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...Interclub Committee (ICC) issued a statement that read: "The ICC recognizes the right of every club to be selective. Selectivity implies the right of a club to impose a religious quota, if it so desires." But this is no longer the case, everyone at Princeton will tell...
Jews are probably not as actively discriminated against as they used to be. How much discrimination there is during Bicker (when the clubs choose their new members) is impossible to say. But the fact that five times as many Jews join Wilson as join the average club is significant and exposes the exclusionist nature of the club system...
Princeton's clubs stand for homogeneity, moderation, good will, and selectivity. Many of the University's Jews find it impossible or hypocritical to join that kind of exclusionist system. They tend to be more liberal than other Princeton men, and the system appears immoral to them. So many of them choose not to join. Others, faced with the prospect of landing in a bottom club, decide not to join. One Wilson man pointed out that there is a high proportion of math and science men in the bottom clubs (and sociological studies bear him out): "Many Jews are math-science...
...club system creates its own antisystem, centered at the Wilson Society. A disproportionate number of Jews belong to that anti-system. But Jews are not the only outcasts...
...Wilson Society was founded by President Goheen in 1959 because of pressure caused by the '58 scandal. Unlike the clubs, the Society is wide open. Anyone can join, and today there are close to 200 members. Juniors and seniors eat together in Wilcox Hall. Even freshmen and sophomores can join and take advantage of the club's extensive activities--concerts, film programs, playreadings, partying and speakers. The Society's members are far more active than club men, whose activities are limited to partying and eating...