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TO A MOUNTAIN By R. NATHANIEL DETT Illustration by Alktn R. Freelon Courtesy T H E SOUTHERN WORKMAN

Mountain, I love thee! Frownest thou on me? Yet all thy crags are as one glorious song, Hymning kindness masked by austerityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; With anthem, psalm, and prayer, "O soul, be strong!' Mountain, I love thee! Crowned with iron crown, By glances stern thou urgest me, "Aspire!" Serene, mid calm and storm thou lookest down, Bidding me, looking up, " 0 soul, climb higher!" Mountain, I love thee, who 'midst rocks and trees Holdest me on thy bosom, where the sod Hath garmented thee with rude mysteries, Rough hieroglyphics of a living God. Yet, Mountain, oft my love for thee hath pained, Bearing the urge of things still unattained.

PICTORIAL NUMBER

Official Alpha Phi Alpha Directory Officers President. DR. B. ANDREW ROSE, 402 B a n k St., D a y t o n , O h i o .

First V i c e - P r e s i d e n t . CHARLES W. GREENE, 304 Griffin St.. N. W., Atlanta, Ga. S e c o n d Vice-President, WILLIAM S. R A N DOLPH, Va. S e m i n a r y a n d College L y n c h b u r g , Va.

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Vice-President, WILLIAM WARRICK CARDOZO. Box 3084, O h i o State University Station, Columbus, Ohio.

Secretary. JOSEPH H . B. EVANS, 935 B e c k w i t h St., S. W., A t l a n t a , Ga. Treasurer, PERCIVAL R. PIPER. 3807 K i r by Ave.. W.. Detroit, Mich. S P H I N X Editor. P. BERNARD YOUNG, Jr., 719 East Olney Road, Norfolk, Va.

Director of E d u c a t i o n , RAYMOND W. i NON, 3400 O a k l a n d Ave., Mini oils, M i n n . ; M e m b e r s E x e c u t i v e Council, PERRI JACKSON, 404 Superior Bui Cleveland, Ohio; R o b e r t P. D U n i o n University, Richmond, a n d Myles A. Paige, 2296 Sei Ave., New York, N. Y.

CHAPTERS (In cases where t h e Secretary or Corres p o n d i n g Secretary's address Is t h e s a m e as t h e President's, t h e former a d dress Is n o t p r i n t e d . )

UPSILON. Lawrence. Kan.; Pres., H e r m a n T. J o n e s . 1101 Mississippi St.; Sec'y., Silas C. V a u g h n .

ALPHA RHO. Morehouse College. Atl Ga.: Pres., George W. Cabinies, Morris B. Coppage.

PHI. O h i o University, A t h e n s , Ohio; Pres., S. Lloyd, Corbin, 72 Grosvenor St., Sec'y, Alvin P. Hall.

ALPHA SIGMA. Wiley University. Man Texas; Pres., J. L. Sweatt; Sec'.. s o B. Morris.

BETA. W a s h i n g t o n . D. C ; I v a n Earle T a y lor, 1917 Third St., N. W.; Cor. Sec'y.. Charles W. Anderson.

CHI,

ALPHA TAU. Akron. Ohio; Pres.. I F l e m i n g , 53 Central Bldg.; 9 Otis E. FInley, 193 P e r k i n s St.

GAMMA. Virginia U n i o n University. R i c h m o n d , Va.; Pres., Walker H. Quarles; Cor. Sec'y., Richard H. Cook.

PSI. U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a . P h i l a d e l phia, Pa.; Pres., J. Gordon B a u g h . 6 N. 42nd St.

ALPHA UPSILON. City College of De' Detroit, Mich.; Pres., R o b e r t J. E 5655-24th St.; Sec'y Thomas Whidby.

DELTA, Montreal,

ALPHA ALPHA, C i n c i n n a t i . Ohio; Pres.. R. P. McClain; Sec'y., W. C. Weatherly.

EFSILON. University of M i c h i g a n , A n n Arbor, Mich.; Pres., Homer C. S t e v e n s , 1103 E. H u r o n St.; 8ec'y., Walter D. Hlnes.

ALPHA PHI, Clark University, A t l a n t a . Pres.. D. S. Dykes; Sec'y., B Scruggs.

ALPHA BETA. Talladega College, Talladega. Ala.; Pres.. W. W. E. B l a n c h e t ; Sec'y, N a t h a n E. Langford.

ALPHA CHI, Fisk University. Nash T e n n . : Pres., N. M. Martin; 8 W. D. H a w k i n s . Jr.

ZETA, Yale University. New Haven, Conn.; Pres., Dr. R. S. F l e m i n g , 216 D w i g h t St.; Sec'y., 100 Dlpwell Ave.

ALPHA GAMMA, Providence. R. I.: Pres.. J o s e p h G. LeCount. 19 College St.; Sec'y., Aubrey Drake.

ETA,

ALPHA DELTA, Los Angeles. CM.; Pres.; J a m e s R o b i n s o n , 1030 E. Jefferson St.; Sec'y., H u g h Beaty, 1523 E. 4 5 t h St.

ALPHA, Cornell University, I t h a c a , N Sec'y., Headley E. Bailey, 217 West Ave.

Canada,

Inactive.

N e w York C i t y College. Columbia, a n d New York Universities, New York City; Pres., R o l a n d J o h n s o n , 523 MaC o n St.. Brooklyn. N. Y.; Sec'y., Jesse Casmin&ki. 32 W. 131 St.

THETA. Chicago, III:; Pres.; E. A. Green, 4104 V i n c e n n e s Ave.; Sec'y.. J. M. Reynolds.

Meharry Medical College. Nashville. T e n n . ; Pres., J. L u c l a n Carwtn, 15 N. Hill St.; Sec'y., J. Elbert Pettress.

BETA

ALPHA ZETA, West Virginia S t a t e College. I n s t i t u t e , W. Va.; Pres., G o h e n Jeffers; Sec'y.. Harry E. D e n n i s .

S y r a c u s e University, N. Y.; Pres., H u g h I. F. N a u t o n , 809 E. F a y e t t e St.; Sec'y, W m . P. C u n n i n g h a m .

ALPHA ETA, Harvard University. Cambridge. Mass.. Pres., Charles K. Golnes. 7 C l a r e m o n t Park. B o s t o n , Mass.

KAPPA. O h i o S t a t e University. C o l u m b u s , Ohio; Pres.. J o h n « . Walker, 1252 East Long St.; Cor. Sec'y., Llewllyn Coles, 1358 Mt. V e r n o n Ave.

ALPHA THETA. University of Iowa. Iowa City, la.; Pres., B e n n i e E. Taylor, 230 S. Capitol St.; Sec'y., K e n n e t h R. O'Neal.

Ml'. St. Paul. Minn.; Pres., J o h n R. Lawrence, 556 S t . A n t h o n y Ave.; Sec'y, S. S. J a c k s o n , 718 St. A n t h o n y Ave.

ALPHA IOTA. Denver. Col.; Pres. Dr. J. P. Oliver. 2734 W i l l i a m s St.; Sec'y, O. L. Lawson, 2601 W e l t o n St.

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ALPHA EPSILON. J a m e s Jackson, 1128-8th St.

IOTA,

L i n c o l n University. Pa.; Pres. Frank A. DeCosta; Cor. Sec'y., A. Frederick Williams.

XI,

Wllberforce University, Wllberforce, Ohio; Pres., R a y m o n d Dickerson; Cor. Sec'y., Leon J. H. T h o m p s o n .

OMICRON, P i t t s b u r g h . Pa.: Pres., Walter R. Talbot, 5635 M i g n o n e t t e St.; Sec'y., Forrest L. Parr. 1138 Mason St. PI, Cleveland, Ohio; Western Reserve U n i versity. Case S c h o o l of Applied Science, J o h n Caroll University, Cleveland College, Oberlln College; Pres.. Roosevelt S. Dickey, 9816 Cedar Ave.; Sec'y.. Creed F. Ward, 4113 Cedar Ave. RHO. P h i l a d e l p h i a , Pa.; Pres., George Lyle, 415 N. 53rd St.; Cor. Sec'y., Kirksey L. Curd. 648 N. 13th S t .

