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The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society is a debating and literary society at the University of Virginia. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest organization at The University and one of the oldest continuously existing debating societies in North America.〔(University of Virginia - Learn Our Traditions and Lingo )〕 The Society meets on Friday evenings, mainly in Hotel C of the University's West Range, known colloquially as "Jefferson Hall", "Jeff Hall", or simply the "Hall". In former times it was popularly known around Grounds as the "Jeff."〔Dabney, p. 110, writing in the context of the Society's 1925 centennial〕 The Greek letters of the Hall are Φ Π Θ—Phi Pi Theta—which are the initials of the Society's Greek motto: φίλοι, πατρίς, θεός (''philoi, patris, theos,'' or "friends, fatherland, God"). After Phi Beta Kappa, the Jefferson Society is the second oldest continually existing Greek-lettered organization in the country. The Hall's Latin motto, taken from Book 1, line 203 of Virgil's ''Aeneid'', is ''Haec olim meminisse iuvabit''—roughly translated, "In the future it will be pleasing to remember these things." ==Events== The Society's main event is the Speaker Series, which invites individuals from various areas to address the Society and its guests each Friday evening during the fall and spring academic sessions. The Society hosts several formal events annually, including Wilson's Day, the Restoration Ball, and Founder's Day, first held in 1832. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jefferson Literary and Debating Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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