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Membership Pledge
In recognition of
My duties and responsibilities
As a member of
The Honor Society of Agriculture,
GAMMA SIGMA DELTA,
I pledge myself
To use my abilities
In furthering
The progress of agriculture.
The emblem of the Society is a key bearing the words "The Honor Society
of Agriculture" in small Roman letters and the Greek letters GAMMA SIGMA
DELTA, which are its insignia. These are the initial letters for the
Greek words, Gaea (Ge-a), Syndesmos (Syn-des-mos), and Demeter (De-me-ter),
which are symbolic of our organization.
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Gaea (Ge-a) was acknowledged by the Greeks as the Goddess of Earth,
the original mother of all, the all-producing and all-nourishing mother.
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Syndesmos (Syn-des-mos) was the Greek word for "bind or band together,"
hence symbolic of strength, of unity of purpose and interest.
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Demeter (De-me-ter) was the Grecian Goddess of Agriculture, of fruitfulness
and of rural life. She presided over every operation of the practice of
farming and was therefore the essence of life to a pastoral people.
Thus, the Greek meaning of our name is "The binding together of earth,
the mother of all, and the practice of agriculture, and the arts relating
thereto for the welfare of mankind." So may we here join together to further
the practice of all the agriculturally-related sciences and to serve our
fellow men.
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