Oakland, Cal.: Pres., 1255-50th Ave.; Sec'y.,

ALPHA KAPPA, Wesleyan University and W i l l i a m s College; Pres., R o b e r t E. Jones, Wesleyan Univ., M i d d l e t o w n , Conn.; Sec'y., Arthur C. Logan. W i l l i a m s College, W i U i a m s t o w n , Mass. ALPHA MU, N o r t h w e s t e r n University. Eva n s t o n , 111.; Pres., Clarence T. M a son, 1317 E m e r s o n St.; Sec'y., W m . C. P y a n t , 1014 Emerson St. ALPHA NU, Drake University. Des Moines. Ia„ and I o w a S t a t e College, Ames, la., Pres., Carlye C. Clarke. 1207 C e n ter St., D e s Moines, l a . ALPHA XI. M a r q u e t t e University. M i l w a u kee, Wis.; Sec'y, G. D. D a n i e l , 61 19th St.

SIGMA. B o s t o n , Mass.; Pres., F e r d i n a n d L. R o u s s e v e . 33 W a u m b e c k St., R o x bury, Mass.; Sec'y., Armound V. Boutee.

ALPHA OMICRON, J o h n s o n C. S m i t h U n i versity. Charlotte, N. C ; Pres., J. o Ellis; Cor. Sec'y., J. R. Henry.

1 A U . U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois, C h a m p a i g n . 111.; Pres.. Edward B. Toles, 602 E. Clark St.: Sec'y., J o h n T. Caldwell.

ALPHA PI. A t l a n t a University, A t l a n t a , Ga.; Pres.; J. G. L e m o n : Sec'y., R. E. Thomas

ALPHA, Morgan College. Bait if ' Pres., Oily Daley; Sec'y., Waters pin.

BETA BETA. University of Nebraska. coin. Neb.: Pres., Lewis O. Swir 1226 P St.; Cor. Sec'y., Rober Falrchlld. 1925 U St. BETA GAMMA, Va. S t a t e College. Pe burg, Va.; Pres., H. C. Jackson. S T. Colson Woody. BETA

DELTA. S C. S t a t e ColIege.O: ( burg. S. C ; Pres., Clifford S. Th< s o n : Cor. Sec'y., Jacob R. Hei son

BETA EPSILON. A. and T. Collegi boro, N. C ; Pres., R. W. News Sec'y., J. S. Hargrove. BETA ZETA, Samuel Houston A u s t i n . Texas.; Pres. Ollie M. B* son; Sec'y., T h o m a s Tolbert. ALPHA LAMBDA. Louisville, Ky.; Pre? J. A. C. Lattlmore, 1502 W St.; Sec'y., Lee L. Brown, 101' C h e s t n u t St. BETA LAMBDA, K a n s a s City, Mo.; ' J a m e s A. Jeffress, 2206 Brooklvn Cor. Sec'y., M. E. Carroll. 1213 Ga 1 Ave. GAMMA LAMBDA, Detroit, M i c h . : Pre* Henri Lewis. 5655-24th St.; Sec'y., Williams. DELTA LAMBDA. Baltimore. Md., Pres. S. B o n d . 1517 Druid Hill Ave.; Sec'y, W i l l i a m I. Gibson, 260 ert St. EPSILON LAMBDA, St. Louis, Mo.; P " E. Garner, 11 N. Jefferson Ave.; Sec'y.. Dr. Blair W. Carter, 100-' Jefferson Ave. ZETA LAMBDA, Norfolk. Va.; Pre Pierce. P. O. B o x 724, Suffolk. Sec'y.. A. D. M a n n i n g . 555-25tH Newport News. Va. THETA LAMBDA, D a y t o n , O h i o : f Lloyd Cox; Sec'y., J. E. BushS t . "Y". ETA

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Editorially Speaking ND this is the third issue of the year . . . and 'lTHlS is the time of year when we wish there were $ we want so terribly to get out on time, because no editorial pages to be filled . . . there are 80 so many Brothers will be leaving their college admany memories one has with the coming of June dresses, without leaving forwarding addresses . . . • • • finals, and more pleasantly, the final finals. . . Ca and we really don't know what we would do with Ps and gowns, a long line of them . . . then your na a lot of copies returned by the P. O. officials . . . me and "thank you, Dr. So and So" . . . and then and every time we think we are about ready to close there were the co-eds, always lovely in June . . . up the forms and go to press, a special delivery or a Perhaps there was THE co-ed . . . somewhere . . . telegram comes with a pathetic plea to wait for that ^ e s, this is the wrong time of year for filling ediphotograph of our chapter that is being rushed in | torial pages . . . there's the warm weather . . . the mails . . . and we wait . . . and another day °Pen roads, tennis courts, and plain spring fever . . is lost . . . and our patience tried . . . and our con" u t, still, there is this particular editorial page . . . soling thought brought into play again . . . after an d one must be consistent. all. this is their magazine . . . and they have to be satisfied . . . and perhaps waiting for late-comers, ELL, let's see . . . as Alpha men we've glowed and being late, is satisfying them . . . We hope so. over the European success that has come to . . .Now we've got out a Convention Number, an ôthers Paul Robeson and Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett. Educational Number, and a Pictorial Number . . . ' • • What success? . . . oh, it is too hot to go over and the next number comes out in October . . . and hat again, nice as it is . . . besides, it is all written without looking up the Constitution we really don't £p elsewhere in this mag . . . then there are the know what it is to be officially designated . . . anybrothers who are finishing with honors, and as valec way, we'll find out . . . and, no matter, it WILL still ''ctorians and salutatorians . . . and Brothers who be THE SPHINX . . . have won scholarships for advanced study and all l hat, or have done remarkably well in athletics, or T O R O T H E R S are reminded that if they write up âmatics . . . or . . . or . . . but just what are ^ the activities of their Chapters since their last th e other pages of THE SPHINX for? . . . and reports, and get them in by midsummer, they will ^hy bring that up again . . . because it is so much greatly help the fall issue's getting off the press . . . **8ier not to . . . and this IS decidedly the wrong and that if that is not possible, to send Chapter news ^ e of year for editorial pages to be filled. . . . But as soon as they return to the campuses in the fall, hen, it is June . . . and what does June mean- to if belonging to undergraduates chapters . . . and °Ur graduates? But hasn't our good General Presif to a graduate chapter, as soon as activities pick e n t explained that splendidly elsewhere? . . and up after the summer season, if there is a summer ^hy should we, who probably could not anyway?. • • closing down. . . . And all Brothers are reminded *^d then, we are on our way, but where? . . . that that in their readings and activities they c o m e °° is answered on another page . . . but this across just such items as have been appearing in the ^ r ing weather . . . Oh, why go on . . . besides, department, "Significant Alpha News," and that to hê's an index to this jolly old publication! just clip them from the papers or jot them down and send them in will be very little trouble and a J P would be nice, too, to argue the point with the very great help to the SPHINX staff and a fine inBrother who wrote in answer to a request for a spiration to the Brotherhood . . . and are reminded, ^ t r i b u t i o n that he thought Alpha for the underalso, that special articles on any subject of direct uate, and that as a graduate he felt it his duty or indirect interest to Alpha Phi Alpha are welcome something to just drift out of the picture . . . and desired . . . as are photographs of Alpha men w' ^ o w w e w o u l d n k e t o a r K u e that w i t h n i m • • • and Alpha events of outstanding merit or interest , e are dead sure he is wrong . . . but we will have ND we wish everybody a pleasant summer . . . 1° k t the matter drop there . . . persuasion is a and now that THAT is done, we're off to look 8t art in spring time . . . everybody's thoughts t° up the very coolest Coca-Cola in existence . . . for ^ so lightly to other things . . . and all that . . . this actually is just about the worst time of the J^ it is so beastly a rotten time to have to write year possible for filling editorial pages . . . and, of 'lifted editorials anyway . . . and if this were a course, we agree . . . this IS about the worst ediu sical composition, that last sentence would be torial (?) imaginable, e theme, or would it be the refrain . . . or what?

