Sigma Sigma Omicron

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sigma Sigma Omicron (Script error: No such module "Lang".) was a national collegiate sorority operating under that name in the United States from November 1, 1920 to 1927. It has had several successor names.

History

This sorority existed for approximately 13 years. For more than half that time it was known as Sigma Sigma Omicron, with the name Sigma Phi Beta adopted during its final six years.

The Alpha chapter of Sigma Sigma Omicron was formed on Template:Dts at New York University, eventually chartering five chapters, mainly at teachers colleges. Its primary founder was Vera Bartone Goelier, supported by other students of the junior, sophomore and freshman class.[1]

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On Template:Dts the sorority changed its name to Sigma Phi Beta (Script error: No such module "Lang".), in anticipation of a merger six months later with the three chapters of Phi Alpha Chi, which it effected on Template:Dts after "find[ing] their interests and purposes similar...".

Phi Alpha Chi had its origin as The Tanewah Club in 1919 at Berkeley. In 1926, the Tanewah Club first adopted Greek letters, reorganizing as the Alpha chapter of Phi Alpha Chi.

Delta Zeta's history (1983) recorded that Sigma Phi Beta absorbed Phi Alpha Chi before combining five years later under the Phi Omega Pi banner in Template:Dts.[1]

According to the Template:Dts edition of The Sorority Handbook there were 10 active chapters of Sigma Phi Beta, with 1,000 members (p. 79). Baird's Archive lists 15 chapters.

On Template:Dts Sigma Phi Beta merged into Phi Omega Pi, which itself was later (but only partly) absorbed by Delta Zeta in Template:Dts, with some chapters disbanded or released to other sororities.[2]

Insignia and Traditions

  • Pledge pin- "Crescented Norman shield divided vertically into two equal sections, one enameled in purple, the other in white, and displaying diagonally a gold sabre"
  • Member pin- "Pearl bordered circular shield of purple enamel, displaying sorority letters in gold, and jeweled additionally with six amethysts set at prescribed points outside a circlet of pearls" -- This description is accurate for both Sigma Sigma Omicron and Sigma Phi Beta.
  • Insignia- Circle, Helmet, Pyramid, Sabre, Sheaf of Wheat
  • Colors- Purple and White
  • Flower- Violets with White Rose
  • Jewels- Amethyst and Pearl
  • Publication- The Talaria (Martin, pp. 79– 80)

Chapters

These are the chapters of Sigma Phi Beta prior to the merger with Phi Omega Pi in 1933. Baird's reports that 15[3] were installed, with ten surviving to participate in the merger. However, records list eight that definitely merged, with one more possible. Known active chapters at the time of the merger are listed in bold, inactive chapters listed in italics.[4][5]

Name Chartered Institution Location Status Notes Reference
NY Alpha Template:Dts–Template:Dts New York University New York, NY Merged Became Alpha Zeta chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [4]
NY Beta Template:Dts–19xx Teachers College of New York City
now "closely affiliated" with Columbia University[6] 		New York, NY Dormant [4]
NY Gamma Template:Dts–Template:Dts CCNY, Hunter College New York, NY Merged Became NY Gamma chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [4]
Epsilon Template:Dts–Template:Dts ? Montclair State University Montclair, NJ Dormant [7][4]
Zeta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Kean University Union and Hillside, NJ Dormant [4]
NY Eta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Dormant [4]
Theta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Wittenberg University Springfield, OH Merged Became Omega chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [8][4]
Iota Template:Dts–Template:Dts Samford University Homewood, AL Dormant [9][4]
Kappa Template:Dts–Template:Dts Transylvania University Lexington, KY Merged Became Alpha Alpha chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [10][4]
CA Alpha Template:Dts–Template:Dts University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Merged ? May have merged into the Lambda chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [11][4]
Delta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Ohio State University Columbus, OH Dormant Alumni merged into Script error: No such module "Lang". ? [12][4]
Name ? Template:Dts–Template:Dts Auburn University Auburn, AL Merged Became the Psi chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [13][4]
Lambda Template:Dts–Template:Dts University of Illinois Champaign, IL Merged Joined the existing Gamma chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [4]
Nu Template:Dts–Template:Dts Utah State University Logan, UT Merged Became the Alpha Beta chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [14][4]
Name ? Template:Dts–Template:Dts University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Merged Joined the existing Sigma chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [4]

Phi Alpha Chi chapters

Name Chartered Institution Location Status Notes Reference
Alpha Template:Dts–Template:Dts University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Merged Became CA Alpha chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [15][4]
Beta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Ohio State University Columbus, OH Merged Became Delta chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [4]
Gamma Template:Dts–Template:Dts Auburn University Auburn, AL Merged Became NAME chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". [16][4]

References

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  1. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ The Spring 1995 edition of The Lamp of Delta Zeta, p.10, has an article about the sorority's several mergers. Accessed 25 Aug 2020.
  3. ↑ Body text says 14, but the list shows 15.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
  5. ↑ To conjecture which would have been the tenth chapter merged, of the chapters that do not show having definitively (or likely, in the case of Berkeley) merged with Script error: No such module "Lang"., only the Ohio State campus shows a record of both organizations having existed there. But the timing is problematic: The Script error: No such module "Lang". chapter apparently was inactive between Template:Dts–Template:Dts at which time it was revived. But the Script error: No such module "Lang". chapter was listed as dormant as of Template:Dts. Hence a merger of active groups was unlikely. It may be that the alumni clubs of these two chapters were given a designation, and merged their organizations, if these existed.
  6. ↑ This school still operates, and is closely affiliated with Columbia University, according to its website, accessed 31 December 2021.
  7. ↑ This chapter appears to have died at the time of the Phi Omega Pi merger, per Baird's. However, 1930-era yearbooks do not show them.
  8. ↑ This chapter originated as Sigma Pi Delta (local) in 1920.
  9. ↑ This chapter originated as Lambda Xi Delta (local) in 1922.
  10. ↑ This chapter originated as a local sorority in 1919. Baird's does not list the name.
  11. ↑ This chapter originated as Alpha chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". in 1925, and Tewanah before that in 1919. Baird's does not specify whether it merged into the Script error: No such module "Lang". on that campus, but only says it lasted until 1935. Perhaps returning to local status?
  12. ↑ This chapter originated as Beta chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". in 1926.
  13. ↑ This chapter originated as Gamma chapter of Script error: No such module "Lang". in 1927.
  14. ↑ This chapter originated as Gamma Xi Gamma (local) in 1920.
  15. ↑ This group had originated six years earlier, in 1919, as the Tewanah Club.
  16. ↑ This group had originated four years earlier, in 1923, as Phi Delta Rho (local).

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  • Martin, Ida Shaw (1931) The Sorority Handbook, 11th edition, Published by Ida Shaw Martin, Boston, Mass.
  • Miner, Florence Hood (1983). The History of Delta Zeta, 1902–1982. Indianapolis, Indiana.

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