IN THIS PLACE
WAS CREATED THE
FRATERNITY
SIGMA IOTA
IN THE YEAR OF
OUR LORD
OF 1904
OUR LORD
OF 1904
CONVENTION OF 1929
(Evidently, the Hispanic Fraternity was founded in 1904 and they memorialized it in this monument during the convention of 1929. The fraternity have merged and changed through the years.
From what I have gathered, these young Hispanics students were LSU Army Cadets (Officers in training, Army ROTC today), because of the facts of the Pentagon Barracks (or garrison) being used by Louisiana State University in those days as cadet dorms, in fact you could say that 'the barracks was LSU' (in part) in those days, and lastly, because of the monument being in such close proximity to the old garrison, all lead me to suspect that these young men were cadets.
The increase of LSUs Hispanic student enrollment in recent years has led to the re-establishment this fall of Phi Iota Alpha — the nations oldest Hispanic fraternity... Source (article)
[Phi Iota Alpha is a descendant of Sigma Iota Fraternity (subject of this post) though fraternities merging, a great grand father, if you will.]
The increase of LSUs Hispanic student enrollment in recent years has led to the re-establishment this fall of Phi Iota Alpha — the nations oldest Hispanic fraternity... Source (article)
[Phi Iota Alpha is a descendant of Sigma Iota Fraternity (subject of this post) though fraternities merging, a great grand father, if you will.]
(Advocate article, September 9, 2010)
Louisiana State Archives (LSU Army Cadets)
(disregard first photo as that has to do with UNO not LSU at the Pentagon Barracks.)
Cadets dorm room (Andrew Lytle Photograph)
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