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Kevin, that was some pretty cool history, most of which I did not know... Here is a bit about some great knights;
Ellwood H. McClelland
McClelland designed the Sigma Nu coat-of-arms in 1915.
James Bowles Settles
Settles painted “The Founding of Sigma Nu.”
Elmer Paul Catts Jr.
Brother Catts painted “A Serpent, A Rose, and A Star.”
John Alexander Howard
Howard thought the Fraternity should replace the Roman numeral system of labeling chapters. He felt that chapters should be designated with Greek letters according to the founding date of the chapter. Howard’s greatest contribution to Sigma Nu was as the first editor of the Fraternity’s magazine, The Delta. The first issue was published in April 1883 and contained sixteen pages. The reason he named the magazine The Delta was to symbolize the geographical relationship of the three existing Sigma Nu chapters at that time (Alpha, Lambda, and Kappa). The location of the three chapters formed the Greek letter “Delta”.
Isaac P. Robinson
Robinson was responsible for organizing the first National Convention. It was held at Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee on July 9-10, 1884.
Walter James Sears
Brother Sears is the author of “The Creed of Sigma Nu.”
“TO BELIEVE IN THE LIFE OF LOVE, TO WALK IN THE WAY OF HONOR, TO SERVE IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH, this is the Life, the Way, and the Light of Sigma Nu, this is the Creed of our Fraternity.”
For those of you going on Spring Break, be careful. We are going to South Padre, which is always a huge Sigma Nu reunion from brother across the nation.
LHT,
HT605
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