The document provides information for new members of the Epsilon Class fraternity. It includes introductions, goals for members and the fraternity, benefits of being Greek, expectations and obligations of members, positions within the pledge class, housekeeping rules, how members can be dropped, the founding of the Sigma Chi fraternity in 1855, profiles of two founders, the Jordan Standard, and assignments for members.

2. Welcome Epsilon Class
 Introductions
 Name, year, major, fun fact
 Reorganize class
 PIN numbers
 Magister “master”;
“teacher”
 My goal(s)
 Your goals

3. Benefits of Being Greek
Important Not quite as important
 Sacred brotherhood  Learn to dress like a
 Bonds of friendship gentleman
 Amazing people  Learn the fundamentals of
 Wonderful memories
business/corporation/govern
ment
 Alumni networking
 Explain
 Exclusive American tradition
 Meet important people
 connections

4. Expectations and Obligations
 Pledge definition  Pledge meetings
 Gentlemen status  Must be involved
 Attire - explain  Committee system
 Brotherhood and respect  Attendance
 Eyes and ears  Tests and final
 Frat vs. Fraternity  I-Week and I-Weekend
 Formal attire Monday
and Fridays

5. Pledge class positions
President Annotator
 Formal leader of the class  In charge of texting and
 Nominations today and next organizing class as a whole
week  Nominations today and next
 Speeches and voting next week
week  Speeches and voting next
week

6. Housekeeping
 Brotherhood respect  Candle pass
 Get to know brothers  Explanation
 No nicknames  Ritual
 Be respectful  Confidentiality
 Speak up if you see
anything fishy

7. How to get dropped
 Be a (drunk)jerk  We goof around.
 Disrespect brotherhood  Draw the line
 Women, girlfriends, friend  Use discretion
s of the chapter
 Don’t take jokes
 Do not embrace morals personally
and ethics  Talk to us if you have a
 What are morals? problem
 Act entitled
 No way.

8. Founding of ΣΧ – June 28, 1855
 Miami  Deep rift in ΔΚΕ
University, Oxford Ohio  Perceived lack of
 Matter of principle allegiance
 ΔΚΕ, Erodelphian  Six “rebels” proposed
 Fall of 1854, dinner
 Four dissenters + two  Ambush and ultimatum
other DKEs, won support  Runkle’s explosion
 Merit vs. blind  Six dissenters ->
acceptance Expelled
 Made new
fraternity, formed on
justice

9. Founders
Benjamin Piatt Runkle Thomas Cowan Bell
 Fearlessness  Exemplified learning and
 Noteworthy military career friendship
 Helped design badge  Life work – educator

10. Jordan Standard
 YOU MUST KNOW
THIS 
 Start with “The
standard with which…”

11. Assignment
 Founding of Sigma Chi (NS 37-40)
 First two founders (Runkle NS 41 and Bell NS 42)
 Full name, quote, and three facts
 Jordan Standard (NS 21)
 Completely memorized, recite and write down
 Know founding date of Lambda Nu
 April 21st, 2012
 Greek alphabet
 Character and word (A alpha, B beta, etc)
 Friendship, Justice and Learning:
 “roots of our Fraternity” paragraph (NS 19)