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"However, when my relative showed up for initiation at 5 am (after a tough semester of pledging) he was met outside and told by 2 of his close friends (brothers) that he had been dropped. They were in tears as they took his pledge pin back. He was in shock. The only explanation given was that one of the brothers had voted against initiating him and that 2 of that brother's friends had backed him up. "
Wait a minute, is this 2016 or 1916?
I thought all national fraternities now prohibited blackballing, which is definitely what is happening here.
In the long ago past, this kind of stuff was kinda common, at least in my experience. But it would happen weeks before the initiation ceremony and way before the initiation fee was paid to national.
Today, I can't believe any reputable national fraternity would let this type of stuff go on. They can step in and fix this if they knew what happened but, depending on the fraternity, I could be wrong. If the chapter's executive officers had any sense or backbone, they could probably fix this.
[As an aside, (and I'm not saying that this is what happened here) in the mid 20th Century, a fraternity would sometimes test a pledge class by telling them after the last blackball session that one of the pledges wasn't cutting it and he was out unless the class agreed to two more weeks of pledging. They would typically agree to do it. Then they would immediately be told they had all made it - celebration time.]
I'd be interested in someone with national experience to chime in on the OP's post.
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