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For the College of William & Mary secret society, see <a href="/wiki/Seven_Society_(College_of_William_%26_Mary)" title="Seven Society (College of William & Mary)">Seven Society (College of William & Mary)</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Seven_Society_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Seven Society (disambiguation)">Seven Society (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Seven Society</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sevensociety.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The sign of the Seven Society on a plaque outside Old Cabell Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Sevensociety.jpg/170px-Sevensociety.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Sevensociety.jpg/255px-Sevensociety.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Sevensociety.jpg/340px-Sevensociety.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2332" data-file-height="1987" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Seven Society sign on a plaque outside Old Cabell Hall</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1905<span class="noprint">; 119 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1905</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Secret_society" title="Secret society">Secret society</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data">Independent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Scope</th><td class="infobox-data">Local</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbol</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Infinity_sign" class="mw-redirect" title="Infinity sign">Infinity sign</a> and the number 7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chapters</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia" title="Charlottesville, Virginia">Charlottesville</a></span>, <span class="region"><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></span><br /> <span class="country-name">United States</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Seven Society</b> (founded 1905)<sup id="cite_ref-cavdaily-founding_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cavdaily-founding-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the most secretive of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia's</a> <a href="/wiki/Secret_societies_at_the_University_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Secret societies at the University of Virginia">secret societies</a>. Members are only revealed after their death, when a wreath of black magnolias in the shape of a "7" is placed at the gravesite, the bell tower of the University Chapel chimes at seven-second intervals on the seventh dissonant chord when it is seven past the hour, and a notice is published in the university's Alumni News, and often in the <i><a href="/wiki/Cavalier_Daily" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalier Daily">Cavalier Daily</a></i>. The most visible tradition of the society is the painting of the logo of the society, the number <b>7</b> surrounded by the signs for <a href="/wiki/Alpha_(letter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpha (letter)">alpha (A)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Omega" title="Omega">omega (Ω)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Infinity" title="Infinity">infinity (∞)</a>, and sometimes several stars, upon many buildings around the grounds of the university.<sup id="cite_ref-dabney-sign_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dabney-sign-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no clear history of the founding of the society. There is a legend that, of eight men who planned to meet for a card game, only seven showed up,<sup id="cite_ref-cavdaily_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cavdaily-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they formed the society. Other histories claim that the misbehavior of other secret societies, specifically the Hot Feet (later the <a href="/wiki/IMP_Society" title="IMP Society">IMP Society</a>), led University President <a href="/wiki/Edwin_A._Alderman" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin A. Alderman">Edwin A. Alderman</a> to call both the Hot Feet and the <a href="/wiki/Z_Society" title="Z Society">Z Society</a> into his office and suggest that a more "beneficial organization" was needed.<sup id="cite_ref-cavdaily-founding_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cavdaily-founding-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The only known method to successfully contact the Seven Society is to place a letter at the Thomas Jefferson statue inside the university's historic <a href="/wiki/The_Rotunda_(University_of_Virginia)" title="The Rotunda (University of Virginia)">Rotunda</a> (accounts differ on the exact placement of the letter, either on the base or in the crook of the statue's arm).<sup id="cite_ref-cd-statue_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-statue-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropic_gifts">Philanthropic gifts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seven_Society&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Philanthropic gifts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seven_Society_sundial_face_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Seven_Society_sundial_face_view.jpg/220px-Seven_Society_sundial_face_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Seven_Society_sundial_face_view.jpg/330px-Seven_Society_sundial_face_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Seven_Society_sundial_face_view.jpg/440px-Seven_Society_sundial_face_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="4288" /></a><figcaption>A sundial donated as a gift by the Seven Society</figcaption></figure> <p>The group contributes financially to the university, announcing donations with letters signed only with seven <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_symbols" title="Astronomical symbols">astronomical symbols</a> in the order: <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jupiter" title="Jupiter">Jupiter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(planet)" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uranus" title="Uranus">Uranus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a>. The Society gives large monetary <a href="/wiki/Donation" title="Donation">donations</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scholarship" title="Scholarship">scholarships</a> to the university each year in quantities that include the number 7, e.g. $777 or $1,777. Significant past gifts to the university include the Seven Society <a href="/wiki/Carillon" title="Carillon">Carillon</a> in the UVA Chapel, donated in memory of deceased members of the society, and given with the request that there should be a toll of seven times seven bells on the passing of a member;<sup id="cite_ref-carillon_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carillon-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a memorial to past Seven Society members who gave their lives in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-dabney-wwi_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dabney-wwi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> $17,777.77 for a loan fund in honor of university president <a href="/wiki/John_Lloyd_Newcomb" title="John Lloyd Newcomb">John Lloyd Newcomb</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_mace" title="Ceremonial mace">ceremonial mace</a> carried in academic processions;<sup id="cite_ref-dabney_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dabney-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> $10,777.77 in support of the re-establishment of Homecomings;<sup id="cite_ref-cd-homecoming_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-homecoming-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a plaque on the Rotunda honoring University students who died in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-dabney-korean_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dabney-korean-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> $7,077.77 to endow the Ernest Mead Fund for the Music Library;<sup id="cite_ref-mead-music-library_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mead-music-library-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> $47,777.77 for the making of a film on the <a href="/wiki/Honor_system" title="Honor system">honor system</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-dabney-film_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dabney-film-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and $1 million in support of the university's South Lawn Project.<sup id="cite_ref-southlawn_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-southlawn-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most recently, the society gave a $777,777.77 grant to fund the Mead Endowment, founded in honor of <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Mead" title="Ernest Mead">Ernest Mead</a>, which awards grants to professors to teach their "dream classes."<sup id="cite_ref-cd-mead_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-mead-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to granting spontaneous gifts, the Seven Society sponsors an annual $7,000 graduate fellowship award for superb teaching.<sup id="cite_ref-seven-fellowship_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seven-fellowship-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_members">Notable members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seven_Society&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Seven Society is unusual among University of Virginia secret societies in including members who were not students or alumni of the university. Notable examples include Mary Proffitt, secretary to Dean James M. Page and Dean <a href="/wiki/Ivey_Foreman_Lewis" title="Ivey Foreman Lewis">Ivey F. Lewis</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-proffitt_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proffitt-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dabney-proffitt_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dabney-proffitt-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Ivey F. Lewis himself, a non-alumnus professor and longtime dean of students at the university.<sup id="cite_ref-dabney-lewis_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dabney-lewis-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several notable individuals whose Seven Society membership was disclosed at their death include: </p> <ul><li>H. Lockwood Frizzell, <a href="/wiki/1948_NFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 NFL Draft">drafted</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a><sup id="cite_ref-frizzell_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frizzell-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Adm. <a href="/wiki/William_Halsey,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Halsey, Jr.">William F. Halsey</a><sup id="cite_ref-post_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-post-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hereford_(UVa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Hereford (UVa)">Frank Hereford</a>, fifth president of the University of Virginia and namesake of <a href="/wiki/Hereford_College" title="Hereford College">Hereford College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Rogers_McConnell" title="James Rogers McConnell">James Rogers McConnell</a>, student and volunteer for the <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille" title="Lafayette Escadrille">Lafayette Escadrille</a> during World War I, memorialized in <a href="/wiki/Gutzon_Borglum" title="Gutzon Borglum">Gutzon Borglum</a>'s statue <i>The Aviator</i><sup id="cite_ref-mcconnell_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcconnell-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lloyd_Newcomb" title="John Lloyd Newcomb">John Lloyd Newcomb</a>, second president of the University of Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stettinius,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Stettinius, Jr.">Edward Stettinius, Jr.