Editing Phi Alpha Theta (section)

== Symbols ==
The description of the society's emblem is precise: The emblem of the Society is a gold disc, ''"''with the edge milled to represent a serpent's body, the forepart of the serpent's body being on the right side of the badge, and the eye shall be represented by a red jewel." On the face is a raised six-pointed star faced with black, "and bearing in gold the Greek letters Phi Alpha Theta horizontally across the middle, and the points bearing the Greek letters psi, pi, alpha, lambda, upsilon, and psi [{{lang|grc|Ψ}}, {{lang|grc|Π}}, {{lang|grc|Α}}, {{lang|grc|Λ}}, {{lang|grc|Υ}}, and {{lang|grc|Ψ}} again] in clockwise rotation beginning at the uppermost point."<ref name="Constitution">[https://phialphatheta.org/constitution/ According to the Phi Alpha Theta Constitution, Article VII], accessed 17 Dec 2020.</ref> The emblem can be jeweled.
[[File:1913,_Boston_College_Phi_Alpha_Theta.jpg|left|thumb|1973 members of Phi Alpha Theta at [[Boston College]] (bottom)]]
Its emblem may be mounted upon a gold key, ''"''which shall be in the form of a rectangle nineteen by twenty-one millimeters, and the corners of which shall be cut along the arcs of circles having a radius of four millimeters, the centers of said circles being at the corners of the key, and the edges of the key shall be [beveled] to a distance not to exceed one millimeter from the edge." A cylindrical stem projects from the top of the emblem finished with a ring. The cylinder projects from the lower edge of the key, similarly.<ref name="Constitution" />

Phi Alpha Theta's motto is "Seek Truth: The society's colors are "Madonna red" and "Madonna blue".<ref name="Constitution" /> Its flower is the red rose.<ref name="Constitution" /> Its quarterly publication is ''The Historian'', which includes articles and book reviews. ''Voces Novae: Chapman University Historical Review'' was founded in the Spring of 2009 by the Alpha Mu Gamma chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at [[Chapman University]].<ref>{{Cite journal |year=2009 |title=Introduction |url=https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/vocesnovae/vol1/iss1/1/ |journal=Voces Novae |publisher=[[Chapman University]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/voces-novae-vol-1-introduction |archive-date=2025-02-08 |access-date=2025-02-08}}</ref>