The new President lifted the ban on fraternities. He convinced the Board of Trustees that the fraternity bent for substantial housing would take care of many students and give tone to the community. He was sure that the school had become large enough to permit a number of such organizations to exists without friction and that any student who wished to belong would have a chance to join. Twelve national fraternities and four national sororities were established on campus. Triangle 1941 Housemothers were required to live in all fraternity houses by the college.
College leases fraternities.
The college used almost all of the Ames fraternity houses for army barracks or women s dorms when the regular women s dorms were used for army and navy trainees. Thus action on the part of the college proved to be a big help to the fraternities who could not have remained open anyway. The houses were returned to the fraternities during the 1944-45 school year. Our fraternities have developed into an important part of college life and they have ndluenced the intellectual growth, ideals, and activities of many college students. Today they are an integral part of this institution and worthy of the respect and admiration of the students, faculty, and public.