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And the next year, new rushing rules were enacted at Northwestern. This from the Nov. 1904 Arrow of Pi Beta Phi:

Illinois Epsilon has just passed through the strenuous part of the rushing season. Here at Northwestern we are having our first experience with a pledge day, and we older ones who have been through the mad scramble of previous years feel that a two weeks' pledge day is infinitely better.

Of course we had to be with our rushees a longer time than usual, but we have found that we have become very well acquainted with them and have learned to like them very much.

As a result of this splendid system we have pledged four very fine, enthusiastic girls. We have also had the good fortune of having two of our old pledges, Anna Thompson and Lili Hochballin, enter college this fall; a fact which made us feel enthusiastic from the very beginning. All the women's fraternities here at Northwestern sent out written invitations, and it was very exciting on pledge day waiting for our answers to come in. Each sorority had a room at Willard Hall where it received the freshmen when they brought back their answers. Every time a new girl was pledged the jubilation was heard all over the hall.