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Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity - UP College of Law
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| Motto | We shall not be saved without Wisdom, for Knowledge is Power, but only Wisdom is Liberty |
|---|---|
| Symbol | The Fraternity seal |
| Founded | November 1939 at University of the Philippines |
| Type | College of Law-based |
| Scope | University and National |
| Headquarters | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Chapters | 1 (University of the Philippines-Diliman) |
| Homepage | AΦB Website |
The Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity is the exclusive College of Law fraternity in the University of the Philippines.
To this date, the Alpha Phi Beta remains to be a law-based fraternity. It has no chapters outside the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. Its present roster of Lords hails from the College of Law and from pre-law colleges.
The Alpha Phi Beta is essentially a political fraternity. It has endeavored to maintain its hegemony over campus affairs in line with its pillars of Academics, Leadership and Nationalism, Journalism and Literature, and Forensics and Debate.
Originally conceived as an organization called the "Association of Philippine Barristers" in October 1939, the Founding Brothers used it as a vehicle to confront the growing threat of a dictatorship when then Philippine President Manuel Quezon declared the creation of a "one-party" government.
In November 1939, the Founding Brothers adopted the Greek letters A Φ B equivalent to the organization's initials. Founding Brother and respected nationalist-historian Renato Constantino wrote the Fraternity Motto "We shall not be saved without Wisdom, for Knowledge is Power, but only Wisdom is Liberty."