TY - BOOK AU - Moody,William B.B. ED - Project Muse. ED - Project Muse. TI - A History of the Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta, 1837-1970 SN - 9780819572868 AV - LJ75.E53 M66 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Middletown, Conn. PB - Wesleyan University Press KW - Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) KW - Societies, etc KW - Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta KW - History KW - Greek letter societies KW - Electronic books KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE; Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198) and index; 1. The Founding of the Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta -- 2. The 1840s: The First Decade -- 3. Eclectic in the 1850s -- 4. The Crisis of the 1860s -- 5. Eclectic in the 1870s -- 6. The 1880s: A House of One's Own -- 7. Eclectic in the 1890s -- 8. The 1900s: A Temple Grander, Lovelier -- 9. The 1910s: The Great War -- 10. Eclectic in the 1920s: The Roaring Decade -- 11. Eclectic in the 1930s -- 12. Eclectic in the 1940s: The Crisis of World War II -- 13. Eclectic in the 1950s -- 14. Eclectic in the 1960s: The Coming of the Great Change -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Six Selected "Songs of Phi Nu Theta" -- Appendix B: Founders' Prize Laureates -- Appendix C: Martin Prize Laureates -- Appendix D: Rice Prize Laureates -- Appendix E: List of Matrons -- Appendix F: Professor Burton H. Camp's Address, "Billy Rice" -- Appendix G: Professor Burton H. Camp's Address, "Uncle Johnny" N2 - The definitive record of the history, lore, and lost secrets of the Eclectic Society at Wesleyan University from its inception in 1837 through a great period of upheaval in the 1960s. The Society was founded in 1837 at Wesleyan, making it one of the oldest college fraternal organizations in the United States UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780819572868/ ER -