AFTER THE COLLEGE BOYS
In addition to the general membership, Simmons started a plan to get college boys into the Ku Klux Klan at $1 a head and with a charge of $5 for masks and regalia. The watchword for the college boys was to be "Kuno." Simmons, according to kleagles who deserted him, explained that he got the college idea from the German militarism system, which started to train boys for the army when they were in school. Simmons wrote this inspiration to attract college boys:
"Klannishners is your creed and faith; therefore, let no angel, man or devil break you from its glorious anchorage. Then when the end of your initiation shall have been reached in this life and you have been summoned to take your place as an inhabitant of the Invisible Empire, as you pass through the veil you can say to the world in tones of truth triumphant: "I have kept the Faith!" Thus preserving your honor by a faithful allegiance your life shall not have been lived in vain."
THE BOOK OF "KLORAN"
The ceremony of initiation is contained in a copyrighted book called the Kloran written by Imperial Wizard Simmons. The Bible is opened at the 12th Chapter of Romans.
These songs are sung:
We meet in cordial greetings
In this our sacred cave
To pledge anew our compact
With hearts sincere and brave;
A band of faithful Klansmen
Knights of the K.K.K.
We all will stand together
Forever and for aye.
Chorus:
Home, home, country and home;
Klansmen, we'll live and die
For our country and home.
Her honor, love and justice
Must actuate us all,
Before our sturdy phalanx
All hate and strife shall fall.
In union we'll labor
Wherever we may roam,
To shield a Klansman's welfare,
His country, name and home.