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What Do We Want to Be? By W. S. RANDOLPH, Second Vice President (This speech was broadcast from Station WBDJ, Roanoke, Va., the evening of Wednesday, May 7, in connection with the Alpha Phi Alpha lulu rational Campaign. Editor's Note.) S we sit in our homes, enjoying the ease of a spacious armchair, smoking a pipe, or pecking at a box of chocolates, we might be entertained by the Chicago Symphony or amused by the quips of Amos and Andy. These are pleasures of a heritage of prosperity and freedom, of the prosperity and freedom we Americans enjoy. We are perhaps too absorbed in our pipe, or in Andy's quarrel with Madame Queen, to consider what a transient thing prosperity can be and what a stagnant thing democracy might become. However, these things, our government and prosperity, the very essence of our lives' security and pleasures, arc built upon things more serious, and interests more real. They are constructed out of the the materials of human intelligence and systematic training. We think of this all too little, if indeed at all, and so it is well to be reminded of our educational duty to ourselves, our society, and our country from time to time. LPHA PHI ALPHA, the first Negro ^-college fraternity in America, has concerned itself with this need for an educational urge. An organization today of more than 85 chapters and 4.000 members in the more important cities and schools of the country, its altruism has increased with its expansion. Its purpose no longer one of mere internal uplift, the organization has dedicated itself to the very lofty cause of education. The cause itself has broadened through its eleven years of growth. Beginning as an effort "to launch a movement toward influencing colored students of the country to go to high school and college," it has assumed mo:e altruistic proportions. Early realizing the weakness of such a circumscribed appeal, it has been extended into a comprehensive plea for the educational advancement of all, regardless of sect, color, or race. This broadening of purpose evolves from the very profound, if simple, philosophy that social progress, to be real, must be of the whole and not of the part. Nor is the Educational Movement any longer a mere campaign of messages, as it was originally.

Its purpose is manifest in more tangible ways. Numerous of the eighty-five odd chapters of the fraternity g ant scholarships to promising young students of the country, and the National Organization annually grants ten of them of $100.00 each to needy, deserving students. Other instruments of the campaign are essay contests among high school students, banquets to them, oratorical contests, distribution of literature, vocational guidance, and public mass meetings. Numerous other organizations have caught the spirit of the effort and have instituted movements of similar design and purpose. Education Week is now a tradition in many scholastic centers particularly, and it is looked forward to for its inspiring messages on education and its value in our individual and national life.

But to what heights might we attain we were a nation of college-bred men a f women. Then might we better comp ha hend the problems of our society, a Â°* then might we speak more properly id Universal Peace and Good Will. Bfc j what chance when we are yet a sevenle \ grade nation? The last census reveaJP* that there were more then 3,000,000 J ll:i tive Americans actually illiterate in tf. United States. More than half th , number were of the Negro race, and tlfc ^ despite the fact that the Negro rep1*^ sents less than a tenth of the total popf s lation. Here is a challenge to all Am f ', " ca, a challenge to her principles, ami ideals of her conception. It is an T ' pecial challenge to us here in the Si where the illiteracy mark reaches fl peak, and where facilities for better elr ' cation are woefully disproportionate, k

S individuals, we surely owe ourselves a certain cultural training. The poet, Edgar Guest, says: "I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself to know." But perhaps our debt to those who are dependent upon us is greater. I need not go into the detail of statistics for you of the radio audiences to show that a thorough training in some specific line betters us to serve those we love, and provide for them. You know only too well that the chances for the unequipped are meager out in the demanding world of work and that the siren call of industry to eager youth is a delusion. A thorough training is no longer merely an advantage; it is indispensable. Common labor requires skill, and industry has been dignified with a college degree. Are we not yet ready to accept the ancient African proverb: "An ignorant man is a slave?"

I U T let us come back to my imagin**^ nation, my visionary world ' "U highly trained men and women. See V '1 implications of this dream. It means *V higher education for everybody, for *' !Â°1 ery member of our society, from the m* *U humble, to the most exalted. Imprad ft cal, you say. Yes, quite soâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;quite ' " , impractical as all other ideals; and liliv them, doubtless it would not work. fl'^ like other social ideals it affords an ^ Slt cellent goal. We should strive t o f f V that end, each in his own small w*| seeking systematic learning, goading BJ ers in similar pursuit, grasping em opportunity, and at the same tinn> I grudging no one his chance to achid Begrudge no one his opportunities! I this admonition is not enough. "L1' and let live" is not an adequate mo" for civilized folk; "achieve and h^ achieve," is better. Where civilization' based upon the united intelligence of I members, progress cannot be individu'

I UT we have a national duty too. No ' form of government demands a higher grade of intelligent citizens than ours. No citizenry has a greater responsibility upon it than the people of a democracy. The privilege of individual freedom, the pursuit of happiness, and participation in affairs of government imposes upon every individual born within its limits a definite moral obligation. It places upon him the responsibility of self-development and social duty. Not long ago the New York Times announced that the average American pupil now reaches the seventh grade. Ten years ago we were a nation of six graders. Progress, yes!

ND in whom do our fullest hM lest for the culmination of a u n a intelligent society? In whom but 'V younger generation, those who have I acquired the harsh attitudes which \ impede us, those who on the m o r F must themselves assume the r e s p o n s e ities of their society and our count That is proper. Youth is the symbol'J hope. Open to him every portal to p a ress. Give him every opportunity to A vance. Admonish! Advise! Inspire. rv\ sist! Let youth live and learn. f | j youth achieve.

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Where Are JVe Going, Brothers? By TOM YOUNG, Kappa OULrD it not be wise, while we are plunging bodily into the solution the world's ills and trying to hurry a t millenium of universal learning (by Jottrt*sy of Alpha Phi Alpha), to pause r inquire just whe.e we as a fraternity 31.6 "eaded? Our concern over the plight • "Unianity is noble, and will probably Jth, taken cognizance of by God, but I am sort of selfish chap who makes sure "t a t he does not have a headache before vL Sives his aspirin tablet to somebody

" T r a i t o r " and demand conduct moie becoming a "true Alpha Man," whatever and whoever HE is. And there are others who will earnestly point to our record of twenty-one years as the first and leading Negro frateinity, just as surely as some orator on Douglass' next birthday will rave about the progress of the Negro during the past sixty-five years being unparalleled in the history of civilization. Such platitudes are as hollow as the yokels who chant them. Call it treason or anything you like, but do not be too hasty in calling it a lie. Stripped of all the self-esteem and buffoonery with which we have clothed our beloved order, it is a sickly patient, badly in need of rehabilitation. Well, let us look at a lew of the symptoms.

l It • u is mjy fraternity, though, and that ' / h y I flirt with the scorn and ridicule fraternal put fU iticisms here. a n e powers that guide our p| s tinie s by airing my c * A . ^ S t all my life pay my allegiance to lip™ 8 p hi Alpha—what duty could give ',1 ' a t '''' joy? -and I want to be sure now l H''"' ' it ismytoomind late will thatbemy fraternity deserving of tl ilf >at •T^ys in allegiance. Right now I think I fcr n e symptoms of a general nervous fjh kdown in our body fraternal. A °r°ugh examination is necessary. But ft most able to treat the patient are u? y abou sut this time of the year bathing nlleo.,, « l elixir, so I, who probably know '' -H(, about writs and demurrers than ^scopes and knives, will attempt to 'he subject the scrutinizing once V( My good intentions doubtless will j( the Lick of artistic and profesal method in this bit of impotent r T 1,

AR less than half the. men who have been initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha, who are living today, are in good standing with both the general organization and some chapter. This lack of activity on the part of graduate or alumni brothe.s is not so hard to understand. Their put suit of a livelihood has superseded any ambitions they might have had to be of service to their fraternity. There are other fraternals whose affiliations from a dollars and cents angle are more profitable. There is nothing in the program of the fraternity which appeals to them. They haven't the time or cannot spare the money. . . These are only the stock excuses. Others of a far more humorous and sometimes far more

TOM YOUNG And if anyone thinks that treason he hat my admiration—

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' Delta Brothers, down in warm South Carolina (State College, Orangeburg, S. C.) took to the great outdoors to have ,,'; *Ure made for the pictorial number. They are, left to right, Paul L. Calty, Lionel H. Calton, J. Alfred Ellerbe, C. I„. *v McParland Leroy B Frasier, James E. King, T. H. Travick, Jacob R. Henderson, St. Claire A. Robinson, Clifford S. {l> s °n, Sidney R. Williams, W. Samuel Lowery, T. W. Harvey, Henry N. Vincent, Joseph Hicks, Edward E. Young, and arold Montague, J i pit

