Re: Chat, and Phyllis, and Shabbat

[Guest guest]

>Phyllis - when you say honorary society, could you expand

>on that? I

>know you have to be invited and endure being beaten with

>pillows or

>something of that ilk, but it is one of those areas as

>mysterious as

>the Lodge to me...

Heavens no !

You have to be invited, based on your marks and on which

classes you have taken (it has to be a broad spectrum of

subjects for PBK, plus not all universities have chapters).

The craziest thing we did was light candles to symbolize

the light of knowledge. Then we blew them out and went to

dinner. There was a speaker who talked about the liberal

arts tradition and spreading knowledge, etc. Some people

buy the PBK ‘key’ which is a little gold plated thing which

they then wear on a chain or whatever.

Phi Beta Kappa isn’t a secret society like the Lodge or any

of those. It exists to honor those who have done well at

university and to promote learning and knowledge, etc.

Phyllis

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