Silver Pentagon Society records

Collection

Identifier: MS-0100

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains records pertaining to the Silver Pentagon Society at Washington College including minutes, accounts, correspondence, council notes, activities schedules, and its affiliation with Blue Key Honor Fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa.

Dates

Creation: 1926-1937

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of copyright in items created by the donor.

Organizational History Note

The Silver Pentagon Society was organized in 1926 as an honorary leadership society. It was chartered as a Blue Key Fraternity in 1928 but resigned in 1933. Membership is carefully governed with admittance to students who exemplify Leadership, Tradition, Fidelity, Friendship, and Education. These are represented in the five-sided winged pentagon insignia. The society was part of the Student Government Association. All students and alumni are eligible to wear the bonze pentagon. The representatives selected for the Silver Pentagon could wear the silver pentagon and awarded the Gold Pentagon for outstanding achievement, one of the College’s highest honors. Another of the society’s tasks was to oversee the funding to all the clubs at the college.