University of Virginia Library

Proud To Be
'Mr. Fraternity'

In accordance with your truculent
crusade to discredit the fraternity
system at the University, Monday's
"Cavalier Daily" had its usual
quota of anti-fraternity material,
including a photograph of my date
and me titled, "Mr. and Mrs. Fraternity."

Despite your sarcastic intent, I
would like to say that I am proud
to have been choses as a representative
of the fraternity system, at
least as far as the "C.D." is concerned.

Like so many other student and
so-called "underground" publications
throughout the country, objective
news reporting and rational,
concerned editorials and features
material in the "C.D." are fast
becoming supplanted by such
vacuous drivel as "One Slightly
Used Gutter," which serves no purpose
other than to level a bitterly
emotional and perverted attack on
rush and fraternities in general.
Why couldn't you have used the
same space to point out some of
the short-comings of fraternities (of
which, admittedly, there are many),
and offer some constructive
changes in a rational manner?

Perhaps Mr. Ruggles wrote the
article during his own weekend
"tour of alcoholic gluttony," and
submitted it as filler like the numerous
photographs of "lawn strollers"
or "turning leaves" which are
always so prevalent on the front
page.