Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...object of this Society," announces the Constitution of Phi Beta Kappa, "is the promotion of literature and friendly intercourse among scholars." But the transformation of the society from a social as well as literary organization, which met as often as once a week in the early nineteenth century, to the honor society of today, which meets only three times a year, has delegated this "promotion of literature" mainly to the yearly literary meeting, at which one oration and one work of poetry are presented...
This decline in conviviality is only one of the symptoms of the deemphasis of the social aspect of the Society that continued throughout the 19th century. Today the Literary Exercises represent one of the few remaining links to the traditions of the past...
...Since the university is committed to providing, on a permanent basis, social and dining facilities for upperclassmen not in clubs, this need must be taken into account in planning," Dodds said. "Although the combination of dormitories and clubs has in past years largely met the needs of upperclass students, an alternative pattern of dining and social accommodations is now desirable, even though the number of those who select this pattern may not be large in relationship to the total undergraduate body...
...addition, he asked for better facilities for the Chemistry Department, the Astronomy Department, and the fast growing Department of Social Relations...
...president of the Social Relations Society is Richard P. Zimon '58 of Kirkland House and Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Elected to the vice-presidency was Paul W. Shinkman '58 of Eliot House and Bethesda, Maryland. William H. Fritsche '59 of Kirkland House and New Ulm, Minnesota was elected to the office of secretary, and the Society's new treasurer is John W. Aldrich '58 of Adams House and Cambridge, Mass...