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jhetley ([personal profile] jhetley) wrote2007-10-05 04:36 pm

Further on kick-ass women of the Roaring Twenties...

I think I was almost in college when I understood why that Phi Beta Kappa magazine (boooooring Adult Stuff) was addressed to Mom rather than Dad...

[identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Because she was the one who'd been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa?

[identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. And what exactly that "fraternity" was all about -- I mean, what does Phi Beta Kappa mean to the average obnoxious kid? Until you get into College Boards and National Honor Society and all that jazz?