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Originally posted by Mystic Cat32
We used to call the pledges "worms". This was a pretty common practice that ended sometime in the 90s. There's even a worm song in our chapter archives that the pledges had to learn and be able to sing if stopped by an active brother at any time. Nowadays we call them probes. It's short for Probabationary Member.
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In our chapter, we called them "probates" rather than "probes." I've also heard "probie" in some chapters. It's interesting to note, however, that we still call the ceremony by which a man becomes a "probationary member" the "pledging ceremony," and we still say that someone "pledges"
FMA.
And yes, I can still sing "The Worm Song" on demand. It's actually in older editions of Sinfonia Songs.
