

To bind men together
in a brotherhood
based upon eternal
and immutable principles,
with a bond as strong as right itself and as lasting as
humanity;
to know no North,
no South, no East,
no West, but to know man as man,
to teach that true men the world over should stand together and
contend for supremacy
of good over evil;
to teach,
not politics,
but morals;
to foster,
not partisanship, but the recognition of true merit wherever
found;
(ooh, stand together)
to have no narrower limits
within which to work together
for the elevation of man
than the outlines of the world:
these were the thoughts
and hopes uppermost
in the minds of the founders of the Alpha Tau Omega
Fraternity.
(hummm, immutable
and lasting) (for the elevation of man)