Word: defunct
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which comes under the head of Greek Letter Societies is the venerable Phi Beta Kappa which was established at William and Mary College on Decemper 5, 1776. It is believed that Thomas Jefferson was one of its founders. The original chapter as well as the college itself is now defunct. Twenty-two chapters are now in existence, in the order of their establishment, at Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Union, Bowdoin, Brown, Trinity, Wesleyan, Adelbert, Vermont, Amherst, University of the City of New York, Kenyon, Williams College, City of New York, Middlebury, Columbia, Rutgers, Hamilton, Hobart, Madison, Cornell...
...communication from Professor James this morning calling the attention of the college to a plan for examinations without proctors presented to the defunct Conference Committee by one of its members is interesting throughout, but particularly in the use of one expression "effective moral opinion." There is a great deal of opinion here which has not the courage to raise its head, and so becomes ineffective. Recently Professor Adler spoke in Sander's Theatre and impressed upon his hearers the word activity. If that lesson could be taken a little more to heart there would be a great change...
...present senior class to unite with them in reviving Chi Delta Theta, an ancient literary society which led an active existence during the second quarter of this century. It was originally designed to include those in each senior class who had attained literary eminence, but when the society became defunct, about the year 1845, its badge and traditions were handed down to the successive boards of editors of the "Lit." It is hoped that its reorganization, upon its ancient basis, may go far towards reviving the literary spirit at this University, the lack of which has, of late years, been...
Three months later, in May of the same year, the "Advocate" made its first appearance in the college arena. It was founded by the old editors of the defunct "Collegian," with the co-operation of two or three others. Its struggle for existence was at first a hard one, but it gradually grew in popularity and is now on a firm basis...
Students living in Weld were astonished at receiving yesterday, the last number of the defunct Harvard Register...