</a>, secretary of state under Presidents <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Roosevelt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Truman">Truman</a>, and first US ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a><sup id="cite_ref-post_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-post-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wisner" title="Frank Wisner">Frank Wisner</a>, head of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Plans" class="mw-redirect" title="Directorate of Plans">Directorate of Plans</a> during the 1950s<sup id="cite_ref-thomas_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Twinam" title="Joseph W. Twinam">Joseph W. Twinam</a>, American ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, 1974-1976</li> <li>Joe Edwin McCary, M.D. Quarterback and Captain 1948 UVA Football. Honorable Mention All-American. Senior Class Treasurer. Graduate of UVA Medical School, June 14, 1954.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Mead" title="Ernest Mead">Ernest Mead</a>, professor of music and chair of the McIntire Department of Music at UVA<sup id="cite_ref-obit_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Glynn Key, Board of Visitors member.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seven_Society_at_other_colleges/universities"><span id="Seven_Society_at_other_colleges.2Funiversities"></span>Seven Society at other colleges/universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seven_Society&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seven Society at other colleges/universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been several secret societies with "seven" in their name. No connection between the societies has been shown, but there is at least some tradition in the use of the names. </p><p>One such secret society is the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Society_(College_of_William_%26_Mary)" title="Seven Society (College of William & Mary)">Seven Society, Order of the Crown and Dagger</a>, known to exist at the <a href="/wiki/College_of_William_and_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="College of William and Mary">College of William and Mary</a> in Williamsburg, Virginia. The founding date of the William and Mary society is reported to have been as early as 1826.<sup id="cite_ref-flathat_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flathat-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A second unassociated secret society operates at <a href="/wiki/Longwood_University" title="Longwood University">Longwood University</a>. The society known as Princeps, was founded on 7 principles of leadership. Members are selected during their undergraduate career and are not revealed until graduation by wearing a crimson sash bearing the 7. The group recognizes and honors citizens of the Longwood community who are exceptional leaders. The mysteries of this organization are only revealed with their dropped items around campus and their recognition of those who embody the spirit of Princeps. Students often step on the black 7 pointed crowns painted around campus for good luck.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A third society was the Mystic Seven Fraternity, constituted in 1885,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which the Virginia Temple of the Hands and Torch was the parent chapter. Prior to the Civil War, there had been a <a href="/wiki/Mystical_Seven_(Wesleyan)" title="Mystical Seven (Wesleyan)">Mystical Seven Society</a>, with several chapters across the South. One surviving group at Mississippi created a chapter at Virginia. That Virginia chapter later organized the Mystic Seven Fraternity, also calling the new organization Phi Theta Alpha.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five years later the Mystic Seven Fraternity merged with <a href="/wiki/Beta_Theta_Pi" title="Beta Theta Pi">Beta Theta Pi</a>, with the Virginia chapter becoming the Omicron chapter of Beta Theta Pi.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A fourth unrelated society, also called <a href="/wiki/Mystical_Seven_(Missouri)" title="Mystical Seven (Missouri)">Mystical Seven</a>, was founded in 1907 at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">University of Missouri</a>. It is often claimed that this society was directly inspired by the Seven Society at Virginia, (although no citations are given), but it took the older <a href="/wiki/Mystical_Seven_(Wesleyan)" title="Mystical Seven (Wesleyan)">Mystical Seven</a> name.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A fifth unrelated society is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Seven_Society_(The_Club)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seven Society (The Club) (page does not exist)">Seven Society (The Club)</a> at <a href="/wiki/East_Carolina_University" title="East Carolina University">East Carolina University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenville, NC">Greenville, NC</a>. Established in 1927, the name of the organization was originally the <i>"East Carolina Men's Social Club"</i> until it was changed to <i>"Seven Society"</i> in 1962 for reasons unknown. Referred to as simply "The Club" by most of its members, the sign of this society is the same as that of the Seven Society at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a>, except that the numbers <i>"322"</i> appear beneath the <i>"7."</i> The numbers 322 are also depicted in the <a href="/wiki/Skull_and_Bones" title="Skull and Bones">Skull and Bones</a> secret society logo. Notable members include: the screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Williamson_(screenwriter)" title="Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)">Kevin Williamson</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Maynard_(entrepreneur)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Maynard (entrepreneur)">James Maynard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seven_Society&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secret_societies_at_the_University_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Secret societies at the University of Virginia">Secret societies at the University of Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_secret_societies_in_North_America" title="Collegiate secret societies in North America">Collegiate secret societies in North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skull_and_Bones" title="Skull and Bones">Skull and Bones (Yale University)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewards_Society" title="Stewards Society">Stewards Society (Georgetown University)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seven_Society&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. pp. 305–306. