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Fraternity Rushing Code Calls For Pledging To Start Next Thursday
Summer Rushing Ends
At 7:00 On Tuesday
IFC SELECTIVE RUSHING CODE
Article I—Purpose
This code is designed to facilitate
the selection of prospective mem
bers by the chapters of fraternities
at The Pennsylvania State College.
Article ll—Definitions
Section 1. Rushing shall mean
any contact or communication be
tween fraternity man and rushee.
Section 2. Fraternity man shall
mean any active, pledge, or alum
nus member of any fraternity.
Section 3. Rushee shall mean
any new undergraduate student
entering the campus at-The Penn
sylvania State College. The records
of the College Registrar shall be
used to verify this standing. New
two-year agricultural stud en t s
shall be included within this defin
ition.
Section 4. Summer rushing shall
mean any rushing prior to 7:09
p.m., Tuesday, September 10.
Section 5. Rushee house guests
shall be those rushees who are in
vited by the fraternity to be guests
in chapter houses fbr a period
overnight or longer.
Section 6. Rushee house guest
cards shall be the official-cards pro
vided by IFC for notification to
IFC of the presence of all rushee
house guests.
Section 7. Acceptance cards shall
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IFC and used for the official ac
ceptance of bids by rushees.
Article lll—Limits of the Official
Hushing Season
Section 1. The period to which
this code shall apply shall include
the first contact which a fratern
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Rushing Index Shows Swing Upward
Statistics for past, year show that the number of freshmen
pledging fraternities during the-regular rushing season turned up
ward-last year after declining, the three previous .years.
With a continuation of the trend expected this year finder the
radically revised rushing code, fraternity leaders predict the- num
ber of freshman pledges will pass 400 for tha first time since 1936
and include approximately 40 per cent of the freshman men.
The figures:
Freshman men on campus .
Freshman pledges
. Sophomore pledges
Junior pledges
Senior pledges
Number of houses pledging
Total number of pledges. . ,'
Previous rushing totals, including; all: classes, .were 1931—370;
1932— 453; 1933—561; ,1934—568; and 1935—507.
In addition to the rushing season totals, it is estimated that more
than a hundred men pledge fraternities during the course of the
ity man shall.have with.a.rushee
after the rushee’s arrival on the
campus and until’the close of dhe
official rushing; season ,at 12 noon
oh Wednesday,; Septerpber.lB.
Article IV—Bushin g.Rogulation*
Section .1, Summer rushing
-shall be permitted , but no rushee"
may bepledged until after 8 a.m. .
on Thursday. September 12,1940,
Section 2. Rushee house, guests
may live in fraternity houses it
any time upon- invitation by dhe
fraternity and upon any conditions
.which the fraternity may establish.-
Section 3. Other fraternities shall
have free access to rushee house
guests in accordance with the de
sires of the rushee. . ,
Section 4. Fraternities having
rushee house guests shall send the :
names. of all such guests immedi
ately upon their arrival to IFC- at
Student Union, upon the official
house-guest cards. -
Section 5. Rushing shall not in
terfere with regularly-scheduled
Freshman Week activities. Fra
ternities entertaining rushees at'
any time shall be responsible for
seeing that the rushees leave the
house in time to' attend such
events. The rushees shall consid
er it a serious breach of fraternity
ethics.if any fraternity man shall
attempt to persuade him not to at
tend any official Freshman Week
activity.
Section 6. All rushing after the
arrival of the rushee upon the
campus and during’ the official
rushing period shall be confined
to the borough limits.
Section 7. Rushing shall not be
conducted in any beer-distributing
establishment
(a) No intoxicating beverages
shall be used in any manner in
rushing.
Section 8. No-wdmen shall be*
used in rushing. -
(a) Women shall .not be present
in fraternity houses at any time
at which rushees are present. (This
statement shall not apply. to
mothers or v casual out-of-town wo
men guests).
Section'9. A Judiciary Commit
tee shall investigate and rule upon
all infractions of this code.
(a) The Judiciary Committee
shall be composed of five fraternity
.alumni'members. Four of these
shall, be selected by IFC from a
list of'nominees suggested by the
Association of'Fraternity Council-
1936 1937 . 1938 1939
902 1036 984 ' 901
409 385 . 327 359
98 82 85. '93*
21 47 45 62
13 12 12 18
51 -49 47 48
. 541 526 470 . 532
ore (AFC). The fifth- member shall
-be selected, by vote of the' other
four members.
- (b) The Judiciary Committee
shall serve without compensation.
(c) When a case is being.consid
ered by the Committee in which
one of its members is vitally in
- teres ted the Committee shall re
quest that member temporarily to
withdraw.
Section' 10. When the Judiciary
Committee finds any member or
members of any fraternity guilty
of -violating this code it shall offi
cially censure and may impose a
fine upon that chapter or chapters
the amount of which fine, not -to'
exceed $50,. shall be determined
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by the Committee. In addition the
facts may be’made public through
the Collegian, at the discretion of
the Committee. ; '
Section 11. The Judiciary Com~
mittee shall have the sole power
officially to interpret this code.
Section 12. It shall be within the
■duty , of "the Judiciary
Committee to censure or to fine
any fraternity for a violation, of
the spirit as well as the* letter of
this code. ;
Article V—Pledging
- Section 1. Bids to membership
may be extended to rushees dn any
manner desired by the fraternity,
within the limits of this code. -
Section 2. .When a rushee ac
cepts a bid this fact must immedi
ately be transmitted to the IFC at
Student Union by means of the
official acceptance cards provided
for that purpose. Theseoards must
be signed both by the rushee and
by a representative of the fratern
ity. The rushee shall not be con
sidered as pledged until after'the
-delivery of-this card to-the IFC.;
Section s. If a rushee breaks his
pledge he may not be pledged by
any other fraternity for 'a* period
of 30 days-thereafter. During this
•period he shall not live - (remain
overnight or longer) in any fratern
ity, house. -
Artie 1* Vl—Rushing Deposit Fee
Section 1. Each fraternity shall
deposit with IFC a rushing deposit
fee of $5O before it shall be en
titled-to receive its official rushing
cards and data.
Section 2. The acceptance cards
shqll be serially numbered and a
record kept of the serial numbers
given to each fraternity. All cards
must be returned to IFC.
Section 3~. All IFC dues shall be
taken from the rushing-deposit fee
'before the balance is returned to
the fraternity.