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First Year-Long IFC Terms
Captured By Hayes, Shipley

By Chuck Hite

Ed Hayes defeated Will Tuggle
for presidency of the Inter-Fraternity
Council last night while
George Shipley won over Tom
Chorey and Stuart Stone to capture
the office of vice-president.

Mr. Hayes and Mr. Shipley
will be the first students to serve
in the recently initiated year-long
terms for these offices.

Paul Talmadge defeated George
Rhodes and John Ball for the
office of secretary and Jim O'Koon
was re-elected treasurer by acclamation.

In his bid for office Mr. Hayes
stated that "new approaches"
must be made in the IFC to
"improve the system we now
have." He pointed to lack of direction
from the presidency as one of
the main faults of the IFC and
called for a more workable closed
party rule and a sharpening of the
relation between the IFC and
Judiciary Committee.

Labeling the present IFC as
"weaker than it has been in the
past," Mr. Tuggle called for a
"regathering of strength" within
the IFC before it considered the
"nebulous challenge" which it now
faces.

In his speech for vice-presidency,
Mr. Shipley emphasized the challenge
of facing change while keeping
the best traditions of the "old
University." He cited the need
for uniform judicial standards, reorganization
of IFC committees,
and "setting houses in order."

Mr. Talmadge considered his
post on the Governing Board as
the most important aspect of running
for secretary. He proposed the
establishment of a Distinguished
Trophy Award to create a more
positive outlet for competition between
houses.

In his closing remarks as president
of the IFC, Geoff Gordon
clarified his support for a closed
party rule. He stated the intent of
the rule was not to put restrictions
on houses but to make
sure houses controlled themselves.

He stated that the "IFC must
not serve as a police patrol but
an organization that sets up guidelines"
and that he could not remember
"when it has ever been
the guiding organization it should
be."