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| Name five well-known members of Sigma Pi. |
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Lewis Grizzard
Herman Fisher
Tracy Lawrence
Walter Shirra
Willard Kiplinger
John Meyers
Dr. Judson Ward
Judge Curtis G. Shake |
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| Name three ways a member can be involved with the fraternity once he leaves school. |
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1.) Alumni clubs
2.) National HQ
3.) Chapter Advisor |
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| Name five rules of etiquette to remember. |
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1.) Watch personal appearance
2.) Eat slow, allow time to talk
3.) Enhance the pleasure of others
4.) Form gentlemanly habits
5.) Be friendly but reserved in the classroom |
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| Who was the professor that inspired the Founders on the subject of college Fraternities? |
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| What was the original name of the fraternity? |
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| When was this organization founded? |
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| Name the four founding fathers of the fraternity. |
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Rolin Rosco James
James Thompson Kingsbury
George Martin Patterson
William Raper Kennedy |
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| Name the first two initiates of the fraternity. |
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| Samuel and Maurice Bayard |
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| Who was the inspiration behind the selection of the fraternity motto? |
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| Write the motto, including the title and book that it came from. |
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| “A Death in the Desert”—Brownings Book of Poems. Progress, man’s distinctive mark alone, Not God’s, and not the beasts’; God is, they are. Man partly is and wholly hopes to be |
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| Who is credited with saving the fraternity from an untimely death? |
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| Who was Robert George Patterson? |
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| Student at Ohio State who is responsible for the name change to Sigma Pi |
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| Briefly explain the Patterson episode. |
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| Lied about being a member of Sigma Pi, convinced Tau Phi Delta to change names |
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| The name Sigma Pi was taken by the Fraternity on what date? |
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| When and where was the first national "congress" held? |
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The ______ Club at the University of ______ was founded by Byron R. Lewis and
became Phi Chapter, our second chapter. |
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| Gamma Chapter was established at ____ University. |
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38. The initiatory ritual used to install Phi and Gamma Chapters was known as
“ ______ .” |
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| Name the second ritual used by the Fraternity. |
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| The English Chivalric Ritual |
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The current initiatory ritual, “ _____,” was written based on the
ritual of Sigma Delta local fraternity, which became ____ Chapter of Sigma
Pi. |
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