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from Columbia University website
The university has (had?) a flag, light "Columbia" blue with a white royal
crown in the center symbolizing the institution's original name, King's College,
flanked by the letters C and U. The coat of arms of the university is azure a
chevron argent between three king's crowns or.
Al Kirsch (Columbia '61), 27 April 2003
The Columbia University Club flag is a white "C" on light blue. Beware:
University flags change frequently, for special occasions and the like.
Nathan Lamm, 27 April 2003
Information on the history of the Fraternity and description of its flag,
from the Fraternity website:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sigep/symbols.html.
Origin of the Fraternity
Carter Ashton Jenkens, the 18-year-old son of a minister, had been a student at
Rutgers University, New Jersey, where he had joined Chi Phi Fraternity. When he
transferred to Richmond College in the fall of 1900, his companions were to take
the place of the Chi Phi brothers he had left behind at Rutgers. During the
course of the term, he found five men who had already been drawn into a bond of
an informal fellowship, and he urged them to join him in applying for a charter
of Chi Phi at Richmond College. They agreed, and the request for charter was
forwarded to Chi Phi only to meet with refusal because Chi Phi felt that
Richmond College, as any college with less then 300 students, was too small for
the establishment of a Chi Phi chapter. Wanting to maintain their fellowship,
the six men, Jenkens, William Carter, Thomas Wright, William Phillips, Benjamin
Gaw, and William Wallace, decided to form their own local fraternity.
Flags
The Fraternity flag has a background of purple with a red bar extending
diagonally from the upper left corner to the lower right corner, this bar
fimbriated by a narrow band of gold from the purple background. In the center of
the flag, mounted upon a red bar, appears a gold star of five points. The 1955
Conclave authorized an alternative form for the official flag. In this form the
Greek letters SFE are placed in the upper right corner of the regulation flag
while the chapter designation is placed in the lower left corner. The purpose is
for plainer identification of the flag when it is used for display. The flag
with letters is commonly called the "display flag" and the plain flag the
"ritual flag." Every chapter should have a display flag and a ritual flag.
located by Ivan Sache, 26 April 2003