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Back when I was in high school twenty years ago there was no hazing nor were there any high school fraternities and/or sororities; they having been banned by the Dade County Public Schools some years ago and lumped into the category of 'illegal organizations'. Membership in these was considered such a heinous offense to school order and discipline that it was considered a Class E offense, along with drug use, bringing a weapon to school or public intoxication on school grounds -- guaranteeing one expulsion from school and/or being assigned to MacArthur (the DCPS 'reform school').
In the olden days, it was not unusual for high school fraternities and sororities to be an active and influential part of the school's activities. As an example, Coral Gables High School had a fraternity named 'Ching Tang', which was founded in 1932 and was forced to close in 1971 when the 'illegal organizations' ban went into effect. In 2001, the final nationwide reunion of Ching Tang took place and the fraternity donated their memorabilia to the Historical Museum of South Florida.
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ASF
Causa latet vis est notissima - the cause is hidden, the results are well known.
Alpha Alpha (University of Oklahoma) Chapter, #814, 1984
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