Cadaver Society | |
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Founded | 1957 |
Type | Secret society |
Emphasis | Pre-med |
Scope | Local |
Chapters | 1 |
Headquarters |
Lexington,
Virginia United States |
The Cadaver Society is a secret society for male students at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, United States. [1] [2] It was founded in 1957. [1] [3]
The Cadaver Society has been in continuous operation since its founding in 1957. [1] The society refers to itself as "A Friend of the University". [4] It is known for nocturnal pranks. [2]
The membership of the Cadaver Society is strictly anonymous. [3] Membership is speculated to consist of older students, pre-med students, or leaders of Washington and Lee's athletic teams and fraternities. [2] [5]
The Cadavers symbol is a skull with the letter C around it. [2] It can be found in many prominent places throughout the campus. One place in particular where the Cadavers' logo can be consistently seen is on Wilson Field; they painted it at the endzone every Friday before a game when the field was grass. [2] Since the renovation of the field in 2008, and the replacement of grass with Field Turf, the Cadaver symbol in permanently on the hill separating Alumni from Wilson Field. [2]
The society's members wear a skull mask and all black for anonymity while on campus excursions. [2] [5] It has long been rumored to have underground passageways spanning the campus and surfacing in the campus library. [4] [6]
A Cadaver Society Scholarship was established in 1997. [7] The scholarship is to be awarded every four years to an incoming freshman. [7] The Cadaver Endowment was committed in 1981 to be designated as a residual fund in Cadaver's name to the school each year. [8]