My Favorite
 

My favorite quote about our house comes from our dear friends at Sigma Chi. "Extreme". Thats it.

you guys rock
-A freshman at a party back in 98

"If you're not mixing with us, you're not mixing with anyone important."

-my chapter sister Kim to a Sigma Chi

Nothing can take the place of persistence ....

Calvin Coolidge (US President and FIJI)

The Hague quote is a good one PSK 480

My favorite quote is the source of the "Hills and a Star"

"Phi Sigma Kappa offers you not idle meadows and indolent shores, she offers you hills and a star." Frank Prentice Rand, Chi '12, Former Signet Editor

I also liked the piece put together to mark the passing of "Big Chief" Barrett in 1918

To The Big Chief
And now, farewell! For many moons your strong
And stalwart form has lead our fearless band
By pleasant trails about this mighty land,
Your voice lent power to our tribal song.
Around the council fire, when some few
Spake whirling words, you smoked and held your peace;
But when our tongues would in confusion cease,
In quiet tones you told us what to do.

And now fate safely to that hunting-ground
Where bold and faithful spirits draw the bow,
And weary not, nor suffer winter's chill;
And we will chant in triumph by your mound,
And make a grateful vow, and proudly go
To valiant deeds- your braves, Great Chieftain , still.

(from "All the Phi Sigs" page 79)

The best quote anyone from our chapter ever made ( I think it sums it all up)

"Delta Phi Sigma, Phi Sigma Epsilon, Phi Sigma Kappa. Thank God!"

and the most memorable quote I ever made (and have never lived down to this day)
"Ingrid Bergman was not a chubby thespian." (1988)

Its a long story involving a pony keg of long island iced teas, the lovely ladies of Kappa Alpha Theta, and a homeless guy on a bicycle with a great big marajuana leaf belt buckle.



:D

one of my favorites, though not for me, for Sigma Sigma Sigma, is from Lousia May Alcott -> I'm not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Another Alcott quote - to help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.

random - i came to college to find my husband, i'm leaving college having found my bridesmaids!

dz - behold the turtle, for he only makes progress when he sticks his neck out

random - wearing the same badge doesn't make you my sister, but being my sister lets you wear my badge

dz - I LOVE OUR CREED - i love when during the process of a normal day i can find a way to practice the creed in real life, and i'm the only one who knows!


eh, that's all for now

One of our executive directors coined a phrase that imparts a theme amoung GLOs

"....not for college days alone.."

See my sig. This comes from a letter to the Brotherhood from Ossian E. Mills, Father of Sinfonia and Honorary Grand Supreme President for Life, printed in the 1912 FMA Annual.

Edited to add:
Well, it used to be in my sig, until I scaled down. This is it:

This it is to be a man of the highest type.
To be and not seem;
to do and not simply to talk;
to have the right ideal, the true motive
and patiently to transform conduct in accordance with it.
So let it be for SINFONIA.

ttt
 

"If God has created a better man than an Alpha man, I do not know where he is."

Mona Humpries Bailey, Past National President of Delta Sigma Theta

(Her blood Brother is an Alpha Phi Alpha)

Bluto: What?! Over? Did you say over? NOTHING is over until WE
decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
HELL, NO!

I love the one in my signature.

It's actually funny this thread came up, becasue I was thinking of a qote I heard once, just this morning. I think it goes something like:

Sometimes the best place to go is the place where you don't have to be anyone else

I realize it could be for anyone, but it really hits home for our chapter.

And also: A sister is one who will teach you the song in your heart, when you have forgotten how to sing.

And then, I just have to add the words of the very sage Aerosmith:

I want to be your lover
I wanna wrap you in rubber
As pink as the sheets that we lay on
Pink it's my favorite crayon, yeah

One of my many favorites from one of our founders:

"I am not here as a preacher, nor do I ask to be accepted as a philosopher, but I am here as an older brother to beg you that you frame your lives upon a foundation more secure than sand. There is a rock that affords a safe anchorage. He is the Rock of Ages." - Otis Allen Glazebrook, Address to Congress, May 1925

Jason

Minna Goldsmith Mahler*, Eva Effron Robin*, Ida Bienstock Landau*, Sylvia Steierman Cohn* and Dorothy Cohen Schwartzman*, five young law students saw Delta Phi Epsilon as a society to "promote good fellowship among the women students among the various colleges in the country...to create a secret society composed of these women based upon their good moral character, regardless of nationality or creed...to have distinct chapters at various colleges..." with the motto Esse Quam Videri: to be rather than to seem to be. (* deceased)

Minna Goldsmith Mahler, a founder of Delta Phi Epsilon, wrote this to celebrate the 50th Anniversary in 1967.

"I appreciate the opportunity to join with you in marking the 50th Anniversary of Delta Phi Epsilon. It is a privilege given to us, the founders of this sorority, to watch its growth and development and see our principles extend unto generations to come.
All of us have a continuous responsibility long after the 50th year to face problems which will always be with us. Although we are united by the principles of our charter we are not characterized by sameness, but by human diversity which is healthful. Resolving the tensions of ordinary living, working together with each other, and with our neighbors of differing opinions; working towards a system where men and nations can ultimately live together in peace on this troubled planet, needs intelligent understanding and enlightenment.
This seed of enlightened understanding is implanted in our formative years at school and it grows and flourishes in sorority relationship. I am proud to have witnessed the vitality of the life-tree of Delta Phi Epsilon, which has spread its many strong branches and will continue to be a dynamic force through the dedication of our sorors, and an influence for the betterment of mankind through its teachings."