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A fraternity or fraternal organization is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members. Service clubs, lineage societies, and secret societies are among the fraternal organizations listed here.
Cultural interest groups can be found under cultural interest fraternities and sororities. Women's organizations are listed in List of social sororities and women's fraternities. Some organizations in this list have a specific major listed as a traditional emphasis. These organizations are social organizations that cater to students in those ...
The organization's colors were royal purple and gold and its emblem was three interlocking links forming a triangle with the words "Honest, Fraternity, and Fidelity." The Circle provided life insurance for its male members based on mutual assessments, and local Temples had the option of providing sickness and funeral benefits.
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men, and a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations also refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of North American collegiate sororities and women's fraternities is not exhaustive.
The Freemasons and Odd Fellows emerged in the eighteenth century in the United Kingdom and the United States.Other examples, which emerged later, include the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, E Clampus Vitus, the Independent Order of Rechabites, the Templars of Honor and Temperance, the Independent Order of Foresters, the Knights of Columbus, and the Loyal ...
Order of Free Gardeners; Order of Heptasophs; Order of Knight-Masons Elect Priests of the Universe; Order of Owls; Order of Railway Conductors; Order of Saint Joachim; Order of the Founders and Patriots of America; Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross; Order of the Indian Wars of the United States; Order of United American Mechanics
The organization changed its name to the Czechoslovak Society of America but maintained the original 1854 charter. [143] The Unity of Czech Ladies and Men was absorbed in 1977. [ 144 ] According to its current constitution, membership is open to "Any person of good character and who subscribes to the purpose for which the Society is organized ...
In North America, fraternities and sororities (Latin: fraternitas and sororitas, 'brotherhood' and 'sisterhood') are social clubs at colleges and universities.They are sometimes collectively referred to as Greek life or Greek-letter organizations, as well as collegiate fraternities or collegiate sororities to differentiate them from traditional not (exclusively) university-based fraternal ...