College Fraternities/Freemasonry
Hello all...

While going through my Blue Lodge rituals,  I was struck by a pronounced case of deja vu.  No, it wasn't that my grandfather was a Mason and was likely smiliing down on our Preparing Room (though I'm sure he was).  No, nobody had spilled the beans, not even my visiting guest during my Raising.

Rather, this "been here, heard this" was echoed in the ritual work I had become familiar with as a Phi Sigma Kappa brother (Nu Pentaton; Clarion, PA, #465).  Apparently, our Ritual authors were at least familiar with Masonic rites because-- and I'll be vague in these comments to keep all the necessary secrets a secret on all fronts-- there were many...MANY parallels.  Too many for blind chance.

So here is my little questionnaire, or meme if you will:
1) Did you rush in college?
2) What house?
3) Did you notice any Masonic goodies hidden in your own secret stuff?  (Note: no examples here; just curious).

Lastly, I want to target just Massachusetts and Kansas Masons here.  As Phi Sigma Kappa and Phi Sigma Epsilon (PSK and PSE merged in 1985) were founded in Mass/Kansas respectively, I was hoping to do a quick and dirty search through the state Grand Lodge rolls to see if there were many matches against the 13 total founders of PSK/PSE (as long as that's cool).

Thanks! 

EDIT: D'oh!
I keep forgetting to ask here if other Grand Masters in various places have their own specialty pins.  At our most recent visit from the PA GM, he encouraged us to "Earn it Again," relearning our ritual work and re-remember why it was we became Masons.  To emphasise this point, he presented each Brother with a lapel pin, a custom it seems most PA GMs have done as well, as I received some others after my Raising.  Just wondering if anyone here would ever want to swap, as I can got others, and the PA message of "Earn It Again" is really one that resonated with me...J