Page 6 pathetic nature may be gathered in an investigation. But on the other hand, to find a large bloc of the undergraduate membership joining that ever growing left wing of inactives is a real cause for worry. The undergraduate whose enthusiasm and gusto are reputed, whose interests are chiefly in things collegiate, whose direct contact with fraternity life rebuts any presumption of estrangement, should be the very backbone of the fraternity. Nevertheless, in the jurisdictions with which I am familiar we find any number of students who never attend a meeting of their chapter, who publicly deride their own fraternity, and who refuse to have anything to do with their local or national organization. There may be a much larger percentage than I suppose from the meagre knowledge I have. Or there may be much less, my exaggeration being a natural product of conditions I have observed, which are indeed acute. Some of the excuses offered by these alienated brothers are disgusting. Some do not have the money. Some feel the fraternity has nothing to offer them. Some feel slighted because the chapter has failed to send a reception committee to inform them of the doings and provide transportation to the meetings. And there are others more absurd. k UR

fraternity, as well as the other Negro Greek-letter groups, is burdened with a large number of members

THE SPHINX who have met the financial requirements at an extreme sacrifice, and are now chronically disgusted and spare no one the pain of hearing it. They fail to find that Utopia of brotherhood and social elevation that lured them in. Sadly they face the realization that, after all, even college fraternities are human organizations, not essentially distinguishable from any other kind. Our ranks as well as those of the other fraternities are profuse with men who attained the pinnacle of college success the night of their initiationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;men who have labored under the misapprehension that a college man who does not make a fraternity is a failure, pure and simple. Such nonsense is the product of a misguided element of fraternity bigots who honestly believe that they are really the salt of the ea;th. At Ohio State University only thirty-five per cent, of the student body belong to fraternities and sororities. Does anyone contend that the sixty-five per cent, are failures? Of course not! And besides, half of the ten thousand students may have not ambition to be fraters and sorors. Why? Because they realize that fraternities and sororities exist for a selfish, yet not necessarily undesirable, purpose and they refuse to make the sacrifice necessary for the luxury which these self-centered organizations afford. Still others realize full well that they will never fit into the scheme because the tendency of all their environmental forces has been in an-

other direction. Others know that tt I will get just as far in life without t identifying tag of a fraternity badge ' they ever would with it. I do not krw" the percentage of Negro students *T ' are members of fraternities or sorontif " but 111 wager a peppercorn that ninP\ per cent, would rather belong than tof treasurer of the United and Belovf Order of Jayhawks of America.

"Y contention is just this. ColM fraternities were never intended ff1 the masses of students but for a se'TT? few. It is an error, a grievous ei ror,' " suppose that everybody we know 1 make an Alpha, or a Kappa, or a W\.^ or a Mu, or anything else. Their vaW practical and social, has been over-eq phasized and exaggerated. It is not disgrace to finish college without havil made a fraternity. And we ought ' t.y to counteract such a false impress1' by refusing to contribute to the n sense. We ought really to try to oA courage many of the fraternity-mi a1'' instead of encouraging them by trying! . make them conform to the fraterffl formula, obedience to which is a V requisite to election. While we can^ 1 remove from our ranks the undesira"" and hopeless brothers whose misfit V been discovered too late, we can at le* prevent the situation from becow more dismal with a horde of impossi' strivers. Alpha Phi Alpha is a social fraternw

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Members of Kappa Chapter, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, are shown above. Reading left to right, front ro^ George DeMar, Cha les Dickerson, Wm. Warrick Cardozo, Thomas W. Young, Porter Carroll, Bernard Squires, and St in-1 E. Broaddus. Middle row: Frank Shearer, Martin C. Kelly, P. Bernard Young, Jr., Harold Thomas, Charles A. Meth^ MeKinley Taylor, Dr. William A. Method. Back row: Paul Shearer, Russell Jefferson, Alfred J. Bradford, Frank GOTM Guilford Hoiston and William Butler. Brother DeMar has graduated from the Law College since the picture was taken, $ BO has Brother Young, now SPHINX editor.

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THE SPHINX f°st social fraternities that I know anyabout make no apologies for their t^'Rsh existence. They p:ofess only one re Meet—the promotion of fellowship withn a v ' their ranks and the personal progress w-*nd achievement of their members, the itif*t of the world be damned. A rather ,„ Un altruistic attitude, I confess, but look 0 ft the results and you must conclude it ovls a howling clever one. Why should a r*>*] fraternity which is entirely selfSu I'Porting, and the membership of which IK'1' naturally limited to a prescribed circle

1 ft Possibilities, whose main doings necess a r i l y a r e s e c r e t ) why should it attempt r,f'le stupendous task of liberating the un«f>%htened masses over this expansive Rhc°untry. It is doomed to failure before ill '* begins simply because with its eighty•ei "<i(l chapters and working force of vol>t Un teers, it has not the physical equipi' n , e n t to even begin the undertaking ^mch it so ambitiously assumes. Our si '"dividual efforts could be far more profile' ta«le if v,-e offered them to those other (|i "Sencies working toward the same genii' r>l ends, and with the force and means jj "' making effective such a national up9 lft movement. Aside from that we M ^°uld be "hands off," never mind that m .0|nebody will criticise us for not becomI tt8 another of those innumerable serviceli. k 'ndering organizations. 10 \ \ 7 ' K W 'H hear much of the steady in™ crease of high school and college "tendance, of the growing interest in edill^ t i o n ' a n d ° f t h e s t 6 a d i l y d e c r e a s i r i « ' ''ter icy r a t e among Negroes. And S1 nugly engulfed in our own little world, 'thout taking into consideration all the "Jer forces at work at the same time, !?oint proudly to our Go to High SchoolGo t<> College Campaign and find in it 6 cause of it all. We alone are not *Ju''ty of this misdirection of ambitions. Mother Negro fraternity at one time ^Pointed a commission to investigate ^iditions in Haiti. We ought to cease " these foolish gestures directed to the a Pplauding grandstand and start doing 0ln ething for ourselves. After all, th a r 't.v should begin at home. With all e respect to the high ideals which gave it «** inception, and the noble purpose '"ich K a v e jt continuance, I can think . the Educational Movement in no more ** Words than Pope thought of Shelley • a beautiful and ineffectual angel, gating i n the void its luminous wings in a n And if anyone thinks that is t ' " v *a.son he has my admiration for a mare| u ° s sense of humor. A NOTHER objection to the present .. trend is the mere casual concern h 'ch the fraternity has for its under"adiu ate membership. What becomes of "lost c oll,e efraternity men after they finish & ? They attend meetings maybe e a month or once a year, pay an as-

constant embarrassments w h i c h a n Alpha man has to put up with is to explain how it is his chapter does not have a house just now. At most large universities the f r a t e r n i t y without a house is quite an oddity. Anyone will tell you that the house is the citadel of fraternalism. It is in the house, where brothers share the same pleasures and experience the same hardships, paddle the same freshmen, get up by the same clock, and fight the same caches, that fraternity spirit evolves. We are complaining about the lack of spirit, but what else can we expect when we provide no breeding place for it? As one evidence of this, where do fraternity songs usually come from? Out of the fraternity house. Alpha has but one fraternity song because there is not a lot of spirit in Alpha Phi Alnha, because spirit springs up from conditioning and is not beat into members on initiation night, and there are few places for spirit to spring up in Alpha Phi Alpha, and because if a man doesn't develop his fraternity spirit while he is in college he TO CLARENCE W. DAVIS won't develop much afterwards. In Because Brother Davis is the able and brief, the undsrgraduates need chapter itntrgetie Head of the Department of houses. They cannot get themselves out Physical Education at Howard Univerof the rut they are in. They need the siti/. . . Brother Darin, irho WOS bom aid of the graduates, and it is not forth<>' Hartford. Connecticut, attended the coming. And until the attention of the Hartford Public Schools and his since brothers is centered on this big hollow attended the following institutions: Springfield Collnge of Physical Educa- in our fraternal program, we shall be tion, Harvard University Summer School, moving slowly, but stevlilv. to that inand the University of Chicane. He is evitable fate—down the road to oblivion.

