The Hazing Tradition

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by 33girl

@DSTChaos - yes, there used to not be such a thing as standardized pledge programs. As long as you passed the membership exam, you were good to go. The only pledging material we had from our national office when I pledged (mid 80s) was our Encounter book, which told our history, had a list of our chapters, a list of the other NPC groups w/ their colors/mascots/etc, a list of NIC groups, and a basic summary of what sorority life was like. It was around 40 pages long. The Advantage materials now are prob a 200 page book with activities, a member educator's guide....I could go on but you get the idea.

Was this a free-for-all or were there just different (and seemingly more lenient) regulations and restrictions, though?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Was this a free-for-all or were there just different (and seemingly more lenient) regulations and restrictions, though?

I think that we had to send a copy of our pledge program to HQ, but other than that...it was definitely more lenient.

Of course I'm only speaking for my group....other NPCs might have done something more uniform.