ÿþ<html> <title>About &Alpha;&Kappa;&Lambda;</title> <head> <style type="text/css"> table.main { table-layout: fixed } </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" vlink=blue> <center> <table border=0 cellspacing="10" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width=195 height=226 border=0><a href="index.html"><img src="images/crest_tiny2.gif" border=0></a></td> <td width=695 height=226 border=0><img src="images/JordanHareAKLtitle1.jpg" border=0></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=195 height=700 background="images/Sidebar_bg3.png" valign=top><font face="century gothic" color="#f4b003"> <img src="images/Sidebar_bgTop1.png" border=0><br /><br /> <a href="index.html"><img src="images/homeLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="about.html"><img src="images/aboutLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="news.html"><img src="images/newsLink2.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="brotherhood.html"><img src="images/brotherhoodLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="alumni.html"><img src="images/alumniLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="recruitment.html"><img src="images/recruitLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="philanthropy.html"><img src="images/philanthropyLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="photoalbum.html"><img src="images/photoAlbumLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="faq.html"><img src="images/faqLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="http://omegafi.com" target="_blank"><img src="images/payDuesLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="http://www.akl.org/" target="_blank"><img src="images/nhqLink.png" border=0></a> <br> <a href="http://www.auburn.edu/ifc/" target="_blank"><img src="images/ifcLink.png" border=0></a> <br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AKL_BetaPhi"><img src="http://smw.ravewebmedia.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/follow-us-on-twitter.png" height="30" width="125"></a> <br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AuburnAKL"><img src="http://www.affund.org/docs/images/like_us_on_facebook%20logo.jpg" height="30" width="125"></a> <br> &nbsp;&nbsp; Alpha Kappa Lambda <br> &nbsp;&nbsp; Beta Phi <br> &nbsp;&nbsp; 1181 Northwood Dr. <br> &nbsp;&nbsp; Auburn, AL 36849 <br> </font> </td> <td width=700 height=700 bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign=top> <br /> <h2>&Alpha;&Kappa;&Lambda;'s History at Auburn</h2> <hr/> <!-- <img src="images/houseCrest.jpg" alt="Our House" align="right"> --> <p>Every Fraternity goes through changes throughout its history. Alpha Kappa Lambda is no different. The Beta Phi chapter was chartered at Auburn University on December 8, 1990. When AK› was originally founded at Auburn, the main goal of the Fraternity was to have the best athletics on campus. That goal was indeed a reality, as Alpha Kappa Lambda took home the Best Small Fraternity Athletic Trophy several times during the 1990s. The 2000s featured several changes for AK›. Beta Phi was reformed in 2001 as "Auburn's Christian Fraternity." During this time, Beta Phi sought out strong Christian men to represent the Fraternity on Auburn's campus. In 2009, another change was made. AK› decided to drop the title of "Auburn's Christian Fraternity" and to adopt the idea of our brothers being "Men of Character." In order to live as Men of Character, brothers of Alpha Kappa Lambda strive to live their lives in accordance with out Five Ideals: Judeo-Christian Principals, Leadership, Scholarship, Loyalty, and Self-Support. <p>The Brothers of Alpha Kappa Lambda strive to live as Men of Character through both campus involvement and Auburn spirit. <p>In recent years, AK› has prided itself on its brotherhood involvement at Auburn. Alpha Kappa Lambda brothers being involved at Auburn has been crucial to the success of the Fraternity. Brothers are located practically everywhere on campus. This involvement really helps to get the image of Alpha Kappa Lambda known on campus. The things brothers have been involved in at Auburn is a seemingly endless list. A short feature of AK› involvement in recent years includes: Camp War Eagle Counselor, S.O.S. Counselor, High School Leadership Conference, Welcome Week, SGA, Senate, UPC, Tiger Tuesdays, ELF, Auburn Cheerleading, Auburn Singers, Auburn Marching Band, Auburn Club Lacrosse, Relay for Life, SAAM, AU-HD, IFC Cabinet, IFC Executive Council, Friend of Aubie, Tiger Host, and much more. <p>Auburn University holds a year long spirit contest for every greek organization on campus to see who can accumulate the most spirit points. Spirit points are gathered from going to sporting events, supporting philanthropy, and involvement on campus. The prize of this contest