The Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity in
Convention assembled declares and affirms the following principles:
That the belief in God is essential to our welfare.
That loyalty to the constituted authority
of our nations and their subdivisions is a cardinal virtue of our Brotherhood, the
pledged faith which shall never be broken; and that our Brotherhood, receiving the
blessings of liberty, education and fraternity, shall ever support, foster and defend
our universities, colleges, and school systems, founded under the dispensation of
our governments and constituting the bulwarks of democracy for us, our posterity
and for all men.
That the sanctity of
the home and the sacredness of the family bond, the hearthstone of our enlightened
civilization, and the chivalry of man toward woman, shall be maintained and protected
by us, not only for ourselves and our posterity,
but also for the good of all mankind.
That a symmetrical culture, a fraternal
communion among the college of this country, and a brotherhood of men, whose ideals
and beliefs are those of modern civilization, are essential to the welfare of our
college men.
In furtherance of these aims,
this Fraternity has recognized certain standards of attainment and gentlemanly conduct,
expressed in the ideals symbolically represented by the three Greek letters Delta,
Sigma, Phi; and it shall be a constant endeavor of the brothers who may be called
to preside over and govern the fraternity, or its component chapter, to enforce
the precepts of the Fraternity by every reasonable means within their power, and
they, and each brother of the Fraternity shall exemplify those principles by conduct
as well as enforcement in order that the Fraternity may grow and prosper with honor
to itself and that the world may ever be convinced of the sincerity of our purpose.