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Historical Note
ACADEMIA SOCIETY (1846-1853) Note
Literary society organized to replace the Alexandrian Society. See: George Cutting, Student Life at Amherst (1871). AERO CLUB (1909-1914?) AFRO-AMERICAN CLUB (dates not available) ALEXANDRIAN SOCIETY I (1821-1846) Note
Literary society. See: Student Life at Amherst. ALEXANDRIAN SOCIETY II (1853-1880's) Note
Literary society. The Academia Society changed its name back to "Alexandrian Society" to revive interest. See: Student Life at Amherst. ALPHA SIGMA PHI (1856-1860) Note
Sophomore secret literary society AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY (dates not available) AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY (dates not available) AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY (dates not available) AMHERST COLLEGE Y.M.C.A. (1882-1950) AMHERST NAVY (dates not available) Note
Changed its name to "Boating Association" in 1871 ANTI-SECRET SOCIETY (1855-1860) Note
Organized in protest to secret societies ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY (1832-1841?) ANTIVENENEAN SOCIETY (1830-?) Note
Organized as a temperance society whose members pledged not to use alcohol, tobacco, or opium. The pledge was later changed to restrict only alcohol. ART CLUB (dates not available) ASIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (dates not available) ATHENIAN SOCIETY I (1821-1846) Note
Literary society. See: Student Life at Amherst. ATHENIAN SOCIETY II (1853-1880's) Note
Literary Society. The Eclectic Society changed its name back to "Athenian Society" to revive interest. See: Student Life at Amherst. BATHING COMPANY (dates not available) BOATING ASSOCIATION (1871-?) CALCUTTA CLUB (dates not available) CARDINAL CLUB (dates not available) CHESS CLUB (1859-?) CHI DELTA THETA (1830-1845) Note
Junior and senior secret literary society. Members were chosen for "classical merit." CIVICS CLUB (dates not available) COMMONS CLUB (1931-1933) CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (dates not available) COTILLION CLUB (1895-?) CURRENT PROBLEMS GROUP (dates not available) DEBATING SOCIETY (1854-1953) DELTA KAPPA (1845-1870) Note
Freshman secret literary society ECLECTIC SOCIETY (1846-1860's) Note
Literary society organized to replace the Athenian Society. See: Student Life at Amherst. EPSILON PI DELTA (1881-1884) Note
Members were selected as best all-around men. EQUITABLE SOCIETY See: ANTI-SECRET SOCIETY FILM SOCIETY (dates not available) FLYING CLUB (dates not available) FOREIGN STUDENTS, ORGANIZATION FOR (dates not available) GENUNG CLUB (dates not available) GERMAN CLUB (dates not available) HANKS CLUB (dates not available) HITCHCOCK CLUB (1905-1909) Note
Organized as a non-fraternity club. HITCHCOCK SOCIETY OF INQUIRY (1870-?) Note
Originally organized in 1821 as the Society of Inquiry for those interested in Christian issues. It merged in 1870 with the Hitchcock Society, which was formed in 1861 for men interested in pursuing the ministry. At that time it became the Hitchcock Society of Inquiry. See: Student Life at Amherst. INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATES (dates not available) INTERNATIONAL CLUB (dates not available) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB (dates not available) IOTA PI KAPPA (1835) JUNIOR NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY (dates not available) KAPPA BETA PHI (dates not available) LIBERAL CLUB (dates not available) LORD JEFF CLUB (1930's-1950's) Note
Organized as a non-fraternity club. MEDUSA (dates not available) MISSIONARY BAND (1845-?) Note
Organized for those interested in, and wanting to foster, the missionary spirit. MITRE (dates not available) MNEMOSYNEAN SOCIETY (dates not available) MODEL LEAGUE (dates not available) MOUNTAIN CLUB (1903-1936) NLD SOCIETY - See: Society of Natural History NON-FRATERNITY ASSOCIATION (dates not available) O.P.Q. SOCIETY (1833-1835) OUTING CLUB (1920's-1970's) OXFORD CLUB (dates not available) P.Q. SOCIETY (dates not available) PEACE SOCIETY (1838?) PEACE COUNCIL (dates not available) PHILOLOGICAL CLUB (dates not available) PHILOMATHEAN CLUB (dates not available) POETRY SOCIETY (dates not available) POLITICAL UNION (dates not available) PRE-LAW CLUB (dates not available) PUBLIC FORUM (dates not available) RIFLE CLUB (dates not available) ROTHERWAS CLUB (dates not available) SCARAB (1903-1951) SCIENCE CLUB (1939-1949) SENIOR SOCIETY (dates not available) SIGMA DELTA ALPHA (1855-1867) SIGMA XI (dates not available) SKI CLUB (1949-1957) SOCIAL UNION I (1827-1846) Note
Literary society and first secret society at Amherst College. See also: Student Life at Amherst. SOCIAL UNION II (1853-1880's) Note
Literary Society that included members of both the Athenian and Alexandrian Societies. See also: Student Life at Amherst. SOCIETY OF INQUIRY Note
SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY (1830-1880's) Note
Secret society originally organized as NLD Society. SPEAKERS CLUB (dates not available) SPHINX (1934-1969) STUDENT ASSOCIATION (dates not available) STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY (dates not available) STUDENTS FOR WALLACE (dates not available) THIRTY-FOUR CENT CLUB (dates not available) TORCH AND CROWN (1879-81) Note
Secret society. WINDSOR CLUB (dates not available) |