About AXP
"The aim of Alpha Chi Rho is to secure a membership of
the highest standard, thoroughly homogenous in quality, and
permanent in its allegiance and effort for the Fraternity, not
merely during college days, but throughout life. The Fraternity
protests against the type of men who prefer the society of dead
books to that of living fellow-beings, but at the same time
urges good scholarship and attention to study. It encourages
athletic endeavor and literary effort - in fact, all manner
of student activity, but at the same time recognizes that it
cannot make such activities tests of membership in Alpha Chi
Rho.
"The Brothers should think and plan for self culture,
for helpfulness and hospitality, or the exercise of the critical
faculty, of reasoning power, of the fine arts and music. The
good Chapter joins hearts together by the strong tie of common
thoughts and work. Alpha Chi Rho charges its Brothers on the
one hand to avoid undue interference in college politics.
Such interference has invariably proven detrimental in the
end both to the Fraternity and to the institutions in which
it is situated. On the other hand, they are by loyalty and
participation in college and university activities to promote
the interests of their college and to make themselves efficient
factors in its life. In its relations to other fraternities
Alpha Chi Rho aims to preserve a strict neutrality, neither
opposing them, nor seeking entangling alliances, which may
cause it to forget its proper mission. It does not compete
with other fraternities in numerical or other ostentation...
"'Slow but sure' is the motto of national expansion.
The Fraternity feels that the closest tie between all the
Brothers can be secured only by conservative and careful growth
- instituting Chapters only in colleges or universities of
approved standing within easy reach of one another. The result
of this policy is that the same general type of man is to
be found in all our Chapters.
"The same general policy prevails in local growth. The
Fraternity feels that Brotherhood can best be developed in
the small Chapter… where each Brother has the opportunity
to know every other Brother intimately...
"The aim of Alpha Chi Rho in relation to its members
is best understood by a careful study of its Landmarks."
(Reprinted from the 1906 edition of the Exoteric Manual)
About Phi Lambda Chapter @ PSU (locally)
The year was 1917. Expansion efforts for Alpha Chi Rho had switched
gears and began to focus on schools with athletic teams in the
same conference. The Phi Lambda Chapter was formed at the Pennsylvania
State University and soon began occupying the present Crow House
at 425 Locust Lane, here in State College.
The Phi Lambda Chapter also was home to Fred Waring, inventor
of the Waring Blender and benefactor of Waring Commons in
West Halls. Brig. General William G. Pagonis led the largest
logistic force in history as Norman Schwartzkopf's top leader
during the First Gulf War. He currently heads the Supply Chain
of the highly successful Sears, Roebuck, and Co. as CEO and
the President of Logistics. Robert G. Schwartz was also a
Phi Lambda Crow; he currently serves as the Chairman of the
Board for the MetLife Insurance Company. In addition, we boast
dozens of doctors and lawyers, some of whose letters of recommendation
written for our recognition by the Pennsylvania State University
Interfraternity Council can be found in this very proposal.
Throughout our tenure at The Pennsylvania State University
Brothers of the Chapter have served as Executive Board Members,
including President of the Interfraternity Council. We have
a strong and active record of involvement with this school
and its Interfraternity Council.
Unfortunately despite our rich history, four years after
completing what now stands as the house of Sigma Alpha Mu,
the Phi Lambda Chapter lost its National Charter due to mounting
debts. We never fell into bad standing with the Interfraternity
Council, however, a rare achievement these days in the Council.
The Pennsylvania State University was for five years without
the Crows. Then, in the year 2000, Tim Brodeur and his friends
decided that five years without the Crows at Penn State was
five years too long. Tim's father had begun a local fraternity
himself at his Alma Mater Worcester Polytechnic Institute
in Massachusetts. That local fraternity in the 1970's became
the Delta Sigma Phi Chapter of the National Fraternity of
Alpha Chi Rho. The Brodeur legacy in Alpha Chi Rho is legendary.
In 2001 Phi Lambda became an official Colony of Alpha Chi
Rho. Only two years later, the hard work of determined individuals
resulted in our official reinstatement into the Interfraternity
Council of Penn State on April 7th, 2003.
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