Linton Buck felt these influences should be removed. Some conflict arose because Arthur had been a member of the Honduras Emigrant Society and had included some influences from that organization in the constitution. Early members, Edward Arthur and Linton Buck, both wrote the original Constitution and Law, respectively. The badges were first introduced in the spring of 1869. The Badge designed by Hopkins stands mostly unchanged from its original form. The first year of Sigma Nu also saw the creation of the Badge, the original Constitution, and the Law. On January 1, 1869, the founders, along with the rest of the members of the Legion of Honor, held their first official meeting as Sigma Nu. The three founders would go on to bring others into the Legion of Honor over the rest of the year. Hopkins shared his ideas with Quarles and Riley, and in October 1868, the three came together on a limestone rock on the edge of the VMI parade ground to form the Legion of Honor. The masons inspired him to create a similar organization at VMI. In Hopkins' third year at VMI, he joined the Masonic Lodge in Lexington. Both Hopkins and Quarles had served in the American Civil War as Confederate soldiers.Īt this time, many secret societies were being formed on the VMI campus. Hopkins entered the institute at the age of 21 and was, at the time, one of the oldest cadets entering the institute. James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles, and James McIlvaine Riley enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute in 1866. Its name was changed to the "Sigma Nu Educational Foundation, Inc." The foundation assists collegiate members with financial aid supplements, and the fraternity in the development of a leadership program. In 1945, William Yates (University of Pennsylvania) inspired the formation of the "Sigma Nu Inc., Educational Foundation". Because of its military heritage, Sigma Nu retains many military trappings in its chapter ranks and traditions, and places importance on the concept of personal honor. The fraternity's values are summarized as an adherence to the principles of love, honor, and truth. Sigma Nu prides itself on its anti-hazing principles, upon which the organization was founded and continues to uphold through its anti-hazing initiative. Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha Order and Alpha Tau Omega make up the Lexington Triad. Since its founding, Sigma Nu has more than 279 active and inactive chapters and colonies across the United States and Canada and has initiated more than 227,000 members. The fraternity's existence remained secret until the founders publicly announced their new society on January 1, 1869. The fraternity was founded by James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles and James McIlvaine Riley shortly after Hopkins witnessed what he considered a hazing ritual by upperclassmen at the Virginia Military Institute. Sigma Nu ( ΣΝ) is an undergraduate college fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute on January 1, 1869.
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