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Sigma Chi Quiz

Week 2 Study Guide

1.  What caused the difference in opinion among the members of DKE? 

a. 

One of the members of DKE wished to be ³poet´ in the Er odel phian, the liter ary society. He needed the su ppor t of his br others, but four men believed another  candidate was the better choice for ³poet´ because he had su per ior poetic talents. 

The four men won su ppor t of two more Dekes that believed in reward based on mer it. Then, Whitelaw R eid br ought alumni Minor Millik in to a dinner in effor ts 

to intimidate the six br others into changing their minds. Ben R unkle stor med outof the dinner appalled at what R eid and Millik in had to say. Eventually, the six

 br others were removed f r om the f r aternity, but hoped to for m their own. 

2.  What was the Erodelphian Society? a.  The liter ary society at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio

3.  So what if their candidate had no poetic ability? He was still a DKE? a.  Many of the men still voted for their ³br other ́ simply because he was a DKE. He 

did not need poetic ability, only membership in DKE. 

4.  Were the founders served unjustly? a. 

5.  Was true friendship among all members of DKE? a. 

6.  Considering the conflict, was breaking off from DKE worth it? a.  Yes, it led to the creation of Sigma Chi

7.  Who was the 7th

member who joined the new fraternity? a.  William Lewis Lock wood  ³businessman´ of the gr ou p

8.  Why is his entrance to the new fraternity important? a.  He set u p the gener al plan of the f r aternity and had remark able organizing 

abilities 

9.  Who designed the badge of the fraternity? a.  Ben R unkle and William Lewis Lock wood 

10. What was the purpose of the fraternity? a.  Fr iendship, justice, learning, f ellowship

11. What is the purpose of Sigma Chi today? a.  the cultivation, maintenance, and accomplishment of the ideals of f r iendship, 

 justice, and learning 

12. What is the purpose of the Sigma Chi Fraternity? What do each of those three

words mean to you? a. 

13. Who were the founders of the fraternity? a.  Ben jamin R unkle 

 b.  Thomas Bell c.  William Lewis Lock wood 

d.  Isaac M. Jordan e.  Daniel William Cooper  

f .  Fr anklin Scobey g.  James Caldwell 

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14. What were these individuals like? a.  R unkle ± took off badge dur ing dinner, known for f earlessness, designed White 

Cr oss, cour ageous/idealistic, had notewor thy military career   b.  Bell ± good-natured personality, exemplified learning/f r iendship qualities, 

enthusiastic, became a school su per intendent

c.  L

ock wood -  not a member of DKE, ³businessman´, great organization sk ills, slender, refined in tastes, knew the power/value of money, d.  Jordan ± f r iends with R unkle at early age, str ong will & deter mined pur  pose, gave 

s peech (Jordan standard) for pledging, had accidental death with elevator  e.  Cooper  - ³balance wheel´ of the 7, self -contr ol/level headedness, confidence, 

matur ity, religious, s pir itual, wore badge thr oughout his lif e f .  Scobey ±  cheered u p the gr ou p, optimistic, gener osity, true f r iendship, was 

 popular with the enemies of the Founders g.  Caldwell ± was 14 when he hel ped launch Sigma Chi, s pir it of youth, liter ary, 

creative genius, 

15. Do you have any commonalities with either or both of these founders? 

16. Know the full wording of the Jordan Standard and think about how you fit into thequalities listed.

a.  The confidence of the Founders of Sigma Chi was based u pon a belief that the  pr inciples which they pr of essed and the ideal of the Fr aternity which they sought

were but imper f ectly realized in the organizations by which they were surr ounded. 

The standard with which the Fr aternity star ted was declared by Issac M. Jordan to be that of admitting no man that of admitting no man to membership in Sigma Chi

who is not believed to be: 

A Man of Good Char acter« A Student of Fair Ability« 

With Ambitious Pur  poses« A Congenial Dis position« 

Possessed of Good Mor als« Having a High Sense of Honor  and«

A Dee p Sense of Personal R es ponsibility«