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Gamma Eta Gamma
ΓΗΓ
FoundedFebruary 25, 1901; 125 years ago (1901-02-25)
University of Maine School of Law
TypeProfessional
AffiliationIndependent
Former affiliationPIC
StatusActive
EmphasisLaw
ScopeLocal (previously National)
Member badge
Colors  Red and   Black
SymbolLamp, Star, Fasces, Balance
PublicationThe Rescript
Chapters33 chartered, 1 active
Members~10,000 active
Headquarters1126 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

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University of Minnesota Law School chapter house, 2014

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

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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

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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

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Following is a list of Gamma Eta Gamma chapters.[1] Inactive groups indicated by italics, the active chapter in bold.

  1. ↑ Chapter's charter was withdrawn due to low membership at the University of Maine's law school, resulting in a loss of state funding.
  2. 1 2 3 Chapter closed during World War I and was not reformed.
  3. ↑ Chapter formed by absorbing the Bachelors Club.

Notable members

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anson, Jack L.; Marchesani Jr., Robert F., eds. (1991). "Title Page". Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. pp. V–78–79. ISBN 978-0-9637159-0-6. OCLC 25278937.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Baird, Wm. Raimond, ed. (1912). "Gamma Eta Gamma". Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (7th ed.). New York: The College Fraternity Publishing Co. pp. 418–420 – via HathiTrust.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Brown, James T., ed. (1923). "Gamma Eta Gamma". Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (10th ed.). New York: James T. Brown Publisher. pp. 507–508 – via HathiTrust.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jillison is Chancellor". Boston Post. 1902-05-24. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. 1 2 3 "Gamma Eta Gamma, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN". LawCrossing.com. 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  7. ↑ "Gamma Chapter Legal Fraternity Instituted". Boston Post. 1904-02-21. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Law Fraternity Installed". The Indianapolis News. 1911-06-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  9. ↑ "To Install Legal Frat". Evening World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. 1912-04-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "1914 Gamma Eta Gamma Legal Fraternity, Theta Chapter Members". Creighton University. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ Arthur Studios, N.Y. (1924-01-01). "Portraits & Miscellaneous Photographs, Fraternity - Gamma Eta Gamma". Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship & History.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "The Political Graveyard: Gamma Eta Gamma Politicians". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  14. ↑ "Gov. Bates Honored". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Lewiston, Maine. 1904-01-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  15. ↑ Bly, Betsy K., ed. (2000). The Paedagogus (48th ed.). Indianapolis: Lambda Chi Alpha. pp. 62, 64.
  16. ↑ Levere, William C. (1915). Leading Greeks; an encyclopedia of the workers in the American college fraternities and sororities, 1915. Evanston, Ill. p. 58 – via HathiTrust.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  17. ↑ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 219 – via Google Books.
  18. ↑ "Joseph Dainow Papers". collections.americanjewisharchives.org. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  19. ↑ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 234 – via Google Books.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 297 – via Google Books.
  22. ↑ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 297 – via Google Books.
  23. 1 2 "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.
  24. ↑ "A. H. Henderson Named Surrogate" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXIX, no. 26390. New York, N.Y. 26 April 1930. p. 4.
  25. ↑ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 489 – via Google Books.
  26. ↑ "Obituary of Daniel J O'Mara". Democrat and Chronicle. 1973-01-10. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-04-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ↑ "Ex-Gov Samuel E. Pingree". Montpelier Evening Argus. Montpelier, Vermont. 1904-01-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. 1 2 "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.
  29. ↑ Schwarz, J. C. (1937). Who's who in Law. J.C. Schwarz. p. 925 – via Google Books.
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