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For the fraternity in the Philippines, see Alpha Sigma PhiΑΣΦFoundedDecember 6, 1845; 173 years ago ( 1845-12-06)TypeSocialScopeInternationalMottoCausa Latet Vis Est Notissima'The cause is hidden, the results well-known'ColorsCardinal RedStone GreySymbolFlagFlowerCardinal and yellowPublicationThe TomahawkChapters205 chaptersMembers100,000+ lifetime members collegiateNicknameAlpha Sig, A-Sig, 'The Old Gal'Headquarters710 Adams StreetCarmel, IndianaUSAWebsiteAlpha Sigma Phi ( ΑΣΦ), commonly known as Alpha Sig, is a collegiate men's secret and social with 205 currently active chapters. Founded at in 1845, it is the 10th oldest greek letter fraternity in the.The fraternity practices many. Its motto is Causa Latet Vis Est Notissima ('The cause is hidden, the results well-known'). The fraternity's official symbol is the, as the phoenix rises from the ashes of its old body, signifying the re-founding of the fraternity in the early 1900s. Due to active expansion efforts, Alpha Sigma Phi continues to offer services and opportunities to over 10,000 students and well over 100,000 living. Louis ManigaultLouis Manigault was born at Rue de la Paix #17, Paris, France, on November 21, 1828, while his mother and father were visiting their ancestors’ homeland.

He was a seventh generation descendant of Pierre Manigault, a French Huguenot who fled La Rochelle, France, because of religious persecution with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 1685. These Manigaults immigrated to South Carolina, where they became very prosperous in the occupations of planting, trading, and merchandising.Stephen Ormsby Rhea was the son of John Rhea, an important cotton planter of who helped open the disputed territory of and made it a part of the US and the state of Louisiana.Horace Spangler Weiser, of, was a descendant of, also a refugee from Europe who became famous in the, representing several provisional chapters in treaty negotiations with.Manigault and Rhea met at St. Paul's Preparatory School near, where both were members of the same literary society and were preparing themselves for admission to Yale. Weiser attended a private school in, and he met Rhea early in his freshman year, who introduced him to Manigault.Once at Yale, Manigault and Rhea became members of Yale's Calliopean Literary Society, and Weiser was a member of the Linonian Literary Society. Manigault was very much interested in the class society system at Yale and noted the class fraternities provided experience for their members and prepared them for competition in literary contests. The sophomore class there had only one society, Kappa Sigma Theta, which displayed an attitude of superiority toward non-fraternity men.Manigault revealed to his friends Rhea and Weiser a plan for founding another sophomore society.

Rhea agreed and enlisted Weiser to become the three founders of Alpha Sigma Phi. Their first official meeting was held in Manigault's room on Chapel Street on December 6, 1845.

The constitution and ritual were then written and the fraternity pin was designed. The first pledge class, of 14 members, was initiated on June 24, 1846.After the birth of Alpha Sigma Phi, an intense rivalry began with Kappa Sigma Theta. This was expressed in their publications, Kappa Sigma Theta's The Yale Banger and Alpha Sigma Phi's The Yale Tomahawk.

In 1852, the editors of the Tomahawk were expelled after violating faculty orders to cease publication. However, the rivalry between the organizations continued until 1858, when Kappa Sigma Theta was suppressed by the faculty. Beyond Yale The first expansion effort was to, Massachusetts, in 1847, but it only lasted about six months, at which time due to faculty opposition at Amherst, the parent chapter requested that it dissolve and return the constitution. However, a fragmentary document in the Yale library suggests that Beta was chartered in 1850 at but lived a very short life due to a wave of. The chapter at Harvard was revived in 1911 as Beta Chapter but only survived about 20 years; the charter was withdrawn due to Harvard's anti-fraternity environment.

When the Amherst College chapter was restored in 1854, it was designated as either Gamma or Delta Chapter. (a charter document found in Yale archives shows the latter, but Bairds Manual from its earliest editions and later records of the fraternity refer to it as Gamma.) When the chapter at was chartered in 1860, it was given the Delta designation, despite the parent chapter being aware of this discrepancy.When the broke out across the, almost every member of Delta at Marietta enlisted in the.

Three of the brothers gave their lives fighting for the Union cause. Former chapter presidents William B. Whittlesey and George B.

