for everyone—- and for everyone in the next 160 years." Oh, yeah? This Monday, the IRHA President's council urged that “action be taken by Indiana University officials to investi- gate and eliminate the double standard of enforcement existing between the resi- dence halls and the organized housing units concerning the use of alcoholic beverages within their respective premises. When interviewed by the HAMMER, Ken Barker, President of TRHA, said, "It (fraternity drinking) is a basic and gross inequality in the system. When 9,000 people can't even have a bottle of beer in their roons because of state law and university regulations-=vhile 3,000 are given, in effect, license to break bath the law and the university's regula tions whenever they wisheewhen 150 people have a beer blast with formal invitations and no one kicks, then its time to throw some bright light on the situation."‘THE HAMMER PAGE TWO ga py Floor {( HALLANGE (From the second floor of Humier House comes this word and challange to the others) In a great defensive battle between the Second Floor Sensations and the three other floors of iumer HOuse, the Sensations were victorious by a score of 2-0. The only score came on a safety. At first it appeared that the three challanged floors would not have the necessary seven players. Finally they did succeed in mustering up the necossayy number. The second floor olayed its second team half of the tine. When all four floors are put together, Hunmor House should have a winning team. We have the players. Now all ue need to do 4s organize. ‘The second floor will listen to any reaso nable challange made by any ambination of the other floors. We challange you to get organized enough to make a challange. MER HOUSE POTENTIAL (High School Activities Tally of Hummer House Menbers) SPORTS: ACTIVITIES: CLASS STANDING: Football = 14 Glass Office 20 «UPPER 61. Basketball 16 Student Council 15 ‘Middle 20 Baseball = 10 School Paper 9 lower = 3 Track & 0G 16 Yearbook ? Wrestling Band or Orchestra 15 ‘Swimming rs Office in Academic Golf 4 and special inter= Tennis 2 est clubs 1s Fencing z Chorus 12 Bowling 2 Nat'l Honor Solty 13 Hoosier Boys’ State 3 The above figures indicate a fantastic concentration of scholastic, athletic and leadership potential within out unit. Now let's do something with itt How are YOU going to contribute to the unit? Hel Hughes Resident Assistant WANTED WANTED WANTED WANTED WANTED = WANTSD WANTED «WANTED «WANTED 112 So oat TO write BOOK, MOVIE, + PLAY REVIEWS FOR THe HAMMER, Aprly in voom O12,0+ Box 392.THE HAMMER PAGE THREE bmn AND A NALYSIS THE MEETING "We are the greatest",..Not yet, perhaps, but we are certainly well ahead of whatever ie running in second place. The unit meeting held on Septenber 9th and 20th showed that the men of Humer House have got what it takes, This was reflected in the organization bf the meeting by the officers and the generally intelligent discussion and comment of the Humerites, Another asset has turned up 4n the person of Nel Hughes, who seoms to correctly mix the words assistant and resident, a brave feat considering the inherent paradox of the tern "counselor". THE LAW Judge Applegate has managed to give his usual dognatic stand again this year, and students are urged to consider why they were required to listen to him, It 4s suggested that the university in general speaks softly while the judge carries a big stick, speaking not at all, HOURS:QUIET AND LOUD Contrary to popular opinion, there are no loud hours. It is however, generally accepted that non-qiiet | ours are louder on weekends than during the week. To apply the sane line of thought to Hunmer House's image as seen by the frequently passing girls of Teter Quad, one might say that it could and should be more intense on the weekends. It should be pointed out, however, that the purpose of such intensity is attraction and perhaps respect, not repulsion, unless the sub- ject of such intensity is extremely poor. Tt can be stated with absolute assurance that the men of Humer House in general with to attract the girls of Teter. There- fore we urge our errant collegues to play Ray Charles, not to parody hin, NOT BY BREAD ALONE But then, not without it, either. All those who have put in any thought at all on the matter will acknowledge that an organized food service, like that in the quad, has its drawbacks. Most students, however, agree that, considering these drawbacks, our food is rather food. It is not, however, the food that draws this coment, but the detailed impedinents which Mrs. Senon seems to have erected between it and the hungry students, Past residents have already noticed longer and slower lines, especially at supper. On the evening of Septenber 19th, Mrs. Semon forced approximately thirty students who had patiently waited in line for about twenty minutes to start again at the rear of the other line. This proce: seens to be repeating itself, Upon inquiry, monbers of the kitchen staff commented that the reasons for the slowness were as follows: loss of old cooks, introduction of new cooks, lack of adequate help, the breaking in of new students. All these are good reasons, and since little or nothing can be done to hasten time's cure, we asic only one question. If the efficiency of the kitchen decreased thereby causing longer lines and more waiting, why has Mrs. Semon chosen to cut the dinner hour by nearly twenty per cent in length, not to mention opening the lines late? We take this opportunity to remind her, with all due respect, that her organization performs