Aleph Samach (אס) was a junior honor society at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York that existed from 1893 until 1981.
While senior members played an advisory role within the society, Aleph Samach's primary goal was "to promote the greater good of the Cornell community by connecting junior leaders, cultivating their leadership skills, and developing their commitment to campus service."
[6] The turn of the century saw Aleph Samach integrated into the senior honorary societies system of campus-wide governance.
During the "club war" of 1913–1914, Aleph Samach allied itself with The Cornell Daily Sun, Sphinx Head, and Quill and Dagger to suppress the growing influence of the following "social clubs" or drinking societies at Cornell: Majura, Beth l'Amed, Kappa Beta Phi, Bench and Board, Gemel Kharm, Yonan, Mermaid, Krug and Tafel, and the Climax.
[8] After the creation of a unified Student Council following the First World War, the honorary societies remained an active force.