Fraternity and Sorority Arms, Seals, Flags and other Insignia

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

I've only ever seen a photo of our flag, and it was really pretty, but I cannot find a pic anywhere. Too bad, so sad!

There's a picture (full color) of the "official banner" in Emma Kinne's
History of Sigma Kappa Sorority, 1874 - 1924 between pages 268 and 269, if you have access to that book.

Don't know if it's still the official banner; the one pictured there was adopted by Grand Council in 1917. It's vaguely Art Nouveau in design, and actually looks quite attractive.

Hope an SK can post a pic.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

As far as AOII, I have never seen any type of flag except at Conventions. So, I will have to let some of the other AOIIs on here answer for AOII. I know we don't sell flags and my own collegiate chapter never had a flag.

An AOII flag flies at IHQ everyday. Other than that, we don't really do flags. Of course, it looks nothing like the one posted in the picture from AXO's history book. Now, it's a white rectangular field with AOII in cardinal horizontally across the flag.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

An AOII flag flies at IHQ everyday. Other than that, we don't really do flags. Of course, it looks nothing like the one posted in the picture from AXO's history book. Now, it's a white rectangular field with AOII in cardinal horizontally across the flag.

Since it's on your website, I hope it's okay if I post a picture. The one shown here is cardinal field with letters. (A similar one can be seen on the virtual HQ tour in the Archives room.


Beautiful headquarters, btw!

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Since it's on your website, I hope it's okay if I post a picture. The one shown here is cardinal field with letters. (A similar one can be seen on the virtual HQ tour in the Archives room.


Beautiful headquarters, btw!

I've toured it! It is beautiful, and the women were very gracious. I LOVE the museums in different sorority HQs.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Since it's on your website, I hope it's okay if I post a picture. The one shown here is cardinal field with letters. (A similar one can be seen on the virtual HQ tour in the Archives room.


Beautiful headquarters, btw!

I guess I "misremembered" the way our flag looks at IHQ. Maybe we have both, but I could have sworn it was the other way. Oh well...it's a cardinal field with white letters. Thanks for the picture, Mystic Cat!

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

An AOII flag flies at IHQ everyday. Other than that, we don't really do flags. Of course, it looks nothing like the one posted in the picture from AXO's history book. Now, it's a white rectangular field with AOII in cardinal horizontally across the flag.

I found out from AOII's historian that we have never had a flag. The one at Headquarters is just a regular old flag with no meaning and no symbolism on it like AOII Angel said.

I also found out that the flags I referred to at Convention in 1997 are actually considered banners for each chapter made especially for the Centennial Celebration.

Apparently the one in that very old picture I found is just that, a basic flag we submitted for the picture!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

Love those flags! I know ZTA, Chi Omega, and Tri Delta still use those flags - does anyone know if those are still current for the other organizations?

Ours is used for ritual only; I would appreciate it greater if no one asks further questions.

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

Love those flags! I know ZTA, Chi Omega, and Tri Delta still use those flags - does anyone know if those are still current for the other organizations?

That's actually ZTA's Official Banner but we also have a flag now with just the crest on it:


And here is me with my chapter's flag - as you can see the chapter letters are designated:

[Lafayette79]

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

That's actually ZTA's Official Banner but we also have a flag now with just the crest on it:

I think that just about all of our Coats of Arms and badges are very appealing, but I have never seen a flag, including my own, which is anything but ugly. Except for this Zeta banner, which is beautiful. Since I knew Zetas while an active, and my cousin/brother's daughter is a Zeta, this makes me happy.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Lafayette79

I think that just about all of our Coats of Arms and badges are very appealing, but I have never seen a flag, including my own, which is anything but ugly.

Is the ADPi flag the one shown in this post above? If it isn't, do you have a picture? (And if it is, what are the colors?)

I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of flags that are just coats-of-arms on a single- or multi-colored field. And I say that even though I love the flag of my own fraternity:

(As I said above, this isn't a great picture. The "yellow" should be gold.)

But there are some fraternity flags that I think are very striking and beautiful. In no particular order:

Beta Theta Pi:



Sigma Chi:



Alpha Tau Omega:



Kappa Alpha Order:



Sigma Nu:



Alpha Chi Rho:



Tau Kappa Epsilon:



Sigma Phi Epsilon:



Delta Upsilon:

[Lafayette79]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Is the ADPi flag the one shown in this post above? If it isn't, do you have a picture? (And if it is, what are the colors?)

But there are some fraternity flags that I think are very striking and beautiful. In no particular order:

I'm sorry, but I just don't like any of these flags. They all seem kind of garish to me, which is why I commented on the Zeta flag, it is much more subtle in my opinion. The badge thread and the Coat of Arms thread has so much beautiful work that I just think that our flags are not in the same class.

For the ADPi question, I would not pass the gender requirements for that, although I had a dear friend in ADPi. My sig is a quote from an ADPhi, namely Otter who was the real Otter from Animal House. Chris Miller, who was one of the writers of the movie, wrote a book about his experiences at Dartmouth as an ADPhi which was the basis of the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KgP4SHUy6Q

Arthur O'Shaughnessy:
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Is the ADPi flag the one shown in this post above? If it isn't, do you have a picture? (And if it is, what are the colors?

the picture that is shown is the only picture of the Alpha Delta Pi picture I've ever seen. It is used in certain rituals, and that is all. We do have the Chapter Flags, much like everyone else - white flags with the chapter information in azure blue. I tried to copy & paste a picture of those flags, but couldn't.

ADPis, please run any further info past texas*princess or me prior to posting!

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But there are some fraternity flags that I think are very striking and beautiful. In no particular order:

Sigma Phi Epsilon:

As do I! :P I do like all of those flags, though. The brown-yellow should definitely be gold here too (just like the Epsilon in my siggy). I love both the Ritual and display flags.

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by Lafayette79

I think that just about all of our Coats of Arms and badges are very appealing, but I have never seen a flag, including my own, which is anything but ugly. Except for this Zeta banner, which is beautiful. Since I knew Zetas while an active, and my cousin/brother's daughter is a Zeta, this makes me happy.

I LOVE our official banner:



I think it's pretty unique and it can be displayed publicly but its meaning is secret

[pshsx1]

I showed one of my old roommates our keynote a few nights ago. It was fun to watch him guess what everything meant. I think he got maybe one thing right. :P