About - Beliefs
What We Believe
The beauty of Alpha Phi is impossible to encapsulate in just a few words, for A-Phi means something different to every sister. The words of the Alpha Phi Creed, Pledge and Purpose, however, embody the high ideals that every Alpha Phi strives to attain.
We consider these to be more than words on a page. They are the guiding principles for living life and the ties that bind us as friends and sisters in 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 wherin 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.
-Annette Holt Hitchock, Pi 1912
Purpose
The objectives of our Fraternity are the promotion of growth in character, unity of feeling, sisterly affection, and social communion among our members. In all that we do, we try to obey God's principles of justice and right. We have banded oursevles together to improve our minds and hearts, and we seek to aid each other through a constant watchcare always given in love.
Pledge
"I pledge allegiance to Alpha Phi,
Who has chosen me to uphold her high
Ideals of womanhood and scholarship,
And of service and to perpetuate her
Spirit of sisterly love and kindness."
~Geneveve Gwynn Wiley, 1982 (A-Syracuse)
Motto
Alpha Phi's open--or public motto is "Union Hand in Hand"