Brad's right on this one . . . it wasn't until groups got really big did they start doing the whole pledging thing.
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Originally posted by Kapsig1
I would encourage each of us to examine our own fraternity/sorority history and determine when "pledging" began. Define "pledging" as anything OTHER than men or women finding people they believed they could bond to, and inviting them to join immediately.
I think you just might be surprised that most, if not all were founded that way AND exisited that way for the majority of our history.
I'm not advocating it, but my guess is that most would not refer to their "founders" as "club starters.
Brad
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