| About Sigma Chi |
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| What is Sigma Chi? |
Sigma Chi is an International Fraternity with its beginnings back in 1855. We are headquartered in
Evanston, Illinois and have over 200,000 members worldwide.
Like all Greek organizations, Sigma Chi's ideals and purposes are set forth in a secret document called our Ritual. Sigma Chi also has a set of signs, symbols and heraldry which supports our teachings.
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| When was Sigma Chi founded? What was it founded upon? |
The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded on June 28, 1855, at Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio. A conflict arose and caused a split
among the members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity. Some of
these men believed that the sense of brotherhood in DKE was being
abused; that they were being unfairly judged for their opinions; and
that the other DKE brothers had ignored the fundamental values of
the literary society to which they all belonged.
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three concerns encompass the root our Fraternity. Our Seven Founders, dissatisfied with
the Greek system available at the time, decided to create a
brotherhood that was based on the three ideals of Friendship,
Justice, and Learning.
And from this union, Sigma Chi was born.
 Years
after our founding, our Brotherhood was tested once again during the Civil War. Of the 432
members of our Fraternity, 265 of them served in the conflict -- 147
for the Union and 118 for the Confederacy. One Brother in the Confedracy, Harry St.
John Dixon, organized secret meetings near Atlanta and brought our
Brothers together. They honored the death of those who had died
during the war. This turmoil tested our brothers' convictions, but
it also brought our Fraternity closer together.
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| How big is Sigma Chi? |
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Below, you will find a map showing where all the chapters of
Sigma Chi are located. If you click on a state or
province, a larger map will open up and show you all the
universities in that state where we are located. Each of
the different-colored dots represents the provinces that
our Fraternity uses as its structure.
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