a service for the students, paid in advance by the students, GRADES At the risk of triteness, this colunn is again going to urge its readers, especially the freshmen, to study. You have undoubtedly heard much about the good balanced education, the necessity for social poise, etc. We do not deny these things nob their necessity, but a few facts should be pointed out: 1. You came to college to get an education--get its 2.Mext semester, one out of every two of you will not be back with us, on the average=-increase the odds in your favor; 3. last year about 74% of the freshnen missed their grades, the required overall 2,0 average. In general, there are two things you can be doing: first, getting all your studying finished and sone social life; second, getting all of your socialiming done and gone of your studying. Consider just this--without grades you can continue neither your education nor your social life at colleges with them, you have both.THE HAQOR PACE FOUR HAMMER THe OPINIONS DITCRIAL = of the evitor There is, unfortunately, something Do NOT REFLECT wrong with the unit, in spite of mich THOSE OF THE enthusiasm, an esprit de corps unprecedent= ed in recent Humer residents. This souething wrong has taken UNIT a faniliar fom, but its familiarity does not ake 1t any less rediculous. —* ‘There are still a few persons in tHe university housing systen who feel that it is a great personal injustice for them to be required to do such an insulting thing as dress dece.itly for six evening and one noon meal. Acceptable bermdas mst be carried to that line, and past it, which marks unacceptable bermudas. Belts mst ‘be worn out of loops instead of in, where they belong. Some of these people are in Humer House. It is comendable that the general public of Hwmer society reflects and increased awareness of vhat constitutes a decent, mature young adult in this wolrd, and regretable that there remain a few vio still regard any rule as a threat to their individualism, We would like them to nonconform even further by getting rooms off campus and eating in any way that they like at the Phase 3. We do not believe that difference of opinion and in taste is an excuse to offend the more generally accepted tastes of anyone else. TO THE EDITOR: One day ny friend and I went back to the kitchen because we wanted an extra lenon, There was a whole bucket of extra leuons there. They wouldn't let us have even one extra lenon, We think they throw then away. They are CLODS! 10 THE EDITOR: One cay a couple of guys cane into the kitchen where I work and tried to get mo to give then extra lenons. They thin's we throw them away, but everyone here ‘nous that lemons are the one thing you can save and use time after time in iced tea. Why don't people realize this? lle think people who don't are CLODS! Student Arnold had a roommate, one whose nane was Noisy Ned, One who goofed away the day and wouldn't ever go to bed. Besides the noise and roudy talking there were other things as well. OL" Ned had never learned to wash, and Arnie couldn't stand the snell. So there he stays, his crades are bad, he looses sleep and hates his school, "Cause somewhere up on Jordon Street some woman made ancther rule. We would like opinions from aryone=-letters to the editor--concerning the way the university hs chosen to further make the student anonymous by the current method of football seating. We think it's rediculous. Comments? Send then to The Editor, Hwmer House Hamer, Box 302, Wright Quad, or slide them under the door of room 012 in Humuer House. Any opinions welcome. THE POSITION OF THE HAMER ON FRATSRITTY DRIVKING: The HAMMER fecls that the problen is a result of university apathy and lame: We think it naive to assume that the IFC can take care of the situation, We think that Carter Norris is either ill-informed, or is engaged in the kind of perpetration of a hoax in which his fraternity brothers are, we think, engaged, We think that the university condones drinking and other things in fraternities almost as a matter of unofficial policy. It is our opinion that fraternities have been alloved, for sone reason, to become dens of drinking and sexual imtorality. We intend, for once ad for all, to conduct an investigation to discover what this reason is, to discover exactly how much drinking there is, to find out what happens at the fraternity=sorority parties, and to publish all of our findings an the nane of truth, That's what journaliam is for.oa tovfon House, and something is bothering ne very much. When I was a freshuan last year I ‘thought it was because of that. But now that I've been here for a whole year and it's the sane, it bothers me a lot. I don't want to pledge because I like being Andependent, but it seans like all the really swinging girls either are sorority girls, or else they like only fraternity boys. I refuse to settle for less than I want Just because I'm an independent, but LL Yocg been labeled as your girl and as such is left out of a lot at hone now that youtre not there. My advice is let her go without accusations of disloyalty. Date her when you're hone if you want, but don't hold her to a promise of no dates at hone while you socialize down here. Loyalty is a twonway thing. Sincerely, KELLY DEAR KELLY, I an pinned to the most in- what can I do? I also cannot afford to pledgeredible clod in the world. She is the pledge, but these nights are getting very lonely. Can you help me? -=LONELY DBAR LONELY, I can understand your problem because when I was a freshman I thought all the "really swinging" guys