Alpha Tau Omega Pledge Test
Creed Part One - answer To bind men together in a brotherhood based upon eternal
and immutable principals, with a bond as strong as right itself and as lasting as
humanity;
Creed Part Two - answer 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;
Creed Part Three - answer to teach, not politics, but morals; to foster, not partisanship,
but the recognition of true merit wherever found;
Creed Part Four - answer to have no narrower limits within which to work together for
the elevation of man than the outlines of the world:
Creed Part Five - answer these were the thoughts and hopes uppermost in the minds of
the founders of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.
Founding Date - answer September 11, 1865
Founders - answerOtis Allan Glazebrook
Alfred Marshall
Erskine Mayo Ross
Info about all Founders - answerAll born in 1845
All fought in the battle of New Market Square
Fraternity founding location - answerVirginia Military Institute
Principles Alpha Tau Omega was founded on - answer1. To bind the North and South
2. Not founded in imitation or opposition of any other group
3. First national fraternity
4. Placed more Christian principles than Greek principles at its center.
Flower - answerWhite Tea Rose
Greek Alphabet - answerAlpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota,
Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi,
Omega
Chapter Insignia - answerEta Nu
, Lexington Triad - answerFounded at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.
Consists of: Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Nu, and Kappa Alpha Order
Union Triad - answerFounded at Union College in Schenectady, New York. Consists of:
Sigma Phi, Delta Phi, and Kappa Alpha Society.
Miami Triad - answerFounded at Miami of Ohio in Oxford, Ohio. Consists of: Beta Theta
Pi, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi.
President - answerWorthy Master - Jake West
Vice President - answerWorthy Marshall - Anthony Helton
Information About Otis Allan Glazebrook - answerBorn in 1845
Appointed to US Council of Jerusalem
Died on April 20, 1931
Information About Alfred Marshall - answerBorn December 25, 1845
Graduated Virginia Military Institute, 3rd in class
Died September 22, 1870 from Yellow Fever
Information About Erskine Mayo Ross - answerBorn in 1845
Great leader of the Battle of Cedar Run
Founder of the city of Glendale, California.
He left $5,000 for the establishment of the ATO Foundation.
He died December 10, 1928
Exact Founding Location - answerRichmond Virginia
114 East Clay Street
ATO Badge - answerDesigned by Otis
Wear badge over heart on the shirt unless sweater or vest.
Casual Colors - answerOld Gold
Azure Blue
Formal Colors - answerForest Green
White
Flag - answerCreated January 1, 1915
Created by William Smiley (CEO of ATO Fraternity)
Good of the order - answer"I love and respect all of my brothers"
Chaplain - answerWorthy Chaplain - Anthony Pantalena - ATO ritual and prayer