Can Alphans ride the horse of history?

The drift and gloom in our national life pose a challenge to Alphans and raises the question: Can we do something, anything to stem the tide of history?

The fraternity has in its muster roll world shakers and movers, some of the most powerful minds in the field of law, jurisprudence, banking, diplomacy, statecraft, politics, business, finance, etc.
No other group has had among its members such luminaries as Ambrosio Padilla, Greg Castillo, Renato Constantino, Sonny Alvarez, Abraham Sarmiento, Enrique Voltaire Garcia, Augusto Caesar Espiritu, Rey Puno, Andy Gatmaitan, etc.

In the darkest hours of our country's history, who would rise to challenge the dictatorship or fight the criminal and ignorant leadership? Abraham Sarmiento, Heherson T. Alvarez!
Yet has the Nation heard of the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity as a wielder of influence and power? As a force to reckon with? When EDSA II erupted, only the banner of APB could be seen among the throngs from the University of the Philippines that went there. But you read through the chronicles of that event, you will not find our name nor any reference to us.

Perhaps it is time we consciously project the APB into the stream of national events. It is time we force into the thinking processes of those of us who are in position of power and influence to systematically have members of the fraternity installed in sensitive levers of politics, business, industry, media, and other spheres.

The cross currents of great events are gathering strength. Upheaval may not be far off. Alphans should be at the ready as we approach another axial point of history. God willing, many Alphans may again be catapulted into pivotal positions of influence and power.

These could be Sonny or Bobby or Joey or Oca. May they not forget their roots in our brotherhood. And may they seize the day and bring the fraternity with them in the theater of power. Power for good. Power for the salvation of this benighted land.