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Symbols of Phi Kappa Phi |
The Badge The badge of this Society, is a globe against the background of the sun, whose rays form an expansive corona and radiate in a number of symmetrical concentrations from behind the globe. These signify equivalence among the various branches of learning and represent the dissemination of truth as light. Encircling the globe is a band containing the Greek letters Phi Kappa Phi and symbolizing a fraternal bond which girds the earth and binds the lovers of wisdom in a common purpose. |
The Ribbon The Ribbon of the Society, is a meander pattern which is common in ancient Greek art and which thus symbolizes the classical features of the Society. |
The Seal The Seal of the Society has at its center the badge. This in turn is surrounded by a crenellated line which represents the battlements and walls of Troy and which symbolizes a technological aspect of the ancient Greek culture reflected by the Society. In the space between this line and the periphery of the seal appear three stars just above the badge, one for each of the three original chapters. Just below the badge is the phrase "Founded 1897." |