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The Panthera Club is an undergraduate secret student society at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The society is known informally as "Panthera," and members are known as "Pantherinae".

History
The Panthera Club has an unknown founding date. The founding and current members are also unknown, but the club maintains and updates a full roster of past and current members. Appeal to the club has been garnered by those uninterested in joining the greek letter social fraternities on campus.

The society's assets are managed by the club itself.

There has been no historical record of The Panthera Club existing, but it is often rumored among the SMU student body that they will revive sometime within the years of 2015-2018.

The Panthera Club selects new members among students every fall/winter by way of "tapping," reminiscent of Skull and Bone's "Tap Day," and has done so since founding. The club selects four members of the freshman class, two male and two female. The Panthera Club "taps" those that it views as campus leaders and other notable figures for its membership.

The names of members are kept secret, along with meeting places and practices.

Place of Meeting
It is unknown where The Panthera Club meets, but it is rumored that their meetings take place in a secret room above Dallas Hall, where some say it was to be used as an apartment by the first president of SMU, Dr. Robert S. Hyer. Other rumors include the club meeting in the secret tunnels under Perkins Chapel.

Unlike other Southern Methodist University fraternities, The Panthera Club membership, although exclusive, was not limited to race or gender.

Membership
Members are expected to maintain the secret and exclusive nature of the club. Induction ceremonies are rumored to include all black attire, candles, and various pieces of literature that exemplify the club's mission statement, "to devote yourself to pursuit of the divine light of knowledge, liberty, and equality between members throughout all spiritual beliefs and practices." Unlike other Southern Methodist University fraternities, The Panthera Club membership, although exclusive, was not limited to race or gender.

Members are assigned nicknames. Many of the chosen names are taken from literature or history (e.g., "Zeus," "Alexander the Great,") religion, and myth.