 | Board of Visitors minutes January 9, 1948 |  |
SIGMA PHI EPSILON FRATERNITY
A letter from Mr. John D. Haxall, President of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, was presented.
SIGMA PHI EPSILON
UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA
January 8, 1948
University of Virginia
In view of the recent regulations passed by you concerning this chapter, it is requested that
you reconsider part of section three of your resolution. The part in question states, "That the four
members of the SPE fraternity directly involved or who had knowledge of the occurrence be prohibited
from living in the SPE house . . ."
It is the feeling of this chapter that to permit this regulation to go unquestioned would be
a betrayal of fraternal ideals which make our organization meaningful to us.
To us, this request has deeper implications than the casual reader may observe, for without
the sincere spirit of brotherhood, any fraternity would soon become a meaningless gathering of people.
We feel confident that you will consider this matter in the spirit in which we make this request.
President, Virginia Eta
The following resolution was adopted, Mr. Mears casting the only negative vote:
RESOLVED that an appeal of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity for a reconsideration of a part
of a resolution passed at the December 12, 1947 meeting of the Board, to wit: "that the four members
of the SPE Fraternity directly involved or who had knowledge of the occurrence be prohibited from
living in the SPE house . . ." be denied.
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