History Pt. 1 Flashcards
(44 cards)
When was Sigma Nu first founded?
January 1st, 1869
When was the Delta Kappa Chapter first started at UD?
1911
When was Delta Kappa chapter Recolonized?
2009
When was Delta Kappa chapter Chartered?
September 17, 2011
Who is Sigma Nu’s Sister Sorority
Alpha Xi Delta (AZD)
Where is Sigma Nu National Headquarters?
Lexington, VA
Name the three founders
James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles, James McIlvaine Riley
Where did the three Founders meet to found Sigma Nu?
Limestone outcropping
Where was Sigma Nu founded?
Virginia Military Institute
Who was the first Commander of Sigma Nu?
James McIlvaine Riley
Where was Sigma Nu’s National Headquarters located before moving to Lexington?
Indianapolis, Indiana
What year did Sigma Nu move its Headquarters to Lexington?
1957
What is the flower of Sigma Nu?
White Rose - classic five-petaled, wild, white English floribunda
Who wrote the Sigma Nu Creed?
Walter James Sears
What is the official tree of Sigma Nu?
White Oak, Baldinger Oak
Who designed the Coat of Arms?
Elwood H. McClelland
What is the nickname of Sigma Nu Headquarters?
The Rock
When was the spiritual birth of Sigma Nu?
1866 - the year the founders entered VMI
What was the Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu
2nd Chapter - University of Virginia
Who was the first Editor of The Delta?
John Alexander Howard
What was the badge of Sigma Nu patterned after?
White Cross of the French Legion of Honor
the three famous Sigma Nu paintings.
(“A Serpent, A Rose, and A Star” “The Founding” “The Quest”
Where was the first Sigma Nu National Convention?
Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, TN
- Where was founder Quarles from?
Christian County, Kentucky
