Fellowship 2 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Date of American Founding
December 10, 1869
College of American Founding
UVA
Address of American Founding
46 East Lawn
Group of founders was referred to as…
The Five Friends
Preserved union with…
The Ritual
UVA founded by and when?
Thomas Jefferson in 1825
Name of first Kappa Sig Chapter
Zeta chapter
Who composed the first constitution?
Founders in Arnold’s handwriting
Who designed original badge?
Edmund Law Rogers
Five Founders
John Covert Boyd Edmund Law Rogers William Grigsby McCormick George Miles Arnold Frank Courtney Nicodemus
William Grigsby McCormick
Born in Chicago on June 3rd 1851
Worked in banking
Most Worthy Grand Master
George Miles Arnold
“The Little Spaniard”
Born in Troy, New York on Aug 27, 1851
First Grand Master
Doctor
Edmund Law Rogers Jr.
Born July 1 1850 in Baltimore
2nd Grand Master
Designed Kappa Sig Badge
Successful actor, “The Octoroon”
Frank Courtney Nicodemus
Born in Baltimore, Jan 8 1853
Investor/banker
John Covert Boyd
Born on Dec 24, 1850 in Sumter County, SC
First Grand Scribe
Surgeon in Navy medical corps
Appointed by Teddy Roosevelt to help American Red Cross
Badge of Order
Can be white gold or yellow gold
Plain or bejeweled with pearls, rubies, or diamonds
First Two Members
Samuel Isham North
John Edward Semmes
Next three Members
George Leiper Thomas
Edward Stanley Toadvin
William Clark Whitford
Foremost Historian
Finis K. Farr
Saving member
William Cornelius Brown
Initiated March 18, 1871
Only Kappa Sig to return to UVA next fall
“defend your fraternity brother…”
Brother North hid Arnold
Toadvin distracted posse to Gidersleeve Cottage
Thomas guarded front door, Rogers guarded rear
Arnold and North escaped to North by horse, rode 15 miles into country
When was ritual founded and by whom?
Introduced in 1880 at 3rd Grand Conclave in Abingdon, VA
By Brother Jackson
Necessities before being initiated
Not a member of other fraternity
Profess belief in God and scriptures and its teachings
Every pledge experiences…
The Pledging Ceremony
