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Membership in the undergraduate chapter is still controlled by the students, and is awarded on the basis of demonstrated devotion to the University of Cincinnati, congeniality and gentlemanliness, and leadership in campus social, athletic and academic pursuits. Although membership is generally limited to students in the pre-junior, junior and senior classes, on occasion a truly outstanding graduate student has been selected. Further, honorary membership has occasionally been awarded, but only in rare instances where a candidate has demonstrated, over an extended period of time, an unusually productive capacity for service to the University of Cincinnati.

Originally, meetings of the active chapter were held in public rooms of the University. Soon, however, meetings were rotated each week to a different fraternity house on campus. In 1939, as a memorial to his son Robert H. "Huck" Heuck, Jr. ('37), Robert Heuck, Sr. ('13) donated $700 and the basement of his Jefferson Avenue home to the active chapter for the development of a regular meeting place. The gift was gratefully accepted, and the area was promptly transformed into "Huck Hall." With the later sale of the Heuck residence, a Sigma Sigma fund-raising campaign was conducted throughout the alumnal body, and money was raised to purchase a home at 120 West St. Clair Street on July 14, 1964. This location served as the permanent home for Sigma Sigma until the present house, located at 15 West Daniel's Street, was purchased on June 2, 1971. In all Sigma Sigma houses, the meeting room has always been known as "Huck Hall." The current location remains the campus home where weekly meetings of the active chapter are held, and where "Reception" for all Sigma Sigma's and their guests are held after varsity athletic events.

Initiation ceremonies are conducted each year at the Winter Banquet, traditionally held the day after Thanksgiving, and the Summer Banquet, held in June during the final week of classes. Initiation fees, which include the cost of the official badge, as well as the cost of the member's engraved beer mug, are the only charges ever assessed a member of Sigma Sigma The Constitution of Sigma Sigma reads: "The name of the organization shall be Sigma Sigma. All matters transacted shall be for the good of the organization and the University of Cincinnati. This Constitution shall not be amended."

Such is the spirit the organization which has existed for a century on the campus of the University of Cincinnati as its most prestigious society.

This foundation of service to the University will serve Sigma Sigma well as it enters its second century of service to our Alma Mater.