The Oracle: Phi Mu Delta's Membership Manual

is the bonding of men of various backgrounds, beliefs, places, and eras
Brotherhood
a singular set of life-directing commitments.
around
is not friendship but it can create friendships because it is not based on
Brotherhood
or personalities. It is built on the commitments made to each other and to the
friendship
is a privilege to have and it is hard - it has to be maintained. Just because you
Brotherhood
still wearing letters or appear on the roster, doesn't mean you're a part of it.
are
brotherhood is done right, it is extraordinary. The oath made us brothers the
When
makes us a brotherhood.
commitment
THE BRIDGE BUILDER
old man, going a long highway,
An
at the evening, cold and gray,
Came
a chasm vast and deep and wide;
To
old man crossed in the twilight dim,
The
sullen stream had no fear for him;
The
he turned when safe on the other side
But
built a bridge to span the tide.
And
man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,
“Old
are wasting your strength with building here;
“You
journey will end with the ending day,
Your
will never again will pass this way;
You
crossed the chasm deep and wide;
You’ve
build you this bridge at evening tide?”
Why
builder lifted his old gray head –
The
friend, in the path I have come,” he said,
“Good
followeth after me today,
“There
youth whose feet must pass this way;
A
chasm that has been naught to me
This
that fair haired youth may a pitfall be;
To
too, must cross in the twilight dim –
He,
Good friend, I am building this bridge for him.”
Will Allen Dromgoole
BROTHERHOOD
is brotherhood? Many say, "From the outside looking in, you can't understand it.
What
the inside looking out, you can't describe it." However, it can be described and
From
understood.
fraternity.
Adapted from John Shertzer's Blog Fraternal Thoughts, December 12, 2012
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