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Sorry it took me so long to see this thread. I know a couple of things, most of my info came from the fraternitie's history book (I think it is around $30.00) whih you can get from Indy. Also some info came from Chuck Pyser, the fraternity historian.
Th original ritual consisted of the oaths basically used today while the candidates wore college graduation gowns. Took about 15 minutes.
Youre right TKN's ritual was basically the form we us for the AM ceremony, with changes made for officer placement and officer titles.
I know what TKN stood for (letters, if you want to em me I'll share them w/you, but wont post them here outta respect for TKN).
The white rose thing, was completely made up. TKN's rose was a red rose, not white, but when put on our coat of arms, looked like a drop of ketchup, so the decided to change it to white. Pretty uncerimoniously too. TKN's Colors were black, silver and red.
Theres some interesting history about how TKN chapters were absorbed into LXA. Aslso the thing with Zeta designations are pretty cool too.
IN ZAX,
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