Fraternitas and Gevjon were originally societies for pupils at Drammen Latin School, and the societies continue today at the Latin School's successor, Drammen Upper Secondary School.[1] Fraternitas (latin for "fraternity") is a male fraternity, and was founded as a literary fraternity under the name of Silentium ("silence") on 19 November 1850. 22 members of the original Silentium are known, and the fraternity's existence remained secret for ten years.[2] Gevjon was founded in 1911 as a girl sorority and the sister society of Fraternitas, and was named for the goddess Gefjon in Norse mythology.[3][4][5]
Notable members edit
The 22 members of the original fraternity Silentium include
- Anders Nicolai Kiær, the first director-general of Statistics Norway
- Georg August Thilesen, cabinet minister and industrialist
- Michael Schjelderup Hansson, director of Storebrand
- Bernhard Pauss, theologian and educator
References edit
- ^ «Skolen med de mange navn», Drammens Tidende 13 October 2010.
- ^ Hans Jürgen Kiær, Fraternitas' historie 1850–80, I, p. 15
- ^ Festskrift i anledning af gymnasiesamfundet Fraternitas's 50-aarsjubilæum. Drammen 1901
- ^ Lorentzen, R. A., Fraternitas drafniensis : historien om et skolesamfunn gjennom hundre år. Drammen 1950
- ^ Poesi og prosa fra "Fraternitas" (discipelsamfundet ved Drammens latingymnasium). Drammen 1880.