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PAN-HELLENIC AT MINNESOTA-SOPHOMORE PLEDGE DAY

The one great problem which has confronted Pan-Hellenic during
the past year, at the University of Minnesota, is sophomore pledge
day. The university has needed for some time such a regulation,
and in the fall of 1912, the matter was taken up in earnest. The
advisability of such a plan was considered, but at first the girls were
not entirely in favor of taking such a step. Pan-Hellenic investigated
sophomore pledge day in other colleges and universities of first
rank, and after some discussion it was decided, that with proper
provisions and regulations, such a plan should be given a fair trial
at the University of Minnesota. I f this worked out satisfactorily,
it would come to be a reality for all time.

Next came the problem of making proper rules for rushing, which
was a most difficult task. Many small matters came up which made
it necessary to have numerous minor rules. Some of these were
the number of times a girl might entertain a freshman at her own
home; how often she might be allowed to bring her friends to the
sorority house; how much theater entertaining might be done, and
many other matters. So many little rules seemed inadvisable and
likely to cause trouble, and at length Pan-Hellenic decided that there
should be a few fast rules to go by in rushing freshmen.

Much time has been spent in considering sophomore pledge day;
its advantages and disadvantages have been discussed from every
conceivable viewpoint, and at last Pan-Hellenic has come to the con-
clusion that there shall be unlimited rushing on the campus. This
does not include sorority houses, Shevlin Hall, or the Oak Tree (our
college refreshment store). Each sorority is allowed four parties
during the year, at which freshmen may be present. Two may be
given during first semester, after six weeks of college work, and two
during the second semester. The expense of these parties is limited
to one hundred and twenty-five dollars, seventy-five for a formal
and for the other three, fifty dollars altogether. Sophomore
pledge day is set for the first day of college in the fall. Pan-
Hellenic feels that this new plan will do much to raise the standard
of sorority life, by eliminating the girls who come to college merely
for the society life, namely those who stay long enough to join a
society, and then are compelled to leave college on account of their
scholastic records. We all hope that this new plan will be most
efficient, thereby enabling the different sororities to select good, all
around girls, who will be a credit not only to themselves, but to
their university, and their sorority.

MEI.LIE D . QUAYLE.