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| What is the process by which new members become familiar with the history, traditions, customs, and practices of Kappa Sigma? |
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| Being a pledge is the first step in a journey which is ______? |
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| What is the central focus of the Pledge Education process? |
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| Preparation for initiation |
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| What are the four pillars? |
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Fellowship
Leadership
Scholarship
Service |
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| What two words are most important to remember in taking the first step in the Kappa Sigma journey? |
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| What is the name of the pledge education manual? |
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| What is the goal of all Kappa Sigmas? |
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| _____ runs contrary to all forms of brotherhood? |
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| Who was the worldwide founder of Kappa Sigma? |
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| When and where was Manuel Chrysoloras born? |
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| Where was Manuel Chrysoloras invited to teach? |
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| What was the title of the academic text for teaching of language written by Manuel Chrysoloras? |
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| Erotemata Civas Questiones |
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| When was Kappa Sigma founded and where? |
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1400
University of Bologna |
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| Who was the unscrupulous governor of Bologna? |
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| The students at the University of Bologna devised secret signs, words, and forms otherwise known as what? |
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| Baldassarre Cossa practiced what two acts of crime against the students? |
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| Baldassarre Cossa later usurped the Papacy under what name? |
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| What is the purpose of my brother's keeper? |
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| To remind each other to drink in moderation and to watch out for one another. |
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| What is Kappa Sigma's open motto? |
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| What is the translation of Bononia Docet? |
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| The city of Bologna is known as what? |
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| What historic figures are associated with Bologna? |
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Dante; Petrarch; Galileo; Copernicus;
Pope Gregory 8th; Galvani; Marconi |
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| The medieval community was protected by a wall that was accessible by how many gates? |
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Strada San Donato
Strada Stefano
Strada Sargozza |
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Torre degli Asinelli
Torre Garisendi |
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| What was the name of the great interior surrounding the many chapels of the city? |
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| Napoleon had the university moved to its present location on which street? |
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| What date was Kappa Sigma's American founding? |
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| What university was Kappa Sigma founded at? |
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| Name the dorm room in which the fraternity was founded. |
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| What bound the five friends together? |
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| Name the five friends and brothers. |
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William Grigsby McCormick
George Miles Arnold
Edmund Law Rogers, Jr.
John Covert Boyd
Frank Courtney Nicodemus |
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| Name the four colonnades of the college. |
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East Lawn
West Lawn
East Range
West Range |
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| What was the name of the chapter established at the university of Virginia? |
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| Who designed the original badge of the order? |
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| Which company was entrusted with creating the badge of the order? |
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| Describe the badge of the order. |
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| The Badge is a convex rendering of a Crescent circumscribing a five-pointed Star, with the outer rim of the Crescent holding the four extreme points of the Star. Enameled in black in the center of the Crescent is Skull and Cross Bones, on the left in black are enameled Cross Keys and in the right are enameled in black Crossed Swords. At the center of the Star are the letters "KE." |
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| Where was founder McCormick born? |
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| One of McCormick's sons was initiated into the Fraternity. What was his Name? |
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| What title does founder McCormick hold? |
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| Where was founder Arnold born? |
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| What was founder Arnold's nickname? |
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| What position did Arnold hold in the original Kappa Sigma chapter? |
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| When did founder Arnold die? |
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| Arnold's son became a Kappa Sigma. What was his name and at which chapter was he initiated? |
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Robert Miles Arnold
Gamma-Zeta |
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| Where was founder Rogers born? |
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| What was founder Rogers' stage name? |
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| Where was founder Nicodemus born? |
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| Where was founder Boyd born? |
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| Bradford Springs, Sumter County, South Carolina |
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| What position did founder Boyd hold in the original Kappa Sigma chapter? |
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| President Roosevelt designated Boyd to incorporate which organization? |
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| American National Red Cross |
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What does the following statement translate to in English?
