Cyclopædia of Fraternities: A Compilation of Existing Authentic Information and the Results of Original Investigation as to the Origin Derivation Founders Development Aims Emblems Character and Personnel of More Than Six Hundred Secret Soc

Excerpt from The Cyclopædia of Fraternities: A Compilation of Existing Authentic Information and the Results of Original Investigation as to the Origin Derivation Founders Development Aims Emblems Character and Personnel of More Than Six Hundred Secret Societies in the United States<br><br>The probable extent Of the in?uence of secret society life may be inferred from the fact that more than Americans are members of 300 such organizations which confer about degrees novitiates annually aided in instances by a wealth of paraphernalia and dramatic cere monial which rivals modern stage effects. More than members are annually added to the rolls Of Masonic Lodges in the United States; quite as many join the Odd Fellows and one-half as many the Knights of Pythias; more than join other secret societies the lodges chapters or councils of which dot the country almost coincidently with the erection of churches and schoolhouses.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.