Education: Sororicide

Stanford University last week abolished its nine sororities.* They had long been a cause of friction, intensified after 1934 when the ceiling of 500 was taken off the number of Stanford coeds and the sororities took only 250 in all. Said Stanford President Donald Bertrand Tresidder: "We, above all, are Stanford women."

* Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, 31 Beta Phi, Delta Gamma, Alpha Phi, Gamma* Phi Beta, Delta, Delta, Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega.

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