Gamma Eta Gamma
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Founded | February 25, 1901 University of Maine School of Law |
Type | Professional |
Affiliation | Independent |
Former Affiliation | PFA |
Status | Active |
Emphasis | Law |
Scope | national |
Colors | RedandBlack |
Symbol | Lamp, Star,Fasces,Balance |
Publication | The Rescript |
Chapters | 33 chartered, 1 active |
Members | ~10,000 collegiate |
Headquarters | 1126 5th Street SE Minneapolis,MN55414 United States |
Website | Gamma Eta Gamma Facebook page |
Gamma Eta Gamma(ΓΗΓ) is a co-ed professionallawfraternitythat was a member of theProfessional Fraternity Association.[1]Chapters are limited to law schools on the approved list of theAmerican Bar Association.
History
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Gamma Eta Gamma was founded on February 25, 1901, at theUniversity of Maine School of Lawas 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. Thejwas 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 calledThe 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 33 charters and over 7,000 initiates.[5]By 2017, there was one remaining active chapter, theUniversity of Minnesota Law SchoolinMinneapolis,which is coed.[6]It provides low-cost housing for law students in aRichardsonian Romanesque stylehouse 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 thePrandium Cancellarion 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 aRoman fascesor bundle, above the motto.[2]A triangle encloses the letterΠwithΓon 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 lettersΓΗΓappearing in a circle on a red field, imposed on a triangle, with the rest of the button in black.[3]There is afasceskey, 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 theUniversity of Minnesota Law Schoolchapterwhich operates as an informal, local fraternity.[6][5]
Chapters
[edit]Following is a list of Gamma Eta Gamma chapters.[1]Inactive groups indicated byitalics,the active chapter inbold.
Notes
[edit]Notable members
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcdefWilliam Raimond Baird (1991).Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities.Baird's Manual Foundation, Incorporated. pp. V–78–79.
- ^abcdefgBaird's Manual of American College Fraternities(7th ed.). G. Banta Company. 1912. pp. 418–420.
- ^abcdefghijkBaird, 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.
- ^abc"Jillison is Chancellor".Boston Post.1902-05-24. p. 7.Retrieved2023-04-02– via Newspapers.
- ^abYork, Kenneth H. (1952)."Legal Fraternities"(PDF).Michigan Law Review.50(7). The Michigan Law Review Association: 1047–56.doi:10.2307/1284939.JSTOR1284939.Retrieved27 October2021.
- ^abc"Gamma Eta Gamma, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN".LawCrossing.2007-02-19.Retrieved2023-04-01.
- ^"Gamma Chapter Legal Fraternity Instituted".Boston Post.1904-02-21. p. 6.Retrieved2023-04-02– via Newspapers.
- ^"Law Fraternity Installed".The Indianapolis News.1911-06-16. p. 5.Retrieved2023-04-02.
- ^"To Install Legal Frat".Evening World-Herald.Omaha, Nebraska. 1912-04-09. p. 7.Retrieved2023-04-02– via Newspapers.
- ^"1914 Gamma Eta Gamma Legal Fraternity, Theta Chapter Members".Creighton University.RetrievedApril 1,2023.
- ^"Fraternity Chapter is Installed at G.U."The Washington Herald.Washington, D.C. 1914-02-28. p. 14.Retrieved2023-04-02– via Newspapers.
- ^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.
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstu"The Political Graveyard: Gamma Eta Gamma Politicians".politicalgraveyard.Retrieved2023-04-01.
- ^"Gov. Bates Honored".The Lewiston Daily Sun.Lewiston, Maine. 1904-01-23. p. 1.Retrieved2023-04-02.
- ^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.Retrieved2023-04-02– via Newspapers.
- ^Schwarz, J. C. (1937).Who's who in Law.J.C. Schwarz. p. 297 – via Google Books.
- ^Schwarz, J. C. (1937).Who's who in Law.J.C. Schwarz. p. 297 – via Google Books.
- ^ab"Will Initiate Smith; Gamma Eta Gamma, to Which Son Belongs, Will Honor Governor"(PDF).The New York Times.May 1, 1924. p. 20.Retrieved2023-04-01.
- ^"A. H. Henderson Named Surrogate"(PDF).The New York Times.Vol. LXXIX, no. 26390. New York, N.Y. 26 April 1930. p. 4.
- ^Schwarz, J. C. (1937).Who's who in Law.J.C. Schwarz. p. 489 – via Google Books.
- ^"Obituary of Daniel J O'Mara".Democrat and Chronicle.1973-01-10. p. 19.Retrieved2023-04-01– via Newspapers.
- ^"Ex-Gov Samuel E. Pingree".Montpelier Evening Argus.Montpelier, Vermont. 1904-01-23. p. 2.Retrieved2023-04-02– via Newspapers.
- ^ab"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.Retrieved2023-04-02– via Newspapers.
- ^Schwarz, J. C. (1937).Who's who in Law.J.C. Schwarz. p. 925 – via Google Books.