Stanford Sigma Chi
House Suspended
By BOB CARL
Managing Editor
STANFORD (Special) — Sus
pended from their national fra
ternity for one year, Stanford
University’s Sigma Chi members
are determined to sit out their
suspension, comply with all of
the rules, and live with the first
Negro ever pledged by a chap
ter of Sigma Chi fraternity in
its 110-year history.
The Stanford chapter was sus
pended in April, allegedly for
failing to “comply with the ritual,
and for not keeping the house
clean," one Stanford member
chortled.
“We’re sure it’s just because
we pledged a Negro,” another
brother said, “But we intend to
follow all of the stipulations,
and. see if we are taken off sus
pension after our one-year term
is up next April.”
The suspension, originally
handed down by the national’s
executive committee, was rati
fied by the national convention in
June.
Moral Support
John Hansen, dean of fraterni
ties at Stanford and former as
sistant dean of men and Inter
Fraternity Council advisor at the
University, told the Emerald:
“The local chapter is not press
ing the legal issue. The under
graduates consider it a racial
problem and intend to bring it to
a head next April.”
Hansen said that Stanford Uni
r
versity administrators and offi
cials are offering moral support
to the Sigma Chi’s, but he said
he wasn’t sure if any financial
support had been offered by the
university.
He said that two other fra
ternities on the Stanford campus
had “gone local, because of the
race problem.” Hansen said that
Stanford University fraternity
members “seemed more independ
ent and more interested in the
local chapters than in the na
tional fraternities.”
Federal Money
The reason the Sigma Chi chap
ter has been so strongly sup
ported by Stanford officials is
that under existing federal poli
cies, any college or university
that has affiliated housing on a
discriminatory basis is in danger
of losing all federal funds.
Local chapters of Sigma Chi
Fraternity are being investigated
on several campuses throughout
the country, because the frater
nity allegedly practices racial dis
crimination. However, officials of
the national fraternity have stead
fastly denied the allegations.
In fact, many universities and
colleges, as does the University,
demand that all Greeks, includ
ing Sigma Chi, turn in a written
statement from their national
offices that say the fraternity or
sorority does not discriminate ac
cording to race, creed, or national
origin. Sigma Chi chapters have
cheerfully complied.
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However, even as Sigma Chi
and other Greek houses are un
der investigation on their local
campuses, the entire system is
slowly falling apart—apparently
on most campuses in the coun
try. For example, while the I'ni
versity’s student population has
been * doubling since 1955, the
number of Greek members has
remained almost static.
The problem is even more ap
parent at other schools.
At the University of California
at Berkeley, “the fraternities are
almost empty," according to one
university official. Only a very
small number, about 340 girls,
participated in sorority rush on
the Berkeley campus this year,
out of 27,000 students.
Oregon State University Presi
dent Jensen admitted at a recent
State Board of Higher Education
meeting that "the fraternity sys
tem hasn’t shown any marked
growth," and University Presi
dent Arthur Flemming concurred
when talking about Greeks on his
campus.
At Stanford, however, univer
sity officials appeared optimistic
about the future of fraternities
on campus. Hansen said that about
500 new men were pledged dur
ing last spring's formal rush.
There are no sororities at Stan
ford.
At San Jose State College, the
largest of California’s state col
leges with 20.000-plus students,
officials were not saying much
about the Greek system. "We
expect another good year,” one
person said, "but we have no
idea whether or not the Greek
houses will be full this year.
They always hope so,” she smiled
So, even though lack of hous
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