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Little information has been made public regarding their campus activities.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, the society maintains such a high level of secrecy that even members' wives and children are unaware of their membership. Such was the case of Louise Kale, Director of William and Mary's Historic Campus, who only became aware of her father's membership after his death.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent years, they have allowed for outside communication through their campaign "Be Here Now." </p><p>Although there are a number of other secret societies with the phrase "Thirteen Club" in their name, there is no known evidence connecting the groups. One such society is the Thirteen Club created in 1880 to debunk the <a href="/wiki/Superstition" title="Superstition">superstition</a> of "13 at a table" being unlucky. By 1887, the Thirteen Club was 400-strong, over time gaining five <a href="/wiki/U.S._President" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. President">U.S. Presidents</a> as honorary members: <a href="/wiki/Chester_Arthur" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester Arthur">Chester Arthur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a>. </p><p>In New York at the December 13, 1886 meeting of the Thirteen Club, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Green_Ingersoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Green Ingersoll">Robert Green Ingersoll</a> ended his toast, "The Superstitions of Public Men": </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 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