Philosophian Fraternity, Dedicated to the Friends and Former Members of the Philosophian Society, by the Class of 1850.

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List of members, guidelines and goals of this McKendree College fraternity. As explained within, In 1837 “the Philosophian Society was founded by seven young gentlemen, students of McKendree College, having for its object the mutual improvement of its members in rhetorical attainments, and in scientific, literary, and moral pursuits. The Society continued in successful operation under that organization until the end of the collegiate year, eighteen hundred and forty-five, occupying an elevated situation among her sister associations. During the year of the partial suspension of the Institution, the various possessions of the Society were almost entirely lost or destroyed, and, in October, eighteen hundred and forty seven, when reorganized by the constitutional number of Honorary members, it had before it a more difficult path than the untrodden wilderness. After three years of arduous labor on the part of its members, resulting in brilliant success, it is enabled to lay before its friends the following items of general information in regard to its various departments.”

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