The health of an organization is determined by the quality of its members. To ensure that our Fraternity is sustained by young men worthy of membership, The Jordan Standard represents a set of minimum requirements that are used to evaluate potential members before they are invited to pledge.

As Sigma Chis, we aspire to be gentlemen in every sense of the word. By extending an offer to a pledge, the members of this chapter see evidence of honorable traits and potential as a true brother. In order to become a true brother, however, it is incumbent that the new member further builds his character by living up to a creed, or higher code of conduct than what is listed under The Jordan Standard.

The establishment of Sigma Chi was a protest against artificiality and false pretense, a plea for personal independence, for congeniality and genuine friendship as the only natural basis of associations in a college brotherhood. The Spirit discusses this, as it is a concept that derived from the Founders’ unfortunate experience in Delta Kappa Epsilon. The Spirit calls for men who are inherently different, as Sigma Chi is not a fraternity that seeks members who are alike. It was the Founders’ belief that a fraternity that has members of “different temperaments, talents and convictions” will thrive better than the fraternity that has members who are alike.