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Hello, Bill!” and Other “Secrets” t Per Page 43, HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF ELKS: t In the early days of the Order the Ritual provided for a password to be changed semi-annually. The word adopted at the meeting of May 29, 1870, for the ensuing term was 'Integrity.' t The use of a deals password was continued for many years. At one time it was changed monthly; during another period it was changed annually, and in 1899 it was abandoned. t However, whatever the passwords were, “HELLO, BILL” was not one, because this greeting was hardly kept secret. In his self-researched and published AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE BPOE (1910), Charles Edward Ellis of Chicago Lodge No. 4 states.