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History of Kappa-Omega Zeta |
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History of Kappa-Omega Zeta |
| (Coming soon) | Q.T. Club Black & White Ribbon: When first organized, and still a "secret" group, the QT Club did not yet have badges. However in the 1920's, one could not claim to be in a fraternity or sorority without a badge as proof. So temporarily the new brothers wore Black and White ribbons on the lapels of their coats, evoking much curiosity on campus. The secret of the new brotherhood was kept, for the most part, despite the curiousity, until the brotherhood moved into its first house on Military St. |
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Q.T. Club Badge: The first official badge, used 1924-1925, features the letters G.Q.T. (Georgetown Quiet Thirteen) within a "Club" (hence the "The Georgetown Quiet Thirteen Club"). The 16 pearls were probably not symbolic. This pin is on display at LCA headquarters in Indianapolis, and is likely to have been "the badge" surrendered to QKN during the ritual for chapter installation. Not shown is a "chapter guard" which was simply the graduation year of the wearer. (ie: 24 attached by a small chain) |
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G T A Badge: This badge, used 1925-1928, is identical to the Q.T. Club badge, except the Greek letters are in use. "Georgetown Quiet Thirteen" (GQT) was translated into "Georgetonopolis Tria-deka Athurobos" (GTA). |
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G T A Pledge Pin: Probably used beginning in 1925, this was the pledge pin of the local fraternity, featuring the fraternity colors of Black and White. This pin is on display at LCA headquarters in Indianapolis. |
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QKN Badge: The QKN initiate wore this badge of four triangles, representing the cardinal principles of the fraternity. In the center appears a white tudor rose with six petals and five sepals representing the eleven founding chapters. The rose has four stamens representing the four founding national officers. The seven-shaped "mysterious symbol" around the rose is the Syriac numeral eleven. The Alpha chapters in each state, including Kentucky-Alpha, wore an "Alpha" chapter guard (if any) as shown here. |
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QKN Badge with extra jewels: Here is another version of the badge with a diamond in the center, a common addition, but with rubies replacing six of the pearls, a rarity. This badge was put up for sale by The Dianne Myers Co. of Lexington, which obtained it in Georgia and offered it for auction on Ebay. |
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QKN Pledge Pin: The pledge pin of QKN is a simple round button with four black triangles arranged in the shape of a square, leaving a cross pattern between. Pledges were to "ponder the meaning of the four triangles," which they learned at initiation. Having no letters on the pins makes them practically unrecognizable to anyone unfamiliar with them. |
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QKN Ring: The official ring bears an image of the coat-of-arms with eleven small diamonds on the front. |
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QKN Recognition Button: This button bears the coat-of-arms, and is very similar to an alumni recognition button, though this one is made as a charm for necklace, perhaps a sweetheart charm. |
| (Coming Soon) | Badge: The badge of Lambda Chi Alpha, with Kappa-Omega chapter guard. |
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Associate Member Pin This is the Associate Member pin (called the "pledge pin" in earlier years) currently in use. |
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Evolution of the new member pin: This photo demonstrates how the current LCA Associate Member pin (top) is a combination of the pre-Union LCA pledge pin (two in the middle) and the QKN badge (bottom). At the time of the Union, LCA had no pledge/A.M. ceremony for "pinning" new members. QKN's ritual and symbolism were condensed into the "new" (1939) pledge/A.M. ceremony, aptly symbolized by the "new" pin. |
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Crescent Pin: Unofficial but commonly-used pin for Crescent girls (little sisters) which is now out of use. Currently I have no evidence it was ever used by Kappa-Omega, though the Crescent Club was extremely active and supportive until it was abolished in the early 1990's. |
