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Originally posted by emb021
There is nothing wrong with having pledge classes do activities, if said activities have a purpose.
Remember that the purpose of pledge/NM programs is educating and training those pledge/NM to become full and active members of their organization.
In my Fraternity, pledge classes are expected to plan and carry out a service project. Many chapters also have them do a fundraiser and a fellowship event. This is done as a way of teaching the pledge HOW to plan and carry out an activity. And sense we are a service fraternity, doing service is what we are all about.
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emb021, this is to true.
Education of National/Local and working and getting to know each other together for those who have no clue who the person is standing next to them. This can and should be done in a controlled manner without hazing of any form.
When We used to have Pledge Classes, they had their own Officers and Planned an Activity for the Chapter. Of course, they Had the Pledge Trainer to over see so it didnt get out of hand.
It may have been a party or a Charity Event but it was something that they did on their own. Giving experience and working together was a very big thing to bring them together as a group.
Of coruse, we do not do that any more. Also, each class made a Very Big Paddle with Names and Class Name on it. But since it simulated a form of hazing, that was outlawed.
They Hung in the old house and Alums would come back and show their family where their names were on them. Similar to a Composite, but It Was Theirs Alone!
Ah, Sometimes The Good Old Days!