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| | Eight Is Enough - 1890 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | On April 2, 1890, when the University of Kansas was a mere 24 years old, eight KU professors with degrees from such distinguished East Coast institutions as Harvard, Yale, Williams, Amherst, and the University of Rochester, met to mark another milestone on the University’s march to the front ranks of higher education. |
 | | In their student days, all eight men had become members of Phi Beta Kappa – the most venerable and distinguished liberal arts honor society in the country. |
 | | On the initiative of eight KU professors, all Phi Beta Kappa men from their student days, a chapter of the country’s oldest and most prestigious liberal arts honor society was formed at KU in 1890. |
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