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Elihu (secret society)
Elihu, founded in 1903, is the fourth oldest senior society at Yale University, New Haven, CT.〔(Post-Tap Day Honors: Elihu Club at Yale Gets Prominent Juniors Who Were Passed Over, The New York Times, March 20, 1913 )〕 While similar to Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head societies in charter and function, Elihu favors privacy over secrecy.〔(New Yale Senior Club: Feature About the Elihu is That It is Not a Secret Society, The New York Times, March 20, 1903 )〕 Founded in 1903 as "the first non-secret senior society," Elihu held itself up as a model of openness at a time "when prestige of membership in a senior society was reaching its zenith."〔(How The Secret Societies Got That Way, Yale Alumni Magazine, Judith Ann Shiff, Yale Alumni Magazine, September–October 2004 )〕〔(Yale Sheffield Monthly, Vol. 20, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, Oct. 1913–June 1914, New Haven, CT )〕 The society's building, located at 175 Elm Street, has windows, though they are blinded. In several interviews and commentaries on their society experience, many Elihu members have referred to their ancient building as a home rather than a tomb, like other societies. Like the other societies, the organization's building is closed to non-members. Elihu is likely the first society to tap an undergraduate from an ethnic minority – Henry Roe Cloud, a Native American who graduated in 1910 – and one of (Yale's first black female undergraduates ), in keeping with its contemporary reputation for diversity. It was the third of the above-ground societies to tap women. It takes its name from Elihu Yale.〔(Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, Vol. 3, Printed for the Society, New Haven, CT, 1882 )〕
==Mission, selection, and program ==
According to the only public description of the organization, Elihu is "a private Senior Society at Yale University," the purposes of which are "to foster among its members, by earnest work and good fellowship a stronger affection for Yale; a broader view of undergraduate life and its aims; a deeper and more helpful friendship for one another; and to give its members, after graduation, an additional tie to bind them to Yale and to each other." 〔(Elihu Society website )〕
During the Spring Tap process, sixteen rising seniors are elected into membership of Elihu. Selection is performed behind closed doors, in keeping with the other major societies. Consideration for membership in Elihu is given to those juniors in the College who are nominated by current undergraduate and graduate members, and selection is based on three pillars: excellence, diversity, and leadership. Elihu is considered one of the most prestigious societies at Yale.
The Elihu program is similar to that of the other landed senior secret societies: personal histories/biographies and perspectives are shared among the current delegates, with formal meetings each Thursday and Sunday of the academic year. Other components of the academic program includes topical essays on pertinent issues, personal bonding time and group reflection activities. The sharing of personal stories became a plot device in a movie directed by Elihu member Alan Hruska (class of 1955), who jettisoned a career as a trial lawyer to become a film director. Hruska's 2009 film ''Reunion'' explored a mythical reunion of fellow society members some 23 years after graduation, and was loosely inspired by a gathering of Hruska's own Elihu delegation.〔(Morristown Movies: Toxic Love and the Secret Societies of Yale, NJ.com )〕〔(Ivy League Blues, Movie Review, The New York Times, 6 March 2009 )〕
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