Turner fell on the battlefields of. They willed their personal possessions and their swords to the chapter, which treasured those mementos until the chapter closed for two decades in the mid-1990s.From 1858 through 1863 the sophomore members of Alpha Sigma Phi were elected in almost equal numbers by the two stronger Junior Class fraternities, with a smaller number going to the third. In 1864, however, the mother chapter at Yale was torn by internal dissension. Because less attention was being given to the sophomore class societies, some Alpha Sigma Phi members pledged to, a junior class society, and attempted to turn the control of Alpha Sigma Phi over to Delta Kappa Epsilon. However, the attempt was thwarted by members of Alpha Sigma Phi who had pledged to the other two junior class societies. A conflict ensued, and the faculty suppressed Alpha Sigma Phi to end the disorder.

However, the traditions of Alpha Sigma Phi were carried on by two new sophomore class societies, Delta Beta Xi and Phi Theta Psi. Louis Manigault sought to renew his loyalty and friendship with his brothers of Alpha Sigma Phi, and agreed with Rhea and Weiser to consider Delta Beta Xi its true descendant. They were unaware at the time that Delta Chapter at Marietta still existed as Alpha Sigma Phi.The second founders were:Wayne Montgomery Musgrave, an graduate of,. He provided the organizational spark that fanned Alpha Sigma Phi into national prominence.Edwin Morey Waterbury, born in on September 26, 1884, son of Dr. And Frances Waterbury.

Waterbury was an educator, and vice-principal of the New York State Normal School at Geneseo from 1873 to 1895.With the inactivation of Delta Beta Xi at Yale, Alpha Sigma Phi was kept alive only at Marietta by Delta. At Yale, in fall 1906 four friends agreed in a conversation over a card game that an organization was needed that was open to all students, instead of representing only the sophomore or junior classes. The four friends were Robert L. Ervin, Benjamin F. Crenshaw, Arthur S.

Ely, and Edwin M. Waterbury.Other members soon joined the group in their mission, the first of which were Fredrick H. Waldron and Wayne M. Ervin knew some of the alumni brothers of Delta at Marietta and asked them to send the first letter to Delta.

On March 27, 1907, Ely, Crenshaw, Musgrave, Waldron, and Waterbury traveled to Marietta and were initiated into Alpha Sigma Phi. Upon returning to, they initiated the other friends they had recruited into the new Alpha chapter at Yale.Many of the old Alpha members returned to Yale upon hearing the news of the refounding, and helped acquire the fraternity's first piece of real estate, the 'Tomb', a windowless two story building. No non-member was allowed entrance. No member could speak of the interior of the building, and were even expected to remain silent while passing by the exterior of the building. Expansion A new national organization was formed at an Alpha Sigma Phi conference at Marietta in 1907, and within a year there were three new chapters: Zeta at, Eta at the, and Theta at the. In 1909, Iota chapter was established at Cornell University.

In 1910, another convention was held with the members of the former chapters at, and, and a delegation from the Delta Beta Xi fraternity. All of these pledged to anew their loyalty to a restored Alpha Sigma Phi, and soon afterward the chapters Mu at the, Nu at, and Upsilon at the were added.Alpha Sigma Phi survived fairly easily and even recruited many new members during those years. In the post-war era, Alpha Sigma Phi expanded at the rate of one chapter per year.

In 1939, Phi Pi Phi merged with Alpha Sigma Phi, as the Great Depression left that fraternity with only five of its original twenty-one chapters. Hit Alpha Sigma Phi hard, with many brothers losing their lives due to the conflict, forcing many chapters to close. Illinois State University Chapter HouseOn September 6, 1946, merged with Alpha Sigma Phi. Alpha Kappa Pi had never had a national office, but was still a strong fraternity. During the war, they had lost many chapters and realized the need for a more stable national organization. Alpha Sigma Phi expanded again in 1965 by five more chapters when it merged with Alpha Gamma Upsilon. The 1980s found a younger generation of leaders taking the reins of the fraternity.

Keeping in mind one of its oldest traditions, being a fraternity run by undergraduates, the leadership and undergraduates began expanding in new directions.In 2006, Alpha Sigma Phi won the 's Laurel Wreath Award for the Ralph F. Burns Leadership Institute for new members. In 2016, the fraternity won the Laurel Wreath Award for their educational program 'Toastmasters' Lite'.

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The program provides undergraduate brothers the opportunity to learn and practice public speaking skills. Notable members Since its founding in 1845, Alpha Sigma Phi's commitment to its five principles has been a foundation of success for its thousands of alumni. Archived from on 2005-11-26. Retrieved 2006-05-23. (PDF). Archived from (PDF) on 2013-12-13.

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