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quoted from NPC Manual of Information, Seventh Edition, 1958 (a.k.a "Green Book" which was actually blue in 1958!)

Rushing Policies

A. College Panhellenics

1. A short rushing season after matriculation.

Early fall rushing has more advantages than any other system. This policy has been continually reaffirmed by NPC since 1925...

2. Bidding between the major (formal) rushing seasons.

Informal Rushing sometimes called Open Rushing -- (Note: "Open Rushing" was defined by NPC in 1931...

Policy As To Number of Chapter Members (The Quota-Limitation System)

A. Principle of Chapter Size

1. The element of size is fundamental to the spirit of fraternity.

2. For quota and limitation purposes, a chapter of a fraternity is defined as its initiated collegiate members and pledges.

3. In determining the number of members in a chapter which will enable it to function as a fraternity, consideration must be given to the number of women students enrolled.

B. Limitation of Chapter Size

NPC recommends:
1. That control of chapter size be maintained through a definite plan of combined limitation and quota.
a. That it be flexible enough to be adjusted to changes in enrollment.
b. That the rights and needs of all groups be safeguarded...

2. That quota alone or limitation alone is not advisable...

C. Determination of Number of Chapter Members

Accurate determination of number on each fraternity's chapter roll is essential in the Quota-Limitation system. Some, but not all, fraternities grant "inactive status."...To avoid any misunderstanding in the counting of chapter members, the "inactive status resolution," approved by NPC in 1955, outlines procedures to be carried out in determining number of chapter members, as follows: ...