At Ohio State University on May 1, 1923, fourteen female students chartered a sorority for Congregational women.

The purpose of the sorority was "to form a social unit in which spiritual and intellectual development might advance in harmony".

[2] The Kansas State Royal Purple Yearbook of 1948 not only notes the growth of its chapter, but also a special ceremony called Luchnokaia.

[5] The records of the University of Northern Iowa indicate that Sigma Eta Chi was classified as a Congregational sorority well into the 1950s.

[6] Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities described the badge as "a lighted candle in a candlestick with a ruby set for the flame, the letters ΣΗΧ on a background of blue enamel with a border of white or yellow gold set with white or blue stones; the letters being arranged vertically to the right of the candle".