We Doff Our Hat

H/MO working far advanced degrees at Teachers College, Columbia University. Brother Davis went to Howard Unircr-

ritii in September. IMS, from the Evtmato„. lUinois, V. M. C. A.

sessment when there is a dance in the making, and i f they have any social or political ambitions they follow the general convention. But with the students it is different. Every day of his college career bis fraternity can plsy some part. It is thev who hive the opportunity to live the ideals of brotherhood and fraternalism of which thev hea>- so much. It is the undergraduate chapter which

is the basic half of the fraternity.

it is the undergraduate who represents the youth, the ambition, the venturer, the dreamer that is in the organization. Crush his s p r i t now and the fires of enthusiasm never glow again. If for anything the fraternity exists, it should be for the undegraduate. Nevertheless, we Bnd student chapters in many jurisdictions dying a slow death for the sheer want of encou-agement and aid to make their fraternity life worth remembering. Most of the undergraduate chapters do not have chapter houses. One of the

RANTING that it is possible to move a lot of m"n by packing sontiiment into supplications to them, it nevertheless is gettincr to he more and more of a strictlv business proposition selling brothers pa*s call's and collecting chapter dues. After all it takes a pretty smooth sal sman fcn «"11 something for nothing, and that is almost what \v" try to do when we eotnuwl delinquent brothers to ro-enter th<> fold. What does a member set for th<> dollars he navs ev»rv vear to th? general organization and those bp nays to the chapter? A copy of THE SPHINX mavbe, a pass card, a party or d'nee privil<>"-., literature on education, and a right to participate in a progrun arranged by the local chapter costing from $1.25 to $50 intended to tret more people to e<> to high school or colleire. Which i* not my idea of one's money's worth. I call the present bargain anything but equitable. We may not snend a lot of monev. but it does not take a Scotsman to hesitate before giving real d o l l a s in exch-inge for the present returns. That is the practical side of the problem and incidentally. the one with which I am most concerned at present. (Continued on Page 9)

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His Fame Becomes World-wide bas ten A'

By A L L E N B. D O G G E T T , Publication S e c r e t a r y H a m p t o n I n s t i t u t e H E R E a r e m a n y music lovers who still cherish the idea t h a t the Neg r o is a t his best with no other t h a n his own s p i r i t u a l s or folk music s u n g in t h e primitive style. This association of t h e N e g r o exclusively w i t h his own g r e a t c o n t r i b u t i o n to music in t h e form of exquisite and p l a i n t i v e melodies which m a y be h e a r d in any piney woods N e g r o c h u r c h or sensed in D v o r a k ' s N e w World S y m p h o n y , is a p a r t of our custom of segregation of t h e N e g r o , both a c t u a l l y and mentally w a t e r e d and n u r t u r e d t h r u out our democracy. I t is t h u s quite a shock to m a n y to h e a r a N e g r o a r t i s t sing classics or a N e g r o chorus h a n d l e with t r u e feeling Russian or F r e n c h folk songs, for i n s t a n c e .

Dr. D e t t g r a d u a t e d from theOberlin 0 s e r v a t o r y of Music in 11)08 with the grcc of Bachelor of Music. Since i ing to H a m p t o n , Dr. Dett has been 1" ored w i t h t h e doctor's degree of W Oberlin and H o w a r d Universities. h a s received two a w a r d s from H a r v * t h e F r a n c i s Boott prize for o r i g i n a l v c o n t r a p u n t a l composition in t h e stytej M o z a r t a n d t h e Bowdoin prize for I essay " E m a n c i p a t i o n of N e g r o Mus<^ Coming to H a m p t o n I n s t i t u t e in Is from L a n e College, J a c k s o n , Miss., >j from t e a c h i n g a t Lincoln I n s t i t u t e , J* erson, City Mo., Dr. D e t t began h i s W« with t h e H a m p t o n Choir.' It w a s t h i s s t u d e n t g r o u p t h a t m a n y of choral n u m b e r s w e r e w r i t t e n .

One of t h e o u t s t a n d i n g c u l t u r a l values of the l a s t two decades h a s been t h e e m e r g i n g of individual Negroes from t h e s e g r e g a t e d g r o u p out of t h e stereotyped m a s s , into t h e a r t i s t i c life of the nation — e m e r g i n g not a s N e g r o e s b u t as a lists, g a i n i n g g r o u n d w h e r e individual p e r f o r m a n c e and a t t a i n m e n t a r e t h e m e a s u r e , r a t h e r t h a n skin color. Rol mil Hayes, .lames Weldon .Johnson, Countee Cullen, N a t h a n i e l Dett, and George W a s h i n g t o n C a r v e r a r e a few e x a m p l e - . When Roland H a y e s s i n g s he is accepted a s an a r t i s t . His t a l e n t is not N e g r o t a l e n t or h i s s i n g i n g N e g r o s i n g i n g . His a r t i s t r y is m e a s u r e d by world, rathe;- t h a n by race s t a n d a r d s . Countee Cullen has placed himself a s a poet a m o n g poets. His work has a u n i viT.sal a p p e a l . When one h e a r s the H a m p t o n I n s t i t u t e Choir u n d e r the direction of Dr. R. N a t h a n i e l D e t t one is not conscious of the race of t h e s i n g e r s but is c a r r i e d beyond the pale of race and s e g r e g a t i o n into the realm of a r t i s t r y w h e r e t h e r e is no color line.

H E S E men and n u m e r o u s o t h e r s h a v e come into t h e public consciousness a s individuals, as personalities, and they h a v e done so by t h e road of definite achievement in chosen fields of e n d e a v o r . One of these men, Dr. R. N a t h a n i e l Dett. d i r e c t o r of the School of Music of Hamilton I n s t i t u t e , is now nationally recognized a s a g r e a t composer and m u s i c i a n , recognized, too, a s t h e director of one of A m e r i c a ' s finest choirs. He is a pioneer not only in the developing of primitive folk s o n g s into a r t f o n n , hut he has freed the Negro ensemble t h r u his choir from the confines of t h e m o r e p r i m i t i v e t y p e s of folk song s i n g i n g by his p r e s e n t a t i o n of certified p r o g r a m s handled in distinctly professional m a n n e r

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N 1926 Dr. D e t t received t h e gold rW al a w a r d of t h e H a r m o n FoundaW in recognition of his c r e a t i v e work of plane n a t i o n a l in scope and contribuwj A s a moving s p i r i t in the Mu-ical ^ Society a t H a m p t o n I n s t i t u t e , Dr. f" h a s b r o u g h t to the institution musicil of t h e h i g h e s t t y p e a n d h a s given 1 d e n t s of the school and incidentally to J surrounding communities, rare musl o p p o r t u n i t i e s . His choir h a s t h u - b | able to c o m p a r e itself with the ti' lf choral o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d the musical to' of t h e school h a s t h r o u g h his efforts b^ b r o u g h t to a high point.

I It. N A T H A N I E L DETT To sit under the spell of his performance . . . . is to get a new idea of the Negro people.

No one who is Interested progress of the Negro is

in the unaware

of the achievement of the Hampton Institute Choir, note touring Europe and receiving the highest praise from, eiitics in London, Berlin, Antwerp, Brussells, Paris, Vienna, Dresden, a n (I f r o m the crowned heads before whom they hare sung hi/ royal ram maud. Aljthu Phi Alpha takes especial pride in the tiiiim.jihs of litis marvelous student group because H mas developed, and is directed, by one of its own members, Brother Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett. What European papers and same of the greatest men and women of Europe are saying about the artistic ability of Brother Dett and his singers makes international the iunu- that heretofore has been national. The acclaim that Boston, New York, Washington, Norfolk, Richmond and Chicago music lovers showered upon the unique group has nan: a world-wide echo. In the accompanying article, Mr. Dogin-it assesses the significance of the efforts of our famous Brother.

on a plane of a r t i s t r y r a t h e r t h a n of race. B o r n in Drummondsville, Ont., C a n a d a ,

