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Religious Discrimination by Fraternities Reported Declining

October 10, 1955
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Racial and religious discrimination by fraternities and sororities is on the decline and would move faster if it were left up to local chapters, Prof, Harry I. Carman of Columbia College stated here. Several college presidents and a student leader agreed with him in interviews between sessions of the American Council on Education.

“The fraternities and sororities are moving on this issue,” said Dr. Carman, dean emeritus and now a professor at Columbia College, the men’s liberal arts school of Columbia University in New York. “I have visited some 150 campuses in the past five years and have found that the local chapters usually are ahead of their national organizations.” Prof. Carman and others interviewed saw the discrimination question as one that would solve itself in 10 or 15 years.

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