Board of Trustees Votes Autonomy Requirementfor 65
Board of Trus tees Votes Autonomy Requirementfor t:65 WATERVILLE, Me., Nov. 8 — The board of trustees of Colby College has given fraternities and sororities at the institution until Commencement 1965 "to satisfy the board they have the right to select their members without regard to race, religion or national origin." The societies must meet this requirement in order to remain active at Colby, either as national affiliates or local groups. The trustee vote strengthens a stand taken on November 4, 1961, when the board went on record as begin "strongly opposed" to discrimination within fraternities and sororities. On that occasion, Chairman Reginald H. Sturtevant (Livermore Falls), and Colby President Rob- ert E. L. Strider were instructed to write letters, with a copy of the motion, to the presidents of tlie alumni organizations and to the national and international organizations of Colby's ten fraternities and four sororities. ' " . Among other U. S. Colleges and universities which have likewise set a date prior to which student organizations must be free of restrictive membership clauses are: Amherst, Columbia, Cornell, Dart- mouth and the universities of California Chicago, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon State, Vermont, , ^ Washington State, and Wisconsin. In order of their founding, the Colby fraternities are : Delta Kappa Epsilon, Zeta Psi, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Tau Omega, Lambda Chi Alpha, Kappa Delta Rho, Tau Delta Phi, Pi Lamb- da Phi, and Alpha Delta Phi. The sororities are Sigma Kappa (founded at Colby), Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Del- ta Pi. Storke Blasts Press Luther Evans Stu-G Council Gives Speaks About Fear of John Birchers ' Miller Confidence Vote by Jean Martin "Alice" Stu-G President J.
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