Delta Sigma Chi

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Delta Sigma Chi (Script error: No such module "Lang".) is an American fraternal organization for professionals in the area of Chiropractic.Template:EFN

History

In 1913, there were three chiropractic schools in Davenport, Iowa: the Palmer School of Chiropractic, Universal College of Chiropractic, and the Davenport College of Chiropractic. On July 4 of that year, a group of chiropractic students representing those schools held an Independence Day picnic at Credit Island. Within this large group, a smaller group of friends discussed the subject of a chiropractic Greek letter fraternity.

On July 13, 1913, the first meeting of the fledgling organization took place, which is now the celebrated birth of the legacy of Delta Sigma Chi.[1] Its twelve charter members included:[1]

At that meeting, the founder completed plans for a Greek letter professional chiropractic fraternity by electing temporary officers and appointed a committee to draft a constitution and bylaws. Hughes served as its first president.[1] The charter membership was limited to twelve men, however, the membership was opened and extended to twenty.

On November 6, 1913, B. J. Palmer was initiated into the brotherhood of Delta Sigma Chi. Five years later Palmer was elected the honorary president of the fraternity. Delta Sigma Chi promotes straight unadulterated chiropractic principles, as set forth by B. J. Palmer. In addition, its members promote good fellowship and brotherhood as well as brotherly feeling amongst chiropractors, schools, and students.

Beta chapter was later added at Eastern College in Newark, New Jersey.[2] This was followed by Gamma chapter at Texas Chiropractic College. By August 1921, Alpha chapter had 2,050 members, Beta had 200 members, and the newly created Gamma and Delta had 25 members each.[2] When it celebrated its 38th anniversary in July 1951, the fraternity had 5,000 members.[3] The fraternity has reprinted nine of B. J. Palmer's original books.

Today, the fraternity has a membership of several thousand individuals all around the globe, who continue to guard the sacred trust of chiropractic. Its national headquarters is located at Gig Harbor, Washington.[4]

Symbols

The name Delta Sigma Chi (DSC) stands for Doctors of Straight Chiropractic. Its values or pillars are Service, Brotherhood, Accomplishment, Intelligence, Wisdom, Strength, and Commitment.[5] Its colors are red and blue.[6]

The fraternity's pledge pin is a blue and gold inverted pentagram with the Greek letters Script error: No such module "Lang". above a Wyvern, a mythical creature.[7] The wyvern was incorporated in the Palmer family crest shown on page 55 of The Science of Chiropractic’ (Green Book Volume I by B. J. Palmer.[7] It is also used as the crest of the fraternity's coat of arms.

Chapters

Following is an incomplete list of Delta Sigma Chi chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.

Chapter Chartered date and range Institution Location Status References
Alpha July 18, 1913 Palmer School of Chiropractic Davenport, Iowa Active [8][9]Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
Beta c. 1918Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Eastern College Newark, New Jersey Inactive [2]
Gamma October 8, 1921 Texas Chiropractic College San Antonio, Texas Inactive [10][2]
Delta 1921 Standard College of Chiropractic New York Inactive [2]
Epsilon 1921 Missouri Chiropractic College St. Louis, Missouri Inactive [11]
Palmer School of Chiropractic St. Louis, Missouri Inactive
Eastern Chiropractic College New York City, New York Inactive
Before 1946 Texas A&I College Kingsville, Texas Inactive [12]
Kappa June 13, 1970 Logan College of Chiropractic Chesterfield, Missouri Inactive [13]
Lambda January 1976 Life University Marietta, Georgia Active [14]
Mu 1984–19xx ?; October 2019 Parker University Dallas, Texas Active [15]
Nu January 1992 Life Chiropractic College West Hayward, California Active [16]
Xi October 4, 2010 Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida Campus Port Orange, Florida Inactive [17]
Omicron July 4, 2014 Sherman College of Chiropractic Spartanburg, South Carolina Active [18]
Pi German Chiropractic College Dresden, Germany Active [19]
Rho December 5, 2020 Cleveland University Overland Park, Kansas Active [20]
Omega March 19, 2017 Alumni chapter Active [21]

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Chapter houses

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The Alpha chapter's Victorian-style mansion is known as the J. Monroe Parker-Ficke House.[22][23] Construction began in 1881 and was finished three years later, with 43 rooms.[24][23] The fraternity purchased the building and its furnishings in 1978.[8][23] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[24] It is located at 1208 Main Street in Davenport, Iowa.[23]

Notable members

See also

Further reading

  • Cozzocrea D. M. "A History of the Delta Sigma Chi Fraternity of Chiropractic". Chiropractic History vol. 11, no.1 (June 1991)): 43. PMID 11612549.

References

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