| Today, Tri-Sigma is enjoying a
period of tremendous growth and influence on campus. In Spring 2001, we
initiated 13 new women in what was one of the largest class on campus. Eight
were initiated in Fall 2001, and twelve in Spring 2002. Three sisters made the President's List for
4.0 in Spring 2001, one is president of an honor society, and 3 perform
with the newly created Dance Team. We also count Longwood Ambassadors,
Dining Hall Supervisors, the NPC Executive Secretary, and numerous organizations
among our sisters' involvements.
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Founded at Longwood College in
April 1898, Tri-Sigma is the only of the founding four to have maintained
active status every year. The other Alpha Chapters on campus are Kappa
Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Alpha Sigma Alpha.
Unavailable to afford a photograph, the first image of Sigma Sigma Sigma in Longwood College's The Light was this pen and ink sketch. The accompanying text lists the sorority colors as purple and green and marked the second sorority founded at Longwood. For additional images from 1898-1929, see Archives, 1898-1929 |
| Sigma during the Great Depression...
Service Projects... The Tobacco Queen... Longwood's Great Fire... S.T.C...
-- the decades of the 30s and 40s were busy times for the chapter.
This photo showcases the "pledges" of 1949. Images from 1930-1949 available online soon. |
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In the 1960's, the Alpha Chapter
undertook serivce projects for the soldiers in Vietnam. They also spent
Spring Break in the Bahamas and summer in Europe. Despite being an all
girls school, jumpers were short. Perhaps this was from the influence of
nearby Hampden-Sydney boys.
This photograph is from 1969 and shows the sisters in the chapter room ready for a "Rush" party. Incidently, this is the same chapter room we have today, as is the clock in the background. Click here to see images from 1950-1969. |
The Jumper Tradition
Known as the Mother of Sororities, Longwood is also the home of the jumper. Around the turn of the century, the school required girls to wear uniforms. Determined to show their letters but without the convienence of blocks, each sorority dyed dresses in their color (hence the purple!). Today, each of the 9 NPC sororities wear jumpers in the color of their sorority. Despite the proliferation of letter clothing, Longwood maintains the tradition out of respect for their history.
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