C & C April

[Tom Earp]

Couldnt find the Post for the New C & C, but is up!

Some interesting views!

[GammaZeta]

Oh yeah, Gamma Zeta!

"The first coat of arms was prepared by Gamma at Massachusetts State where the chapter felt the need of a “fraternity plate” for publication in the Greek letter section of the yearbook. The Gamma “Plate” or coat of arms was based on the first ritual of Lambda Chi Alpha…. "

I still find it funny that they think the printing and picture of the plate that they posted on the C & C website is THE Gamma Plate.

[JonoBN41]

I found this comment particularly interesting. For those who haven't seen the April 2007 issue, I've copied it here.

"Ed Miller Says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:32 pm
No mystery as to the whereabouts of the original Gamma Plate — I’m looking at it now! I bought it several years ago on ebay. I was told that it was among a number of items from the Warren Cole estate that had been first offered to the General Fraternity, but for whatever reason they were uninterested. After purchasing the plate, I got in touch with Simeen Ishaque, an instructor in the art department at Richland College in Dallas, who showed me how to print an engraving. I pulled a small number of prints using the etching press at the college, and have given them to a few of the chapters with which I have been involved in the past. I also gave one to Tom Helmbock, and I believe it is at IHQ in Indianapolis. I have since bought a small press of my own and intend to pull some prints to donate to the Educational Foundation so that they can use them for fund raising. The number of prints will be rather limited due to the nature of the printing process, which is quite time consuming. This is aggravated by the condition of the plate, which has a lot of rust damage. To get the best prints, I have carefully wiped the rust spots with solvent after the normal inking and wiping of the plate. The illustration in this article is from one of the prints that I made — you can see some of the rust spots that I missed in the background, since there is a trade-off between removing the rust spots and preserving the fine detail of the background. I keep the plate oiled to avoid further rust damage."

I'm rather pleased that IHQ was "uninterested" in acquiring the only plate ever made to produce the very first coat of arms of Lambda Chi Alpha. This brother is actually doing something with it.

Suddenly I recall the post-merger prototype pledge pin I donated to IHQ exactly four years ago - one with three instead of four triangles - and which is still not on display. I should have just kept it. History is not their forte.

ZAX,
Jono

[docroc67]

Originally Posted by GammaZeta

Oh yeah, Gamma Zeta!

"The first coat of arms was prepared by Gamma at Massachusetts State where the chapter felt the need of a “fraternity plate” for publication in the Greek letter section of the yearbook. The Gamma “Plate” or coat of arms was based on the first ritual of Lambda Chi Alpha…. "

I still find it funny that they think the printing and picture of the plate that they posted on the C & C website is THE Gamma Plate.

Brother GammaZeta,

It is not a "they" it is me. I wrote the article.

I would love to see "THE Gamma Plate" you are referring to in your post.

Please share it.

Yours in ZAX,

Mike Raymond, ZU-384

[GammaZeta]

Yeah Mike, I read the comments below the article, which prompted me to post here.

Great work by the way! It is one thing to write about a famous event that happened 100 years ago, it is another thing to do the research and footwork to write intelligently about a non-historical (at least to non-LXA's) event.

Well, Gamma Zeta chapter had many unique and rare artifacts. I guess it comes from being the first house (and chapter in my opinion) and continuously operating from 1912-1974. It also helped that we stayed in the same house during that time. It was always great to bring them out and use some of them during ritual. Kinda made the new meets old.

Maybe 'S would be more appropriate???

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by docroc67

Brother GammaZeta,

It is not a "they" it is me. I wrote the article.

I would love to see "THE Gamma Plate" you are referring to in your post.

Please share it.

Yours in ZAX,

Mike Raymond, ZU-384

Mike I find it very interesting from Your post.

We know that a Coat of Arms was not designed and was requested by the Possible New Chapters. So one was desingned and was called the Gammas Plate from a drawing so it could be placed as a designated Fraternity in a year book, presumably to show it was really a Greek Social Organization as all others had a Coat of Arms.

So now, I guess the question would be is or was there only one etched by hand in those days or were there others?

So, if so, as jono said, so and so had it. Where is it now?

There have been prints made and given out.

jono is correct about pins given and the covering of Historical artifacts.

Granted there is only so much space to show items, but to just place them in a box or what ever should never be a question.

Catagorized and placed where they can be studied and kept for Us as Brothers to see what has been given and for History.


I have an Auburn Local pin that I would to donate, but I do not want it lost in the mists along with the local Pin and Pledge Pin that I was requried to give.

So, where are they and what is being done to preserve them?

[JonoBN41]

Just noticed the poll results from last month's question of when we should celebrate the centennial. Ninety-three percent voted for Nov. 2, 2009, but only one percent said Nov. 15, 2011.

I've been in the minority before, but never this bad.