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one thing, though...
TKE was not masonically connected nor was a liaison with the
Fraternity made.
Some of the founders were Master Masons. I asked Tex Flint about it, he being a Mason, and he said there was no connection
though it was in high regard. A goodly number of greek letter fraternities mirrored their ritual and initiation procedures after the
Fellowcraft degree (second) of Freemasonry. TKE had no clause
intimating "free born" so from the outset, the Knights of Classic
Lore and later TKE, was apart from the Masons. I am a Master
Mason and a Life Member of the Scottish Rite. Seven generations
of my family have been Masons...that I know of, in England, in Ireland, and the USA.
I, once upon a time, had a couple of dozen fraternity ritual books,
and after awhile they became rather boring. I discarded them
without ever revealing their esoteric or similar procedures.
There have been several fraternities demanding Masonic ties.
As colleges became less elite, the supply dried up, and little by
little the organizations either merged, died or dropped the most
limiting requirement. The Masons of Indiana did build the Acacia
house at Indiana U, by the way.
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