A m o n g t h e a t t r a c t i o n s Dr. Dett 1 secured a s p a r t of t h e Musical A r t & ciety's p r o g r a m have been Max RoS* H a n s K i n d l e r , T h e Little Symphony I c h e s t r a , T h e D e n i s h a w n D a n c e r s , B ti sian Symphonic Choir, R u s s i a n Cossf Chorus, T h e English S i n g e r s , T h e M' s can O r c h e s t r a , Z i m m e r H a r p T r i o , 1 droff Q u a r t e t t e , and t h e Royal Belfl i» Band. Dr. Dett's work with s t u d e n t s has b«j u n u s u a l for he h a s t h e faculty of red ni/.ing and developing musical tale" T h i s w a s shown recently in a Christni' concert when over one-tenth o f the eiitif s t u d e n t body of the school was on I p l a t f o r m either in the choir or in & o r c h e s t r a . He is able to t a k e n n t r a n j m a t e r i a l coming to H a m p t o n from 9 or c o u n t r y schools and in a s h o r t ti** weld it into a musical e n t i t y such a s V* gained u n u s u a l musical prominence | his choir. Or. D e t t ' s own compositions inch1''' t h r e e s u i t e s , " M a g n o l i a , " including ' ".luba D a n c e , " " I n t h e B o t t o m s , " " 1 c h a n t m e n t , " a recently published 1 •''' a l i n a in four movements. 'Cinnam 1 Grove," and m a n y choral compositi"',f

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ased upon folk theme, among them "Listen to the Lambs," "Oh, Hear the Lambs A 'Crying," "Don't Be Weary Traveler," 'Babylon's Falling," "Somebody's Knocking at your Door," and many other cornPositions using the higher musical forms. Dr. Dett also edited "Religious Folk Songs of the Negro as Sung at Hampton Institute" which includes an u n u s u a l Preface on Negro music by the editor. A s a writer and poet Dr. Dett's ability is •narked, and although this side of his Kenius is not generally known to the pub's*! the creative power of the man is thereby emphasized. kR. DETT'S aim in music is perhaps best summed up in his own words, "My own idea has been to put Negro m Usic on a t:uly dignified and artistic Da sis. As the spirituals stand they are too crude for the formal church service. In spite, however, of all that is said against the folk song from an artistic standpoint the religious element dominates. My choruses, based on Negro folk themes, are not in any sense arrange"fcnts. The folk character is gained in s ome instances from only a line of folk song serving merely as a theme upon w hich an entirely new composition is Seated. All the material used in the development of the folk song composi"°n is, as far as possible, drawn from '°lk sources or very closely imitates folk Sc, ng style." It is through the work of such individls as Dr. Dett who by their talent affect the f^ ings and attitudes of countless " e arers through the vehicle of music, ."at greater sympathy and understandn f? between races may best flower. kR. WILL ALEXANDER, director of the Interracial Commission, r eCen tly said at Hampton Institute, "We are trying to get to that place in interaeial work where any policy, whether it j * segregation or anything else must be isej o n t n e s a c r e d n e s s of personality. be primary wrong of the present interacial situation is that such a large numer of people do not .recognize that the rs t essential element in it is that Neer °es are persons. '! am inclined to think that this stereov Ped Negro that has grown up in the merican mind will be broken finally by "e Negroes themselves and that what bite people do to contribute to it will be, t'miately, relatively unimportant."

Where Are IVe Going Brothers? (Continued from Page 7) S my college days narrow down I begin to speculate in the future. Ten or twelve years hence my gusto will be gone. Sentiment will be trimmed by dealings with a cold-hearted world. My memory will be dimmer, and the old gang will be scattered here, there, and some will be in jail. What will there be binding me to the fraternity which I love so dearly now! There will be no songs for the gang to harmonize on a ound the poker table. There will be no house where I can go to idle away an hour or two recounting the eager-eyed and attentive collegians tales of the good old days. There will not be strong and last-

ing memories of days and nights together under the same roof with my fraternity brothers. At this point someone from the undergraduate chapter comes around for my annual contribution. I rather suspect that my garage rent will be due about that time. Now I dislike all the personal references, and made them only for the purpose of an example. Try to think of me in this little episode merely as just an atom in our complex fraternal universe and then consider rather seriously the fact that in Alpha Phi Alpha there are hundreds of atoms feeling and thinking just like this one, and heading into the same inevitable future. There's something to worry about. Try that on your piano!

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June and Alpha Phi Alpha (Continued from Page 10) 'bole duty—which is to aid your Brother and serve humanity in general. "SerJ* n t of All" is now your motto and your c balleng e .

This is one of the Chapters which entertained the last Convention. Members of Alpha Rho, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., shown above, are: top row, left to right, Geo. W. Cabaniss, George A. Key, William E. Harrison, Geo. A. Marsh ill, Geo. R. Shiney, and William H. Moses; second row, Julian Brown, R. Eugene Tisdale, Roscoe P. Smith, James A. Colston, and H. A. Miller; third row, Theodore M. Alexander, James T. Wardlow, John Hope, II, J. D. Brooks, C. P. Johnson, A. Russell Brooks, and M. B. Coppage; fourth row, R. Carlton Hackney, and William W. Gibson (standing); fifth row, F. 0. Johnson, Hinton C. Jones, and James R. Edmonds (seated).

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June And Alpha Phi Alpha By DR. B. ANDREW ROSE, General President

OW that June is here with all that it s y m h o l i z e s — g r a d u a t e s and brides, roses and flowers, greensward, summer foliage and vacation generally— one is seized with a mild embarrassment as to which of these should demand closest attention. A choice must be made, however; and we choose f r o m t h i s wealthy and intriguing list the graduate. Why? That we may suggest thei.r future fraternal relationship to the Brotherhood.

HE question may fitly be put: what does June mean to Alpha Phi Alpha more than any other month of the calendar? It would seem to mean first to the graduates, an end and a beginning. He has ended a course of formal study and his thought now projects itself beyond college walls, where he meets the stern

realities of life; which, prepared or unprepared, he may not escape. Then, too, he breaks a fraternal tie which bound him closely for a period of eventful years; ties tested and made strong by common hardships, made dependable by common faith; made enduring by common loyalty. To sunder such a tie entails a sacrifice which only those who make it can adequately describe.

F, however, the sundering of so important a relationship were the end of things fraternal, sorry indeed would be his plight! The purpose of this message to the graduate is to assure him that another group—the graduate chapter—is ready to welcome him. For more than two decades Alpha Phi Alpha men have been forced to sever such ties and take their departure to different parts

of the world and to other fields of en deavor. Here they have met others < like experiences, and because of comniol hope and common loyalties have bee) absorbed in, and in turn have absorb'" that noble, mystic, and benevolent powe« felt, seen, and known only to Alpha PW Alpha.

t is our hope, yea, the hope of tl" Brotherhood, that every graduating brother avail himself of this opportunity For coming as you do, fresh from th' undergraduate group—for which A. Pl>| A. exists—you have much in spirit t" contribute to those so long out in tl* world. In return you are to receive comradeship in service which, without ' doubt, will forever encourage and suS' tain you. May you fully appreciate y(M (Continued on Page 9)

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Robeson Scores London Triumph By G. W. BISHOP Special Cable to The New York Times LONDON, May 19.—An audience at ^ Savoy Theatre, rose for Paul *°beson tonight at the close of his first 'nterpretation of Othello, and the curtain Wa s raised and lowered twenty times be0re the frenzy of applause subsided. u 'd playgoers sea.- ching their memories °a<i recall no such scene in a London l "eatre in many years. Cries for Robes n ° came from all parts of the house the m °ment the last lines were spoken. Fia 'ly the American Negro actor, who ev er before had appeared in a Shakespearean part yet was a strong favorite *h British audience in musical pieces 'f m e to the front of the stage. "I took th, Part of Othello," he said, "with much ear

