To the Editors:
When I graduated from Dartmouth I pledged that I would never give money to the college as long as there were fraternities on campus. I didn't expect any change to come for at least 20 years. It seems like I may be digging into my pockets sooner than I thought. President Wright and the Trustees took a courageous and long overdue step yesterday when they announced an end to "the Greek system as we know it."
Since the 1970s, a prophetic minority within the Dartmouth community has warned that the existence of exclusive, secretive, all-male oranizations on campus has created a climate that promotes violence against women. For too long, adminstrators said that they knew that this was true but were powerless to do anything about it. President Wright is to be commended for having the courage to act on this issue.
Together with his earlier decision to try to replace loans with grants so that students could afford to take worthwhile but low paying jobs when they graduate, and his efforts to encourage NH to honor Martin Luther King, President Wright's decision to "end the Greek system as we know it" shows that he knows that the quest for truth and the quest for justice are inextricably linked. I look forward to seeing the way he will shape the college in the early years of the next century, and I'm glad that I can finally feel proud to be a Dartmouth graduate.
