Pi Sigma Gamma

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Pi Sigma Gamma
ΠΣΓ
The pin of Pi Sigma Gamma.jpg
FoundedNovember 23, 1919; 102 years ago (1919-11-23)
University of California, Berkeley
TypeSocial
AffiliationNPC (former)
ScopeNational
Colors  White,   Royal blue,   Golden yellow and   Rose
SymbolThree books, lamp, crossed swords
PublicationTriple Wing
Chapters4 installed, 3 at merger
Members439 lifetime
Merged withBeta Sigma Omicron (1939)
   see Zeta Tau Alpha

Pi Sigma Gamma was a social sorority which existed from 1919 to 1932. It was a member of the National Panhellenic Conference

History[]

Pi Sigma Gamma was founded on November 23, 1919 by two University of California at Berkeley students, Alice H. Cassidy and Kathleen D. Coghlan.[1][2][3]

The UCLA chapter closed in 1930. The remaining chapters affiliated with Beta Sigma Omicron in 1932. With the merger, Beta Sigma Omicron gained a chapter (Alpha Omega) at Washington and a chapter at Hunter (Beta Alpha), while California merged with the Alpha Iota chapter of Beta Sigma Omicron chapter on that campus.[4][5][6][3]

Total membership was 439.

Chapters[]

The following chapters were chartered by 1930:[7][3]

Chapter Installed Date and Range University State Status Reference
Alpha November 23, 1919-1932 University of California, Berkeley California Merged w/ ΒΣΟ's Alpha Iota chapter
Beta 1921-1932 University of Washington Washington Became ΒΣΟ's Alpha Omega chapter
Gamma 1926-1932 Hunter College New York Became ΒΣΟ's Beta Alpha chapter
Delta 1928-1930 ? UCLA California Disbanded

Symbols[]

National conventions were held throughout the 1920s. The sorority had several publications: a song book, a Pledge Manual, a Handbook for Pledges. Its magazine was Triple Wing[7]

the coat-of-arms was "A group of emblems within a shield outline, three book, lamp, and crossed swords are employed in the device." [8]

Colors of the sorority were white, royal blue, golden yellow, and rose.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Banta's Greek Exchange: Published in the Interest of the College Fraternity World. George Banta Company, Incorporated. 1932. p. 104.
  2. ^ Francis Wayland Shepardson (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities: A Descriptive Analysis with a Detailed Account of Each Fraternity. George Banta Publishing Company. p. 503., 11th ed.
  3. ^ a b c William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive), section showing Pi Sigma Gamma chapters". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved 31 December 2021. The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
  4. ^ April 1933 The Adelphian, page 37
  5. ^ The Cross & Crescent. 1933. p. 352.
  6. ^ Alpha Delta Pi (April 1933). The Adelphean. Vol. 26. p. 37.
  7. ^ a b Francis Wayland Shepardson (1930). Baird's Manual, American College Fraternities: A Descriptive Analysis with a Detailed Account of Each Fraternity. George Banta Publishing Company. p. 610., 12th ed.
  8. ^ Butterfield, Emily H. (1931) College Fraternity Heraldry. The Collegiate Press: George Banta Publishing Co, Menasha, WI. p. 45
  9. ^ Francis Wayland Shepardson (1935). Baird's Manual, American College Fraternities: A Descriptive Analysis with a Detailed Account of Each Fraternity. George Banta Publishing Company. p. 673., 13th ed.
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