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Old 02-05-2010, 11:11 PM
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Stephen Grover Cleveland 1885–1889 and 1893–1897 Sigma Chi

TO INITIATE MR. CLEVELAND.; HE WILL PROBABLY BE A SIGMA CHI SHORTLY.
December 17, 1892, Wednesday
The New York Times
Page 9, 739 words

The initiation of Grover Cleveland as an honorary member of the Sigma Chi fraternity is probably near at hand. The Alumni Chapter of the society in this city, of which the Rev. Dr. Theodore A.K. Gessler is Consul, has sent the following letter to the persons interested in the ceremony:

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Thank you for the info. He should probably be in a separate list with Truman and Eisenhower.

I guess what that means to me is that is that if you are *the* resident at 1600 Pennsylvania long enough, some social GLO will offer you Honorary (or other post collegiate) membership.

I don't think that says negative things about social GLOs, but I think indicates carelessness/greed on the part of those trying to use the collective GLO membership of Presidents for recruitment.
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