| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; To the Reader; Glossary; 1. The Founding of the Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta; 2. The 1840s: The First Decade; 3. Eclectic in the 1850s; 4. The Crisis of the 1860s; 5. Eclectic in the 1870s; 6. The 1880s: A House of One's Own; 7. Eclectic in the 1890s; 8. The 1900s: A Temple Grander, Lovelier; 9. The 1910s: The Great War; 10. Eclectic in the 1920s: The Roaring Decade; 11. Eclectic in the 1930s; 12. Eclectic in the 1940s: The Crisis of World War II; 13. Eclectic in the 1950s; 14. Eclectic in the 1960s: The Coming of the Great Change |
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EpilogueAppendix A: Six Selected ""Songs of Phi Nu Theta""; Appendix B: Founders' Prize Laureates; Appendix C: Martin Prize Laureates; Appendix D: Rice Prize Laureates; Appendix E: List of Matrons; Appendix F: Professor Burton H. Camp's Address, ""Billy Rice""; Appendix G: Professor Burton H. Camp's Address, ""Uncle Johnny""; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Annotation The definitive record of the history, lore, and lost secrets of the Eclectic Society at Wesleyan University from its inception in 1837 through a great period of upheaval in the 1960s. The Society was founded in 1837 at Wesleyan, making it one of the oldest college fraternal organizations in the United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta -- History
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Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Societies, etc
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| SUBJECT |
Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta fast |
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Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) fast |
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Greek letter societies -- History
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EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
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Greek letter societies
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Societies
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780819572868 |
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0819572861 |
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