Alpha Sigma Phi

It is a Fraternity that structures its chapters to be a real, living seminar in leadership development, organizational skills, management science, financial planning, and human relations. It is a Fraternity that holds scholarship in high regard and puts its beliefs into action; a Fraternity that believes in a well-rounded social program and activel... y carries it out; a Fraternity that believes in service to its campus and community and strives to find innovative methods to express this concern for others. It is a Fraternity that has never been easy to characterize with any stereotypical terms because of its diverse membership and growth through each generation of brothers. It is a place where an individual is just that - where he can and does see results from his own involvement almost immediately. It is a Fraternity that has, for most of its existence, pioneered in developing inter-fraternity cooperation by promoting America's fraternity system first, and itself second. It is a Fraternity that set the pace in open membership, doing so on a national level. How did this kind of Fraternity evolve? It began with the ambition of Louis Manigault, a 17-year-old South Carolinian, and his close friends Stephen Rhea and Horace Weiser. Together, these young men created Yale's second Sophomore Society, offering their peers an option in selecting a Fraternity that was better suited to their own ideals. The ideals, principles and programs that they laid out must have been special indeed. For, despite the fact that due to various reasons none of the founders finished their education at Yale, Alpha Sigma Phi lived. For, despite the fact that an outspoken publication and intense rivalry between societies at Yale almost immediately put the group under faculty bans, Alpha Sigma Phi prevailed. For despite, the fact that it had to operate underground and then come to depend on a single chapter for many years, Alpha Sigma Phi continued. Not only did it continue, but it grew and ultimately became a major force in America's ...Read More