Английская Википедия:Delta Sigma Chi

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Delta Sigma Chi (Шаблон:Lang) is an American fraternal organization for professionals in the area of Chiropractic.

History

In 1913, there were three chiropractic schools in Davenport, Iowa: the Palmer School of Chiropractic, Universal College of Chiropractic and the Davenport College of Chiropractic. On July 4 of that year, a group of chiropractic students representing those schools held an Independence Day picnic at Credit Island. Within this large group, a smaller group of friends discussed the subject of a chiropractic Greek letter fraternity.

On July 13, 1913, the first meeting of the fledgling organization took place, which is now the celebrated birth of the legacy of Delta Sigma Chi (ΔΣΧ). The founding fathers include Harold Hughes of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; J.D. Hills of Detroit, Michigan; John Reardon of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Harry Cummings of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and S.E. Julander of Des Moines, Iowa. At that meeting they completed their plans for a Greek letter Professional Chiropractic Fraternity by electing temporary officers and appointed a committee to draft a constitution and bylaws. The official name selected: Delta Sigma Chi (DSC) stands for Doctors of Straight Chiropractic. It was decided to limit the charter membership to twelve men, however the membership was opened and extended to 20.

Lasting goals and purpose

Delta Sigma Chi is pledged to promote straight unadulterated chiropractic principles (as set forth by B.J. Palmer). In addition, the members promote good fellowship and brotherhood as well as brotherly feeling amongst chiropractors, schools and students.

Today, the fraternity has a membership of several thousand individuals all around the globe, who continue to guard the sacred trust of chiropractic. The fraternity has reprinted 9 of BJ Palmer's original books.

Fraternity mansion

Шаблон:Main The Alpha chapter's Victorian-style mansion is known as the J. Monroe Parker-Ficke House. Construction began in 1881 and was finished three years later, with 38 rooms and call tubes for the servants. After completion, the final cost was $100,000. The home was originally constructed for James Monroe Parker, a wealthy Davenport financier. Later, however, it was acquired by C. A. Ficke. In 1978 the fraternity purchased the building.

Chapters

Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.

Chapter	Chartered	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	July 18, 1913	Palmer School of Chiropractic	Davenport, Iowa	Active	Шаблон:Efn
Gamma	October 8, 1921	Texas Chiropractic College	San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Kappa	June 13, 1970	Logan College of Chiropractic	Chesterfield, Missouri	Inactive
Lambda	January 1976	Life University	Marietta, Georgia	Active
Mu	1984–19xx ?; October of 2019	Parker University	Dallas, Texas	Active
Nu	January 1992	Life Chiropractic College West	Hayward, California	Active
Xi	October 4, 2010	Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida Campus	Port Orange, Florida	Inactive
Omicron	July 4, 2014	Sherman College of Chiropractic	Spartanburg, South Carolina	Active
Pi		German Chiropractic College	Dresden, Germany	Active
Rho	December 5, 2020	Cleveland University	Overland Park, Kansas	Active
Omega	March 19, 2017	Alumni chapter		Active

Notable members.

On November 6, 1913, B.J. Palmer was initiated into the brotherhood of Delta Sigma Chi. Five years later Brother Palmer was unanimously elected the honorary president of the fraternity. Clarence Gonstead was also a member.Шаблон:Citation needed

See also

• Professional fraternities and sororities

External links

• http://www.dscbooks.com, Delta Sigma Chi website for reprinted works