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Twelve Things
I Would Do If I Were A Pledge Again
John O. Moseley
Oklahoma Kappa 1916
ESA 1935-1937
Founder of Leadership School
1.
Get acquainted as quickly as possible with those in my
chapter who command genuine admiration and respect.
Imitation is the wet nurse of leadership.
2.
Look up friends and acquaintances of my hometown and
preparatory school and go out of my way to speak to them
on street and campus. Some snobs are born; many snobs
are self-made; most snobs get that way traveling the
path of least resistance.
3.
Discard high school habits, paraphernalia and thought
processes not valid for college life. Even a fish
evolves in freer waters.
4.
At my own volition read and study the history of my
fraternity. History is made by those who know history.
5.
Do and overdo every chapter task assigned to me.
Fraternity row is dotted with ruins caused by too many
gold bricks.
6.
Show hospitality to all guests. Even skin-deep courtesy
finally soaks in. Many a man has achieved remembrance -
often to his later advantage - by dancing a few minutes
with a chaperone.
7.
Attend every chapter meeting. Here unfolds the drama of
fraternity, and not one act or scene can I afford to
miss.
8.
Learn to meet and know my professors on a man-to-man
basis. Since the Garden of Eden, apple-polishing is in
bad repute.
9.
Withhold premature judgments on my fellow pledges; but
search for every grain of gold in their characters and
personalities. Gilt soon shows itself up; gold exists
only for those who find it.
10.
Write to my parents at least once a week. Loyalty begins
at home.
11.
Discharge promptly and cheerfully all financial, social
and other obligations incumbent on me as a member of the
fraternity. One turn of the top decides if I am a "put"
or a "take," and what a difference it makes in
fraternity success or failure.
12.
Go to church regularly. A fraternity ideal can flower
into worship or wither by the wayside. |
