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As I explained earlier, Kappa Sigma Pi is the religious organization that is also known as the Knights of Saint Paul. What Phi Beta Pi is, I'm still not sure. There was a Medical Fraternity of that name at the time, but no record of a chapter at Union College or Albany Medical College. It could be the group, though I can't help thinking it is somehow affiliated with KSP. In the book about Kappa Sigma Pi there is mention of a religious organization named Phi Alpha Pi, but none by the name Phi Beta Pi. Well, maybe Stanford will clarify at some point.
Ballston Lake is the name of a town not far from Schenectady and of the lake located in the town. Below is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article about it. It seems kind of an interesting place:
Early settlers in this area feared attacks from Mohawks, who already inhabited the region and who resented the establishment of European buildings on their sacred grounds. One of Ballston's historic sites is Indian Rock, a large boulder where Mohawk tribesmen reputedly took white captives (children, in some cases) to torture and kill them.
Ballston Lake, a narrow, 3.7-mile (6.0 km)-long lake with a maximum depth of 120 feet (37 m) in the south of the region, was called "Shanantaha" by natives. It was known to early white settlers as Long Lake. The lake was part of the Mohawk River during the glacial age and archeological digs have unearthed artifacts indicating settlement around the lake as early as 3,500 BCE.
For a long time the depth of Ballston Lake was not determined, due to the multiple caves that prevented divers from going to the bottom. There has been an artifact found that is dated 2000 B.C. It is also believed that a lake monster exists within one of the hundreds of caves. That is called by the natives Big Tim and has been spotted by multiple people.
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