Sigma Chi Goes Local

THE Dartmouth chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity has officially severed ties with its national brotherhood. Final action was taken on the night of April 20 when the chapter brothers voted to become a local house, adopting the new name of The Tabard. However, in the official announcement, Stephen W. Bosworth '61, president for the coming year, mentioned that though the house had taken a non-Greek name it would still remain a fraternity in the Dartmouth sense of the word.

Sigma Chi has now become the second Dartmouth fraternity to drop its national affiliation this year under pressure of the 1954 referendum whose provisions be- come finally effective in September. The first, Phi Delta Theta, became Phi Delta Alpha in January.

The climax of the long campaign against nationally imposed discrimination within Dartmouth fraternities came at the April meeting of the Board of Trustees. The Board, officially approving the report of the UGC Discrimination Committee, ordered the four remaining fraternities on campus which had not yet been able to comply with all provisions of the 1954 referendum to sever their national affiliations by September 1 or forfeit recognition by the College. These houses were: Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Nu, Phi Gamma Delta, and Sigma Chi. The last-named has already gone local, so is no longer affected by the Board's action. The others, however, are still working closely with their national organizations in hopes of being able to comply with the referendum before the deadline next fall.