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other chapters of Delta Phi began using the St. Elmo name; today, the fraternity is known as both Delta Phi and St. Elmo Hall. When it separated from Delta Phi in 1925, the Yale chapter changed its name from St. Elmo Hall to St. Elmo
Society. By that time, the chapter demonstrated "disrespect" for
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building cost $ 130,000 ($ 4104414 in today's money).
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noted that St. Elmo Hall was "handsomely furnished".
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593:Collegiate secret societies in North America
253:St. Elmo Society was founded in 1889 as the
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1064:Schiff, Judith Ann Schiff (November 2018).
984:St. Elmo Hall at the University of Virginia
758:Welch, Lewis Sheldon; Camp, Walter (1899).
453:and director of American Studies Department
1090:"Building Name Changes on the Yale Campus"
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1321:"Office of the General Faculty Home Page"
1094:Office of the President, Yale University
846:"St. Elmo Hall, New Haven, Connecticut"
777:"How the Secret Societies Got That Way"
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373:selected Saint Elmo, also known as
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808:Bull, Bartle (November 22, 1958).
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687:"So secret I can't talk about it"
1497:Colt, George Howe (2019-10-08).
1430:Sellers, Patricia (1988-09-26).
566:(2010), actress, Jordan Peele's
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619:"An Irrepressible Urge to Join"
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442:College Football Hall of Fame
249:St. Elmo's current tomb, 1985
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1187:Lyall, Sarah (2019-10-03).
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263:Sheffield Scientific School
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25:San Telmo (disambiguation)
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1139:Guo, Jerry (2008-05-29).
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1066:"Yale and the Great War"
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