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Poster Name:
secrets

<strong>Subject:</strong><br />sigma chi ritual: part 10<br /><br /> Poster Message:
The Presentation of the Badge CONSUL: The great moment of your life has come. We are about to place upon your breast The White Cross of Sigma Chi, and you are about to learn the significance of our beautiful emblem. To wear it worthily will require an exercise of all the good qualities of your character and all the strength of your manhood. To the world, it will identify you as a Sigma Chi. To your brothers, it will have a deeper meaning, standing for the noble qualities of your heart. When they see The White Cross upon your breast, they will believe you to be true, brave, honest, and full of that brotherly love taught by the Christ of whom our badge reminds us. Your quest for The White Cross was a symbolic mission, that you were caused to undertake for your own good. You did not find what you sought. You may never find it. A Sigma Chi wears upon his breast a badge which is a representation of The White Cross, but The White Cross itself is an ideal. Your search for it is emblematic of your course in college and your career throughout life, which ought to be so conducted that you will always be finding what is noblest and best. In your Interview others put severe questions to you. Henceforth you will have to be the judge of your own faithfulness in seeking what is worthy. The Cross is the emblem of sacrifice. Let it remind you that no achievement is accomplished without both sacrifice and service; and that only as The Cross conquers in your heart can you attain the ideals for which it stands. Until this time the badges which are to be presented have been kept from view. The Pro Consul now produces them, arranged upon a suitable tray, and bears them to the Consul. The Consul shall take the badges singly from the tray, placing one upon the left breast of each initiate and saying to each: CONSUL: My Brother, may you wear this Cross through life without soiling the purity of its whiteness or dimming the luster of its gold. The Consul returns to his station. The Explanation of the Badge The representation of the Badge is illuminated at this point. CONSUL, or may be delivered by another chapter member: Observe now this representation of The Cross you wear, and give heed to the meaning of its emblems. The Badge of this Fraternity is the Sigma Chi Cross of gold, indicating true worth. The arms of white enamel are emblematic of the purity of our motives and the high sense of honor which should characterize all our actions. The black enamel surrounding the letters in the center of the Badge reminds us of the secrecy which guards the mottoes for which the letters stand. Upon the upper arm are crossed keys, emblematic of our duty to unlock the secrets of learning and of the access of each to his brother's heart. Upon the right arm is an eagle's head, emblematic of our lofty aspirations. Upon the left arm is a scroll, typifying our literary character. Upon the lower arm are clasped hands, denoting friendship; and seven stars, indicating the perpetuity of our union and the equality and brotherhood of our chapters. The chains connecting the right and left arms with the top of The Cross teach us that we are bound by a double obligation; for the duties which we owe to the Chapter and to the Fraternity at large are equally imperative. As the absence of one chain destroys the symmetry of the Badge, so the neglect of either obligation will mar your character as a Sigma Chi.