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Not to burst everyone's perfect little bubble, but the OP is at least half correct The F.H.C. Society and Phi Beta Kappa (the first two secret societies @ a college) were founded, so that they could talk about issues that weren't allowed to be discussed on campus. The students would meet at taverns to talk about controversial topics. They frequently had to move their meeting place as if they were caught by faculty they would have been kicked out of the college.
Unlike today, where being apart of a sorority or fraternity is about the prestige and is based in some places on how much your family makes, the clothes you wear, and where you vacation.
Secret Societies went against what society believed was acceptable which was why they were underground and "secret societies". To say that the organizations stand for the same thing as when they were founded is definently not realistic. You didn't have rush parties way back when you got a letter inviting you to join the organization the sisters picked you. Sisters didn't have to go around and say "rush ABC."
... I've never found any information to suggest that the secret societies hazed new members when they were founded, but I wouldn't be shocked if I ever came across stories like that, although things were alot more secretive back then and people didn't talk about what happened behind closed doors.
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