Pledge Study Assignments


 * Names of student members and pledges with chapter elective or appointive positions held by each.
 * Information on the individual chapter (original name if any, date of establishment, chapter house location or mailing address, Theta Tau region, and Regional Director's name). Complete information about Alpha Chapter (original name, school, city, state), Founders' names, date of founding.
 * The following information about Theta Tau: Definition, Purpose, Open Motto (including source), Membership Requirements, and Financial Obligations (including both national and local).
 * Fraternities competitive with Theta Tau on campus, fields included by each. Name and field of each other professional fraternity on campus. Names of Theta Tau faculty members on campus.
 * Name of the Grand Regent and Gear Editor, with the chapter of each, Past Grand Regents and Alumni Hall of Fame Laureates from the chapter. Fraternity colors, flower, gem, flag, coat of arms, and badge.
 * The name (Greek letter), school, city, state, and chapter status (active or inactive), of Theta Tau chapters in the same region as the chapter.
 * The Governance Structure of the fraternity. Parliamentary Procedure. The regular meeting schedule of the local alumni group.

These include most of the information that every pledge should know about the Fraternity. For shorter pledgeship periods, these assignments may be combined into larger ones.

"Before initiation, every pledge must pass a written examination supplied by the Fraternity..." covering a portion of the non-secret information about Theta Tau which every member should know. The National Pledge Test is posted on the website for the Adviser and chapter to access. By each question appears the score (in percentage) to be allowed for that portion of Part A. Part B covering local information is to be provided by each chapter. The tests given periodically during the pledgeship period, and the final pledge test, should be used as educational tools through review and correction with each pledge. The Bylaws provide that the Adviser or his agent shall administer these tests, and that the Adviser and the chapter officers shall establish a passing grade for the examination. 75% is recommended as a passing grade on each part. Part A and B are to be graded and the grades recorded by the Scribe on an Initiation Report. Although colonies are obliged to send graded pledge tests to the Central Office, chapters should not.

The Initiation Report is used to report each one initiated (see Section 2.4.4) and also to report those who are no longer pledges so that they may be removed from the national database.