Once pledging is finished, there is an initiation ceremony, a special event where the people who want to join this group, called the pledges, become full members of that sorority or fraternity.
The overarching theme of the Hippocratic oath is the idea that the individual who is reciting the pledge is making a personal dedication to ethical and committed care and putting their patients first.
(Applause) The overarching theme of the Hippocratic oath is the idea that the individual who is reciting the pledge is making a personal dedication to ethical and committed care and putting their patients first.
Remember I said that when students pledge a fraternity or sorority – when they try to join this group, they have special parties and meetings where the pledges have to do certain things, often embarrassing things.