The best way is to get rid of it all - NOW. Several reasons for this...if you try to do it piecemeal, it is so much more difficult to keep "turning the thumbscrews" and slowly getting rid of it - there will be more and more opportunities this way to drag out the process and find ways to circumvent you. Secondly, even though it may be "only" mental hazing, it is hazing nonetheless, and threatens the very survival and future of the chapter - regardless of how "harmless" it might seem. Hazing flies in the face of any ideal your fraternity might stand for - use this as your justification for eradication of the activities. Not to mention the legal liabilities should the mental hazing suddenly turn physical for that "problem" pledge/Associate Member...
Bottom line, don't let it fester - get rid of it now. You might not be so popular with the members in the short term, but long term, the benefits will be too tangible to ignore.
Regards...
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Don't be your brother's keeper; rather, be your brother's Brother.
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