Condensed Rules for College Organizations Issued Today

Rules for undergraduate organizations, far less specific than the set proposed in March, will go out to the leaders of all undergraduate groups today. The new set of regulations, substantially reduced in size from 33 pages to four, will circulate among the student body until May 26, after which the council will pass on it.

Dean's Office blessing on the rules is also necessary before they go into effect.

The revised rules cover 12 subjects: officers' responsibility, recognition of organizations, relations to the University, financial responsibility, printed matter, posters, solicitation, indoor meetings, outdoor meetings, paid admissions, public performances, and dances.

An introduction to the regulations contains an elastic clause which says that any organization that wants an exception made for a certain rule or is in doubt about a rule's interpretation should consult the office of the Associate Dean (Watson).

During a discussion of the rules last night at its weekly meeting, the Student Council made only one change in the form of the rules before releasing them. It directed that an anti-discrimination clause be added to the requirements for recognition of organizations because the council in December had specifically stated its opposition to unfair discrimination on grounds of race, color, or religion.

Edward F. Burke '50, president of the council, noted that the council was by no means adamant about keeping an anti-discrimination clause in a new set of rules. He said, however, that he felt the council should maintain its position until directed otherwise by the students.

The new rules still contain a demand that a full membership list be available to the Dean's Office upon request, a clause which had been the target of protests by College groups of leftist tendencies and by the Young Republican Club.

The revised rules also eliminate the necessity of filing semi-annual financial reports, as the old draft had done, and state merely that "financial responsibility rests solely within each organization."

Earlier at the meeting last night, Albert B. Carter 50 announced that the Council had awarded $740 in scholarships to 29 students.