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There has been much speculative writing over the past decade upon the subject of the destiny of the Greek letter organizations on university and college campuses. The social sororities and fraternities have met challenges and criticisms during this time which were not problems in previous generations. The past decade has brought, among other things, increased pressure for these groups to abolish any discriminatory clauses in their constitutions which might remain concerning the race or religion of prospective members. There have also been the individualistic, non-conformist movements so well exemplified on the Berkeley campus. These, among other things, have brought many people to the opinion that the social fraternity is obsolete and without place or purpose on the campuses of our institutions of higher learning today. For others, and a more reasonable assumption since the groups are still growing in size in many places, the thought is that they will have to change in order to meet the new challenges and to fit into the lives of university and college students in this era. This change is taking place on some campuses as is exemplified by Amherst's decision to continue support of its fraternities if certain changes were made. |
