on 7 principles of leadership. Members are selected during their undergraduate career and are not revealed until graduation by wearing a crimson sash bearing the 7. The group recognizes and honors citizens of the Longwood community who are exceptional leaders. The mysteries of this organization are only revealed with their dropped items around campus and their recognition of those who embody the spirit of Princeps. Students often step on the black 7 pointed crowns painted around campus for good luck. A third society was the Mystic Seven Fraternity, constituted in 1885, of which the Virginia Temple of the Hands and Torch was the parent chapter. Prior to the Civil War, there had been a Mystical Seven Society, with several chapters across the South. One surviving group at Mississippi created a chapter at Virginia. That Virginia chapter later organized the Mystic Seven Fraternity, also calling the new organization Phi Theta Alpha. Five years later the Mystic Seven Fraternity merged with Beta Theta Pi, with the Virginia chapter becoming the Omicron chapter of Beta Theta Pi. A fourth unrelated society, also called Mystical Seven, was founded in 1907 at the University of Missouri. It is often claimed that this society was directly inspired by the Seven Society at Virginia, (although no citations are given), but it took the older Mystical Seven name. A fifth unrelated society is the Seven Society (The Club) at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Established in 1927, the name of the organization was originally the "East Carolina Men's Social Club" until it was changed to "Seven Society" in 1962 for reasons unknown. Referred to as simply "The Club" by most of its members, the sign of this society is the same as that of the Seven Society at the University of Virginia, except that the numbers "322" appear beneath the "7." The numbers 322 are also depicted in the Skull and Bones secret society logo. Notable members include: the screenwriter Kevin Williamson, James Maynard, and Vince McMahon. See also Secret societies at the University of Virginia Collegiate secret societies in North America Skull and Bones (Yale University) Stewards Society (Georgetown University) References Collegiate secret societies Student societies in the United States University of Virginia 1905 establishments in Virginia Secret societies in the United States Student organizations established in 1905