Though the rest of the pyramid is likely long gone now, its two original plaques remain on the 'new' base of the Bent monument that took its place in the late 1970s. Note that the Bent monument rests on the same stone pedestal as did the Omega Pyramid.
This photo provides a clearer view of Omega's pyramid. It was taken during the 1952 Sigma Tau National Conclave held in Laramie, Wyoming.
On May 11, 1934, Omega Chapter at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, dedicated their Sigma Tau monument at the entrance to the Engineering Building. The National President was privileged to be present at the dedication, and the dinner given by the Chapter in honor of the graduating seniors.
The ceremony took place at the end of Engineers' Week and Open House, was well attended by engineering students, faculty and student body, and was a fitting climax to two years of effort of the part of the Chapter members. George Gilleard, President of the Chapter, gave the dedicatory address, and responses were made by Wallace C. Bond, President of the Board of Trustees, for the University; by Neil Rockafield, President of the Engineering Society, for the Engineering College; by the National President on behalf of Sigma Tau; and an interested and inspiring address was given by Dean Ralph D. Goodrich of the College, emphasizing the idealism of the engineering profession.
Very soon after the installation of Omega Chapter, its members began the design of this monument. Stones not used in the construction of the Engineering Building were procured from the University, carefully cut and laid on a concrete foundation; an old automobile was purchased, and the aluminum melted and cast; an old piece of rail was found "down back of the roundhouse" and was cut and fitted into the aluminum pyramid; bronze was pilfered from here and there, cast into plaques, one with the initials of the Fraternity, and the other the name of the Chapter and the year of its installation, 1932. The design, and all the labor connected with its erection, was performed by members of the Chapter, and, as the President of the Board of Trustees assured them, the University is prous to give it space and approval.
The pyramid is made from case aluminum plates, with a rail section neatly inserted transversely through it, and on the other two plates bronze plaques as above, and the whole on a cut stone base laid on a concrete foundation.
The dinner in honor of the graduating seniors is an annual affair, always, as at this time, attended by members of the engineering faculty, and alumni of the Fraternity. The National President was given the courtesy of presenting the keys to the newly initiated members of the Chapter, which he appreciated to the fullest.
This is a young Chapter. Its members appear to be leaders in the college and in campus affairs, maintain an exceptionally high standard of scholarship, and are thoroughly imbued with a romantic enthusiasm for their chosen profession and its idealism as propounded by their Fraternity. There seems to be a workable plan in the Chapter to assure a continuity of interest in the Fraternity on the part of the student body as well as its members, which can but maintain the Chapter truly as an honor society on the campus at Wyoming. The contribution of faculty sponsors and advisors to the success of the Chapter is marked, and the interested visitor to the Chapter is at once impressed with the value of a genuinely fraternal relation between instructor and student.