Euphradian Society
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The Euphradian Society, also known as ΦAΕ (Phi Alpha Epsilon), is a literary society
founded in 1806 at the University of South Carolina
, then known as South Carolina College, as a result of the splitting in two of the Philomathic Society, which had been formed within weeks of the opening of the college in 1805 and included virtually all enrolled students. At what was called the Synapian Convention held in February, 1806, the members of Philomathic decided to split into separate societies, one of which became known as Euphradian, while the other became known as Clariosophic
. Two blood brothers picked the members for the new groups in a manner similar to choosing up sides for an impromptu baseball game. William Harper
became the first president of Euphradian.
College literary societies (American)
College literary societies in American higher education were a distinctive kind of social organization, distinct from literary societies generally, and they were the precursors of college fraternities and sororities. In the period from the late eighteenth century to the Civil War, collegiate...
founded in 1806 at the University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...
, then known as South Carolina College, as a result of the splitting in two of the Philomathic Society, which had been formed within weeks of the opening of the college in 1805 and included virtually all enrolled students. At what was called the Synapian Convention held in February, 1806, the members of Philomathic decided to split into separate societies, one of which became known as Euphradian, while the other became known as Clariosophic
Clariosophic Society
The Clariosophic Society, also known as MΣΦ , is a literary society founded in 1806 at the University of South Carolina, then known as South Carolina College, as a result of the splitting in two of the Philomathic Society, which had been formed within weeks of the opening of the college in 1805 and...
. Two blood brothers picked the members for the new groups in a manner similar to choosing up sides for an impromptu baseball game. William Harper
William Harper (South Carolina)
William Joseph Harper was a jurist, politician, and social and political theorist from South Carolina.-Political career:...
became the first president of Euphradian.
Notable Members 19th Century
- Robert W. BarnwellRobert Woodward BarnwellRobert Woodward Barnwell was an American planter, lawyer, and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of America.-Biography:...
, Pres. of SCC, US Senator from SC & Confederate Senator from SC - Preston BrooksPreston BrooksPreston Smith Brooks was a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina. Brooks is primarily remembered for his severe beating of Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate with a gutta-percha cane, delivered in response to an anti-slavery speech in which Sumner compared Brooks'...
, US Congressman from SC - Thomas CooperThomas Cooper (US politician)Thomas Cooper was an Anglo-American economist, college president and political philosopher. Cooper was described by Thomas Jefferson as "one of the ablest men in America" and by John Adams as "a learned ingenious scientific and talented madcap." Dumas Malone stated that "modern scientific...
, Pres. of SCC - William HarperWilliam Harper (South Carolina)William Joseph Harper was a jurist, politician, and social and political theorist from South Carolina.-Political career:...
, U.S. Senator from S.C. - James Henry HammondJames Henry HammondJames Henry Hammond was a politician from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860...
, Governor of S.C. - Henry Washington HilliardHenry Washington HilliardHenry Washington Hilliard was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Early life:Hilliard was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1826.He studied law and moved to Athens, Georgia, where he was admitted to the bar in 1829.He was a Professor...
, US Congressman from AL - Francis LieberFrancis LieberFrancis Lieber , known as Franz Lieber in Germany, was a German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher. He edited an Encyclopaedia Americana...
, Political Scientist - Fitz William McMaster, Col. CSA & CO of 17th SC Infantry at Antietam; reactivated Euphradian in 1882; Mayor of ColumbiaColumbia, South CarolinaColumbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
- Dandridge McRaeDandridge McRaeDandridge McRae was a lawyer, court official, and inspector general of Arkansas, as well as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
, Brig. General in Confederate Army - James Henley ThornwellJames Henley ThornwellJames Henley Thornwell was an American Presbyterian preacher and religious writer.Born in Marlboro District, South Carolina, on December 9, 1812; Thornwell graduated from South Carolina College at nineteen, studied briefly at Harvard, then entered the Presbyterian ministry...
, Pres. of SCC and leader of Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America - Louis T. WigfallLouis WigfallLouis Trezevant Wigfall was an American politician from Texas who served as a member of the Texas Legislature, United States Senate, and Confederate Senate. Wigfall was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, advocating the preservation and expansion of an aristocratic...
. US Senator from Texas & Confederate Senator from Texas
Notable Members 20th Century
- Solomon Blatt, Jr.Solomon Blatt, Jr.Solomon Blatt, Jr. is a federal district judge in South Carolina and former trustee of the University of South Carolina.-Early life:...
, American jurist - Steve A. MatthewsSteve A. MatthewsSteve A. Matthews is an American lawyer and unsuccessful nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.-Background:...
, American jurist
Resources
- Hollis, Daniel Walker (1951. University of South Carolina, vol.1: South Carolina College. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, pp.230-231.