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 ====== Symposiac ====== ====== Symposiac ======
  
-One of the College's earliest organizationsthe Symposiac existed in the 1870s. In the 1873 //Ivy//, the Symposiac is listed under "Miscellaneous Organizations" and members are called "Wranglers." The July 1973 //Tablet//, however, which names all College organizations, does not mention it at all. "Symposiac" refers to a symposiumor social gathering at which there is an interchange of ideas, which can define many of the social organizations that existed during Trinity's early days+The Symposiac, a student organization, possibly a secret or literary societywhich existed in 1873; it is listed in the first //[[ivy|Ivy]]// under "Miscellaneous Organizations" and its members are called "Wranglers." The July 1873 //[[tablet|Trinity Tablet]]//, however, does not mention it at all, and it disappears from subsequent //Ivys//
  
-Currentlylittle remains known about the group; it was possibly one of the College'literary or secret societies, as both were popular at the time. Some of these societies were organized as anti- or rival existing societies, for socializing and entertainment.+"Symposiac" refers to a symposiumor social gathering at which there is an interchange of ideas, which can define many of the social organizations that existed during Trinity'early days. Some of these societies were organized as anti- or rival existing societies, for socializing and entertainment.
  
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-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2296&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 12/09/1904.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29346789|Trinity Tripod]], 12/09/1904.
  
-[[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/78|The Trinity Ivy]] (1873) p. 53.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29304822|The Trinity Ivy]] (1873) p. 53.
  
  
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