ALPHA CHI Rare 40s Vintage Sport Shirt brand Double-V Sweatshirt

BRAND SPORT SHIRT.

DESCRIPTION
Rare 1940s sweatshirt with long double-V collar details.
Colour is a light grey marl; I think the print was originally in a deep maroon colour then faded into a light red (the letters are all clearly visible).

It is quite difficult to find the Sport Shirt label still attached in this make this sweatshirt even more in demand and collectable.

Alpha Chi could refer to a College Fraternity but most likely this one is from the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society.

In 1915, Southwestern University President Charles M. Bishop created an honor society to encourage and promote superior students. Faculty at Southwestern reached out to four other colleges and universities in Texas to create an intercollegiate honor society. On February 22, 1922, the Scholarship Societies of Texas was formed. A year later, representatives from 13 schools met on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin and six other schools mailed in votes to establish the organization's first constitution. These 19 schools went on to establish their own chapters of the organization including the Nolle Scholarship Society at Southwest Texas State Normal College, now known as Texas State University–San Marcos. Between 1926 and 1927 the honor society expanded to schools in Arkansas and Louisiana resulting in the name changing to the Scholarship Societies of the South. Dean Alfred H. Nolle, after whom Southwest Texas' chapter was named, became President of the newly named organization; Nolle would later serve as the secretary-treasurer for nearly 50 years. With plans for further expansion, in 1934 the organization voted to change its name again, this time to Alpha Chi. The name was chosen such that its initials AX would come from the Greek words aletheia for truth and χαρακτήρ for character.

The Alpha Chi motto is - Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.

FABRIC Because of the period, this should be 100% cotton.

YEAR 40s.

CONDITION Great vintage condition with some wear and small.

SIZE I would say it's a small or medium. Please see actual measurements.

MEASUREMENTS
Chest (pit to pit) - 23 inches.
Length - 22 inches.
Sleeve (pit to hem) - 19 inches.