Philolexian Society

The Philolexian Society of Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the oldest collegiate literary societies in the United States, and the oldest student group at Columbia. The successor to the King's College Literary Society, whose advisers included John Jay and whose members included Alexander Hamilton, the modern name was adopted when the society was reorganized in 1802. The Society aims to "improve its members in Oratory, Composition and Forensic Discussion." The name Philolexian means "lovers of discourse," and the society's motto is the Latin word Surgam, meaning "I shall rise."

External links

• The Philolexian Society of Columbia University
• The Philolexian Foundation
• Columbia University