What is the purpose of pledge education?

• A. Build better pledges for future recruitment
• B. Build better brothers, not better pledges.
• C. Promote heavy hazing to teach discipline
• D. Create a competitive environment among pledges

Answer: (B)

Pledge education focuses on forming a strong, cohesive brotherhood by guiding new members to adopt the group’s values, responsibilities, and commitments so they become active, ethical, and supportive brothers. The idea of “building better brothers, not better pledges” captures this aim: integrate pledges as full members who contribute to the fraternity's culture and future, rather than treating them merely as targets for recruitment or as a means to harsher, harmful practices. This approach emphasizes character, leadership, service, attendance to standards, and mutual support, which strengthen the entire brotherhood over time. In contrast, options that suggest heavy hazing or creating competition among pledges promote harm or division and don’t reflect the constructive purpose of pledge education.