Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast


Frat house blues: the 30-year ban on Greek letter organizations

October 05, 2021

In the late 19th century, students at South Carolina College who were stalwart members of the institution's two debate societies felt that their esteemed clubs were somehow threatened by the existence of fraternities on campus. So they contrived a way to boot the Greek letter organizations off campus. It was a quirky chapter in the university's history that, ultimately, ended badly for one side.