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fraternity and sorority chapters local authorities, and the student government.
A University regulation states, "All recognized student organizations shall select membership and afford opportunities to members on the basis of personal merit and not race, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry."
Thus the student government — by calling for all social organizations to submit a confidential file on their procedures — provides a means of enforcing the university regulation.
At KU, many developments have taken place recently concerning this issue.
THE FACULTY Senate Advisory Committee will begin a study of fraternity and sorority discrimination next Tuesday. Arthur W. Davidson, professor of chemistry and chairman of the committee, said the inquiry is being made as "a result of a number of faculty requests to do so."
Prof. Davidson added that the results of the inquiry will be presented to the Faculty Senate sometime in April. The Senate has no power to make a ruling on this issue, Prof. Davidson explained, but it will give the faculty a chance to express an opinion.
The Civil Rights Council decided last night to work for the elimination of discriminatory clauses in the constitutions of national organizations with chapters at KU. Available information indicates that three fraternities and no sororites at KU have discriminatory clauses in their national constitutions. The three are Sigma Nu, Lamba Chi, and Alpha Tau Omega.
THE ADMINISTRATION'S policy on this issue is that fraternity and sorority members have the right to choose anyone they wish to live with. At present it is not known whether the University interprets this to mean it will take absolutely no action in this area, or whether it feels that national clauses are also a restriction on fraternities' right of selection.
There are, then, many approaches to the elimination of fraternity and sorority discrimination. The large majority of investigators conclude that the approach most applicable to a particular campus can be determined only through experience.
But these educators also agree on another conclusion. Mr. Lee expresses the general opinion:
"Only where college administrators support the regulation of fraternities can students translate their beliefs into campus-wide accomplishment. Regardless of student interest and activity, effective decisions concerning campus policy rest — by action or by default — with the academic administration and ultimately with the board of trustees."
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