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A fraternal order is a voluntary membership organisation structured as an order, typically featuring initiation rituals and elements derived from religious orders, chivalric traditions, guilds, or secret societies. While drawing on these historical models, fraternal orders generally serve secular purposes: functioning as social clubs, cultural organisations, and providers of mutual aid or charitable services. Many friendly societies, benefit societies, and mutual organisations are organised as fraternal orders.
- ADULT FRATERNITIES (first recorded in the 1400s from the free masons)
- The Order of Owls is a secret fraternal order founded in 1904 in South Bend, Indiana, USA, by John W. Talbot. According to its literature, the purposes of the society is "to assist each other in business, to help each other in obtaining employment, to assist the widows and orphans of our brothers, to give aid to our brother in any way that they may need, and assemble for mutual pleasure and entertainment." Its "catechism" said "Owls do good, speak kindly, shake hands warmly, and respect and honor their women. The orgnanization as a whole appears to be in decline, but some individual nests or spinoffs still exist today.
- Duluth Order of the Owls Left the National Order of Owls in the 1960's and renamed Duluth Owl's Club. This private club is run like a private bar, lately a surge of young members have joined with a renewed focus on local music.-->n45 09.415 w093 24.380
- Order of Owls Nest 30 Evansville, IN - The local fraternity lives on with, nights open to the public and nights for members only. You can get tacos on Tuesdays and Jambalaya during Mardi Gra.
- Perkasie PA Order Owls Nest 1224 - limited hours with one day a week open to the public for special Friday meals.
- Parkersburg WV Fraternal Order Owls 3030 - Like the others a private club with limited openings to the public.
- Others exist with a similar story.
- COLLEGE FRATERNITIES (the first college fraternities started in 1776, the oldest recorded 1897)
- The Olde Order of the Owls - Moorhead State University. About the Old Order of Owls
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The Old Order of Owls was formally established in 1901 by James D. Mason, although its roots trace back to 1897. The fraternity emerged as a close-knit brotherhood at Moorhead Normal School, where Mason, along with 18 other young men, sought to create a mystic society for male students to foster camaraderie. The early gatherings took place in the attic of the Kurtz Mansion, a fitting location haunted by both night owls and legends of Moorhead’s first banker, Thomas Kurtz.
The group’s symbolic nature was strengthened by rituals, “mystic numbers,” and ceremonies inspired by Ivy League societies. With faculty members like Edwin Reed and Harold Stanford contributing to its traditions, the Owls grew into the largest fraternity on campus by the 1930s. Despite the decline of campus fraternities by the 2000s, the Owls’ legacy endures.
The brotherhood was as much about camaraderie and social gatherings as it was about service and leadership. From the infamous spring parties hosted at local alumni-owned properties to charity events, the Owls left an indelible mark on Moorhead’s history. Their mascot and crest, adorned with the number 8, remains a mystery, but their commitment to each other, to the school, and to the community will forever define the spirit of “Owldom.”
- Beta Omicron "Owls" Cornel University.
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Beta Omicron (Owls) was founded in 1917 by Roe Howard '71 and a group of six friends. Howard was an inspiration and represented the principles and vision for which the group was founded. A Mount Vernon native, he represented the best of Cornell at the time: he was an all-state guard on the football team, member of the basketball and tennis teams, member of the Amphictyon Literary Society, and played French horn in the orchestra.
The Beta Omicron Distinguished Alumni Visitors Program provides an opportunity for accomplished Cornell College alumni to share their professional expertise and life journeys to help prepare students become leaders of tomorrow. Beta Omicron Distinguished Alumni Visitors enable students to bridge theory and practice to enhance their academic and professional development through a variety of course visits, workshops, public lectures, and engaging conversations over meals to enhance their academic and professional development. The program was inspired by Lee Swanson '60 and is generously supported by an endowment provided by Beta Omicron Alumni.
Owl fraternity colors are black and white.
