Manufacturer: Syracuse China
User: Zodiac Society – Cornell University
Date of platter: 1927

Lapel Pin for the Zodiac Society

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Notes:  The Zodiac Society at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was organized in 1904, and was located at 515 Stewart Avenue. According to Wikipedia: "In 1934, several dislocated members of the Beta Psi Fraternity, whose small national had disbanded, joined Zodiac. At the same time, Zodiac was in search of a national affiliation, but its planned absorption by Beta Kappa was 'unsuccessful' according to the chapter's history, and the chapter withdrew to merge into the older ΑΤO chapter on campus."

According to Cornell's ATO website: "Over the next few years, a number of alumni of the Zodiac Society were also initiated into the ATO brotherhood."

White body platter with both a blue and yellow-gold pinstripe around the outer rim and a matching blue pinstripe at the top of the verge. At both the top and bottom of the rim is the society's logo that consists of a stylized letter "Z" in yellow gold with a blue five-pointed star covering the center of the "Z." There are various symbols and drawings in both the "Z" and the star.

Sources:
Wikipedia – Beta Kappa, Reference #46
Cornell Chapter ATO Fraternity website – history

Contributors:
Edward Kozlowski: platter photos
Roland Burritt: ID
Ed Phillips: author