Word: bursch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...corporations gradually settled into a rigid pattern. They admitted only the most socially acceptable students, taught them drinking and dueling, kept a fatherly eye on them ever after. Each new member (fox) had to prove himself in at least two duels; after becoming a full-fledged Bursch, he had to fight perhaps a dozen more. The dueling scar became a badge of honor on campus, a key to choice jobs later...
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