In 1400, at the University of Bologna, Manuel Chrysolaras and his disciples formed a society for mutual protection against phsyical attack and robbery by the unscroupulous governer of the city of Bologna, Baldassare Cossa. These students devised secret signs, words and forms - a ritual - to protect their ranks from penetration and betrayal and to ensure the members safety. It was these rites which transformed their association from a protective guise against the ruthless Cossa into something more important. Their ideals, embodied in a ritual, transformed them from a group of men to a true brotherhood - the fellowship of kappa sigma.

On a cold December evening, December 10th, 1869, five friends enrolled at the University of Virginia met at 46 East Lawn to draw up a constitution and found the kappa sigma fraternity in North America. Adopting the traditions of their Renaissance forbearers in Bologna, these five friends bound themselves together by an oath and preserved their union with secret work. This ritual made them brothers, resorting the luster to the colors long-fading in Europe.

On April 17th, 2005 the Bloomsburg Colony of Kappa Sigma was formed. In order to keep the colors from fading...for want of wearers, these men have pledged their time and effort to keep the Kappa Sigma ideals alive.

 

The only Honorary member of Kappa Sigma is Jefferson Davis.

The badge of Kappa Sigma is a five-pointed star, touching the outer Rim of a Crescent. The badge is convex, and bears the Greek Letters KS and certain symbols of the Order.

Scarlet, white, emerald green

The original colors were white, green and purple.