The Creed of Alpha Delta Theta
To live each day as if it were the last:
To lift each moment to its clearest height;
To profit by the pages of the past
That I may judge between the wrong and right;
To hold my friends above my own desire,
And take the heavy end of friendship's load,
Yet blame them not if they perchance should tire,
And choose a gentler path, a smoother road;
To serve humanity as though 'twere God,
And see the human in His face divine;
To answer Truth's command and Beauty's nod,
And make their splendid consummations mine;
To dare to follow where I cannot lead-
This is my Alpha Delta Theta creed!
(Lamb, p 45)
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