Greek letter men of Philadelphia . -;> *Ttk ri f 4- M. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE FRATERNITY THE Greek Letter Societies of the American Universities are secret organ-izations of students, who form these brotherhoods for literary and socialpurposes, The oldest of these organizations, the Phi Beta Kappa, was estab-lished as early as 1776, and it continued the sole society of its kind for fiftyyears. It now differs from all other college fraternities and occupies a uniqueplace of its own. Its members are selected at the close of their under-graduatecourse, and are chosen solely on grounds of sc
Greek letter men of Philadelphia . -;> *Ttk ri f 4- M. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE FRATERNITY THE Greek Letter Societies of the American Universities are secret organ-izations of students, who form these brotherhoods for literary and socialpurposes, The oldest of these organizations, the Phi Beta Kappa, was estab-lished as early as 1776, and it continued the sole society of its kind for fiftyyears. It now differs from all other college fraternities and occupies a uniqueplace of its own. Its members are selected at the close of their under-graduatecourse, and are chosen solely on grounds of scholarship. Membership in onefraternity is ordinarily a bar to membership in another, although this is not thecase in the Phi Beta Kappa. The large place these organizations have come to occupy in the Americanuniversities can be inferred from the fact that there are now more than 800? chapters of these societies in our colleges, and that their total membership,including their alumni, is more than In Germany and America students societies form an im
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