Gridiron Secret Society is a collegiate

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at the

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. Membership in Gridiron has been called "the highest honor a male student may receive on the University of Georgia campus."

History

The Gridiron Secret Society was founded in 1908 at the University of Georgia. The organization is thought to have connections with certain structures and historic sites around the State of Georgia and the rest of the

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, Georgia Capitol building), but its members do not publish any information. The organization is believed to be associated with other secret organizations, which operate around the world under different names including

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. Observers have noted that University of Georgia's first president

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was a Yale graduate and likely a member of Skull and Bones.

References

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