AMERICAN CELLULOID BRISE' FAN. IT IS JOINED FROM A LONG CHAIN OF THE SAME MATERIAL TO A CARNET DE BAL. THE SET WAS OFFERED ON THE OCCASION OF THE JUNIOR PROM FOR PURDUE UNIVERSITY OF LAFAYETTE-INDIANA, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON APRIL, 18TH, 1913. ON THE CELLULOID COVER OF THE CARNET DE BAL THERE ARE TWO GRECIAN LETTERS OF METAL: THETA XI. THETA XI IS ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S OLDEST SOCIAL FRATERNITIES. FOUNDED ON APRIL, 29TH, 1864, IT IS THE ONLY SOCIAL FRATERNITY FOUNDED DURING THE CIVIL WAR. AMONG THE UNIVERSITIES FOUNDED BY FRATERNITY THERE IS ALSO YALE UNIVERSITY. ATTACHED TO THE CHATELAINE THERE IS A 9 KT GOLD SMALL PENCIL WITH AN AMETHYST ON THE TOP. 1913. CM 13,5. MAX SPREAD CM 23,5. CARNET CM 6 X 9. CHAIN (DOUBLE) CM 61. STICKS 16+2.