![]() ![]() Once there, I pulled out the box marked "college stuff," blew the dust off the lid and proceeded to uncover old pictures, letters, and other college memorabilia. When I heard the news of Brother Bear's untimely and sudden death it caused me to take a trip to that storage area in my home that I call the attic. ![]() What you have just read is an excerpt that was taken from the Fall 2005 Signet. They find the influences that will shape them into better men. Instead, they find someone at the ping-pong table, kicking back in the TV lounge or ordering a pizza. Across the nation, Phi Sig men come home each night to find more than a cold, dark room. Phi Sig men understand that with each confidence, good friends and a place to turn, an individual can do anything. Phi Sig men are men of Character, Purpose, Faith and most importantly, Brothers. Phi Sig gives members a place to surround themselves with others who will accept them, a place to fit in, to learn, to make mistakes, to discover who they are and who they will become. What Phi Sig offers is something more than the limits of the classroom can teach. It is not offered in a course selection catalogue. It won't be found in a professor's PowerPoint presentation. We have responded to these challenges by removing unwarranted restrictions on qualifications for membership, acting in concert with other NIC fraternities to eliminate hazing, and revising our membership education program to reflect its purpose of building a true appreciation of our fraternal principles."What Phi Sig offers is not in textbooks. The post World War II era saw the Fraternity recover from the worst consequences of that crisis, after which Phi Sigma Kappa and all Greek organizations had to address issues related to membership restrictions, hazing, and the need for responsible programming which complements the educational mission of our host institutions. For this reason I am willing to continue to work for my Fraternity-so long as my Fraternity is working to serve its individual members." The services of the Fraternity supplemented those of my family, my church and my teachers. It helped me to learn to live with others and to develop my own personal, moral, and social attributes, so that I could fit better into the society which I found when I left the University. ![]() "My Fraternity did something for me when I was in school. The fraternity can and should take average college students and help them develop their own character, and help them to learn to live together in brotherhood." If we pledge only the most polished and mature individuals, there is little left for the chapter to do for these people. That chapter which pledges average students, however, and encourages them in developing their own academic capabilities to the utmost, deserves the scholarship cup. Thus I do not believe a chapter, which pledges students who are already top scholars and which wins a scholarship cup year-in and year-out, performs any distinctive service. A fraternity chapter which truly serves its purpose helps its members in their own personal development. The Cardinal Principles of Phi Sigma Kappa are the development of brotherhood, scholarship and character.There is nothing in our Cardinal Principles about prestige, the most beautiful house, the best social program, ' number one on campus' in intramurals, activities, etc. "The founders very wisely developed the ritual and philosophy of the Fraternity on the base of service to members. (Spec) Collins of Iowa, one of the Fraternity's most dynamic leaders of the post-World War II years, reaffirmed the heritage in more modern terms: There were 52 active chapters the Phi Sigma Kappa Foundation had been established, primarily to reward good scholarship among brothers and the Signet was guaranteed to all members for life under a plan that had few parallels in the Greek world at that time. The 1948 Convention in Boston marked the 75th anniversary of the founding. The extraordinary efforts by which the Fraternity survived are another and longer story the important fact is that Phi Sig did survive. ![]() The hardships of World War I and the Great Depression were scarcely overcome when World War II arrived. The first professional manager of the Fraternity was hired that same year, marking still another organizational response to growing need in a critical period. The 1938 Convention adopted the six-degree membership structure to honor the six Founders, especially as a tribute to Founder Brooks, who had died only a few weeks earlier. ![]()
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