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Who is Elizabeth Gorham Hoag?
This Sigma Kappa founder died at age 18 from tuberculosis.
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What is the new member card
This is signed during the new member ceremony and is retained by the vice president of communication until the new member is initiated or until the new member period is lapsed or broken, at which time the card is destroyed.
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What is "O Spirit of Our League"
This song is sung as new members are escorted into the new member ceremony?
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What is “The happy lark pours out his notes, like a shower of summer rain”?
Finish the verse of this formal meeting song – “The wind sweeps down from northern caves, with a wild sweet minor strain.”
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What is Lavender (P) and Maroon (T)
These are Sigma Kappa’s two colors representing “T” and “P”.
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Who is Mary Caffrey Low Carver?
She was the first woman to attend Colby College.
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What is "One Heart One Way"
This is the response to verbal roll call during formal meeting. It is also known as our open motto.
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What is "Mystic Bond"
This song is sung at the beginning of formal chapter meetings.
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What is “..we may be faithful to our trust”?
Finish this line from the Prayer – “We pray Thee, Father, make us wise to know the right and give us the strength to perform it, that…”
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Who are “MC”, “SC”, and “LS”? (The correct answer will be the actual words these abbreviations represent.)
These are the officers of the Sorority as revealed in the ceremony of Initiation.
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Who is Frances Elliott Mann Hall?
She was the first Sigma Kappa to get married.
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What is Model Meeting
This is the first meeting after initiation when new initiates become acquainted with Sigma Kappa lore, customs, and traditions.
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What is "Tell Me, Tell Me O Ye Sigmas" (Initiation Ode II)
This song is sung as new members are escorted into the ceremony of Initiation.
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What is “To whom have we true faith plighted, her to serve until we die? Sigma Kappa, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Kappa we reply”?
Finish the verse of this song sung during Initiation – “What doth keep us all united, with a tender mystic tie?”
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What is _ _ _ _ _? (The password must never be written. It can given by word of moth only.)
This is the National Password.
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Who is Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce?
This founder helped her niece found the Xi Chapter of Sigma Kappa at the University of Kansas.
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What is Order of the Triangle
This ceremony was adopted by the 1978 national convention as part of the official Sorority Ritual. The ceremony emphasizes the importance of the third part of Sigma Kappa membership.
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What is "Pass It On"
This is the last song sung during the Order of the Triangle ceremony?
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What is “Uphold us by Thy sacred hand and aid us by Thy pow’r”?
Finish the verse of this new member ceremony song – “O Spirit of our league, Be with us at this hour;”
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What is the Pearl
These were often seen in her hair and is Sigma Kappa’s official jewel.
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Who is Louise Helen Coburn?
This founder wrote much of our initiation ceremony.
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What is Initiation
In this ceremony, members first learn the significance of our colors and what maroon and lavender represent.
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What is The Call & Reply
The first portion of this includes five notes that correspond to the question, “Are you a Sigma?” The five notes in the second portion correspond to the National Password.
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What is “We’ll make one place among the girls of Sigma K, because we pledge our happy hearts to them one day”?
Finish the verse of this song from Order of the Triangle – “To Sigma Kappa we will pledge our loyal love and know our sisterhood was sent from God above.”
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What is the Wheel of __________ ___________?
In the cut, the wheel represents this.
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