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Theta Sigma Chapter
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What is the exact date of the Founding of Sigma Chi?
June 28, 1855
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How many official founders does the Sigma Chi Fraternity have?
7
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What is the name of the International Sweetheart?
Sydney Binnington
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Name the 3 writings provided in the packet?
The spirit of Sigma Chi, The Creed and the Jordan Standard
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Who is the current Consul (2012-2013) of the Theta Sigma Chapter?
Ryan Bird
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The Sigma Chi Fraternity split off what Fraternity?
Delta Kappa Epsilon (or DKE)
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Which Founder said: "The Qualities of Learning"
Founder Thomas Cowan Bell
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What is the Fraternity's public motto?
In this sign you will conquer or in hoc signo vinces
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Who wrote the Sigma Chi Creed?
George Ade
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What is the theme of our beginning of the year party?
Heaven & Hell
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At which University was Sigma Chi founded?
The University of Miami in Oxford, Ohio
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Which Founder in a speech declared the standard? (Full Name)
Founder Isaac M. Jordan
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Describe the Sigma Chi flag
Top-blue Bottom- Old gold White cross on the middle
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Name the seven standards listed on the Jordan Standard
A Man of Good Character....... A Student of Fair Ability....... With Ambitious Purposes....... A Congenial Disposition....... Possessed of Good Morals....... Having a High Sense of Honor and A Deep Sense of Personal Responsibility.
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What is the address to the Sigma Chi house?
House Address: 159 E. Holt Ave Pomona, Ca 91767
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Which founder pulled his badge off and said: "I didn't join this fraternity to be anyone's tool!"
Founder Benjamin Piatt Runkle
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What is the quote for which Founder William Lewis Lockwood is best remembered?
"Honest and trustworthy through life"
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What event held in 1922 by the UC Berkeley chapter of Sigma Chi led to the creation of Derby Days?
The Channingway Derby
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Recite The Spirit of Sigma Chi
The Spirit of Sigma Chi, as conceived by the Founders more than 150 years ago yet visible and alive today, is based on the theory that... ...Friendship among members, sharing a common belief in an ideal,... ...and possessing different temperaments, talents, and convictions... ...is superior to friendship among members having the same temperaments, talents, and convictions; and that... ...Genuine friendship can be maintained without surrendering the principle of individuality or sacrificing one's personal judgment.
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Who is our current Pro-Consul
Ramon V.
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Much of Sigma Chi's heraldry is inspired by the legendary story of?
Emperor Constantine
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Name the 7 founders, in order
Founder Benjamin Piatt Runkle Founder Thomas Cowan Bell Founder William Lewis Lockwood Founder Isaac M. Jordan Founder Daniel William Cooper Founder Franklin Howard Scobey Founder James Parks Caldwell
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Recite the Purpose of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
"The purpose of this Fraternity shall be to cultivate and maintain the high ideals of friendship, justice and learning upon which Sigma Chi was founded."
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Recite the Jordan Standard
The Jordan Standard The confidence of the Founders of Sigma Chi was based upon a belief that the principles which they professed and the ideal of the Fraternity which they sought were but imperfectly realized in the organizations by which they were surrounded. The standard with which the fraternity started was declared by Isaac M. Jordan to be that of admitting no man to membership in Sigma Chi who is not believed to be:~ A Man of Good Character....... A Student of Fair Ability....... With Ambitious Purposes....... A Congenial Disposition....... Possessed of Good Morals....... Having a High Sense of Honor and A Deep Sense of Personal Responsibility.
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What year was the Theta Sigma Chapter founded?
1985
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