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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
While this thread seems to deal mostly with sororities, let me
yinvade your space a second, see what you think.
I do think, though, there would indeed be a difference between
pledging an older man than a woman, but hear me out, please, and then 'to each his own'
I pledged in the fall of '54 and there were a lot of vets on campus
a few from WWII and a lot from the recently ended Korean conflict. There were mixed feelings, the vets generally had money, were not hazing oriented, and sometimes did not mix well
with the younger ones. But on the other hand, they gave us an
image, a father figure and older brother one, and over all, a level
of maturity we needed.
We pledged a 59 year old career vet, he'd been a highly decorated hero, an officer and was nearly a scratch golfer. He
had lost his wife the year before. We loved that man; he graduated, was popular, and is still alive at 98 years of age. He
was admired by almost all the greeks.
The only thing he took with him after graduation was a lovely
housemother...she lives yet.
And we were all better for it. Another memory from the old codger who occasionally misses the bus.
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Wow! That's wonderful.
My sister has decided to go through and try to rush anyway. She was in the military and she really misses the camraderie. I think she could bring a lot of valuable life experience and guidance to the younger members and they could give her a lot of perspective on what it's like to be 19/20/21 years old again.
I personally think it's beneficial to have a good mix of ages in any group.