- Now I am happy." That wasn't jjn°«gh for the audience. They brought >m back with Miss Peggy Ashcroft, the e sdemona, and after more frantic apPeals, Miss Ellen Von Volkenburg, the "lerican producer, was induced to come 'ward and share the honors. Robeson had been preparing for the ar t of Othello for more than six months. e 1efused at first to consider it, but afr deciding to play the Moor, proceded tr ain for the undertaking by steeping

himself in Shakespeare. In an astute way he has identified himself and his people with the tragedy of Othello. Whether Shakespeare conceived the Moor as a "sooty" black or not, Robeson is an Ethiopian whose only concession is a mustache and a short, well trimmed beard. For nobility of mind and rich beauty of utterance it is difficult to think the pa-1 could be better played. In this "Othello" there was tragedy of a race. There was quiet, instant authority in the ea Her scenes and the Moor's love for Desdemona was a tender, precious thing. In the Senate he obviously was the strong man of Venice, and spoke the famous lines, "Her father loved me, oft invited me," quite unaffectedly. Until Iago let drop the first hint of suspicion, Othello was a deep, mighty river, flowing serenely. After the calm was ruffled Robeson expressed with extraordinary power the storm that rose and fell until the final tragedy was reached. He e the actor gave the impression of a priest about to perform a holy rite. "It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul." It was a quiet, moving and pitiful climax to a

tragedy of honor rather thin of jealousy. Robeson lives the part imaginatively and, of course, his greatest asset is his magnificent voice, which he uses perfectly. There is only an occasional trace of American accent in his speech and he shows fine appreciation of the flow and rhythm of verse. This was only the second production on the British stage, so far as is known, in which Desdemona has been strangled by a real Negro, the New Y o k Times added. On the other occasion, nearly 100 years ago, Othello also was an American —Ira Aldridge, who played the part in the Royalty Theatre. There is an interesting link tonight between him and Robeson, as his daughter, Miss Ira Aldridge, who was a student at the Royal College of Music under Dame Madge Kendal, who played Desdemona to her father's Othello, helped Robeson toward tonight's triumph by reading over the play with him. This has been, in fact, a Robeson day in London, as the morning newspapers all carried reviews of his biography, written by his wife and just published here.

Beta Presents "The Black Empire

By LOUIS R. LAUTIER

WASHINGTON, D. C—Beta chapter the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity pre«nted "Black Empire," an operetta, in Hie * auditorium of the Armstrong High Sch°°1 Friday evening, May 2. The muS'eal Score was by Walter Merrick. The i \%^ and lyrics were by Wilbur Strickand and Thomas Williston. tr 'ckland and Williston must be given e <lit for their dramatization of the life of H er >ry Christophe, the black despot Ho w as born a slave and became King ***iti, but they sacrificed a forceful f L* "appy ending. Hn i dramatist had the rebels to cower ( abandon the revolution when they e ' i t o the presence of King Henry H Were pleaded with by Andre, suitor Je anm>-Marie, daughter of Christophe.

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Beat

j f " e drama would have been stronger Q, e historical basis had been followed. t 0t ^ lsto Phe was a paralytic. The tomtn t l r ums were beating in the distance, tbe S ° Un( l becoming louder and louder as t 0 . a ^ e l s approached Sans Souci. Chris* e summoned his wife and and two

daughters, gave them papers entitling them to a fortune deposited in the Bank of England and sent them away. Alone in his bedchamber he threw himself off his chair and with clutching fingers dragged himself across the room to a closet. He rolled himself into a snow-white satin gown and dragged himself back across the floor to his bed. The mob came carrying torches. The rebels entered the palace. A crash of broken glass was heard. He raised a pistol to his temple. A shot reverberated, Christophe was head. He had put a golden bullet through his brain. Comment Made Of the music Cecil Cohen, instructor of music at Howard University says that it "is tuneful, colorful, and of an unusual variety," and Merrick "is to be admired for the versatility shown in the character of the various songs, taking for instance, 'Jeanne-Marie,' 'Sunset,' and 'Son of Mine,' which are written in the current American idiom as compared to 'Pirates' 'Fantasy,' and the arrangement of the voodoo chants which shows a decided in-

fluence of Spanish and African music. The soldiers song, 'A Bowl of Barcardi," with its swinging rhythm has been compared favorably with the 'Stein Song' from the operetta, "Old Heidelberg," The short, but spirited and virile " Arise, Ye Haitians,' is a piece of clever writing as is 'Down With Christophe,' with its cries from the chorus." The dancing added much to the operetta. Especially impressive was Alice Lewis as Renee, a voodoo priestess, and a group of dancers in a voodoo dance number. Adrienne Marshall and a group of her dancing girls danced at the court of Christophe. Christophe was portrayed by Joseph Hill. Ethley Wise was cast as JeanneMarie. Henry McPherson played opposite her as Andre. Winston Willoughby had the role of Petion, leader of the revolutionists. The best bit of acting perhaps was that of Merrick as Horatious Geoffrey, an English professor. Others In Cast Others in the cast were Archie Burrell, Louise Burge, Wilbur Strickland, Lloyd (Continued on Page 17)

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Modern Schools And

Criminals

We Doff Our Hot

By H. T. RILEY Iota Lambda HE country today is alarmed over the fact that the schools are producing more criminals than ever before. Each criminal court daily prosecutes the child from some high-class family in the community. Graduates from the local schools and honor students from the leading universities saturate the briefs of our prosecuting attorneys.

HE indirect cause of the youthful crime wave may be found in the industrial and economic conditions in our country. But one of the direct causes of crime is possibly found in the schools. Work is made too easy for the pupils. The public school teacher is compelled to become a nurse. In the primary grades, pupils are promoted without having mastered the alphabet. The intermediate and departmental grades promote pupils who have not learned the fundamentals of arithmetic or grammar. The accredited high schools are graduating and matriculating into colleges pupils without any mathematics or foreign l a n g u a g e s . Teachers are requested not to fail more than one-tenth of one per cent of their classes. Supervisors are demmding that teachers give passing grades to failing pupils. Lessons are lazily and hastily prepared; school rules a^e constantly broken with the offender escaping punishment. The eleventh commandment of "get by" is indelibly being written into each child. With this kind of preparation, the schools are supersaturating society with criminals. The modern youth is compelled to face the most apocalyptic years of their life. Instead of the pupil enjoying a successful and happy adult life, the pupil is prepared for some tragic end.

LIMINATION of the mastery of the multiplication tables; omitting Latin and Algebra from our school curriculum and the promoting of pupils because of inferior work is inevitably producing each year a higher rate of criminals from our schools. When in need of a mercenary occupation the high school and college graduate resorts to banditry. Too much pleasure in school and tolerant teachers cause pain after graduation. With such training, banditry is the legitimate excuse for the ill-trained youth when be faces an illogical world. The world seems illogical to the youth because of such training. Make the schools synonymous with life. Prepare him fo hardships. Do not reward for inferior work. Develop in the child, habits, attitudes and ideals of the highest and unquestionable standards,

TO LOUIS BRAXTON WHITE

H. T. RILEY Brother Riley is the Associate Editor to THE SPHINX from lota Lambda Chapter, In addition to that, he is a number of the National Scholarship CoiiNiiission of the Fraternity and has been a State Director of the Alpha Educational Campaign. He hut twice been a delegate from .his Chapter to National Conventions, and is a past president of his Chapter. His article first appeared in The Indiana Teacher, and wm the first article in that publication by a Negro. At present he is an instructor in the city schools of Indianapolis, Indiana. Hi other Riley is a candidate for the Master of Arts dcgi ec in Columbia I'niversity,

Open Forum Phi Lambda, Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C , wishes to express its appreciation for the unusually good issues of THE SPHINX. REUBEN McDANIEL Phi Lambda.

Alpha lota is unanimous in singing its praises of your journalistic ability, as demonstrated by the recent issues of THE SPHINX. OGLESVIE L. LAWSON Alpha Iota

The first Negro Phi Beta Kappa scholi at the University of Iowa since the '80'' Brother White went to Iowa in 1926 io$ the scholarship offered by Epsilon l.uiii^ da Chapter of St. Louis for the hi$ school senior of most promise. Th" same year he was a University dclcu<l!' to the Milwaukee National Student Co* fereuce. His activities in the Univef sity Y. M. C. A. have included member ship on the cabinet, chairman of the if' rational committee, and speaker on def utation teams.-.Various organizations "' the campus have heard with pleasure h'1 talks on various aspects of Negro W problems, and accomplishments. In I-'< ruary of 1929 he spoke at Preside"1 Hoover's church in West Branch, V" Brother White has led interracial conf**1 ences at Morning Sun, MacGreyor, "'"'' Cedar Rapid*, la.; has broadcasted fro" the University radio station, WSUl; chief speaker at the State Student V"1' uutecr Conference in April; is conti'1'"' ting writer to "Hawk Wings," Iowa ''' crary magazine; has held the follou offices: president, Cosmopolitan ('It'1'' president, Student Forum, secret art treasurer, International Relations ( secretary, president and associate edit"1 to THE SPHINX, Alpha Thcta Chapter'1 Stale Director, Go-to-High-School, Go-tr, College-Campaign, 1930; member o? U^'l rersity soccer team, in 1927 and 19$' being the only Negro soccer playei in '*! Big Ten during these years; notice *' St. Louis, Mo., where he lives at 4lÂť* Enright Avenue; credits his mother ^ "the greatest inspiration to me." A III"1 oughly "swell guy."

