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Eta Mu Whistles Into History
(August 19-22, 1964) Standing at the podium during the 41st Grand Chapter in New Orleans, La., Executive Secretary Richard R. Fletcher (Penn State) proudly presents a set of door chimes to be used at the Headquarters Shrine in Lexington, Va. What once used to be limited to the melodic whistles of Sigma Nu members passing each other on the street, will now welcome all visitors to the Rock.
The chimes were the work of one of the Fraternity’s newest chapters, Eta Mu, at the General Motors Institute in Flushing, Mich. Brother Charles "Chuck" Logston (GMI/Kettering) poured over one hundred hours of work into creating an intricate mechanism of cams, diodes and gears to operate a set of door chimes that were mounted on a natural-finish wood cabinet. When activated, the chimes would |
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render a bell-like version of Sigma Nu’s official Whistle.
Adopted at the Seventh Grand Chapter in 1894, Sigma Nu’s official Whistle was created by Brother Clarence W. Murphy (Washington and Lee). As someone who liked to associate with fellow Sigma Nus, Murphy had trouble identifying Sigma Nu cadets who were a part of our Alpha chapter from ordinary cadets dressed in identical uniforms at the Virginia Military Institute. His solution? Invent a secret signal (taking the form of a whistle) patterned after a military bugle call.
The chimes are still on display today at General Fraternity Headquarters. |
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