List of Johns Hopkins University defunct societies

Most of these societies were founded at the beginning of the university and played a significant role in the early development of the student body.

In fact, The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published an article citing the lack of any secret societies at the university, although the archives indicate the existence of several.

The Cane Club is a secret society that once met in Baltimore's speakeasies during Prohibition for "the gentlemanly indulgence of forbidden beverages".

His distinguished career as a statesman ended when he was accused by Senator Joseph McCarthy of disloyalty to the United States.

Another prominent member of Baltimore society was Charles A. Conklin III, founder, president and chairman emeritus of Lyon-Conklin and Co. Inc.[7] The Roughnecks were a group of sophomores from the Undergraduate Student Council, including their president, who oversaw "Class Day" which was a hazing event for new freshmen.

The freshman President was tasked annually, when elected in the fall, to organize a secret dinner for all of the freshmen by the end of the second semester.

[8] Another instance occurred on March 22, 1927, where the Roughnecks again stormed the Freshmen Banquet at the National Guard Armory in Annapolis.

Police and fire departments arrive and ten students are jailed on charges of destroying state property, malicious mischief, and rioting; four are taken to the hospital.

Sweeney first brought the idea of the club to the attention of prominent Johns Hopkins administration at a formal dinner held by the Rockefeller Foundation for its fellows at the School.

The club would meet for weekly drinks, allowing students of various backgrounds to interact with each other and provide an opportunity to share knowledge.

The Ubiquiteers' name (which Howell referred to as that "pleasing addition to our thesaurus verborum") can be traced to Thomas John LeBlanc, ScD '24, the club's third president.

"Their mission, as Sweeney later described it, was to "cultivate useful friendships, to broaden and develop minds; and to always stand ready to serve its members who might be in distant lands.

Founding members met incoming students at the railroad stations and helped them find living quarters.

Often a student would present a talk about his or her country and "its government, its people, religious and social customs, public health activities, et cetera," noted Sweeney, who eschewed formality and was proud that the club ran itself without the "frills of a constitution with the trimmings of by-laws."

Through the years Ubiquiteers meetings mixed seminars on scientific subjects with dances, piano recitals, sing-alongs, group daytrips, and dinners with an assortment of ethnic foods.

[9] The club's prevalence and membership varied throughout the years, dwindling during the Great Depression and World War II.

Treasurer Robert Dyar parodied the perpetually dire state of the Ubiquiteers bankroll in 1937 when he wrote, "Our $.07 (seven cents) we bequeath to our successors, the class of '38, and trust that they may have as much pleasure from it, as we have had from the products of and additions to our original dowry of 1¢, so generously preserved for us by our predecessors.

Their reputation grew and students & faculty from different parts of the university began to join the club and attend their functions, including Abel Wolman.

It started when William G. MacCallum and Joseph L. Nichols had rented a house at 1200 Guilford Avenue and as a housewarming celebration invited Drs.

These gatherings were repeated several times and finally, several classmates joined MacCallum and Nichols to organize what became known as the Pithotomy Club.

"[11] The club's constitution, written in 1897, states its mission in this manner: "the promotion of vice among the virtuous, virtue among the vicious, and good fellowship among all.

Because membership was typically restricted to the upper tiers of third and fourth-year medical students, the club also ironically functioned as an honor society.

The house staff assumed sponsorship and the Derby became an increasingly extravagant affair and fund-raiser for Baltimore charities.

[12] The Pithotomy Club sponsored Turtle Derby, with the financial backing from the Hospital and School of Medicine, was held on May 16, 1980.

Dr. Healy was highly offended by her portrayal in the show and demanded that the Club be punished and threatened a large lawsuit.

As the name implies, membership was restricted to only eleven newly tapped seniors who revealed themselves at the end of the spring semester.

Their exact purpose was unknown, but similar to most senior societies, membership was based on loyalty to the university, academics, and prevalence on campus.

The phrase became known to English scholars probably from Pericles' Funeral Oration, as mentioned in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.