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Delta Sigma Rho (ΔΣΡ) was a collegiate honor society devoted to the promotion of public speaking (forensics). It merged with Tau Kappa Alpha, a similar organization, to form Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha in 1963.




History


Delta Sigma Rho was founded in Chicago on April 13, 1906. The founders at the organizing convention included representatives from University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Iowa, University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois, University of Nebraska, University of Chicago and Northwestern University. The call for the meeting was issued by Professor Eugene E. McDermott of the University of Minnesota. The idea of the society came out of the simultaneous conception of the idea by McDermont and Professor Henry E. Gordon of University of Iowa.
The purpose of Delta Sigma Rho was "to encourage sincere and effective public speaking". Its 1920 constitution stated that charters could only be granted to institutions that had participated in intercollegiate forensic contests for five years.
The society became a member of the Association of College Honor Societies in 1937. In 1963, Delta Sigma Rho had 85 active chapters and 20,100 members. Its headquarters was located at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.
Delta Sigma Rho and Tau Kappa Alpha merged on August 18, 1963. The merged group adopted the name Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha.




Symbols


Delta Sigma Rho emblem was a diamond-shaped key with a star at the top, the Greek letters ΔΣΡ, and the date of the organization of the society (April 13th, 1906) in relief. Its colors were maroon and black. Its publication was The Gavel, first published in 1912.




Members


To be eligible for membership, students had to be active in intercollegiate forensic contest and had to complete their sophomore year. In addition, they had to be in the top 35 per cent of their class.




Chapters



In 1963, Delta Sigma Rho had 85 active chapters.




Notable members


Samuel H. Blackmer, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
Bennett Champ Clark, United States senator from Missouri and a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit.
Louis B. Costello, general manager and president of The Lewiston Daily Sun and Lewiston Evening Journal
Garfield V. Cox, economist and dean of the University of Chicago School of Business
John P. Davis, co-founded the National Negro Congress and founder of Our World magazine
David Fellman, political scientist and constitutional scholar
Rudolph Fisher, physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator
Marion Janet Harron, lawyer and United States Tax Court judge
Asher Hobson, agricultural economist
John C. Holland, Los Angeles City Council member
Richard C. Hunter, United States Senator and Nebraska State Attorney General
Wellington Koo, diplomat and statesman of the Republic of China
Frank Licht, Governor of Rhode Island, associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court, and the Rhode Island Senate
Benjamin Mays, Baptist minister and American rights leader
Archie Palmer, 8th president of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Stanley M. Powell, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
Marshall Russell Reed, Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church
Loren Reid, communication professor and the chair of the Department of Communication. at the University of Missouri
Samuel Rosenman, first White House Counsel and presidential speechwriter who coined the term "New Deal"
Tucker P. Smith, economics professor at Brookwood Labor College and Olivet College and the Socialist Party of America's nominee for Vice President in the 1948




See also


Competitive debate in the United States
Extemporaneous speaking




References

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