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  • Pledge class of Fall 1951 - 38 members
  • Pledge class of Fall 1952 - 40 members
  • Pledge class of Spring 1953 - 30 members
  • Pledge class of 1952 - prepped the front yard to plant grass
  • Meal costs in 1952
    • Breakfast - 30 cents 
    • Lunch - seventy five cents
    • Supper and Sunday Noon meals - 1.00

  • Today, in 2019, The University has grown up around the property and the Sigma Chi house at 1855 and the land remains a prime property due to its location to classrooms on the campus. Thank heavens for the foresight and wise investment made by our Alumni.

  • In the mid 60's, the Alumni took out a new mortgage on the house for about $65,000. This was to do some upgrades to the house and purchase new furniture.

  • Several fund raising attempts have been made since 1994.
      • The first one was in 1976, started by Lee Morgan, an undergraduate, and was designed to pay off the 45,000.00 mortgage left from the refinance done in the 60's. Funds were finally compiled by 6 alumni brothers who made a mortgage to pay off the bank. This was done in December of 1986 by Alumni President Chris Ritchie.
      •  The second effort was made by Jack Mulcahy which started in 1994.
      • The third effort was conducted by David Sahd in 1988.
      • The Chapter is in need of establishing the next fund drive. This is vital to bringing the house into the 21 century.

In 1994 we began fund raising so that we could get started with building some cash. We sold some hats and stuff the generated a few hundred bucks to pay for direct mail and things that would help us raise more significant amounts.
      • A small portion of the money and in-kinds mentioned above may have been applied to Grand Chapter needs. At the end of my two-year term as President of the house corporation we had completed most of the major renovations and left about $25k in the available funds.

Prior to John Henderson securing a tenant for the house I was asked to help raise some funds for immediate and critical expenses. We raised about $7.5k – not a lot of money, but enough to stave off creditors and pay taxes until regular rent started coming in.
We began a more intensive campaign that included public recognition and a dedicated plaque in the house vestibule. I believe that the total cash raised was about $75k. We also secured many contributions in kind of materials, expert consultations and free skilled labor totaling as much as $150k.
      • The fourth effort was made by entering into a contract with Pennington, a company who had done successful fund raising for the General Fraternity.
      •  The last effort was made by contracting with Kevin Hagen, a non Sig, but who had a good record when raising funds for Popejoy.