[20106] in APO-L
Re: Flexibility of pledge period
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Rugh)
Wed Feb 3 18:13:44 1999
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:03:33 PST
Reply-To: William Rugh <william.rugh@EXCITE.COM>
From: William Rugh <william.rugh@EXCITE.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:56:26 -0400, Randy Finder wrote:
> Jen Tilbrook(sp?) mentioned flexibility of the pledge period helping. I
> ran into something from one of the social greeks that in some ways was
the
> ultimate flexibility in pledge periods, the pledges didn't know when the
> initiation was when they pledged. All of the requirements were objective,
> but most were non time dependent in they were things like average score
on
> tests during the pledge period or have accumulated 5 hours in the
> Fraternity House during each week of the pledging.
>
> Would an APO chapter be able to do this, and if not, where does it
> conflict with the standards? (Obviously not time in the Frat house, but
> similar)
>
> YiLFS
> Randy Finder
>
>
> --
> Leadership, Friendship and Service - Alpha Phi Omega
>
This is getting close to the origional meaning of "Pledge." Origionally in
the Greek Fraternity system, a prospective member pledged himself to do
certain things to earn membership. When that individual did those things he
was allowed to become a member. Pledge classes came along later.
Bill Rugh
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