Word: pledgee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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> The girls in Martha Cook dormitory at the University of Michigan signed a pledge to refrain from "displays of affection," in the dormitory lounge.
Pledge. In Madison, S. Dak., after being arrested on drunken driving charges, Floyd Olson asked the editor of the local newspaper to print a statement: "I personally blackball myself for all future sales of liquor . . . I personally want all saloonkeepers . . . to make note . . . NO MORE DRINKS FOR OLSON."
He must be a citizen of China, in need of financial assistance, and enrolled in a course of study since the Fall term of 1948 or earlier. He must also be majoring in what the State Department calls "a technical field," and he will be required to sign a pledge...
According to University rules this type of scholarship must come to at least $1800 in order to pay full tuition for three years. This will mean that every sophomore will have to pledge a minimum of $2 in order to raise the required amount.
As a finale to Brown's pledge week, fraternity men had made the rounds of chapter houses to "congratulate" each other. As had happened before, the congratulations led to free-for-alls. At Beta Theta Pi, the brothers stood off a small invasion for a while, finally had to...