The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-19
TO GOVERN RUSHING
Pan Hellenic Assertion OF Univers-
ity Of Minnesota Restricts Rush
ing And Pledges.

A great many Of the young college
people Of the state will be interest
ed in a recent action of the Pan Hell
lenic association governing the frater-
nal organizations of the University of
Minnesota. An item from The Mime
apolis Journal reads as follows:
This Is the last year that pros
pective freshmen girls will be rushed
by the sororities of the university of
Minnesota Or that freshmen will be
pledged. Henceforth university girls
will have to wait a whole year before
they will be given an opportunity to
wear the badge, either pledge pin or
full membership emblem of any of the
nine women's fraternities, and all
freshmen girls will be barbs. Bylaw
No. is of the constitution and bylaws
Of the Pan Hellenic association of the
University of Minnesota are the rules
responsible for this new sophomore
pIedge-day rule. The bylaw reads as
follows: mo students entering the uni
versity as freshmen in the college year
1913-14 shall be invited to join any
fraternity. (Further provision for a
sophomore pledge day in 1914 shall
be made In 1912-13.")
"A return to written invitations sent
out in uniform form from all frater-
mites must be made this year. Not
since 1903 has the uniform invitation
system been used. All the invitations
win be sent out by the unbiased person,
probably the dean of ONE
'The fraternities feel that by limit
ing the mount of money that may be
spent on rushees it will be impossible
for any girl to become pledged to a fra
ternity, simply by reason of being i'm
pressed by the extravagant expendi-
ture which the members of that frater-
nifty are able to lavish upon her, as his
sometimes happened in the past. Rush
ing parties, too, for the informal, in or
der that both the fraternity members
and the rushees can become more init
mately acquainted, The object of all
the rules lis that girls may Judge the
f~raternities wholly by the character of
the members and their character on
the campus, and that no girl will be
overpersuaded to pledge herself to any
fraternity.
The Pan-HeIlenic association is an
organization composed Of representa-
tives of women's sororities of the uni
versity and it's purpose is to fix the
date Of pledge day, regulate the rules
for rushing and cooperate with the
college authorities and college organi-
cations in questions of general college
interest.
The association consists of three DEL
egates from each chapter Of the ma
| AC5S 4tACS represented H LlS
university. These chapters to serve
for the college year and are not to be
substituted unless a delegate leaves
school.
Meetings will be held once a month
to discuss the interests of the college
and club members. The rules of the
club which concern rushing" and
piedging are passed upon by the dean
of women for the approval of the re-
gents. There is a standing commit
tee of the organization, representing
three sororities, to be responsible for
the magazines of all the woman's fra
ternities In the college library.
The club provides that no girl shall
be asked to join a sorority until she
has ~matriculated; that there shall be
no rushing" of high school students
by fraternity members; nor attempt to
influence their minds on sorority mat
ters; no rushing Of persons not reg
istered in the university until Aug. 10.
The organization will not allow
house parties to last for more thar
one night and two days; no flowers
may be bought except for decorations,
the cost of which is limited to So;
the cost per plate OF any college lunch
con or dinner shall not exceed ST..