History of HAzing
This is interesting stuff I learned. How accurate is it, probably not 100%, but it is above 70%. From what I've learned from my regional work, HAzing first appeared after WWII. In the past, membership intake is in the form of bid, then you get initiated that night. So, there was no development in membership. ALso, back then, GLOs were a lot more secretive then they are today. Most doesn't even acknowledge they exist. It was something out of james bond.
This all change after WWII. Bascially you saw the rise of college enrollment by War veterans through the GI Bill. This also caused a shortage of housing on many campuses. This is where GLO come in. They provide housing alternative to dormitories. This saw the rise of membership of GLO. It fact, some houses saw membership in 200s. Since many of the current members were veterans, they all start implementing boot camp. It started out as a class prank. or a dare. Then within years, it started out to be compulsary. HAzing became dangerous around the 70s. This is where you saw a rise in incidence. Also the decline of membership. Then, many organization started to combat hazing, and again, membership rose in the 80s. Hazing was still prevelent. But it calm down.
The 90s saw many fraternity eliminating pledging altogether. Phi Sigma Kappa eliminated pledging and replaced it with something else. I can't remmember what it was. But perhap the program that is being imitated nationally is Sigma Phi Epsilon's Balanced Man. Many national now has zero tolerance in hazing. Which saw huge amount charter being revoked by the national org. What is the future? We'll find out in the next generation, the 2000-2010 generation. Sorry if this message was long.
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