page_title: Gamma Kappa Phi
section_title: Evolution of the Gamma Kappa Phi seal
hierarchical_section_title: Gamma Kappa Phi / Evolution of the Gamma Kappa Phi seal
caption_attribution_description: English: Seal version of image proportion conflict
context_page_description: Gamma Kappa Phi is an international alumni and collegiate fraternity and sorority founded on October 9, 1962 at Divine Word College in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines.
context_section_description: The first Fraternity seal was introduced during the same period of its foundation in 1962. This was designed in a circular form as used by members in an embroidered patch which was sewn on their shirt or a painted version in a cloth banner or plywood. Unfortunately, the circular design seal was not adopted to use when new members have spread outside the founding school in Divine Word College. Subsequently, a new form of the seal was created with another design from Silliman University Chapter which was organized in 1969 by Procolo Maslog and Idelfonso Sanchez who are both members of Divine Word College. Maslog and Sanchez have finally finished their studies and left the new members they recruited to serve as the new forerunners of the Gamma Kappa Phi fraternity. In the first semester of the school year in August 1970, the pioneering members of the 1969 Silliman Chapter led by Grand Noble Master Roger Valencia assigned Danilo Villamena to design a seal for their school chapter. The new seal design was first painted in a plywood size that was displayed in their booth on the occasion of the founding anniversary celebration of the school. It has a feature of ’15 rays’ that spread around its circular form which depicts the 15 pioneer members of 1969. The seal was unanimously approved by members to be used as the Gamma Kappa Phi seal designated for the Silliman University school chapter. In the following school semester, Reynaldo Pagalan who is among the pioneer member of 1969 has transferred his studies at Central Mindanao State University in Musuan, Bukidnon and organized Gamma Kappa Phi in the school. Consequently, he able to introduce the Silliman chapter seal, which in turn was also adapted to use by the Central Mindanao University school chapter. 
  This was the beginning of the '15 rays' seal continued its circulation, which formally adopted to use by other new organized chapters. Eventually, the supposed '15 rays' Silliman University chapter seal became the official seal adopted by the entire Gamma Kappa Phi fraternity and sorority. However, during the early decade, members rely on hand drawings or manual process due to an expensive machine and technical printing. Likewise, this is the reason for early visual miscommunications to match its typical resemblance in every duplication. The mistake of, no matter how artistic it was drawn as long as the design is closer to one version to another has turned the staggering feature of the seal design. In addition, some artist's own versions of slim and long extended '15 rays' have disproportioned the seal design which became insignificant to the depiction of its historical evolution. Finally, the '15-rays' is considered as the 'forerunners' seal to the original founder's seal, which was created during its founding in 1962. Adapting the 15-rays seal is regarded as an 'accident' to use because of its history where it is supposedly intended as the chapter seal of Silliman University.
caption: The correction of seal versions' conflict with the significance of its evolution
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