"Manet Mansur Aque Est" |
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| It remains and it shall remain |
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| In the year 1869, which two men were received by the five friends and brothers? |
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Samuel Isham North
John Edward Semmes |
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| Who took founder McCormick's place at his previous place of residency? |
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Samuel Isham North
George Miles Arnold |
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| Who is the Foremost Historian of Kappa Sigma? |
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| What is the symbol inscribed in the Pledge Pin of Kappa Sigma? |
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| What is the name of Kappa Sigma's overall development program? |
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| What does every Kappa Sigma aspire to be? |
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| What is the name of Kappa Sigma's public foundation? |
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| Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund |
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| A brother who commits $1000 to Kappa Sigma receives what award? |
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Framed Certificate
Sequentially Numbered Lapel Pin
Becomes "One of Jackson's Men" |
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| What organization governs the fraternity between Grand Conclaves? |
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| Supreme Executive Committee |
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| List the five Positions of the Supreme Executive Committee. |
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Worthy Grand Master
Worthy Grand Procurator
Worthy Grand Master of Ceremonies
Worthy Grand Scribe
Worthy Grand Treasurer |
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| Who represents the Supreme Executive Committee in every district? |
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| Who is the fornt-line advisor to each chapter? |
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| Where is Kappa Sigma's international headquarters? |
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| Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| What are Kappa Sigma's colors? |
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Emerald Green
White
Scarlet |
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| What is the flower of Kappa Sigma? |
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| How many men have been initiated into the fraternity? |
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| What is the name of this Chapter? |
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| What is the number of this chapter? |
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| Who was Bowen's first initiate in the fall of 1871? |
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| The building where they met was occupied as a what? |
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| The building was only accessible by what kind of a stairway? |
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| Name the pieces of furniture in the room. |
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Lamp
Oil Can
Hickory Chairs
Table
Stove
Spittoons |
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| What three members returned as the nucleus for a new chapter in the fall of 1872? |
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Samuel Macon Smith
Goodwin Williams
Robert Elliott Boykin |
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| Samuel Macon Smith, Goodwin Williams, and Robert Elliott Boykin soon added how many members? |
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| Whose accomplishments included perfecting the ritual and creating the Supreme Executive Committee and Grand Conclave? |
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| What was Stephen Alonzo Jackson's nickname? |
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| The Golden-Hearted Virginian |
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| What was Stephen Alonzo Jackson's one ambition? |
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| To make Kappa Sigma the leading college fraternity of the world |
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| Who did Stephen Alonzo Jackson as Grand Master of the Zeta Chapter? |
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| The undergraduates at Zeta Chapter governed the operations of Kappa Sigma as what? |
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| When and where was the first Grand Conclave? |
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July 5th and 6th, 1876
Baltimore, Maryland |
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| What position was Stephen Alonzo Jackson elected to at Grand Conclave? |
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| Permanent Worthy Grand Master |
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| What system was abolished by the 1878 Grand Conclave? |
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| Power was transferred to the group of officers known as what? |
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| Supreme Executive Committee |
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| What position was added to the Supreme Executive Committee in 1885? |
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| Worthy Grand Master of Ceremonies |
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| The incorporation of what two things separates Kappa Sigma's Ritual from other fraternities? |
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| Who is Kappa Sigma's Honorary Member? |
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| What was the first college Fraternity in the north? |
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| The meeting place was directly across the street from what? |
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| List two reasons that a "Grand Conclave" was called for in July of 1876. |
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To inquire into the condition of the Fraternity
To amend the Constitution |
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| Kappa Sigma was the first fraternity to extend a chapter to what region? |
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| In order to become a chapter you must first be a what? |
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| Write the Star and Crescent. |
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| The Star and Crescent shall not be worn by every man, but only by him who is worthy to wear it. He must be a gentleman, a man of honor and courage, a man of zeal yet humble, an intelligent man, a man of truth, one who tempers action with wisdom, and above all else one who walks in the light of God. |
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| What does the Worthy Grand Master do? |
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| He is the chief officer of the Fraternity and presides over all Grand Conclaves. |
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| What does the Worthy Grand Procurator do? |
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| He is responsible for all matters of discipline under the Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules. |
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| What does the Worthy Grand Master of Ceremonies do? |
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| He is responsible for the Ritual and Secret Work of the Order. |
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| What does the Worthy Grand Scribe do? |
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| He is the secretary of the Fraternity. |
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| What does the Worthy Grand Treasurer do? |
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| He is the custodian of the funds of the Fraternity. |
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| What are our pledge letters? |
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