is the top organizations get to pick blocked football seating. AK› is always one of the first organizations to pick their blocked seats; and has finished in the top ten in four of the past five years. Involvement is a big part of AK›'s success in this competition, but the Fraternity is also very spirited. Alpha Kappa Lambda participates in every Pep Rally at Auburn, and brothers often paint up to show their spirit. On top of Pep Rallys, AK› enjoys supporting Auburn athletics. A group of brothers can be found at just about every sporting event, cheering and supporting Auburn. Attending these events not only shows our love, and support for Auburn, but it helps to ensure a top pick for the Fraternity every year. <p>If involvement on campus, and having Auburn spirit are things that you would like to be a part of during your years here, then head over to our recruitment page, and put your information and we will contact you as soon as possible. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <h2>&Alpha;&Kappa;&Lambda;'s Founding</h2> <hr /> <p>Los Amigos was born out of the need--the need of Christian men for a place to live and study that was within their means. Several students attending the University of California at Berkeley in 1906 discussed the possibility of forming a house club where they might live together as men and brothers, helping each other, encouraging each other, and perhaps living more economically than they could separately. The earthquake that devastated San Francisco that year delayed the formation of the club for a time, but in 1907 the idea was brought up again among Charles Booth, Harry Osborne, Joseph Taylor and Gail Cleland while they were attending a YMCA Conference together at Pacific Grove, California. There they made plans to begin Los Amigos, a house club named from the Spanish translation of "The Friends." These men were joined in 1907 by William Barnum, Harold Savage, Oscar Perrine, Herman Bergh, Leonard Day, Allen Kimball, and Ludwig Rehfuess.</p> <img src="images/foundersSmall.jpg" align="right" alt="Founding Father's of AKL"> <p>"When we organized Los Amigos as a house club...house clubs and fraternities were dime a dozen. They came, they lived for a few months or a few years, then they went out of existence again. But Los Amigos did not go out of existence," recalled Gail Cleland. Cleland continues, "And seven years later...in response to the suggestion of Benjamin Ide Wheeler, the President of the University of California, we organized our house club as a national fraternity of one chapter." Past National President William B. Herms (Alpha) described the origins of Alpha Kappa Lambda in THE LOGOS in 1925: "Distinguished scholars contributed to the building of the new Fraternity. (President Wheeler) gave advice and encouragement, Professor Charles Mills Gayley and Professor James T. Allen suggested the name 'Alpha Kappa Lambda' and the motto 'Alethia Kai Logos'." </p> <p>The founders of Los Amigos were a diverse group, but they all had the common desire for studious living in their college environment and continued integrity after their formal education concluded. On April 22, 1914, a formation banquet was held in the Hotel Shattuck in Berkley, with members of the new Fraternity and many guests from the community of the University of California in attendance. Alpha Kappa lambda became the first Fraternity to be founded on the West Coast, indeed west of the Rocky Mountains! Besides being born in the West and spreading east, Alpha Kappa lambda was unique in another way. "Of particular novelty is statement that the Ideals of the Fraternity are to develop the 'social, intellectual, moral, and religious welfare of it members, (and) to foster and encourage among its members Christian principles, service, higher education, culture, and refinement'," reported The Berkeley Gazette (April 27, 1914) a few days following the formal installation of the Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Lambda. </p> <p>The Oakland Examiner, in reporting the founding of Alpha Kappa Lambda, said, "Alpha Kappa Lambda was launched with a membership of forty-three and has the hearty sanction of a number of the foremost members of the faculty. The membership comprises largely the roster of Los Amigos Club, an organization which has often ranked first in scholarship standing in the annual reports of the University of California. It is considered significant that many prominent members of the faculty not only endorsed the new fraternity, but assisted in its formation." </p> <p>The eleven founding members were "typical" college men in many ways, yet atypical in their desire to foster brotherhood, scholarship, and service. Their legacy lives on today in chapters across the nation. </p> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>