Gamma Eta Gamma
Gamma Eta Gamma | |
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ΓΗΓ | |
Founded | February 25, 1901 University of Maine School of Law |
Type | Professional |
Affiliation | Independent |
Former Affiliation | PIC |
Status | Active |
Emphasis | Law |
Scope | national |
Colors | Red and Black |
Symbol | Lamp, Star, Fasces, Balance |
Publication | The Rescript |
Chapters | 33 chartered, 1 active |
Members | ~10,000 active |
Headquarters | 1126 5th Street SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 United States |
Gamma Eta Gamma (ΓΗΓ) is a co-ed professional law fraternity that was a member of the Professional Fraternity Association.[1] Chapters are limited to law schools on the approved list of the American Bar Association.
History
[edit]Gamma Eta Gamma was founded on February 25, 1901, at the University of Maine School of Law as a law fraternity for men.[2] Its founders were Charles Vey Holman, Charles Hickson Reid Jr., and Harold Dudley Greeley.[3]
From the beginning, the fraternity exhorted its members to a high degree of personal and professional conduct. At its founding, the three men who established the Fraternity wrote in their handwriting into the preamble of its constitution:
"We the undersigned students of the Law School of the University of Maine, with a view of establishing on this and other schools of law, as well as in the general practice of the profession, an elevated standard of personal deportment, a high code of professional ethics and a broad and catholic development of mental culture and moral character do associate ourselves in the lasting bonds of a fraternal union under the name of Gamma Eta Gamma." [1]
Its officers were chancellor, proctor, judge, lictor, sheriff, quaestor, recorder, bailiff, and tipstave.[4] The pledge manual included chapters on how to study law effectively, a chapter on etiquette, and general fraternity information.
The Gamma Eta Gamma annual convention called a Witan, was first held on May 29, 1901.[3] Later, the convention shifted to a biennial basis, with province conferences held in off years. The Beta chapter was installed at the Boston University School of Law on May 24, 1902.[4]
Gamma Eta Gamma published a songbook in 1909 and 1915.[3] In 1912, the fraternity started publishing an annual called The Rescript; it became a semi-annual and, later, quarterly in 1920.[2][3] Also in 1912, the chapters at Albany and Cornell owned a chapter house, while the chapters at Boston, Creighton, and Indiana rented houses.[2]
By 1976 it had granted 33 charters with a national roster of over 7,000 initiates.[5] By 2017, there was one remaining active chapter, the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis, which is coed.[6] It provides low-cost housing for law students in a Richardsonian Romanesque style house that was built in 1892.[6]
Traditions and insignia
[edit]Founders' Day is generally held on the founding anniversary, February 25. However, some chapters celebrated the Prandium Cancellari on June 7, the date of the fraternity's first banquet in 1901.[3]
The fraternity's badge is a shield with a lamp, a star, and a Roman fasces or bundle, above the motto.[2] A triangle encloses the letter Π with Γ on both sides and below a balance.[2] The official badge contains 20 pearls surrounding the shield. The outgoing president or high chancellor is awarded a badge with a diamond border.
The pledge pin is a circular button, with the letters Γ Η Γ appearing in a circle on a red field, imposed on a triangle, with the rest of the button in black.[3] There is a fasces key, in gold, for alumni who graduated with a law degree, with the letters of the Fraternity name on the face of the key. The colors of the fraternity are red and black.[1][3]
Governance
[edit]While the fraternity had multiple chapters, a council of twelve members called the Curia managed the fraternity between conventions.[1] The Curia consists of four elective executive officers and officials from the eight provinces of the fraternity. Eight of these twelve leaders were required to be alumni.[1]
Governance is now held by the University of Minnesota Law School chapter which operates as an informal, local fraternity.[6][5]
Chapters
[edit]Following is a list of Gamma Eta Gamma chapters.[1] Inactive groups indicated by italics, the active chapter in bold.
Notable members
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f William Raimond Baird (1991). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. Baird's Manual Foundation, Incorporated. pp. V–78–79.
- ^ a b c d e f g Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (7th ed.). G. Banta Company. 1912. pp. 418–420.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Baird, Wm Raimond; Brown, James Taylor (1923). Baird's manual of American college fraternities; a descriptive analysis of the fraternity system in the colleges of the United States, with a detailed account of each fraternity. New York: James T. Brown, editor and publisher. p. 507-508 – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ a b c "Jillison is Chancellor". Boston Post. 1902-05-24. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b York, Kenneth H. (1952). "Legal Fraternities" (PDF). Michigan Law Review. 50 (7). The Michigan Law Review Association: 1047–56. doi:10.2307/1284939. JSTOR 1284939. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gamma Eta Gamma, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN". LawCrossing.com. 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Gamma Chapter Legal Fraternity Instituted". Boston Post. 1904-02-21. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Law Fraternity Installed". The Indianapolis News. 1911-06-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
- ^ "To Install Legal Frat". Evening World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. 1912-04-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1914 Gamma Eta Gamma Legal Fraternity, Theta Chapter Members". Creighton University. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "Fraternity Chapter is Installed at G.U." The Washington Herald. Washington, D.C. 1914-02-28. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Arthur Studios, N.Y. (1924-01-01). "Portraits & Miscellaneous Photographs, Fraternity - Gamma Eta Gamma". Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship & History.
- ^ Baird, Wm Raimond; Brown, James Taylor (1923). Baird's manual of American college fraternities; a descriptive analysis of the fraternity system in the colleges of the United States, with a detailed account of each fraternity. New York: James T. Brown, editor and publisher. p. 507-508 – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "The Political Graveyard: Gamma Eta Gamma Politicians". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Gov. Bates Honored". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Lewiston, Maine. 1904-01-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
- ^ Bly, Betsy K., ed. (2000). The Paedagogus (48th ed.). Indianapolis: Lambda Chi Alpha. pp. 62, 64.
- ^ Levere, William C. (1915). Leading Greeks; an encyclopedia of the workers in the American college fraternities and sororities, 1915. Evanston, Ill. p. 58 – via Hathi Trust.
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- ^ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 234 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Justice Emery is a Member: Elected an Honorary Member of Gamma Eta Gamma". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. 1903-02-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 297 – via Google Books.
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- ^ a b "Will Initiate Smith; Gamma Eta Gamma, to Which Son Belongs, Will Honor Governor" (PDF). The New York Times. May 1, 1924. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "A. H. Henderson Named Surrogate" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXIX, no. 26390. New York, N.Y. 26 April 1930. p. 4.
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- ^ "Obituary of Daniel J O'Mara". Democrat and Chronicle. 1973-01-10. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-04-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ex-Gov Samuel E. Pingree". Montpelier Evening Argus. Montpelier, Vermont. 1904-01-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Justice Spear a Member Now, Has Been Formally Admitted to Alpha Chapter, Gamma Eta Gamma". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. 1903-11-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 925 – via Google Books.