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The [Gamma Kappa Phi international Fraternity/Sorority] is an association of men who endeavor to live honorably and humanely. Its Brotherhood is open to men of talent and character, but to those in particular who as gentlemen feel an affinity with one another in the common ways of college life and, moreover, in the pursuit of excellence. Such men may differ in their origins, backgrounds, and beliefs/ faith, and even be set upon diverse purposes, interests and vocations. Yet as Brothers in Kappanhood are vitally united in their dedication to the highest standards of intellectual, emotional, and spiritual integrity. Gamma Kappa Phi all its Brothers Sisses to express the true measures of their abilities and personalities through the great joy to be a self for others. Kappans' reaffirms its sense of fraternity to be joyous and life giving for men and women capable of comprehending and accepting the meaning of its privileges, challenges and obligations. Relying on the discipline and responsibility of its individual Brothers/Sisses, Kappans', alone and distinct of all the fraternities, entrusts the governance of its Chapters and of the general Council to its student leaders, whose exercise of authority is balanced and complemented by its alumni. For young men, Kappans helps to shape the random experiences of the college years into a more stable form in which life begins to reveal larger, clearer purposes, and friendships become firm and lasting. In the middle years the Fraternity helps to sustain mature men in the settled courses of life, strengthening their resolve and renewing their spirits through the ripening of camaraderie and equality. In later life the Fraternity helps to impart the harmony and wholeness that can lead the principled man, upheld by the loyalty of his friends, to understanding and contentment. Above all, Gamma Kappa Phi creates a moral order for the conduct of life that, generation after generation unites men of honor, decency, and good will in enduring.