Sigma Pi Literary Society
Sigma Pi (ΣΠ) Literary Society is one of the four male literary societies of Illinois College. Sigma Pi is the oldest literary society at Illinois College and one of the oldest literary societies in the United States, having been founded on Saturday, June 24, 1843. Sigma Pi resides in the oldest college building in Illinois, Beecher Hall. William Jennings Bryan, a three time presidential nominee, is one of its most distinguished members.
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