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8139-0904-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8139-0904-X"><bdi>0-8139-0904-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mr.+Jefferson%27s+University%3A+A+History&rft.place=Charlottesville&rft.pages=305-306&rft.pub=University+of+Virginia+Press&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-8139-0904-X&rft.aulast=Dabney&rft.aufirst=Virginius&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frepo.lib.virginia.edu%3A18080%2Ffedora%2Fget%2Fuva-lib%3A178665%2Fuva-lib-bdef%3A100%2FgetFullView&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeven+Society" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cd-homecoming-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cd-homecoming_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOndrey2003" class="citation news cs1">Ondrey, Clare (2003-10-02). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120503101733/http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2003/10/02/sevens-finance-homecoming-committee/">"Sevens finance homecoming committee"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cavalier_Daily" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalier Daily">Cavalier Daily</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-06-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=National+Register+of+Historic+Places+Nomination+Form%3A+The+Aviator&rft.date=2006-10-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dhr.virginia.gov%2Fregisters%2FCounties%2FAlbemarle%2F002-5073_Aviator_NR_final_2006.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeven+Society" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomas-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-thomas_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas1996" class="citation book cs1">Thomas, Evan (1996). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/verybestmenfourw00thom_0"><i>The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIA</i></a></span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-02-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Progress&rft.atitle=Ernest+Mead&rft.date=2014-02-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyprogress.com%2Fobituaries%2Fmead-ernest%2Farticle_ef46c727-b929-59fc-892d-f6fca9899a17.html%3FTNNoMobile&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeven+Society" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-flathat-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-flathat_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://swem.wm.edu/beta/flathat/issues/fh19420318.pdf">"Secret Seven Announces Members For Past Year"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Flat Hat</i>. 1942-03-18.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Flat+Hat&rft.atitle=Secret+Seven+Announces+Members+For+Past+Year&rft.date=1942-03-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fswem.wm.edu%2Fbeta%2Fflathat%2Fissues%2Ffh19420318.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeven+Society" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See University of Illinois fraternity archives at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/uasfa/4102055.pdf">http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/uasfa/4102055.pdf</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is nothing to indicate that the post-Civil War Mystic Seven Fraternity had any real organic connection to the pre-Civil War Mystical Seven. 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href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_Arena" title="John Paul Jones Arena">John Paul Jones Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kl%C3%B6ckner_Stadium" title="Klöckner Stadium">Klöckner Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Monticello,_Virginia" title="Lake Monticello, Virginia">Lake Monticello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Gymnasium_(Virginia)" title="Memorial Gymnasium (Virginia)">Memorial Gym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Stadium" title="Scott Stadium">Scott Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan_Snyder_Tennis_Center" title="Sheridan Snyder Tennis Center">Sheridan Snyder Tennis Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Hall_(University_of_Virginia)" title="University Hall (University of Virginia)">University Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Hall_Turf_Field" title="University Hall Turf Field">University Hall Turf Field</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list 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0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cavalier_Daily" title="The Cavalier Daily">The Cavalier Daily</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hedgehog_Review" title="The Hedgehog Review">The Hedgehog Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Law_Weekly" title="Virginia Law Weekly">Virginia Law Weekly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Quarterly_Review" title="Virginia Quarterly Review">Virginia Quarterly Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Yellow_Journal" title="The Yellow Journal">The Yellow Journal</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#232D4B; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E57200, inset -2px -2px 0 #E57200;">Radio stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTJU" title="WTJU">WTJU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXTJ-LP" title="WXTJ-LP">WXTJ-LP</a></li></ul> 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