Local chapters of four national fraternities which bar potential members on grounds of race or religion were under notice from Dartmouth College officials here today to disaffiliate from their national organizations or face a campus ban.
“They have until the beginning of the next school year to make up their minds,” said Dr. Thaddeus Seymour, dean of the college.
Dartmouth’s Undergraduate Council this week-end adopted a report from its anti-discrimination committee, which has studied the bias issue for six years, recommending the end of racial and religious discrimination by all fraternities on the Dartmouth campus.
There are 24 fraternities accredited at the college. But 15 with national connections, and five local groups, have already filed statements declaring that they do not engage in racial or religious discrimination.
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