Partly due to historical accidents and necessity, the fraternities at MIT have been a more formative and responsible influence on student life at MIT. Senior House, the first dorm on the new campus in Cambridge, was founded in 1918. In contrast, a student government was not formed until a decade later, and the student paper and intercollegiate football teams belong to roughly the same area. Athletics such as these, along with the freshman-sophomore "Cane Rush" formed the core of student activities at MIT at the time of the founding of Sigma Chi.
The sports at MIT were tug-of-war, track, baseball, fencing, sparring, "hare and hours", and the somewhat trendy and controversial college football. Nevertheless, the early Sigma Chis led the development of student life at the young technical institute at a time when the image of the college man as socialite and athlete was developing nationally. In the 1880s and 1890s, the Boston Tech (founded in 1861), like other technical schools of this era, drew almost all of its students from local communities, and thus, many of the usual aspects of student life developed slowly. The original members, in pledge order, were: Meyers of the Phi chapter of Sigma Chi (Lafayette College) all the participants were treated to a resplendent first initiation banquet in the Brunswick Hotel.
The next day, the chapter, with two additional charter members, was installed by members Orlo D. In February, they petitioned the national fraternity (at Ohio Wesleyan, the old Gamma chapter), and on March 21, 1882, they were granted a charter. From this discussion of fraternities, the eight returned to Boston, more determined than ever to succeed in their work. By a stroke of luck, it subsequently happened that eight of the founders went to New York to a football game, where they met members of Northwestern's Sigma Chi (Omega) chapter. Two of the ten founders had originally attempted to establish a local fraternity in the fall of 1881, but were unsuccessful. Coleman duPont, the illustrious financier, U.S. The MIT Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity was founded as a social and literary society in March 1882, by ten men, including T.
In an attempt to better understand this "Spirit of Sigma Chi" at Alpha Theta, and the effect it has had on all our brothers, a brief history of our chapter has been compiled. Many leaders in industry, education, and national affairs have shared in this lifestyle since 1882. In reviewing these one hundred and thirty years, one quickly is impressed by the diversity of the Alpha Theta life - the evolving spirit and attitudes of these men. Chapter History A Brief History of Alpha Theta
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