List of senior societies

Senior societies are a type of collegiate student organization that recruits juniors and seniors. Senior societies are associated with Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. These societies can be activity-based, identity-based, school-based (departmental or academic field), or traditional. Senior societies may be "landed", owning a building or tomb, or "non-landed".

Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (1883), notes that Phi Beta Kappa, founded at the College of William & Mary in 1776, was the first senior society. At Dartmouth College, senior societies date back to 1783 with the founding of an organization called the Society of Social Friends. Dartmouth currently had fourteen active senior societies. Yale has more than forty active senior societies. The oldest senior society at Yale is Skull and Bones, established in 1831, followed by Scroll and Key in 1841. Other colleges have similar organizations but use different terminology. For example, there are Princeton University eating clubs and Harvard University final clubs.

Senior societies tend to be exclusive, and members pay dues to belong. Members are most often recruited by a process called "tapping". Membership in each senior society tends to be small, averaging around fifteen active members. Some senior societies are also secret societies, where the names of members are kept secret, while others are open and share their membership rolls. Other senior societies are semi-secret, keeping member's names a secret until graduation. Some senior societies also are considered honor societies.

Following is an incomplete list of collegiate senior societies.

SocietyCharter date and rangeInstitutionType 100 Senior Honorary2005Emory UniversityAbaris1996Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalAgaiaYale UniversityAgoraYale UniversityAndromeda2013Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalThe ApostlesYale UniversityAnanias Society1892–1907Johns Hopkins UniversityTraditional, secretThe Johns Hopkins University. Hullabaloo. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1893. Print.Atlas2013Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalAurelian Honor Society1910Yale UniversityTraditional, secretB&CYale UniversityBaRYale UniversityBell Senior Society2014University of PennsylvaniaActivity-basedBelmonteYale UniversityBerzelius (secret society)1848Yale UniversityTraditional, secretBeta Omega1841–xxxx ?Kenyon CollegeTraditionalBook and Snake1863Yale UniversityTraditional, secretC&DYale UniversityCage and FeatherYale UniversityCalliopean Society1819–1853, 1950Yale UniversityTraditional, debatingCane Club1921– xxxx ?Johns Hopkins UniversityTraditionalCap and Skull1900Rutgers UniversityTraditionalCarriage Senior Society2013University of PennsylvaniaIdentity-basedCasque and Gauntlet1887Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalCeres AthenaYale UniversityC.C.C.1876–xxxx ?University of California, BerkeleyChimera Society1914Dartmouth CollegeTraditional, secretCipactli Latinx Honor Society2001University of PennsylvaniaIdentity-basedClio2020Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalCloak and DaggerYale UniversityCobra1978Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalCongYale UniversityCup and CrownYale UniversityDelta Kappa Delta (local)18xx ?–xxxx ?Marietta CollegeTraditionalDer Hexenkreis1892Cornell University TraditionalDeru1896Northwestern UniversityActivity-basedDesmos1950–1967, 2010Yale UniversityTraditional, secretDouble Cuffs2010Yale UniversityDragon Society1898Dartmouth CollegeTraditional, secretDSG1989Yale UniversityTraditional, secretDVS Senior Honor Society1902Emory UniversityActivity-basedElephant and Coffin18xx ?