Fraternities, sororities and other student groups on all University of California campuses were under orders today from the Board of Regents to abandon any discriminatory policies based on religion or race. The order was aimed at seven secret societies with a total membership of about 3,000 in all UC campuses. It gave them five years in which to comply or lose official university recognition without which they cannot function.
President Clark Kerr in announcing the order, said most student groups had already dropped discriminatory policies as a basis of admission. He said the university has always followed a policy of non-discrimination on race or religion and had observed it closely in admission of students. The university has not given recognition to discriminating student groups since 1946, he said.
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