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List of college literary societies

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The following is a list of college literary societies by country.

Canadian college literary societies

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Indian college literary societies

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Irish college literary societies

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United Kingdom college literary societies

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United States men's literary societies

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  1. This female group was absorbed by the Queens Debating Union when it became co-ed.
  2. Originally called the Dialectic Society of Queen's College.
  3. Formed as the Literary and Scientific Society.
  4. The society became a chapter of Theta Pi Fraternity.
  5. Became Alpha Sigma, also a literary society, in 1882.
  6. This society ceased operations due to the Civil War and was not re-established.
  7. Also called Phi Epsilon Mu.
  8. Formed by students who split off from the Stephen F. Austin Literary Society.
  9. The society discontinued its meetings during World War I so that its members could volunteer for the Red Cross. However, it did not reform after the war.
  10. Formed when the Franklin Literary Society dissolved.
  11. In the fall semester of 1846, the Columbian Debating Society and the Washington Debating Society formed a temporary alliance as Mu Sigma Rho. The merger as Mu Sigma Rho Literary Society became official in February 1847.
  12. The Daedalian Literary Society at Indiana State became Delta Lambda Sigma in 1923; Delta Lambda Sigma affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha in 1952.
  13. Chapter closed briefly when all of its original members left college.
  14. Absorbed by the Clariosophic Society when Southern University and Birmingham College merged to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918.
  15. Formed from a division of Phi Gamma Society
  16. Became the Alpha Omega chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in 1942.
  17. Last documented public meeting was held in May 1887 as a coeducational society. A fraternity later claimed to be the "custodian" of this society and said it carries out private literary exercises within one fraternity house.
  18. Phi Beta Kappa was only a private literary society until ca. 1831.
  19. Formed from the merger of the Philalathean Society and the Union Literary Society.
  20. Merged with Union Philosophical Society.
  21. Formed by seven former members of the Mu Sigma Rho Society.
  22. The society became Phi Mu Delta in 1857.
  23. This formed from the merger of the Philosophronian and the Whig Societies. It was originally called the Zelomathean but changed its name after one week. The society stopped meeting during World War I. After the war, it merged with the Union Literary Society to form the Philal-Union Society.
  24. This was an organization for women.
  25. The society changed its name to Phi Lambda Omicron in 1924 after its mission shifted to being a social sorority.
  26. When student enrollment decline, it merged with the Whig Society to form the Philalathean Society.
  27. Now considered a secret society.
  28. Absorbed by the Belles Lettres Society when Southern University and Birmingham College merged to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918.
  29. Named changed to Clionian Society in 1866.
  30. The society stopped meeting during World War I. After the war, it merged with the Philalathean Society to form the Philal-Union Society.
  31. Originally was called the Union Philosophical Society.
  32. The society went dormant during the Civil War and after the 1929 Stock Market crash.
  33. Formed as Chrestomathean but its name was changed shortly afterward. When student enrollment declined, it merged with the Philosophronian Society to form the Philalathean Society.
  34. Was formed as a literary society. Around 1902, it became a traditional sorority with the Greek letters Phi Kappa Pi but still uses the name Alpha Clio.
  35. The Franklin Debating Society is a modern group that is active on campus as of 2023.
  36. Formed by members of the Franklin Literary Society to create competition after the Washington Literary Society ceased to exist.
  37. In 1950, the society changed its mission from academic to a social sorority and changed its name to Kappa Iota.
  38. Originally called Philalethean Society
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