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Originally posted by wptw
Optimist Prime, you should know that the Theta Chi constitution restricted membership only to caucasians until sometime in the 1950s. That's how you lost your Dartmouth chapter.
Theta Chi is a fine group with a lot to be proud of. But we should all be aware of the skeletons in our closets when it comes to this issue (No, not that skeleton - I'm speaking figuratively here!  ). Delta Chi, Sigma Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa and many other NIC groups restricted membership only to white males well into the 1950s and 1960s, and they lost good chapters over it too.
wptw
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Yes, many fraternities and sororities were very exclusive well into the '50's and 60's. One of my sorority's fouders was a Jewish girl, who would have been excluded from other sororities.
There is a difference between being of Anglo Saxon descent and being caucasian. Italians are considered caucasians, just not of Anglo descent.