FRATERNITIES DECIDE FOR LATE PLEDGING SEASON

The following regulations in regard to fraternity rushing during the present year were accepted by the Interfraternity Council last spring and are now in force:

1. That a post-Carnival second semester pledging season is the most desirable for the present fraternity situation in Dartmouth.

2. No pledge shall be binding if given before 8 o'clock on the evening of the second Saturday after Carnival.

3. There shall be no entertainment of first year men for fraternity purposes or any form of propaganda to that end prior to 6 o'clock p. m. the first Saturday following Carnival.

(Companionship between a first year man and members of a fraternity and his casual entertainment in customary social intercourse, is not, however, prohibited except during pushing week.)

4. Beginning with the first Saturday following Carnival there shall be no entertainment of first year men for fraternity purposes except in the town of Hanover.

S. Between 6 p. m. of the Saturday following Carnival and 10 p. m. of the second Friday following Carnival shall constitute the "Rushing" period, subject to the following restrictions :

(a) Beginning Monday of the Rushing week no first year man shall be entertained for fraternity purposes, nor shall any first year man be approached on fraternity matters at any time except between the hours of 6 p. m. and 10 p. m.

(b) At 10 o'clock Friday night all "Rushing" shall cease and a period of "silence" shall commence, ending at 8 o'clock Saturday night, at which hour first year men shall be in their rooms.

(c) Uniform formal invitations will be left at the individual's door at the above hour, at which time he will signify his acceptance or rejection in writing, and will promptly proceed to the fraternity whose invitation he has accepted.

The "social -intercourse" rule was interpreted at a fraternity mass meeting in Alumni Gymnasium, October 26, by G. S. Stone '21, representing the committee on interfraternity relations of the Interfraternity Council.

Upperclassman are not expected to entertain freshmen at dinner in Hanover or nearby towns. Upperclassmen will not take freshmen to athletic contests or to moving pictures or shows, nor "treat" freshmen at drug stores or eating houses. Casual meetings or walks about the campus are allowable, but walks outside of Hanover or organized trips by freshmen and fraternity members are contrary to the ruling.

Week-end trips out of town and football trips are considered outside the jurisdiction of the Interfraternity Council, but it is expected that the rushing rules will be followed in regard to talk on fraternity matters. Entertainment of freshmen in the homes of fraternity men during football trips will be considered against the spirit of the rules.