were in frater= nities or only dated sorority girls. But I found that in two ways this wasn't true, First of all there is mch more interdat- ing between organized and independents than you might think; and secondly the really swinging guys or girls like you for what you are yourself. If you're in most utterly beautiful but insane woman ever created, I cannot continue to love her in the face of the catastrophic phenomena which have recently manifested thems@lves to me. It is obvious to all but the most very crass people that what the colmon people call "sex" is nerely peasant expression of vulgar desires. ‘This woman who is my companion has begun to lower the once laudable bond which held us together and is now entangling us in its snare. How can I exphain to her what must be rediculously obvitus to good shape academically, why don't you use gad but the most very crass people: that sone of your spare tine participating in sone activity: Union, Student Government, Y, etc. It's a good way to meet sharp girls - = you can take it fron there. Sincerely, KELLY DEAR KELLY, Last week I got this letter from my girlfriend at home. She is a senior in highschool. She does not want to go steady with me anyuore. I try to explain to her that it is different here, home she is still in school. She should not date other boys. But here I must date other girls to stay in the social thing. You imow. So how can I tell her how it really is? How can she be so disloyal? All the girls here acree that I should go out with then. Don't you think my girlfriend at home should bgloyal until she gets here? ==COLLDGE HAN DEAR COLLEGE MAN, I don't think you're bekng ing fair in calling your girl back home disloyal. If you feel you have to date down here to stay in the social thing, Amagine how she feels. She's probably Kissing, if you will sublimely pardon that insideous expression, is like unto ‘the aninals?@aTORMENT=D DEAR TORMENTED, Call ne crass if you want, but I've always considered kissing as an enjoyable way of expressing affec- tion. As for the hole tone of your let- ter, it left me cold. If you're going to tse such an extensive vocabulary, at least be correct. See Webster's New World Bistioneny for the correct use and spell- soll insideous Qsic). Sincerely, KELLY IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLIMS, SOND THEN IN A LETTER TO KELLY. THIS ATTRACTIVE, FRIENDLY READ GIRL WILL BE GLAD TO REPLY IN THE HAMMER,[F ntERTAINMENT PECIAL TFearu RES and SPECIAL FEATURE: It seems that governnent intervention in the lives of citizens under the term "public good" is again raising its head, ugly head, that is. Rep. Abraham J. Multer (D., NeY. 4s the author of several bills designed to restrict free choice in regard to ‘the purchase and operation of motor cars, E.R. 568 This would prevent the sale of aittonobiles with unauthorized equipaent, parts, accessories. The bill. applies to both new and used cars, and provides penalties of 10,000 dollars or one year in jail for violations. Conceivably,HeR. 568, or a similar bill, could restrict the car manufacturer to a car deemed suitable by sone agency cae ee Q What is a papoose? 4s 4 consolation prize for a chance taken on an Indian blanket. w-larry Alt Scuba diver to mermaid, "Yes I love you, but I'm running oub of air." =-The New Yorker "Just call me Emest Hemorrhoid, the poor man's Pyle." sa\orld War II state~ ment by Hemingway The kindergarten teacher told her class: "Let's all draw with our crayons what we would like to be when we grow up. At the end of 30 minutes, every child of the government. This could be almost amyhbited in a paper except little Marvin. anything from a motor scooter up. Other bills now pending in connittee include such provisions as federal driving licenses, a department of trans- portation at the cabinet level with broad general powers over speed limits, ete. In short, the ICC of the roads, Space prevents further elaboration, but if you are interested in freedom of the roads, keep your eyes open. --BN Have you heard about the devil who backed into a lawmmower, then went into a liquor store because he heard they retailed spirits? =-Yale Record “Why didn't you hand in a paper, Mar= vini?™asked the teacher. "Isn't there any- ‘thing you want to be when you grow up?" "Sure," replied Marvin. "I want to be married, but I don't know how to draw it}" --Carol Burnett: in Parade Mel- What are you down here in school for? Larry-One senester. --anonynous The Tom Swifty for the week comes from ‘The mother of one of our readers: "T'n going to enjoy this ride,” said Lady Godiva, shiftlessly. ‘THE HUMMOR HOUSE HAMMER IS PUBLISHED WECKLY BY THE STAFF OF THE HUMMER HOUSE HAMMER IN HUMMER HOUSE, UNIT LL, WRIGHT QUADRANGLE, INDIANA UNIVERSITY. THE EDITORIAL OPINIONS PUBLISHED HSREIN @RETHE OPINIONS OF THE EDITOR OR OF THE STAFF AND IN NO WAY REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THE UNIT AS A WHOLE, OF ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS NOT OW THE STAFF, OR OF THE RESIDENT ASSISTANT. --The Editor Editor-in-chiet Waleoin K, Meclintick Room O12 337-5381 Campus News Lance G. Harrison Room 101 337-5534 Paul Drzewieki is in charge of unit news; John Rissing writes news comment & analysis; David Cusick is in charge of keeping an account of expenses and is our representative at official Hummer House council meetings. any questions or letters should be sent to either room 012 or 101, the rooms of the editor~inechief and his assistant, or Placed in box 302 and addressed to the HAMMER, Thankyou for your support.