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- La Seven Society est une des sociétés secrètes de l'université de Virginie aux États-Unis, et donc du folklore de cette université. Fondée en 1905, elle est notamment visible par son inscription — le numéro 7 entouré par les signes alpha (A), oméga (Ω) et infini (∞), et parfois plusieurs étoiles — sur de nombreux bâtiments autour les terrains de l'université. Les membres de la société ne sont révélés publiquement qu'après leur mort. La société a compté parmi ses membres (en), Edward R. Stettinius, Jr ou encore Frank Wisner. Pour contacter la société la seule méthode connue est de placer une lettre à la statue de Thomas Jefferson à l'intérieur de la (en). (fr)
- The Seven Society (founded 1905) is the most secretive of the University of Virginia's secret societies. Members are only revealed after their death, when a wreath of black magnolias in the shape of a "7" is placed at the gravesite, the bell tower of the University Chapel chimes at seven-second intervals on the seventh dissonant chord when it is seven past the hour, and a notice is published in the university's Alumni News, and often in the Cavalier Daily. The most visible tradition of the society is the painting of the logo of the society, the number 7 surrounded by the signs for alpha (A), omega (Ω), and infinity (∞), and sometimes several stars, upon many buildings around the grounds of the university. There is no clear history of the founding of the society. There is a legend that, of eight men who planned to meet for a card game, only seven showed up, and they formed the society. Other histories claim that the misbehavior of other secret societies, specifically the Hot Feet (later the IMP Society), led University President Edwin A. Alderman to call both the Hot Feet and the Z Society into his office and suggest that a more "beneficial organization" was needed. The only known method to successfully contact the Seven Society is to place a letter at the Thomas Jefferson statue inside the university's historic Rotunda (accounts differ on the exact placement of the letter, either on the base or in the crook of the statue's arm). (en)
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- La Seven Society est une des sociétés secrètes de l'université de Virginie aux États-Unis, et donc du folklore de cette université. Fondée en 1905, elle est notamment visible par son inscription — le numéro 7 entouré par les signes alpha (A), oméga (Ω) et infini (∞), et parfois plusieurs étoiles — sur de nombreux bâtiments autour les terrains de l'université. Les membres de la société ne sont révélés publiquement qu'après leur mort. La société a compté parmi ses membres (en), Edward R. Stettinius, Jr ou encore Frank Wisner. (fr)
- The Seven Society (founded 1905) is the most secretive of the University of Virginia's secret societies. Members are only revealed after their death, when a wreath of black magnolias in the shape of a "7" is placed at the gravesite, the bell tower of the University Chapel chimes at seven-second intervals on the seventh dissonant chord when it is seven past the hour, and a notice is published in the university's Alumni News, and often in the Cavalier Daily. The most visible tradition of the society is the painting of the logo of the society, the number 7 surrounded by the signs for alpha (A), omega (Ω), and infinity (∞), and sometimes several stars, upon many buildings around the grounds of the university. (en)
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