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.
- Annette Holt Hitchcock, Pi 1912
* Alpha Phi was founded in 1872 by 10 of the first 20 women to enter Syracuse University.
* Alpha Phi is called a "fraternity" because it was founded before the word "sorority" was
coined.
* Alpha Phi is pronounced Alpha "fee" (long "e") not "fie," because "Alpha" is a vowel and "Phi" is pronounced "fee" when it follows a vowel.
* Alpha Phi is a true "international" sorority. It has maintained the longest continuous presence in Canada of any sorority. The Xi chapter was established at the University of Toronto in 1906.
*Alpha Phi was the first women's fraternity to use Greek letters as its emblem.
*Alpha Phi is the third largest women's sorority with
currently 145 chapters/colonies in the US and Canada.
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