New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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0' ' ,C Q' s ii' x 4' I if 1: aku - 1292! H g22 , .' r . Q ,- Q - ,. 4 , 7- lf ' . -4 ,7 N if-if fl:---2 :-'E X C -ug xv Q5 g -'l:- M- ff... pectations of the founders. Yet the end of its extension has not arrived. Our brothers are scattered far and wide and we know that no matter where we 1nay go, there always will be stretched forth that glad hand of brotherly and fraternal love. Loyalty to the chapter and to our Alma Mater has ever been a feature which we have tenderly fostered. The Army has received many of our Honoraries and they all stand high on the Roll of llonor. In the business and professional world we are represented by the heads of many successful firms who carry out in their business undertakings the same ideals for which the fraternity stands. XVe are proud to say that quality so far'and ever always, we hope, reigns supreme over numbers. To give the reader an idea of our stand- ing with the school. we quote a paragraph from a letter of recommenda- tion to the authorities of any school where Chi Sigma Chi desires to install a chapter: I have found this chaper of Chi Sigma Chi during its career in the school invariably loyal to the school and imbued, as a chapter, with the desire to make its members prominent in the school for scholastic work, good conduct, success in athletics and other school activities. VVe hope that this will convey an idea of what Chi Sig spirit and influence mean. In our school we feel we have done our part toward the attaimnent of that true spirit of making good in everything we attempt. Our scholastic standing, our military standing, and our part in athletics, in social functions, and in all the various departments that comprise a great school represent the same true spirit. Chi Sig's,' list of honors this year extends through all phases of school activities. Wie have now a line fraternity house handsomely furnished, steam heated and electric-lighted and it is oznfs. Wie are proud of it as a house, but more proud of that spirit which made it possible. 129

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Cui SIGMA CHI CH.x1'T1fR l-louse fllbi bigma flibi The Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Chi bears the distinction of being the mother chapter of one of the oldest and most influential preparatory school fraternities in the country. This chapter, established when the school was first organized, was founded on purely democratic principles and with the aims of social culture, character building and mental de- velopment. The men who organized the Alpha Chapter started as a club, holding its meetings in a small shack-a veritable palace in their eyes-on the back road. This place became the envious object of non-club men, who, in a Fierce struggle to drive the club out of school, Finally destroyed the shack. After this episode. the boys met in their rooms and, after gaining due recognition, organized themselves as a fraternity. Chi Sig has had a wonderfully successful career from that time down to the present and will, we most certainly believe, continue to have. It has spread its chapters and its influence over the whole country, far exceeding the ex- 128

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