How Fraternities started in the Philippines?
How Fraternities started in the Philippines? By Louie Blake S. Sarmiento, Organizational Psychology In all times and among all nations which have reached a sufficient level of cultural development, there have always been fraternal associations formed for higher purposes. The development of Fraternities can be traced from trade unions or guilds that emerged in England . These guilds were set up to protect and care for their members at a time when there was no welfare state, trade unions or National Health Service. Various secret signs and handshakes were created to serve as proof of their membership allowing them to visit guilds in distant places that are associated with the guild they belong. However, many of these Guilds were suppressed in the 16th Century. In major cities such as in London , some Guilds survived by adapting their roles to a social support function. Some of these groups evolved in the 1700’s into more philosophical organizations focused on b...