James Frank Hopkins (Alpha I) The Very Soul Of Honor
Hopkins was born on December 30, 1845 in Ripple, Mississippi. At the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served as a courier due to his expert horsemanship. After the war, he studied civil engineering at VMI in the late summer of 1866. Dedicated to modesty and objective thinking, cool-tempered Hopkins was the exemplar of the principle of honor. Immediately he won the friendship and the respect of his classmates at the Institute. When the first slate of officers was chosen, Hopkins was elected to be the Lieutenant Commander. He wrote the first ritual and designed the original badge. The life of this dedicated Founder ended on December 15, 1913 in Mablevale, Arkansas. The two character qualities associated with Hopkins are Leadership and Seriousness.

Greeenfield Quarles (Alpha II) A Living Symbol of Purity
Quarles was born on April 1, 1847 in Christian County, Kentucky. He began service in the military at the age of sixteen as an aide on the staff of his uncle, General William Quarles, until he was captured and made prisoner of war for six months. Entering VMI at the same time as Hopkins, Quarles was known as a man of grace and dignity. His refined character was endowed with pure thought, his conduct impeccable. His every impulse was noble. He excelled academically and would later become a renowned judge. Quarles was taken from living contact with the fraternity on January 14, 1921 in Helena, Arkansas. The two character qualities associated with Quarles are Scholarship and Dignity.

James McIlvaine Riley (Alpha III)
The Vivifying Spirit of Good Fellowship
Riley was born on May 16, 1849 in St. Louis, Missouri. Being quite young during the war, he did not fight in the struggle and was barely seventeen when he entered VMI in 1866. “Mac” Riley became the most popular cadet at the Institute. He was free-hearted, with a natural talent for friendship and good storytelling. A fun-loving and action-oriented fellow, Riley could easily cheer up the most depressed, and often did with his wit and happy outlook. Due to his popularity with cadets at the Institute, Riley was chosen to serve as the Commander. His life of tireless dedication to Sigma Nu ended when Riley entered the Chapter Eternal on May 6, 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri. The two character qualities associated with Riley are Fellowship and Responsibility.

Sorry for my time of absence... I hope you all enjoy this history.

LHT,
HT605

--- Wenner was the artist who produced the first lithograph of the Short Creed of Sigma Nu.

--- Yale, 1892 - 1985

--- 50 years

--- 1 Led to Greek-Letter designations ofr chapters instead of Roman Numerals (my chapter would be MMCXXII)

--- 2prompted the idea for a magazine for Sigma Nu


More trivia later!

LHT
Kevin
MT 5
University of Central Oklahoma

Trying to revive this thread a little bit..

How many fraternities currently have their HQ's in Lexington, VA?

I have a little more Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Nu history. One night our founders were to serenade the Sigma Nus at one of their meetings, but the problem was that the ladies weren't allowed on campus after a certain time so they snuck out of the house to serenade them, and the next morning the footprints of the Alpha Xis were seen in the grass my one of the members so one of the Sigma Nus had a janitor rake the ground so that the Alpha Xis wouldn't be punished for what they had done.

3?

KA, ATO, and us?

I know the last 2 for sure.

dude, ktsnake, where did you get all this info? it's great!


Kitso
KS 361

Sigma Nu has a Trivial Pursuit syle game out. I just lifted these things off of the history cards. Interesting stuff I think.

Seriously? Where can i get my hands on this game?

Kitso
KS 361

I recieved mine at the last College of Chapters. You might be able to get one if you call HQ.

Another bit of trivia...

Q. What tie does Alpha Sigma Phi have with Sigma Nu?

A. Alpha Kappa Pi fraternity had as its faculty advisor Rev. Albert H. Wilson, a former Regent of Sigma Nu. Alpha Kappa Pi consolidated with Alpha Sigma Phi in 1946.

Thank you for that! Very interesting.

hahaa, that is a very cool story! thanks.

Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Nu
 

I noticed the conversation about the history between Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Nu. I'm an Alpha Xi Delta at New Mexico State University.

From what I have been able to find out we used to have a Sigma Nu chapter. I was just initiated in the fall of '06, and shortly after that there were rumors flying around that Sigma Nu was looking to come back. But nothing has happened...we know that the chapter at U of A is being recolonized. Right now the closest chapter to us is the University of Texas.

My sisters and I would love to meet Sigma Nu's because of our history. If Sigma Nu were to come back to NMSU, the ladies of the Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta would be more than willing to help ya'll recolonize. :)

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Alpha Xi Delta

I don't know anything about NMSU, but our recolonization efforts have been very aggressive as of late. Our HQ's goal is 8 new chapter per year. I think they choose where to go based on feasibility/whether they've been invited, etc.

If you're really interested, maybe you could talk some guys into starting an interest group. I believe that's how our relatively new chapter at Longwood started.

I'm talking to a few of my sisters to see if we can try and get a group of guys interested in bringing Sigma Nu back to New Mexico State. We don't have any brother-sister groups on campus so it would be cool if Sigma Nu came.

If you have any tips on how to get guys interested let me know!!! :)

Well, I'd say if a group of cutie Alpha Xi Delta's came up and started talking to me about a new fraternity I'd be very interested :D

Finding a group of men that are interested in building something of their own, immediately taking leadership roles, and who don't find what they are looking for in the chapters already on the campus. Get a few of those and that's a start.

Having an already established sorority on campus that is backing them; and helping them out would be very attractive to our nationals. Now, the main question - which I have no answer for just now - do we have an Alumni base in the New Mexico State area......