[1][3] Though qualifications for membership are not published, members historically consistently comprised the top students on the campus, rated by overall strength rather than academics.
[1] In December 1996, the Ring-tum Phi student newspaper reported that the Sigma Society had a reputation for hazing that was often worse than that of the campus fraternities.
emblem that is often found inscribed on chairs, desks, and in bathroom stalls throughout the university campus and greater Lexington area is related to the society and was referenced in the group's yearbook page in 1974.
[11][12] It had a reputation as a "campus drinking and socializing club" according to William Rehnquist, former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
[14] The Sigma Society donated a plaque to the university to commemorate two alumni who died in World War I: Clovis Moomaw, a member of the Law School Class of 1912, and James Arthur Lingle Jr., Law School Class of 1915.