Word: beta
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...initiation dinner of the first eight of the Phi Beta Kappa from '89 was held at the Hotel Victoria last evening. The secretary, Mr. Winkler, presided and acted as toast-master. Each new member read a part in answer to a toast. The subjects were as follows: Mr. Ropes, "The Hesperornis, the Apteryx and the Dodo, in their relation to the Myrmecobius and Plato's Doctrine of Ideas." Mr. Shoemaker, "Harvard Oratory, may it ever be what an Adams, an Everett, and a Quincy have made it." Mr. Cabot, "The Transcendental Unity of Aperception." Mr. Warren, "The size and relations...
...Beta Kappa of '89 will meet today in Hollis...
...Beta Kappa will have a dinner tomorrow evening at the Hotel Victoria...
...officers of the Phi Beta Kappa from '89 are as follows: Secretary, M. Winkler; 1st Marshal, J. H. Ropes; 2d Marshal, C. H. Moore...
...Beta Kappa had long ceased to be a secret society before 1825, the date of the organization of modern societies, and had become, as now, an honorary literary society to which are elected the honor men of each senior class...