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Delta Sigma Fraternity
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ΔΣ (Delta Sigma) was a high school fraternity founded in 1897 at Lewis Institute in Chicago, Illinois. History Delta Sigma was founded at Lewis Institute in September 1897, as an athletic fraternity fostering clean athletics, loyalty and high ideas. Delta Sigma was arguably the first secondary fraternity to accept members of the Jewish and Catholic faiths. Delta Sigma Chapters spread throughout the United States, and they remained active until the 1980s. By the 1980s most chapters of Delta Sigma had faded away. A few chapters may have remained into the early 1990s. 1956-57 there was a Chapter at Modesto California Junior College. The "Delts" were initiated into the National Organization by Delta Sigma Chapter Members from San Jose State College on the 10th of May 1957, at the Frat House in La Loma area of Modesto. . Members of Delta Sigma were commonly known as "Delts". The official publication of Delta Sigma was The Bulletin. Chapters * Beta Omicron - Decatur, Alabama * Beta Zeta - Forrest City, Arkansas * Beta Nu - New Orleans, Louisiana * Beta Xi - West Memphis, Arkansas * Delta Nu - Modesto, California * Gamma Lambda - St. Louis, Missouri * Gamma Upsilon - Helena, Arkansas (Active until 1992) * Gamma Chi - Fort Smith, Arkansas * Gamma Xi - Memphis, Tennessee * Lambda Rho - Alexandria, Virginia (Active in the mid 60's-70's) National Conventions * 1926 - Little Rock, Arkansas * 1977 - Atlanta, Georgia * 1979 - Hot Springs, Arkansas * 1981 - Nashville, Tennessee * 1982 - Memphis, Tennessee See Also
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