Where Would You Want to See a Sigma Chi Chapter?

[EXColony]

Hey guys! Yup it's true the colony at UT Martin just celebrated it's 3rd year! I am an original member and very excited to report that we are being installed in January!! We are very excited and look forward to meeting all of you that are local.

[LaneSig]

Congratulations on your upcoming charter. I think one of my chapter brothers has been advising you.

Have we ever had a chapter at Lafayette College? Just wondering.

[EXColony]

Whom?

Joey

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Congratulations on your upcoming charter. I think one of my chapter brothers has been advising you.

Have we ever had a chapter at Lafayette College? Just wondering.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Have we ever had a chapter at Lafayette College? Just wondering.

Phi Chapter. Chartered in 1867 and closed in the late 1990s due to "low numbers".

[TSteven]

FYI: Inactive single letter chapters.

Beta: College of Wooster - Wooster, Ohio (1873)
Iota: Washington & Jefferson College - Washington, Pennsylvania (1858)
Nu: Cumberland University - Lebanon, Tennessee (1872)
Sigma: Princeton University - Princeton, New Jersey (1869)
Upsilon: Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1865)
Phi: Lafayette College - Easton, Pennsylvania (1867)

My understanding is that the College of Wooster no longer allows national GLOs and the Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania either no longer exists or may have merged with another institute.

[LaneSig]

TSteven -

Thanks, I was at work and couldn't look it up in my old pledge manual. I knew you would probably know. Was Gettysburg not a single letter chapter?
I wish the website would have all the chapters posted somewhere. Especially because guys at colleges with closed chapters might be interested in starting interest groups. Sigma Pi's website actually has a very good set up with that.


Joey -

I think Jamie Frakes has been working with you. He is a prof at Dyersburg. I may be totally mistaken. The "I heard from Clint, who heard from Eric, who heard from David...." thing.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

TSteven -

Thanks, I was at work and couldn't look it up in my old pledge manual. I knew you would probably know. Was Gettysburg not a single letter chapter?

I wish the website would have all the chapters posted somewhere. Especially because guys at colleges with closed chapters might be interested in starting interest groups. Sigma Pi's website actually has a very good set up with that.

Yep. Gettysburg College - Theta (1863).

I agree. It would be nice to see all the chapters on the website. A few other fraternity websites not only have all chapters listed (inactive and active), but include a link back to their IHQ for guys interested in re-colonizing.

[jdou73]

For the record--In July 2005, Pres. Boren at Oklahoma University sent a letter to Sigma Chi HQ inviting the Beta Kappa Chapter of Sigma Chi to return as a "recognized Student Organization" after January 17, 2006 upon completion of six state requirements. In February 2006, after completing 5 of the 6, and on the eve of commencement of the 6th, he changed his mind (after 17 presidents of the other on campus fraternities complained) and re-scheduled the chapter's return as a Student Organization for the spring of 2007 and return to the Chapter House for the fall of 2007.

[MiamiSig]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

TSteven -


I wish the website would have all the chapters posted somewhere. Especially because guys at colleges with closed chapters might be interested in starting interest groups. Sigma Pi's website actually has a very good set up with that.

Ask and you shall receive!

I saw your request/suggestion on here and passed it along to HQ yesterday as a good idea. Guess what? The inactive chapters have been added to the chapter list as of this morning! I think you'll appreciate the info each listing links to for further information.

Great idea brothers and great job to HQ staff for responding so quickly and efficiently to implement a good suggestion.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by TSteven

Upsilon: Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1865)

My understanding is that the College of Wooster no longer allows national GLOs and the Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania either no longer exists or may have merged with another institute.

This sounds like it might be part of Temple or Drexel or something.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by 33girl

This sounds like it might be part of Temple or Drexel or something.

I tried Goggle and others sites and I can't find a reference to what happened to the school. I recall a listing (history of some sorts) from a while back that seemed to infer that the college was "absorbed" (my words) by the Pennsylvania state system.

Drexel is private while Temple is public - right? Maybe they are now part of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia? But they are private as well?

Anywho, I tried to find the website again, but I haven't had the time to read all the selected entries. So far, the references are part of a bio on someone who attended Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by TSteven

I tried Goggle and others sites and I can't find a reference to what happened to the school. I recall a listing (history of some sorts) from a while back that seemed to infer that the college was "absorbed" (my words) by the Pennsylvania state system.

Drexel is private while Temple is public - right? Maybe they are now part of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia? But they are private as well?

Anywho, I tried to find the website again, but I haven't had the time to read all the selected entries. So far, the references are part of a bio on someone who attended Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania.

I don't know who would have absorbed it as there aren't any State System universities in Philly proper. The closest are East Stroudsburg and West Chester, and I'm not altogether sure either or both were around in 1865.

U of Sciences hasn't had Greek life till recently. So I doubt it's them.

And yes Drexel's private, Temple's public. Temple is "state related" which is completely different than the State System.

[TNSig54]

Congrats to the UT Martin Colony, i have several friends at Martin and i may be coming to the installation, Guard Well.

In Hoc

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by EXColony

Hey guys! Yup it's true the colony at UT Martin just celebrated it's 3rd year! I am an original member and very excited to report that we are being installed in January!! We are very excited and look forward to meeting all of you that are local.

Congrats on y'all's upcoming installation. I know you put a lot of hard work into it.