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This simple statement of principles and beliefs evolved relatively late in the life of the Fraternity.
At the 1963 National Convention in San Francisco, a dozen or so chapter presidents were concerned about the wave of anti-establishment feeling which was then emerging throughout the country, particularly as this manifested itself on college campuses in growing anti-fraternity sentiment. They determined to draw up a resolution that would serve as an effective response – at least so far as ZBT was concerned – to those who claimed fraternities were irrelevant and had outgrown their usefulness.
The resolution, which the Convention adopted overwhelmingly, became so widely quoted during the turblent years of the 1960s that it became known as the "Credo" of Zeta Beta Tau. | 