Turtle Rank
Various offshoots of the original club may vary but the founder established the following:
- Candidate - Someone wishing to become a member of the Order.
- Turtle - Any Brother or Sister Turtle initiated into the Order through the initiation and interrogation ceremony.
- Snapping Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 25 new Turtles into the Order.
- Grand Snapping Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 50 new Turtles into the Order.
- Imperial Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 100 new Turtles into the Order.
- Past Imperial Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 150 new Turtles into the Order.
- Master Imperial Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 500 new Turtles into the Order.
- Supreme Imperial Turtle Emeritus - this title is held by the successor to the founder (currently held by Bro. Denis P. McGowan, son of founder Hugh P. McGowan.)
Read more about this topic: Ancient Order Of Turtles
Famous quotes containing the words turtle and/or rank:
“The second day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 4–6)
“West of this place, down in the neighbor bottom,
The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream
Left on your right hand brings you to the place.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)