Your creed/symphony/etc.

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #1 02-12-2003, 01:00 AM

I wonder if we could get a bunch of different orgs. to post their respective creeds? (I use "creed" to loosely mean what your org. has chosen as what they live by. I know Chi O uses "symphony," Kappa Sigma has their "Star and Crecent," etc.)

I think it'd be interesting to compare how we're alike, and what makes us different, at the most basic level.

#2 02-12-2003, 01:23 AM

Below is the Alpha Gamma Delta Purpose:

To gain understanding that wisdom may be vouchsafed to me.

To develop and prize health and vigor of body.

To cultivate acquaintance with many whom I meet.

To cherish friendships with but a chosen few and to study the perfecting of those friendships.

To welcome the opportunity of contributing to the world's work in the community where I am placed because of the joy of service thereby bestowed and the talent of leadership multiplied.

To honor my home, my country, my religious faith.

To hold truth inviolable, sincerity essential, kindness invaluable.

To covet beauty in environment, manner, word and thought.

To possess high ideals and to attain somewhat unto them.

This shall be my purpose that those who know me may esteem Alpha Gamma Delta for her attainments, revere her for her purposes and love her for her womanhood

Sistermadly · #3 02-12-2003, 02:24 AM

The Alpha Phi Creed

I believe in my Fraternity.

I believe in the friendships formed in the springtime of my youth.

I believe in its high ideals which lift me up beyond myself.

I believe in its earnest drive for good scholarship, moral character, and genuine culture.

I believe in it as a shrine of international sisterhood wherein I may find love and loyalty, sympathy and understanding inspiration and opportunity.

I believe in it as a creator of good citizenship, helping me to do my work well, to live in harmony with others, and to serve my country and to trust in God.

I believe in my Fraternity.
I believe in Alpha Phi.

KSig RC · #4 02-12-2003, 02:39 AM

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Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
Kappa Sigma has their "Star and Crecent," etc.)

The Star and Crescent

The Star and Crescent shall not be worn by every man, but only by him who is worth to wear it. He must be a gentleman . . . a man of honor and courage . . . a man of zeal, yet humble . . . an intelligent man . . . a man of truth . . . one who tempers action with wisdom and, above all else, one who walks in the light of God.

AlphaSigOU · #5 02-12-2003, 06:46 AM

OUR REASON FOR BEING

The purposes for which this association is formed are:

To foster education, to maintain charity, to promote patriotism.
To encourage culture, to encourage high scholarship.
To assist in the building of character, to promote college loyalties,
To perpetuate friendships, to cement social ties within its membership.
And to foster the maintenance of college homes by chapters for their undergraduate members.

THE PLEDGE CREED

With a realization of the responsibilities and obligations conferred upon me as a pledge in Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, I pledge:

To faithfully observe the ethics of Alpha Sigma Phi, assisting and encouraging my prospective Brothers.
To adhere to the constitutional authority within the Chapter and Fratermity, governing my actions with a high sense of honor.
To retain in my confidence the private business of this Fraternity, impressing upon my heart and mind that initiation into Alpha Sigma Phi shall bind me to her as a Brother all through life.
To develop a deep loyalty to my alma mater, maintaining the highest standards of scholastic purpose and performance.
To devote myself to the principles of charity and patriotism, promoting the unity of spirit and purpose which prevails in Alpha Sigma Phi.

OUlioness01 · #6 02-12-2003, 08:24 AM

The Creed of Phi Mu

To lend to those less fortunate a helping hand
To tihink of God as a protector and guide of us all
To keep forever sacred the momory of those we have loved and lost
To be to others what we would they would be to us
To keep our lives gentle, merciful, and just
Thus being true to the womanhood of love

To walk in the way of honor, guarding the purity of our thoughts and deeds
Being steadfast in every duty small or large
Believing that our given word is binding
Striving to esteem the inner man above culture, wealth, or pedigree
Being honorable, courteous, tender
Thus being true to the womanhood of honor

To serve in the light of truth, avoiding egotism, narrowness. and scorn
To give freely of our sympathies
To reverence God as our maker, striving to serve him in all things
To minister to the needy and unfortunate
To practice day by day love, honor, truth
Thus keepin true to the meaning, spirit, and reality of Phi Mu

EagleChick19 · #7 02-12-2003, 08:28 AM

AST's creed:

As a member of Alpha Sigma Tau, I believe in the permanence and loveliness of its ideals.
I believe in the values of friendship and fidelity to purpose. I believe in the fulfillment of self and will strive to contribute my share to the progress of mankind.
I believe in cultivating beauty of spirit and graciousness of living in all my contacts with others.
I believe that faithfulness to these ideals will help me to live joyously and valiantly.

