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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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Only Sororities were banned at Stanford in 1944. For a very long time, Stanford accepted a set number of women into each class (I can't remember if it was 500 total or 500 each). At any rate, I've found references to the "Stanford 500" when talking about the women on campus. This gave the sororities a stable population upon which to build membership. There were quite a few on campus in the early 1900's. From old yearbooks I’ve seen there were about 10 chapters all with nice houses (the old Chi O house is still on campus, but it is general housing). During WWII, the University started admitting more women than it had previously. They decided that the new influx of women made sorority rush too competitive, since there were not enough spots for interested women. Somehow establishing more sororities never occurred to the administration, and they banned all Sororities. The male Fraternities were allowed to stay.
In the late 70's it was brought to the University’s attention that their policy was sexist, and illegal. They changed their policy in 1978 (I think), and Kappa and Theta re-colonized shortly thereafter. 6 chapters re-colonized (Kappa, Pi Phi, Theta, Tri Delta, Delta Gamma and Chi Omega). Delta Gamma closed in 1997.
If I have got my facts wrong, please tell!
-Michelle