Quiz 4

Front 1

Difference between friendship and brotherhood

Back 1

Brotherhood is mutual respect, unconditional compassion and genuine interest in each other's lives. Brothers are for life, regardless of what happens. While friends come and go.

Front 2

Franklin Howard Scobey

Back 2

-May 27, 1837- July 2nd 1888

-"courteous and loyal in his friendship"

-Buried: Greenwood Cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio

-Led the rebellion against DKE along Benjamin Piatt Runkle

-Was even popular among the enemies of the Founders.

Front 3

James Parks Caldwell

Back 3

-March 27, 1841- April 5, 1912

-"true to principle"

-Buried: Biloxi Cemetery in Biloxi, Mississippi

-Best remembered for "his spirit of youth and for bringing an element of creative genius to Sigma Chi"

-14 years old when he helped found Sigma Chi and graduated university after 16th birthday

Front 4

The Spirit of Sigma Chi

Back 4

The Spirit of Sigma Chi, as conceived by the Founders more than 150 years ago yet visible and alive today, is based on the theory that... ...Friendship among members, sharing a common belief in an ideal,...
...and possessing different temperaments, talents, and convictions,...
...is superior to friendship among members having the same temperaments, talents, and convictions, and that...
...Genuine friendship can be maintained without surrendering the principle of individuality or sacrificing one's personal judgement.

Front 5

Importance of The Spirit of Sigma Chi

Back 5

lays down the idea that the Sigma Chi Fraternity seeks men not of similar "temperaments, talents and convictions" and calls for men who are inherently different.

Front 6

The Sigma Chi Creed

Back 6

I believe in fairness, decency and good manners. I will endeavor to retain the spirit of youth. I will try to make my college, the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and my own chapter more honored by all men and women and more beloved and honestly respected by our own brothers. I say these words in all sincerity; That Sigma Chi has given me favor and distinction; that the bond of our fellowship is reciprocal, that I will endeavor to so build myself and so conduct myself that I will ever be a credit to our Fraternity. ~George Ade, Purdue 1887

Front 7

Importance of Sigma Chi Creed

Back 7

Expresses the beliefs and ideals of all the members of Sigma Chi, conducted not only in chapter but for the rest of our lives. Higher code of conduct than the Jordan Standard that members should strive to achieve.