The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-28
COMMON SENSE
RUSHING METHODS
FRATERNITIES AND SORORlTIES
CHANGE METHODS OF
RUSHING.
University OF Washington Fraternlties
and SorOrities Adopting Common
Sense Systems.

The University of Washington Daily
speaks as follows on her new depar.
ture in fraternity rushing:
"a complete change from the pres
ent system of fraternity rushing was
foreshadowed last night, when one up
perclassman and one alumnus from
each fraternity on the campus met
at supper in the Mems building with
| Wilfred Lewis, Graduate Manager
Ralph Horn and Professor David
Thompson to discuss fraternity rush
ing rules.
Talks will be given by unanimous
decision of the meeting last night, to
seniors in the high schools regarding
university fraternities, and will cover
five points.
!. No freshman to consider himself
under obligations to a fraternity for
rushing entertainment.
2. The freshmen to recognize that
it is more important for him to pick
the right crowd than it is for any
crowd to pick him. In other words,
he is the one who is doing the real
choosing.
3. Before joining any fraternity,
the members of that fraternity should
be willing, glad and able to prove to
him that their national standing, the.
local standing and the standing of
the alumni in his home town is abso~
lutely sound and solid.
4. That there is no hurry alb
making a choice. A crowd that real-
ly wants him will be glad to let him
take all the time he needs to inyes-
tigate their claims and to compare
them with those of the other frat ,rni-
ties.
5. That under no conditions is lie
to stand for gang rushing or the use
Of the sweatshop methods.
Plans were discussed last night for |
standardizing rushing. Naturalization |
pledging, two weeks pledging, semes-
ter pledging and sophomore pleaging |
were all considered. Some action Will |
be taken soon when it is possible to |
gather together delegates authorized |
to act for the fraternities
Goods Not Behind.
A radical departure in the system
Of sorority rushing now in effect
among the local Greek coed societies
will be adopted in February, when the
open matriculation rush WI take the
Place of the old two week, of enter
-ainment and formal invitations sent
through the dean of women.
Faculty objection to the present
system. which has been observed for
so long, was one of the important red
sons for a change Two weeks en-
entainment was too much of a finan-
:ial strain on the young women, and
lie time spent too much of sacrifice
rom regular college work. Too, the
'ushees gained a wrong impression of
College life.
The sororities had two open courses,
me to adopt the open naturalization
hedge and the other to try semester
)ledging. There is certain support
or the yatter plan, and college women
ay that it will probably lie adopted
text year.
Under the naturalization pledging
Ian, certain rules have been laid
own by the Pan-Hellenic association.
Which distinguishes it from the meth
DIS of the men. Each sorority may
SIX rushee for matriculation date
nd only one sister" may help the
ushee register. No sorority is to
ave two consecutive dates, and but
ne date can be made ahead First
ates shall be limited to three hours;
'om IL o'clock till 3 shall be lunch
On date, from o'clock till 6. after
DON date, and from o'clock till 9,
inner date.-Universit Argonaut.
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