B ukang liwayway sa Silangan
U mihip ang hanging amihan
H umuni mga ibon sa kagubatan
A gos ng tubig sa batisan
Y umi ng kalikasan.
U mupo ang araw sa kanluran
P umailanglang ang kadiliman
S inaklot bigla ng kamatayan
I sang buhay ng Upsilonian.
L upa na pinagmulan
O ras na upang balikan
N atapos ang katungkulan.
I law na tanglaw
A raw na abot-tanaw
N aparam sa pagpanaw
Josie, Upsilon57
25Setyembre2006
Mississauga,ON.
C a n a d a
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
To all beloved Brothers,
I am here before you thanking everybody who had participated in the Toronto affair.I would also like to thank every Upsilonian who had entrusted me to become the Society’s president for the next two years.
With great gratitude to the previous administration of Chug for helping with the transition of my administration. A well deserve acknowledgement to all my officers for starting in the right direction. I know of the profound pressure I had bestowed on our well respected brother Frank Batara in undertaking the job of Comelec Chairman.I will always be behind you Brother!To Brod Edwin Pana more power to you with the new USPNA Website.
Elmer A. Ordoñez, Ph.D. ‘50 was among 12 outstanding Caviteños honored by the Provincial Government of Cavite with the Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Outstanding Achievement & Distinguished Citizens in Government Service Award last August 31 at the Tagaytay International Convention Center (TICC), Tagaytay City. A native of Imus, Ordoñez received the award for his outstanding contributions in the field of education & literary arts. Senator Richard J. Gordon ‘68, himself an awardee the previous year, was guest of honor.
The Upsilon Sigma Phi, founded in 1918, is the oldest fraternity in Asia. Based in the University of the Philippines, it has had an unbroken and singular association with the premier state university. There are no chapters outside of UP Diliman and UP Los Banos. The fraternity counts among its ranks, Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino and former President Ferdinand E. Marcos.