Poem - House of Alpha

Question 1

Stanza 1

Goodwil is the

Answer 1

GOODWILL is the monarch of this house
Men, unacquainted, enter, shake hands,

exchange greetings, and depart friends.
Cordiality exists among all who abide within.

Question 2

Stanza 2

I am the eminent

Answer 2

I am the eminent expression of friendship.
Character and temperament change under my dominant power.

Lives, once touched by me become tuned,
and are thereafter, amiable, kindly, fraternal.

Question 3

Stanza 3

I inspire the musician

Answer 3

I inspire the musician to play noble sentiments,
and assist the chemist to convert ungenerous personalities
into individuals of great worth.

I destroy all ignoble impulses.
I constantly invoke principles which make for common brotherhood,

and the echo resounds in all communities,
and princely men are thereby recognized.

Question 4

Stanza 4

Education, health

Answer 4

Education, health, music, encouragement, sympathy, laughter:
All these are species of interest given of self-invested capital.

Tired moments find me a delightful treat,
Hours of sorrow a shrine of understanding,

At all times I am faithful to the creed of companionship.

Question 5

Stanza 5

To a few

Answer 5

To a few I am the Castle of Dreams,
Ambitious, successful, hopeful dreams.

To many, I am the Poetic Palace
where human feeling is rhymed to celestial motives.

To the great majority,
I am the Treasury of Good Fellowship.

Question 6

Stanza 6

In fact, I am

Answer 6

In fact, I am the College of Friendship;
The University of Brotherly Love;
The School for the Better Making of Men.

Question 7

Name and Author

Answer 7

House of Alpha

By Sidney P. Brown