Sigma Kappa Symbols

The dove was accepted as an official symbol of Sigma Kappa at the 1984 convention,
and the heart was adopted at the 1988 convention. Both symbols signify the love felt
by members across the country.

Louise Helen Coburn's early reminiscences give us her memory of white as the color
favored in the early days of Sigma Kappa. She said that lavender and maroon,
as our colors, occur in the minutes of June 1891. They were being used then and
apparently had been approved earlier. A note in the minutes of 1904 speaks of a
committee appointed to "write down the true significance" of our colors which is
revealed in the ceremony of initiation.

Violets were loved by all Sigma Kappas from the beginning. The delicate flowers
grew wild along the banks of the Messalonskee River where the founders sat and
dreamed of Sigma Kappa. In June 1892, the violet was adopted as our national
flower. The flower was thought to belong to the days of promise as is Sigma Kappa.

Our motto is: One heart, One way.

Our shield and crest:

Our Seal: