Philomathean Society | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 28/01/2019

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00:00:45 1 History
00:06:08 2 Present activities
00:07:52 3 Membership
00:09:24 4 Annual orations
00:14:26 5 Notable Philomatheans
00:19:52 6 Other Philomathean Societies
00:23:02 7 Other historic collegiate literary societies



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The Philomathean Society  of the University of Pennsylvania is a collegiate literary society, the oldest student group at the university, and a claimant to the title of the oldest continuously-existing literary society in the United States. Founded in 1813, its goal is "to promote the learning of its members and to increase the academic prestige of the University." Philomathean is derived from the Greek philomath, which means "a lover of learning."  The motto of the Philomathean Society is Sic itur ad astra (Latin for "thus we proceed to the stars").