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The Kappa Chi Crest depicted for the late 1990's is the same as that as late 1970's, early 80's. However, the crest did have several variations, including varying degrees of artistic quality, of which this is one of the poorest examples. The "true" crest had proper, serif, roman numerals for the "VII," not just a line drawing of the letters V and I between two parallel lines. The lightning bolt was gold, and the hand holding it was a lighter colored gold. The two hands joining in the middle of the heart were brown and caucasian, signifying the the joining of the races after the abolition of the 'KKK', and the heart behind the hands colored solid red (not empty white). The lantern was also of solid gold, with a white-yellow flame. The sword hilts and handles were much more intricitely adorned and colored.

Additionally, there is controversy over whether the letters "K" and "X" appeared on the left- and right-side of the crest. It is depicted as such in the pledge manual of 1982 (and presumably earlier, if not later, versions), but seems redundant, and was never clarified by the fraternity as being part of the official Kappa Chi sheild, but simply a textual embelleshment for the Pledge Manual. It is believed that this was never intended to represent a change in the crest itself.

In some cases, the sheild was displayed with a field of red, instead of blue, in public locations, most conspicuously on the wall of Bissman 7th first floor, on the west wall, where the blue field against the blue walls of the "lobby" washed out the appearance of the shield.

Some individuals are working on a vector graphics version of the shield, even though the fraternity has been inactivated.

Sincerely,

Kevin P. Moloney Secretary, Kappa Chi, 1984-1985