Phi Beta Kappa - Wikipedia
The symbol of the Phi Beta Kappa Society is a golden key engraved on the obverse with the image of a pointing finger, three stars, and the Greek letters from which the society takes its name. On the reverse are found the initials "SP" in the script.
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The Phi Beta Kappa Key - Hamilton College
The Phi Beta Kappa Key is the symbol of the Society. Made in the early 19th century as a square silver shield, the key evolved into a rectangular gold key with a stem (the stem was originally used for winding watches but no longer serves that purpose).
About PBK - Phi Beta Kappa
The symbol of Phi Beta Kappa is a golden key bearing three stars, a pointing finger and the Greek initials of the Society, Phi Beta Kappa. The stars represent the three distinguishing principles of the Society: friendship, morality and learning.
Phi Beta Kappa Key
The Society’s distinctive emblem, a golden key, is widely recognized as a symbol of academic achievement. The key is engraved on one side with the letters S P, the initials of the Latin words Societas Philosophiae and on the other with the Greek Letters of Phi Beta Kappa, meaning “Love of wisdom, the guide of life.”
The Phi Beta Kappa Key : Phi Beta Kappa - University of Rochester
The Phi Beta Kappa key is a widely-recognized badge of academic honor. The present standard key, except for its smaller size and for the lower stem added by the branch at Yale, is substantially the same as the original medal of the Alpha of Virginia.
What is Phi Beta Kappa? – Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Chapter of …
On its front the Greek Letters Phi Beta Kappa stand for the motto, Philosophia Biou Kubernetes, meaning “The Love of Wisdom, the Guide of Life.” The three stars in the upper left-hand corner symbolize the aims of the Society: Friendship, Morality and Literature (or Scholarship).
The Key - Loyola Marymount University - LMU
Recognized as one of the nation's most distinctive symbols, the Phi Beta Kappa key traces its origin to the time of the American Revolution. In 1776, a group of students at the College of William and Mary created the emblem to represent their secret "philosophical society."
Phi Beta Kappa | History of ΦΒΚ
Originally Phi Beta Kappa had been a society of congenial spirits, similar in its basis of membership to the present-day fraternity, and in the character of its meetings to a debating or literary club.
Phi Beta Kappa - College of the Holy Cross
The distinctive emblem of the society, a golden key, is widely recognized as a symbol of academic distinction. The Greek letters ΦΒΚ (Phi Beta Kappa) are the first letters of the motto “Philosophia Biou Kubernetes” (Love of wisdom – the guide of life).