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...publish a paragraph from the Yale News with respect to the recent election of the members of the Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard. The spirit of the article in question proves the utter needlessness of any serious reply beyond a simple and direct denial of the statement. It is useless to attempt to argue with those who do not care to learn facts, and who add prejudice to ignorance. When pugilism is said to be the recommendation for membership in the Harvard chapter, the writer who spreads such silly gossip stamps himself as ignorant not only of the Phi Beta...
...students in the way of lectures are exceedingly attractive, and are being enjoyed to a greater or less extent by all. The courses are: Mechanics, in Sheffield Hall, a series of fourteen lectures upon subjects of a popular nature; a course under the auspices of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, given on Wednesday evenings from time to time throughout the year; the Dwight Hall lectures on Monday evenings in the new Y. M. C. A. building. given by eminent divines of various denominations; and, finally, the lectures, to graduates which are also open to other members of the University, begin...
...meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa, held last Monday evening, the following men were elected from '87: Bailey, Baker, Bowen, A. C. Coolidge, C. F. A. Currier. A. T. Dudley, J. H. Gray, Hamilton, Herron, Huntington, Keep, Pinkham, Rich, Roffins, L. Robinson, Schofield, Stedman, C. S. Thompson. The first eight from '88 are as follows: Bocher, Duane, Hammett, Harriman, Leahy, Mahany, E. R. Thayer, Walden...
...founded there in 1781. The object of the society was the promotion of literature and friendly intercourse among scholars, but only those students who obtained a high rank were admitted. The motto of the society is "Philosophia, Biou Kubernetes," or "Philosophy, the Guide of Life." The Phi Beta Kappa now has chapters in very nearly every college of note in the country...
...Beta Kappa society was founded at Williams and Mary College...