| | The Exalted Cyclops presides over the Council of the Centaurs and writes quarterly reports to the Grand Giant. In the Klan hierarchy, each local chapter, or Klavern, is led by an Exalted Cyclops. This member is typically elected by his fellow Klansmen and serves a one-year term. According to the original (1867 Prescript of the Ku Klun Klan<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=2j4OAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA145&ots=ArW14d4Ydt&dq=grand%2520exchequer%2520kkk&pg=PA133%23v=onepage&q&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment], John C. Lester, Daniel Love Wilson, Neale Publishing Company, 1905.</ref>) the Exalted Cyclops reports to a Grand Giant, or provincial leader; a Grand Dragon, or state director; and the Grand Wizard, or national chair. Below the Cyclops on the org chart were the Grand Magi, the Grand Monk, the Grand Exchequer, the Grand Turk, and, finally, the rank-and-file members known as Ghouls or Knights. (Many of these titles have changed over time, and most of the sub-Cyclops ranks have been eliminated.) The Exalted Cyclops' responsibilities include presiding over Klavern meetings, initiating new members, and appointing Councils of Centaurs—that's Klan-speak for a jury—to try and punish wayward Ghouls.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/06/robert-byrd-was-an-exalted-cyclops-in-the-ku-klux-klan-what-does-that-mean.html</ref> | | The Exalted Cyclops presides over the Council of the Centaurs and writes quarterly reports to the Grand Giant. In the Klan hierarchy, each local chapter, or Klavern, is led by an Exalted Cyclops. This member is typically elected by his fellow Klansmen and serves a one-year term. According to the original (1867 Prescript of the Ku Klun Klan<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=2j4OAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA145&ots=ArW14d4Ydt&dq=grand%2520exchequer%2520kkk&pg=PA133%23v=onepage&q&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment], John C. Lester, Daniel Love Wilson, Neale Publishing Company, 1905.</ref>) the Exalted Cyclops reports to a Grand Giant, or provincial leader; a Grand Dragon, or state director; and the Grand Wizard, or national chair. Below the Cyclops on the org chart were the Grand Magi, the Grand Monk, the Grand Exchequer, the Grand Turk, and, finally, the rank-and-file members known as Ghouls or Knights. (Many of these titles have changed over time, and most of the sub-Cyclops ranks have been eliminated.) The Exalted Cyclops' responsibilities include presiding over Klavern meetings, initiating new members, and appointing Councils of Centaurs—that's Klan-speak for a jury—to try and punish wayward Ghouls.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/06/robert-byrd-was-an-exalted-cyclops-in-the-ku-klux-klan-what-does-that-mean.html</ref> |
| − | The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. which existed from 1915 to 1944, elaborated on the original prescript in its [[Kloran]] and in the constitution and by-laws adopted in 1922. Some titles and jurisdictional designations were carried over from the [[Reconstruction]] prescripts intact or slightly modified, and others were original with Imperial Wizard Simmons. | + | The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. which existed from 1915 to 1944, elaborated on the original prescript in its Kloran and in the constitution and by-laws adopted in 1922.{{fact}} Some titles and jurisdictional designations were carried over from the [[Reconstruction]] prescripts intact or slightly modified, and others were original with Imperial Wizard Simmons. |