Edmund Burke Society

The Edmund Burke Society is an organization that was founded at Columbia in 2009. It is loosely modeled after traditional notions of the 18th-century gentlemen's club, as a response to "nouveau riche" culture. Society meetings, as well as membership, are secret.

Surprisingly, the society is approved by the Columbia Student Governing Board, for reasons unknown.

History

The Edmund Burke Society is founded on the principles set forth by Edmund Burke, the father of conservative philosophy and politics. Burke was a prominent Anglo-Irish statesman. His letter, Reflections on the Revolution in France, is required reading for Contemporary Civilization. Burke's ideas on the preservation of tradition mirror members' interests.

Members

The Edmund Burke Society is known to tap prominent Columbia College scholars, with a preference for those with strong international political associations, as well as those with distinct philosophical views.

Incidents

The Edmund Burke Society is rumored to have recruited minority students to flyer the halls of the main campus with posters that read "Redeunt Saturnia Regna", its motto in Latin.