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62 upon one another and the college world in general. That of Kappa Sigma Theta was called the Banger, probably a burlesque upon the Yale Banner. It was issued in the fall terms of the years from 1845 to 1850 and the spring term of 1852. Alpha Sigma Phi issued the Tomahawk, in five issues first appearing in 1847. Neither of these publications were fraternity journals or magazines in any modern sense. For a full account of this society as a sophomore organization at Yale, the reader is referred to "Four Years at Yale" by Lyman H. Bagg, ΨΥ, of the class of '69.

While existing as a sophomore society at Yale, Alpha Sigma Phi built up the following chapter roll:


 * 1846. Α, Yale College (1864).
 * 1850. Β, Harvard College (1857).
 * 1857. Γ, Amherst College (1862).
 * 1860. Δ, Marietta College.
 * 1865. Ε, Ohio Wesleyan University (1865).

All of the chapters except the one at Marietta were sophomore organizations only, the Marietta chapter being of the type of the usual college fraternity chapter.

Alpha Sigma Phi by these peculiar circumstances became a local fraternity at marietta and continued to exist as such until 1907 when a chapter was established at Yale as a general university society, and in 1907 at a convention held at Marietta a national organization was perfected.

The following is the chapter roll since it assumed its present form: