Appendix B Exam

The Grand Chapter

legislative branch and supreme authority of the Fraternity

Sigma Phi symbol

monogram

Truth definition

yearning for a wider outlook and nobler existence

When was VMI organized?

1839

When was Vaughan elected to the Sigma Nu Hall of Honor?

1976

Lexington Triad

Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha Order, ZY

hazing definition

Any action taken or situation created intentionally, whether on or off fraternity premises, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule.

Miami triad

Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi

Mr. Sigma Nu

Brother Richard R. Fletcher - Delta Delta at Penn State, co-author of "The Way of Honor"

Delta Phi symbol

Cross

Who wrote "The Way of Honor" and when?

Dick Vaughan, 1960

Honor definition

Doing what is right, it is a way of life

What does Sigma Nu stand for?

Ethical Leadership

Superintendent of VMI

General Francis H. Smith

"Old Jack"

General Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson, professor of VMI

Love definition

God is love, our love for others is through god

Hopkins' towering standard

He sought men who could govern each act by a high sense of honor.

Knight

Initiated member

Union Triad

Kappa Alpha Society, Sigma Phi, Delta Phi

Kappa Alpha Society symbol

Key

Members must be

MEN

Gentleman

One who understands what human beings really are and respects them because of their virtues, despite their faults, but works to help them eliminate their faults.

What does Phi Betta Kappa stand for?

Philosophy, the Helmsman of Life = We choose the love of wisdom as the guiding force of our lives."

Why was the Legion of Honor chosen as the badge?

Reminder that ZY is an honor fraternity

The Way of Honor

Shaped in a glorious past, our Fraternity looks always to the future. Each alumnus who refreshes his mind and is inspired anew- Each Collegiate Initiate who receives the lessons of Love, Honor and Truth- Each Candidate standing expectantly at the gates of our shrine- It is for these ZY lives- These for whom The Way of Honor was written.

first Union triad fraternity to expand

Sigma Phi, Hamilton College 1831

Dick Vaughan (1905-1966)

ZY's 36th Regent, initiate of Upsilon Chapter at UT

What did "The Way of Honor" represent?

consistent theme of ethical behavior and practicing democracy

The High Council

policy-making agency of the fraternity between Grand Chapters

Definition of Fraternity

the state or quality of being a brother or brothers