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Old 01-15-2015, 08:55 PM
naraht naraht is offline
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Originally Posted by WhiteRose1912 View Post
Here's a book from 1920 where they casually mention that their whistle seems not to have originated from the founders.
I read that passage completely differently, the list seems to be "Here are things that all modern social fraternities do: Grip, colors, motto in Greek, oath, constitution, etc. , etc. and they were all made by the original members of Phi Beta Kappa" The *one* thing that modern social fraternities do that the founders of Phi Beta Kappa didn't come up with was the Whistle.
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