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AUDeltaGam--
It's funny that we're both DG sisters with AEPhi roots! My mom was an AEPhi (as was my Aunt) in the mid-1960s at the University of Michigan (for any AEPhi's out there she was the President of Pi Chapter there). From hearing her stories, she was not allowed to join any of the 'non-Jewish' sororities (limiting her choices to AEPhi, DPhiE, SDT, and PhiSig...they were all on campus at the time...and at that time those four were basically all Jewish there), but she did have to go through rush. What I think happened was that she had to go to all of the houses for the first round, and then was cut by all of the 'non-Jewish' ones. I don't know how the houses knew who was Jewish and who wasn't...but Mom then had her choice of the other 4. I know she preffed AEPhi and DPhiE. Because of the limited choices, I know some of her friends did not get bids.
I know Northern and Southern rushes are very different, but when it comes to religious affiliation of the chapters during rush in the 1960s, I would gather that they are the same as what my Mom went through.
I'll ask Mom exactly how Rush worked when she rushed...PM me later today and I'll be able to tell you.
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