The Senior Skull Honor Society

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The Senior Skull Honor Society
FoundedDecember 14, 1906
University of Maine
TypeSenior honor society
ScopeLocal
Chapters1
Members1250+ lifetime
Headquarters Orono , Maine
United States

The Senior Skull Society is an American collegiate senior honor society at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. [1] Membership in the society is "the highest all-inclusive honor" at the university. [2] [3]

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History

The Senior Skull Honor Society was founded on December 14, 1906, by eleven men of various fraternities. [4] Its purpose was to recognize and reward service to the university and to encourage leadership, scholarship, and citizenship within the campus community. [1] In 1911, it created the Senior Owls to watch over and discipline freshmen. [5] [3] The group also oversaw and approval all student groups. [3] In 1913, the society's president called a meeting of campus fraternites and established an interfraternity council. [3]

During World War II, the society ceased to exist for three years but has operated continuously since its reformation in the fall of 1947. [3] The society promotes the values of friendship, obligation, academics, dignity, and the standards and traditions of the University of Maine. [6]

Activities

The society plans homecoming activities and selects the university's homecoming court. [7] [3] Its members pass at free drinks to students in line for sporting events and plan senior class activities. [3] [7] It also serves as a liaison between students and the university administration and performs duties assigned by the university president and alumni association. [3] [7] [4] In 2006, the society endowed a scholarship with the University of Maine to celebrate its centennial anniversary. [8]

Membership

The Senior Skull Honor Society is not a secret society and regularly announces its new members. [1] A typical class of members is nine or ten male students. [9] Members are selected for their academic achievement, character, involvement with the campus and community, and leadership. [8] [9] The society also invites notable alumni into its membership. [2] [4] As of 2006, it has initiated 1,250 members. [8]

Notable members

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