Fraternities, Sororities and Other Societies

Miss. Code Ann. tit. 37, ch. 111
in effect

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-111-1 Students may organize.

For the purpose of promoting higher standards of scholarship, a greater degree of culture, closer social fellowship and a stronger college spirit among the students of the state universities and colleges, any group of students in such institutions shall be permitted to organize themselves into such societies as academic, professional, honorary, Masonic, or so-called Greek letter fraternities or sororities, or similar organizations whether of a local or connectional character as provided in this chapter.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-111-3 Consent of faculty necessary.

No society of the character designated in Section 37-111-1 shall be organized without first having made written application to the faculty of the institution concerned, which application shall be signed by each of the proposed membership. A majority vote of the faculty present at a regular meeting shall suffice to approve or reject such application. The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning may determine who constitutes the members of the faculty having jurisdiction of student activities.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-111-5 Repealed.

Repealed by Laws, 2011, ch. 375, § 1, effective from and after July 1, 2011. § 37-111-5 . [Codes, 1930, § 7311; 1942, § 6794; Laws, 1926, ch. 312.] Editor’s Notes — Former § 37-111-5 provided student eligibility requirements for membership in fraternities, sororities or other similar university or college societies.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-111-7 Meetings.

Organizations of the character designated in Section 37-111-1 shall be permitted to hold their regular meetings for academic, social or business purposes in such places as the authorities may agree upon. Such organizations shall not be permitted to purchase, lease, or as an organization live within a domicile especially set apart for their purpose at any time, except under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-111-9 Lease.

The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to lease to social fraternities, sororities, or other social organizations, upon such conditions as it may prescribe, for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, any land at any state-supported institution of higher learning for the purpose of erecting fraternity houses, sorority houses, or other facilities for recreation thereon.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-111-11 Members must obey all rules of the institution.

The members of organizations of the character designated in Section 37-111-1, shall be amenable to the same rules and regulations as any and all other students in the institution. In the event that the members of such an organization become guilty of continued violation of the rules and of infractions of discipline the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning shall have the authority to dissolve such society and prohibit further meetings or its continuation as an organization. A failure to comply with the requirements of the trustees shall be a cause for suspension or expulsion from the institution as the faculty of the same may elect.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-111-13 State Board of Institutions of Higher Learning directed to study fire safety of private fraternity and sorority houses located on state property.

The State Board of Institutions of Higher Learning shall study the fire safety of private fraternity and sorority houses located on state property. Such study shall include the feasibility of fire sprinkler systems and the evaluation of fire safety procedures. The board shall report its written findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Insurance Committees on or before January 1, 2006.

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