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{{Infobox Fraternity |
name = Alpha Phi Beta (UP College of Law) |
letters = ΑΦΒ |
motto = We shall not be saved without wisdom, for though knowledge is power, only wisdom is liberty |
crest = [Image:Frat logo.jpg|center|110px|Seal of Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity]] |
founded = November 1939 |
type = professional |
scope = International |
address = University of the Philippines |
city = Diliman |
state = Quezon City |
country = Philippines| chapters = 1 (Diliman) |
webdomain = http://www.alphaphibeta.org AΦB Website |
homepage = http://residents.alphaphibeta.org AΦB Webpage |
birthplace = University of the Philippines |
}}


'Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity' is a fraternity at the University of the Philippines which restricts membership to students from the UP College of Law and from pre-law colleges in Diliman.

The organization was established in October 1939 by some juniors and sophomores of the College of Law with the stated aim of maintaining close fraternal bonds and aspiring to relevance on campus and in national affairs. An immediate impetus was a desire to mobilize Philippines students in opposition to the nascent dictatorship of then-President Manuel L. Quezon, who had declared one-party government.

It was in this context that the "Association of Philippine Barristers" was conceived. In November 1939, the Charter Members adopted the Greek letters "AΦB" as the organization's initials. Charter member and [nationalism|nationalist]] historian [Renato Constantino]] wrote the Fraternity motto: "We shall not be saved without wisdom, for though knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty."

From its founding, intellectual or political leadership, or the potential to rise to leadership — not social background or financial resources — was the criterion for membership. Alphi Phi Beta's membership list is called the Roll of Lords.

From 1940 applicants were oriented to the ideals and aspirations of the founders and made to undergo skills tests in skills to prove their ability and their commitment. Humility and obedience were valued more highly than the ability to endure the intense ordeals required by other fraternal organizations on the campus.

By December 1941, as the war in Europe threatened to spread to the Pacific, the AΦB brothers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines|Philippine Army reserve were among the first to enlist. Japanese bombs were dropped not only on [Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] in [Hawaii]] but on [Clark Air Base|Clark Field]] on Luzon Island, [U.S. Naval Station Sangley Point|Sangley Point]] and [U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay|Subic Bay]], while [Battle of the Philippines (1941–42)|Manila]] was strafed. Brothers saw action on the [Battle of Bataan|Bataan peninsula]] and the [Battle of Corregidor|island of Corregidor]] and fought in the resistance movement after Bataan and Corregidor fell to the [Empire of Japan|Japanese forces]]. The University was closed through the three years of [Second Philippine Republic||Japanese occupation]]. As the tides of war changed, American forces recaptured [New Guinea]], [Palau]] and [Saipan]], and they landed on [Battle of Leyte|Leyte]], [Nasugbu]] and [Lingayen, Pangasinan|Lingayen]]. Finally, the [Battle for Manila]] was fought and won.

When the UP College of Law reopened at what was left of the Cancer Institute and the College of Engineering buildings on the Manila campus, the fraternity was reactivated. Brothers Adriano Garcia, Arturo Atienza, Renato Constantino, Bienvenido Ejercito and Benedicto Balderama formed the Board of Editors of the 1942-46 Philippinensian. Adriano Garcia, as president of the University Senior Council, headed the editorial board of the first postwar Philippinensian.

The recruitment policy emphasizing academic qualifications continued into the early postwar years and several members of Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity became editors of the Philippine Collegian, Philippine Law Journal, Philippinensian, and Philippine Law Register from the late 1940s to the 1980s. Alphans have regularly been well represented in the top ten students after the annual Bar examinations. Fraternity alumni include distinguished Filipinos serving government in the Executive, the Judiciary, the Legislature and the Military, in legal education, business and industry, and in the law. Several fraternity members have served as Bar examiners.

Alphan Achievers

==External links==

• http://www.alphaphibeta.org
• http://residents.alphaphibeta.org

==Notes==

[Category:Philippine fraternities and sororities]]
[Category:Fraternities and sororities]]