The Octopus Society, a progressive secret society which once existed at Monmouth College, has declared its reemergence through the social networking website Facebook.

A private Facebook profile bearing the name “Monmouth Octopi” has been created, with a picture of an orange cartoon octopus as its profile photo. In addition, a Facebook group, entitled “The Monmouth Octopus Society” and using the same picture as its logo, also exists and can be viewed by all members of the Monmouth College Facebook community.

On the Facebook group page, the following has been written: “Please invite others to join. As you may have heard the Octopus Society is back on campus, and yes we are connected [to] the Octopus Society who once was on the campus. Our goal is to help better the campus of Monmouth College, and this site will help YOU to hear of what we would like to do to help the college.”

The Octopus Society was believed to have died out during the 1970s. In January of 2008, the group began to function once more, when a mysterious sign (reading “Student Center?” with an image of an octopus at the bottom) was hung outside of the Haldeman-Thiessen Science Center. A letter (signed with a symbol resembling the shape of an octopus) was sent to The Courier, the President and the board of trustees suggesting that the Science Center be converted into a student center in the future. A discussion regarding this specific incident can be found at the “Octopus Society” Facebook group page.

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