On February 21 1912, six East Division High Iota Beta (IB) sorority members were suspended from school for 60 days for violating their second promise to disaffiliate from IB. The girls' parents wanted a hearing with the school board, to no avail. Their attorneys filed petitions demanding their daughters be reinstated, or, per the judge's orders, have the school board answer as to why the girls should not be reinstated.
"The petitions allege the rule of the school board against fraternities and sororities is beyond the power of the school board to enact or at least enforce to the extent of depriving the pupils of the right to attend classes."
"Upon the outcome of this case, testing the power of the school board to enforce the rule regarding sororities and fraternities, as far as suspending pupils from classes....", the school board, if ruled against, would have to lift its 1910 ban on high school sororities and fraternities and have no power in whether or not the students became members.
The school board's complaint committee had two meetings regarding the girls' suspension, on March 5 and 14, where members voted to uphold the suspensions. And then, the judge who heard the case upheld the school board's decision- the Iota Beta (ex)members' suspensions were "proper". The article reported that the judge "holds that the violation of the rule had been admitted and the only question was whether the suspension was justifiable, provided that the rule was justified, in view of the fact that the suspensions had followed the second promise to desist from membership in the sororities on Feb. 21." The rule, of course, being that students could not be involved with secret societies.
References
Milwaukee Sentinel. Parents Get Writs To Return Girls. Mar. 26, 1912.
Milwaukee Sentinel. Court Upholds Suspension Of Girls In East Division High School Case; Says Students Must Obey Rules. Apr. 13, 1912, p. 1.
"The petitions allege the rule of the school board against fraternities and sororities is beyond the power of the school board to enact or at least enforce to the extent of depriving the pupils of the right to attend classes."
"Upon the outcome of this case, testing the power of the school board to enforce the rule regarding sororities and fraternities, as far as suspending pupils from classes....", the school board, if ruled against, would have to lift its 1910 ban on high school sororities and fraternities and have no power in whether or not the students became members.
The school board's complaint committee had two meetings regarding the girls' suspension, on March 5 and 14, where members voted to uphold the suspensions. And then, the judge who heard the case upheld the school board's decision- the Iota Beta (ex)members' suspensions were "proper". The article reported that the judge "holds that the violation of the rule had been admitted and the only question was whether the suspension was justifiable, provided that the rule was justified, in view of the fact that the suspensions had followed the second promise to desist from membership in the sororities on Feb. 21." The rule, of course, being that students could not be involved with secret societies.
References
Milwaukee Sentinel. Parents Get Writs To Return Girls. Mar. 26, 1912.
Milwaukee Sentinel. Court Upholds Suspension Of Girls In East Division High School Case; Says Students Must Obey Rules. Apr. 13, 1912, p. 1.
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