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Council Seeks Halt
To Sex Discrimination

By RICHARD JONES

In order to eliminate sex
discrimination among student
organizations, Student Council Tuesday
night directed Council President Tom
Collier, to place appropriate pressure on
the University Administration.

The Jefferson Society, Alpha Phi
Omega, Omicron Delta Kappa, and other
student organizations were singled out as
having failed to coeducate.

Mr. Collier proposed that a letter be
written to D. Alan Williams,
vice president for student affairs, asking
that procedures be redefined for an
organization's request to use University
facilities.

He suggested that any student
organization be required to sign a
statement that it does not discriminate on
the basis of sex if that group is to use
University facilities.

Regarding the Jefferson Society, Mr.
Collier said that he would also ask Mr.
Williams to determine who owns Hotel C,

known as Jefferson Hall, the meeting
place of the literary and debating society.

Peter Gillespie, vice president of
Council and chairman of the Jefferson
Society, noted that Burke's History of
the University states that ownership of
Hotel C was passed on to the Jefferson
Society in 1830.

State Land

However, he added that "the clinker is
that the state owns the land." Allen
Barringer, third-year law school
representative, suggested that Council
write a letter to Andrew P. Miller,
Attorney-General for the state of Virginia
asking for a ruling on the use of state
facilities by organizations which
discriminate on the basis of sex.

At this final meeting of the semester,
Mr. Collier announced that a Culpeper
press would print 3,000 curriculum
evaluation books for $675, at a savings of
over $1000 from last year's cost.

Possible Profit

He added that "with advertising, we
might make a profit on the book for the
first time."

The Council also endorsed a statement
requesting a change in the academic
calendar. The motion noted that the most
important student concern is to have
exams before Christmas.

As an example of a different academic
calender, Mr. Collier mentioned a 4-1-4
system which would place exams before
Christmas and would retain the month of
January for voluntary independent study.

Phil Chabot, Council secretary, stated
that the primary argument in favor of a
quarter system was financial because the
University's facilities would be in use a
maximum amount of time, including the
summer months.

Law Conference

Mr. Collier also revealed that he would
attend a National Law Enforcement
Conference the week of Jan. 10-14 in
Athens, Ga.

Wade W. Bromwell, director of
security, and Robert T. Canevari, dean
of students, will accompany Mr. Collier
to this conference for law enforcement
on university and college campuses.
Representatives from throughout the
country will attend the conference.