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Vintage Sigma Chi
"...and when the green on our graves has mouldered away, some gray warrior sitting by night at the blazing fire will tell thy deeds to his sons, and they shall bless and admire the men of old..." - Lockwood to the members of Old Alpha, chapter meeting address, January, 1856
An image of the Illuminated Dessert Parade—led by the Sigma Chi coat-of-arms carved in ice—at the banquet during the 46th (Victory) Grand Chapter held at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, Illinois during September 1946.
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Attendees to the 17th Grand Chapter on the porch and in the front yard of Omega House at Northwestern University. The 17th Grand Chapter was held at the Union College of Law and Tremont House in Chicago, Illinois on August 29th, 30th, & 31st, 1888.
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Richard S. Doyle, president of the Sigma Chi Foundation chats with Carl P. Clare, vice chairman of the Executive Committee, and 1950 Significant Sig, Roger H. Ferger, publisher of the Cincinnati Enquirer, during the 48th Grand Chapter meeting held at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus, Ohio on June 12th, 13th, & 14th, 1950. Listening in at far left is Past Grand Consul, Ben S. Fisher.
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Source: The Sigma Chi Historical Initiative Codex
Members of Gamma Chapter during the 17th Grand Chapter was held at the Union College of Law and Tremont House in Chicago, Illinois on August 29th, 30th, & 31st, 1888. L to R: Grant A McNute, Jack Taggart, A. F. McCormick, Robert L. McCabe, W. F. Barnes, D. E. Mooney, S. T. Kerr, last two names are illegible.
The Omega Chapter of Sigma Chi at Northwestern University - March 1949
“To the cream of ‘50
From the scum of ‘51”
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Brother Brad Pitt wearing a Sigma Chi shirt.
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Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi at Gettysburg College - 1895
Selected ‘Miss Christmas Tree of 1951’ by 40 members of the UCLA chapter, Sigma Chi fraternity, is 24-year-old Diane Dearborn. Miss Dearborn, who arrived in the United States seven weeks ago from Paris, France, is a singer. The collegians saw her picture in a newspaper, reported ‘she seemed prettier that the rest of them’.”
21 December 1951
This photo is from a LIFE magazine feature about Sigma Chi at Northwestern.
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Sigma Chi bull session, at Northwestern University - March 1949 - photographer George Skadding for LIFE
Photograph of USC Sigma Chi fraternity brothers, ca. 1890. Eleven Sigma Chi fraternity brothers can be seen wearing dark suits and standing on stairs outside of a building. — “Left to right: Back row — Elmer E. Hall; D.M. Carlos Porter; J.W. Robinson; Ginger Lincabaugh. Middle row — Elgar Reed; Clinton Bradley; Ed Stuart. Front: Paul Arnold; Lloyd B. Christy; George E. Christy; William C. Whitecomb”
