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purposes of the College Fraternity, and grabs a religiousstrain and tries to go to town with it 117Fraternity members begrudged the recommendations of someone they viewed as anoutsider, and were equally as disappointed in their leadership for succumbing to thesesuggestions. Sachar, disappointed, hurt and filled with rage generated by the reaction tohis plan and efforts, broke contact with the fraternity and later did not allow Jewishfraternities to "set foot on the campus of Brandeis University," the institution which heserved as President from 1948-1968. 118Despite a brief respite in which students could ignore antisemitism anddiscrimination, the end of the 1930's refocused their attention as news from abroad madethem aware of the reality of the rise of Nazi Fascism. Jewish Greek organizations such asSigma Delta Tau, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Zeta Beta Tau drew the majority of theirmembers from the German community, and therefore hardly a family within the groupremained untouched by the peril of Nazi Germany. Concerns of Nazism were not only intheir thoughts, but also in their backyards. One Sammy (∑AM) delegate at theUniversity of Washington reported seeing a brother from a Gentile fraternity flying aNazi flag on the fraternity house. 119 The flag flew for a week without objection from theUniversity. Fraternities and sororities struggled with how to deal with the rise of Nazismboth at home and abroad. Suggestions of boycotts on German goods were met withanxiety about ripple effects felt by the German Jewish community. Other organizations,such as AEPI called for a boycott until the "political and social rights of German Jews117 Sanua, 245118 Sanua, 245119 Sanua, 23032