Collegiate secret societies in North America
Some notable secret societies at colleges and universities:
- Berzelius (1848) at Yale University
- Bishop James Madison Society (1812, 20th Century) at the The College of William and Mary
- Book and Snake (1863) at Yale University
- Cambridge Apostles (1820) at the University of Cambridge
- Episkopon at the University of Trinity College
- Elihu at Yale University
- Flat Hat Club (1750, 1972) at the The College of William and Mary
- IMP Society (1902) at University of Virginia
- Juvenalorden (1907) at Uppsala University
- The Machine (1914) at the University of Alabama
- Manuscript Society (1952) at Yale University
- Michigamua (1902) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- The NoZe Brotherhood (1924) at Baylor University
- Order of the Bull's Blood (1834) at Rutgers University
- Order of Gimghoul (1889) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Owl Society at the University of Pennsylvania
- Phi Beta Kappa (1776) at the The College of William and Mary, began as a secret society, but eliminated secrecy in 1831 and is now national
- Quill and Dagger (1893) at Cornell University
- Sage and Chalice at Yale University
- Scroll and Key (1842) at Yale University
- Seven Society (1905) at the University of Virginia
- Skull and Bones (1832) at Yale University
- The Sphinx (1886) at Dartmouth College
- Wolf's Head (1883) at Yale University
- Z Society (1892) at University of Virginia
See also
Bibliography
- Robbins, Alexandra (2004). Pledged: the secret life of sororities. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 0-7868-8859-8.
External links
- How the Secret Societies Got That Way — Yale Alumni Magazine