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Originally posted by queequek
I know for sure they do not ban the Greek System (since Theta Delta Chi has active Charges at those schools), therefore my question is, how did these Chapters got banned by the schools?
I'm just curious, since sorority banning does not happen so often. If this is too touchy for you, please say so, I didn't mean to bash anyone/any GLO.
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queequek, actually at one point in time both Brown and Stanford did ban sororities/greek life. It is sad when schools decide to ban greek life for whatever reason, and I know these are not the only 2 schools where this has ever happened. Fortunately for the current chapters at Brown and Stanford, the school rethought their decision! Even so, a sorority or fraternity may decide to not return to a campus where greek life was re-established. This is the case for us at Brown and Stanford, with details as found in my handy dandy AOII International History book
Beta chapter at Brown University began when local sorority Delta Sigma and AOII merged. The chapter was installed on 4-18-1908 but around that same time, Brown University banned all sororities for whatever reason (not just AOII.) Beta was installed but unfortunately due to that decision was never an active chapter. The Beta chapter members participated as alumnae.
As for Lambda at Stanford, the Stanford Board of Trustees discontinued all sororities in 1944 (again, NOT just AOII.) I couldn't tell you why, since I wasn't alive then
When that occurred, the chapter's charter was held in trust and still is to this day.
Hope that clarifies things a bit!
Fraternally,
Christin
ETA--the same thing goes for our Alpha chapter. Barnard College and the panhellenic there passed a series of regulations between 1907 and 1913 that limited, and finally abolished rushing. These regulations effectively killed all sororities at Barnard
at that time. By 1914 all of our Alpha chapter members were alumnae and our Alpha charter is currently held in trust.