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...that time the Teachers' Union charged that the Administration had violated the "spirit and the letter" of the newly adopted tenure system, a charge reiterated by PBK. The new Faculty rank system was adopted in principle by the Administration last Spring on the recommendation of the Committee of Eight...
...referring to meetings, it stated "everything transacted within this room is transacted Sub rosa, and detested is he that discloses it"; an oath had to be taken to "keep, hold & preserve all secrets that pertain to your duty"; a special fraternity "grip" was employed; the symbolism of the name PBK the three stars, and the letters SP on the medal, was kept scrupulously guarded...
...library for the use of the Society; the foundation in 1797 of a fund "to relieve those members of our brotherhood, whom fortune may distress, to accomodate those who may wish for assistance, and in general, to extend the advantages which result from a connection with PBK." From the year 1831, the best of these early creations of the chapter were retained, and a new, more mature point of view was added...
...Beta Kappa. Charles Allen Eastman, Dartmouth senior, refused last week an election to Phi Beta Kappa. His reason: "The present system of marks does not show the true ability of a student." He was the first student in Dartmouth history to decline the PBK...