Cooperation Between the Societies

“One can not read through the old records of these societies without being impressed with the zeal and earnestness of purpose that characterized their work. These records become more interesting from a historic view, when one realizes that co-education was still in the nature of a new experiment in the world’s history. It is safe to say it was then unknown in any other part of the world except in the United States, and in our own country it was excluded from the Atlantic coast.”

Very soon after their founding, the Laurean Society invited the Eutaxian Society to cooperate as a sister organization. The Laureans offered to provide a society hall for meetings, and the Eutaxians graciously accepted — but insisted that they also contribute their fair share toward furnishing the space. This partnership established a tradition of collaboration between the brother and sister societies that would shape campus intellectual life for decades to come.