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obviously voted for by thousands of devoted frats who went on to serve the House of Congress, or who
presently run Americas biggest companies and institutions.
Student Rhett Dalley was quoted in an article about the increase in Kappa Sigma members on his
university‘s own website in July 2010. His said he never felt really like a Wolverine. Because of the
university‘s commuter college status, it‘s hard to feel a connection to the university. Dalley plans on
having Kappa Sigma take away the commuter college mentality and replace it with a strong sense of
belonging. When asked to sum up what it means ―to be Greek‖, Dalley replied: ―From the outside you
don‘t understand it, but from the inside you can‘t explain it.‖ [1]
There‘s many collegiate ‗secret societies‘ in the USA, that many of us around the world, and
particularly so in Europe are not really aware how prevalent they are. The term ‗secret society‘ is what it
obviously is, though a ‗collegiate secret society‘, is specific to secret societies whose members start of, [as
many remain life members], and are initiated into these societies whilst still at college or university. They
vary greatly in their levels of secrecy and independence from their universities, and where significant effort
is made to keep affairs, membership rolls, signs of recognition, initiation, or other aspects secret from the
public.
Some collegiate secret societies are referred to as ‗class societies‘, which restrict membership to one
class year. Most class societies are restricted to the senior class, and are therefore also called ‗senior
societies‘ on many campuses. There‘s no strict rule on the categorisation of secret societies, and like the
Freemasons, they too have ceremonial initiations, oaths are sworn, pledges are made, secret signs of
recognition, gestures, handshakes, grips and passwords etc., alongside formal secrets, the ‗true‘ name of
the society, a motto, or having to know the societies history etc., can all be part of what‘s required of you
as a member. Though slightly different from the ‗societies‘, are the ‗college fraternities‘ or ‗social
fraternities‘, that normally have the same kind of rituals, requirements and procedures, though some of
these elements can also be a part of a literary society, singing group and honorary and pre-professional
groups.
One key concept in distinguishing secret societies from fraternities is that on campuses that have both
kinds of organisations, and one can be a member of both. Usually, being a member of more than one
fraternity is not considered appropriate, because that member would have divided loyalties; however,
typically, there‘s not an issue being a member of a secret society and a fraternity, because they‘re not
considered similar or competing organisations. [2]
The Greek Letter Society: Following the end of the War of Independence on the 4th July 1776, and to
make certain the children of the elitist rich carried on the Illuminati cabal‘s beliefs, values, principles and
agenda onto future generations, it was decided the best way to guarantee this to happen, - then a precursor
to their already established Masonic system was what was needed, something that would uphold the
principles of fraternity, and involved the introduction and meaning of rituals, initiations, pledges and oaths
would be the ideal solution.
Something that could easily help mould a man, whilst still at the ripe age of being influenced and prior
to them being able to be fully initiated to the world of Freemasonry, - thus the ‗Phi Beta Kappa Society‘
was born-founded on the 5th December 1776, at the College of William and Mary [W&M] in
Williamsburg, Virginia, and the first school of higher education in the US to establish an honour code of
conduct for students.
W&M was founded in 1693 by a royal charter [by a British letters patent] issued by King William III
and Queen Mary II, it‘s the second-oldest institution of higher education in the US after Harvard
University. Phi Beta Kappa was founded by John Heath, who had failed at admission to the two existing
‗Latin-letter‘ fraternities at the College.[3] FHC Society was founded the 11th November 1750,
nicknamed the ‗Flat Hat Club‘, a backronym, which is a phrase constructed purposely so that an acronym
can be formed to a specific word. And the PDA Society nicknamed ‗Please Don‘t Ask‘.
The main developments associated with Phi Beta Kappa are the use of Greek-letter initials as a society
name and the establishment of branches or ‗Chapters‘ - the same name the Hells Angels call their club
houses, - at different campuses, following the pattern set by Masonic lodges. – The Flat Hat Club, named
after the F.H.C Society, is the popular name of a society founded after 1916, and also at W&M, and
revived there in 1972 where it still remains an all-male fraternity, with most of its activities comparatively
secret within the university. [4]