MysticCat · #8 02-12-2003, 09:16 AM

There is a 50-post thread on this subject: Your Creed.

Kevin · #9 02-12-2003, 09:44 AM

The Short Creed of Sigma Nu:

To believe in the life of love,
To walk in the way of honor,
To serve in the light of truth.

This is the life, the way and the light of Sigma Nu.
This is the Creed of our Fraternity.

PSK480 · #10 02-12-2003, 07:25 PM

as mysticcat has stated there is a thread about this where I have posted the Phi Sigma Kappa creed. You can either read it there or here at Phi Sigma Kappa - Ideals . We have a local slogan that has to do with our crest and the 3 T's on it. People keep asking us what they mean, although this is only known to brothers, we use the slogan "Don't Die Wondering". One of our other symphonies/creedos/national slogans, is the title of our membership manual, a copy of which every candidate(our nationals just recently switched the term from associate member) recieves. That is "The Hills and a Star", 2 more are as follow in caps, and I must say I am DAMN PROUD!! to say BY THESE THINGS I STAND!!

sugar and spice · #11 02-13-2003, 02:07 AM

Our purpose:

The purpose of Delta Delta Delta shall be to establish a perpetual bond of friendship among its members, to develop a stronger and more womanly character, to broaden the moral and intellectual life, and to assist its members in every possible way.

It shall also be the purpose of Delta Delta Delta to promote and develop mutually beneficial relationships between the Fraternity and the colleges and universities where the Fraternity has established chapters, to develop qualities of unselfish leadership among its members, and to encourage them to assume, with integrity and devotion to moral and democratic principles, the highest responsibilities of college women.

docetboy · #12 02-13-2003, 02:59 AM

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Originally posted by KSig RC
The Star and Crescent

The Star and Crescent shall not be worn by every man, but only by him who is worth to wear it. He must be a gentleman . . . a man of honor and courage . . . a man of zeal, yet humble . . . an intelligent man . . . a man of truth . . . one who tempers action with wisdom and, above all else, one who walks in the light of God.

Keep Preaching the scriptures, RC!!! A->B.

AlphaFrog · #13 02-13-2003, 08:27 AM

Our Purpose: To develop women of Poise and Purpose

The Creed of Alpha Sigma Alpha:
To fill my days with satisfying activity,
To find dominant beauty in art, literature, nature and friendships,
To know the peace and serenity of a divine faith,
To love life and joyously live each day to its ultimate good-
This is my creed in Alpha Sigma Alpha
-Wilma Wilson Sharp

amyzta · #14 02-13-2003, 12:16 PM

To realize that within our grasp, in Zeta Tau Alpha, lies the opportunity to learn those things which will ever enrich and ennoble our lives; to be true to ourselves, to those within and without our circle; to think in terms of all mankind and our service in the world; to be steadfast, strong, and clean of heart and mind, remembering that since the thought is father to the deed, only that which we would have manifested in our experience should be entertained in thought; to find satisfaction in being, rather than seeming, thus strengthening in us the higher qualities of the spirit; to prepare for service and learn the nobility of serving, thereby earning the right to be served; to seek understanding that we might gain true wisdom; to look for the good in everyone; to see beauty, with its enriching influence; to be humble in success, and without bitterness in defeat; to have the welfare and harmony of the Fraternity at heart, striving ever to make our lives a symphony of high ideals, devotion to the right, the good, and the true, without a discordant note; remembering always that the foundation precept of Zeta Tau Alpha was love, "the greatest of all things."

Shirley Kreasan Strout

KillarneyRose · #15 02-13-2003, 02:36 PM

I know there is already a lenghty thread pertaining to the creeds of the GLOs, but I am personally always happy to have the opportunity to write out my creed and to read that of other organizations.

They are all so beautiful and well-written that it is a perfect opportunity to show potential greeks, "Hey, it's more than winning Greek Week or vying to be the best-dressed chapter. THIS is what we're REALLY about!"

The Delta Zeta Creed
To the world,
I promise temperance and insight and courage,
To crusade for justice,
To seek the truth and defend it always;

To those whom my life may touch
in slight measure,
may I give graciously
Of what is mine;

To my friends,
Understanding and appreciation;

To those closer ones,
Love that is ever steadfast;

To my mind,
Growth;

To myself,
Faith
That I may walk truly
In the light of the Flame.

- Dororhy M. Williams - Alpha Zeta