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History
I'm glad your chapter does not haze, and I'm sad that some still do.
Your comments lead me to ask a question:
"If hazing is so bad, how has the fraternity system survived for over 150 years?"
In my own fraternitiy, founded in 1899 by five guys, a sixth guy was late for the founding meeting, so they made him a pledge and immediately hazed him. I think they had some peeled grapes, which they told the blind-folded guy were eyeballs, and made him eat them. (Or maybe that was the initiation at my HS Latin Club).
Anyway, fraternities for over a hundred years have been hazing - and doing pretty well.
Can you name other campus organizations, lasting a hundred years?
The days of hazing are over, and damn the chapters who are getting caught hazing, and showering us with bad publicity - even proudly on MTV.
What are your thoughts on why we did so well for so long?
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