Alpha Gamma Rho, referred to as "AGR", was founded when two local fraternities from Ohio State University (Alpha Gamma Rho, founded on October 10, 1904) and the University of Illinois (Delta Rho Sigma, founded in 1906) met at an International Livestock Competition in Chicago. The four pillars of Alpha Gamma Rho are recruitment, commitment, education, and recognition. Its colors are dark green and gold. Its symbols are the sickle and the sheaf. Its flower is the pink rose. The fraternity's motto is "To Make Better Men".