Sigma Chi has a fantastic set of events for Recruitment 2009, all of which will be hosted in our brand new Chapter House which is located at 240 Carlisle St. here in Gettysburg.  If you'd like any more information about Sigma Chi please feel free to contact Recruitment Chair Josiah Mellinger at melljo01@gettysburg.edu or any other brother who can be found on campus.  We would love to talk to you about our fantastic Chapter.

This Fall there will be an opportunity to record your name along side some of the most famous names of all time: Brad Pitt, John Wayne, Jay Wright, and many more. Our quest to become the premier all-male Greek organization has led us all to better our own lives, what will it do for you?

More information can be found using our facebook Rush group here Rush Sigma Chi

Friday Sept 11 5pm - Bring a date and join us for an old fashioned Italian meal prepared by Sigs and enjoy fellowship after dinner with our distinguished alumni.  We will be happy to host you and your date.

Monday Sept 14, 8:30pm - Information Session and More! Everything you wanted to know about pledging Sigma Chi... and some fun.  We'll be hosting a video session, a Q and A session, more Rush information and be spending time together afterwards.

Tuesday Sept 15, 5:30pm- Basketball and BBQ.  Come over to the house and enjoy our own basketball court and some food that we'll cook up for you.  We'll also have some alternate activities if basketball isn't your thing.

Wednesday Sept 16, 7:30pm- Sigma Chi Golf Inn. Come and join us as we turn our house into a mini-golf course with prizes for hole-in-ones and even a cigar bar at the start of the "back nine". Plenty of fun for everyone. Women are welcome but must RSVP in order to participate.

Thursday Sept 17, 9pm-Poker Tournament and PIZZA for all.  We all have to save up those meals right? Followed by some mayhem. First place in the tournament walks away with a $25 prize.

The confidence of the Founders of Sigma Chi was based upon a belief that the principles which they professed and the ideal of the Fraternity which they sought were but imperfectly realized in the organizations by which they were surrounded.

The standard with which the fraternity started was declared by Issac M. Jordan to be that of admitting no man to membership in Sigma Chi who is not believed to be:

A Man of Good Character.......

A Student of Fair Ability.......

With Ambitious Purposes.......

A Congenial Disposition.......

Possessed of Good Morals.......

Having a High Sense of Honor and

A Deep Sense of Personal Responsibility.

I believe in fairness, decency and good manners. I will endeavor to retain the spirit of youth. I will try to make my college, the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and my own chapter more honored by all men and women and more beloved and honestly respected by our own brothers. I say these words in all sincerity; That Sigma Chi has given me favor and distinction; that the bond of our fellowship is reciprocal, that I will endeavor to so build myself and so conduct myself that I will ever be a credit to our Fraternity.

George Ade, Purdue University, Class of 1887

The Spirit of Sigma Chi, as conceived by the Founders more than 150 years ago yet visible and alive today, is based on the theory that...

...Friendship among members, sharing a common belief in an ideal,...

...and possessing different temperaments, talents, and convictions...

...is superior to friendship among members having the same temperaments, talents, and convictions; and that...

...Genuine friendship can be maintained without surrendering the principle of individuality or sacrificing one's personal judgment.

The Spirit of Sigma Chi was written by the Fraternity to honor and pay homage to the beliefs of Franklin Howard Scobey who believed strongly in the ideal that friendship among members of different temperaments, talents and convictions is superior to friendship among those who are all similar.