–xxxx ?City College of New YorkTraditionalElihu Club1903Yale UniversityTraditionalFire and Skoal1975Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalFork & KnifeYale UniversityFriars Senior Society1899University of PennsylvaniaTraditionalGriffin1995Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalGryphonYale UniversityGryphon Senior Society2020University of PennsylvaniaSchool-basedHelios Society2015Yale UniversityHexagon1910University of PennsylvaniaSchool-basedInk and NeedleYale UniversityInnominatumYale UniversityIrisYale UniversityIron KeyPurdue UniversityActivity based, secretISOYale UniversityKinoki Senior Society2014University of PennsylvaniaActivity-basedLantern Society1993 University of PennsylvaniaSchool-basedLCYale UniversityLeviathanYale UniversityLincolnYale UniversityLinonian Society1753–xxxx ?, 19xx ?Yale UniversityTraditional, secretLion's Paw Senior Society1908Pennsylvania State UniversityActivity-basedLooking GlassYale UniversityLSV Society1907University of MissouriMace and Chain1956Yale UniversityTraditional, secretManuscript Society1951Yale UniversityTraditionalMyth and Sword1875–1965, 199x ?Yale UniversityTraditional, secretNacoms1898Columbia UniversityActivity-basedNathan Hale1947Yale UniversityTraditional, secretNightingales2011University of PennsylvaniaSchool-basedOcta2008Yale UniversityOlympus2014Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalOnyx Senior Society1974University of PennsylvaniaIdentity-basedOracle Senior Society2003University of PennsylvaniaIdentity-basedAbout Oracle Oracle Senior Honor SocietyOrder of the Sirens2007Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalOsiris2016Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalOsiris Senior Society2013University of PennsylvaniaActivity-basedOsiris Senior Society Osiris Society1903Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTraditionalOwl and Key1909 University of UtahTraditionalOwl and Serpent18xx ?–xxxx ?Wesleyan UniversityTraditionalOwl and Wand1868–1960sWesleyan UniversityTraditionalOX1980Yale UniversityTraditionalPalaeopitus Senior Society1899Dartmouth CollegeActivity-basedPewYale UniversityPhi Chi18xx ?–xxxx ?Bowdoin CollegeTraditionalPhoenix1984Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalThe Pithotomy Club1893–1992Johns Hopkins UniversitySchool-basedJarrett, W. H. "The Pithotomy Club: R.I.P.". Proceedings (Baylor University Medical Center). vol. 24, no. 1 (January 2011):35-41. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2011.11928680. PMID: 21307975; PMCID: PMC3012288.Phrygian2005Dartmouth CollegeTraditional, secretPraetorianYale UniversityPrinceYale UniversityThe Pundits1884Yale UniversityActivity-basedPyxis2014Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalQuaternion Club1903–2023Furman UniversityTraditional, menQuaternion Senior Order2023Furman UniversityTraditional, coedQuill and Dagger1883Cornell UniversityTraditionalRed Dragon Society1898New York UniversityTraditional, secretRed MaskYale UniversityRing and Candlexxxx ?–c. 1975, 2015Yale UniversitySachems1915Columbia UniversityActivity-based, secretSage and ChaliceYale UniversityTraditional, secretSt. Elmo Society1963Yale UniversityTraditional, secretScarabbean Senior Society1915University of TennesseeActivity-based, secretScroll and Key1842Yale UniversityTraditional, secretSenior Order1937-2023Furman UniversityTraditional, womenThe Senior Society1892Johns Hopkins UniversityTraditionalThe Johns Hopkins University. Hullabaloo. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1895. Print.Shamash Senior Society2018University of PennsylvaniaIdentity-basedSigma Society1880Washington and Lee UniversityTraditional, secretSkull and Bones1832Yale UniversityTraditional, secretSkull & Keys1882–c. 1980University of California, BerkeleyTraditional, secretSociety of Fox and Chariot2015Yale UniversitySpade and Grave1864Yale UniversityTraditional, secretSphinx1886Dartmouth CollegeTraditional, secretSphinx Head1890Cornell UniversityActivity-basedSphinx Senior Society1900University of PennsylvaniaTraditionalSociety of Saint Thomas Aquinas (aka Aquinas)2010Yale UniversityTraditionalSociety of Social Friends1783–xxxx?Dartmouth CollegeTraditionalTDC1971Yale UniversitySecret, TraditionalTejas Club1925University of Texas at AustinThe Order of the Basilisk1903–1988, 2014Yale UniversitySecret, traditionalTorch Honor Society1916–196x ?, 1995Yale UniversityTraditionalTrident and Shell18xx ?–xxxx ?University of MichiganTraditionalTyger1892Dartmouth CollegeTraditional, secretVulcan Senior Engineering Society1904University of MichiganSchool-basedWhiskey and CokeYale UniversityWIPS (Women in Power Society)Yale UniversityIdentity-based Wolf's Head Society1883Yale UniversityTraditionalXVYale University

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