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Originally Posted by Boodleboy322
Many of these GIs brought the spirit and camaraderie from the battlefield into these collegiate fraternities triggering the genesis of hazing as the media knows it know. Rigorous exercise, sleep deprivation, etc, prior to this era, was not common amongst collegiate GLOs. Most rights of passage for GLOs, prior to WWII, comprised of simple meetings, a religious type initiation ritual, usually with candles and fellowship.
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While there is much truth to what you've said, brother, in that hazing took on a whole new aspect after soldiers returned from WWII and went to school on the GI bill, I wouldn't discount or ignore the hazing that took place prior to WWII. As just one example, opposition to hazing was a significant factor in the founding of Sigma Nu 1869.
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