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For Your Consideration By GUSTAVE AUZENNE, JR., Rho 1TF a careful survey were to be taken "*• among the various chapters and e ven through the central office of the A1 Pha Phi Alpha f r a t e n i t y , the results °f the survey would reveal the fact that there exists an inadequate system of records. For a fraternity that has existed *°r the past twenty-two years, and whose ac tivities have been carried around the fading universities, of the country, I feel 'hat no justifiable reasons can be offered ln defense of the present inefficiency. There are many prog.essive thinkers among our group who are conscious of tne poor method of operation in the frag i l i t y , but because of their timidity and high regard for the pioneers of Alpha m Alpha they refrain from making

any comments, wishing at the same time that a change will come from some unknown sources. The stagnation in our fraternity, therefore, may be ascribed to those members who see the evils and the irregular operating methods and who are in a position to remedy them through proper recommendation and legislation, but who rather than be classed as iadical reformers, or for the sake of a pedestal on the General Staff where an economic consideration is involved, will remain dormant, praying that some unfortunate brother will have the courage to be the victim of a barrage attack. NDER our present system of operation if General Overhead or Colonel Sidewalk were to join our fold through

the process of reinstatement, and of course suppoited by a few unscrupulous members of a chapter, the fraternity would not be in a position to question the validity of the applications. The reasons are obvious.; in the first place there has never been a system of keeping perpetual records in the chapters, and secondly, the records of the respective chapters and those of the general organization have never been in harmony. The foregoing statement may sound rather absurd to the average Alpha man, but your attention is invited to a careful study of your chapter records in relation to those of the central office, and then determine four yourself whether or not the system

. Men of Nu Chapter, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Pa., are shown above: first row, left to right Brothers Jesse Anderson, >P'ain; Harold Seaborne E Maxliehl Smith, vice president; Frank DeCosta, president; John Butler, treasurer; Laurence i S a r d , recording secretary; Charles Jackson, sergeant-at-arms; second row, left to right, James Dorsey, John Hawkins ^ a n k N O T ™ Caesar Valdes La Vozier La Mar, George Hunter, Thomas Moseley; third row, left to right, A. Morgan Tabb, N k e r Tu.'ner, Harold Fenderson, Charles Sims, Henri My rick; fourth row left to right, Thomas Webster John Hugo lem ' n g , Lucius May Clarence Shelton, Jefferson Davis, Charles Holloway, Wilfred Mais, Bernard Hughes; fifth row, left to r 'eht, J u l i a n Mur.ay ' William D. Jackson, Thomas McFall, Arthur Lee, Horace Dwiggins and J. Fairfax Harmon.

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that we have is a creditable one for a group of university men.

T is my purpose in this article to outline a simplified system for chapter records, and to sumbit it to the consideration of the members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Later on, an occasion might present itself for a discussion of a centralized system for the general or-

ganization. If we had a uniform, chronological system of records among the chapters of the fraternity a centralized system could easily be built from these various sources. Under the present condition we must pause where we should have begun back in 1906, 1907 etc. The most important part of our chapter records is that concerning the individual member, because these records

furnish the vital information from whic) can be established the centralized sy9 tem. The chapter records should be d* signed to remain and form a part of th permanent records of the chapter evd if a member is suspended, expelled, tran 9 ferred, unfinanced, or deceased. Below is produced the individual ledg* sheet and upon which the principal i" formation is recorded:

INDIVIDUAL LEDGER NAME

DATE INITIATED

ADDRESS

SINGLE OR MARRIED DATE OCCUPATION

PLACE OF BIRTH COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, Transferred from Date 1928

A C C O U N T

DEGREES

CHAPTER, AGE

GRADUATE WORK

DEIJIT

BALJVNCE

CREDIT

DATE PAID

Jan.

2 Re-instatement

15 00

January 2, 1929

1929 Oct.

General Tax

14 00

14 00 7 00

7 00 7 00

October,15, 192? October 30, 192'

General Tax Convention Tax

14 00 10 00

14 00 24 00

38 00

October 20, 193J

1930 Oct. 3 Oct. 15

HEN the information has bee< secured and recorded it is a p p 4 cnt that a definite status of each meml'e is permanently placed in the archive the chapter, and from these various chaP ter records annual repo ts can be coJ* piled and the records of the general <^' ganization can be made to coincide wi those of the chapters. This would g' v the general organizrtion a lee way which to work, especially where me111' bership is affected by suspension or fÂ° unfinancial reasons. If a member sovi"1" his connection with a chapter it shoiil be so recorded and the sheet carried a transfer binder or in a separate sectio' of the loose leaf binder in use.

Alpha Xi Lambda Chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Toledo, Ohio. Seated, left to right: Dr. Leo V. English, treasurer; Herbert T. Miller, secretary; Ivan C. McLeod, president; and Dr. M. C. Geneiette, vice president; standing, left to right: Dr. W. W. Stewart, associate Editor to THE SPHINX; Emmett 0. Heslip, Dr. H. S. Goodloe, and Morris Leaveille. Members not included in picture: Dr. Charles H. Ferguson, Emerson Bush, George Randall.

Below the list of personal informati"' is space provided for the financial i"ef ards, and here we have the most imp0*" tant problem of a chapter. It is impossib'' to levy an equitable tax on the menrbe^ of a chapter where there is not an ad* quate system of records. Unscrupulo'f members raise arguments of having p a | their dues or taxes, and where there * not sufficient proof to show otherwise tl* loyal members bear the burden. Fro1* the entries made above, it is appare"1 that no technical knowledge is requir1 for the keeping of the financial record* At the end of each fiscal year each &

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°unt should be ruled off, and the account *°r the new year opened with appropriate ex Planation. (f"\UR next consideration is the cash ^-^ records and here we have another Ver y important function of the chapter.

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It is impossible for a chapter to make an annual report to its members without a definite set of records. It should be a part of a chapter's activity to show to the members the money receipts for the year, the use to which it was put and the

balance on hand, through the medium of a comprehensive cash receipts and disbursements statement. It is only necessary to make a recapitulation of the cash book at the end of the year, and open new pages for the ensuing year's recoid with appropriate explanation, etc.

CASH RECEIPTS GRAND TAX SPECIAL TAX MISCELLANEOUS

A C C O U N T

D A T E

1928

3 Received at meeting Oct. 10 Proceeds from recital Dec. 20 Proceeds from basketball Jan.

1929 Jan.

45 ! 00

25 50

45 00

25 50

7 50 30 87

10 20 00 30

TOTAL

77 50 30 157

60 20 00 80

157 80

Balance CASH DISBURSEMENTS A C C O U N T

D A T E

1928 Jan. 3 Jan. 15 Oct. 5 Jan. -,_

Alpha Phi Fraternity Stationery & Printing Roxy Ball Room

1 2 3

45 | 00

1 45 1 00 1

1 Balance as per statement

' m the foregoing outline every se' ' thinking Alpha man will see the Nihility and the desirability of having SUt 'h a system in every chapter of the Al Pha r h i Alpha Fraternity. If the ^'"('i-al organization had installed a sim. a r system from the beginning or even " "'ccent years, especially during the **Md expansion of the fraternity, how ll *th easier it would be to compile statist]U s and to determine the exact statU;s °f the membership! When a new <4 a Pter is created it should be required to C a r ry the uniform accounting system er the supervision of a central board. the annual or bi-biennial convention e . e r y chapter should be required to send its records by its respective delegate for verification by the board of auditors, 1( Us

GRAND TAX INVEST- EXPENSES MENTS

TOTAL |

i i

ItpNTRIEs are mule on both sheets to " ^ show comprehensively the use of tlle cash book. The accounts appearing " n the books are the principal accounts aric l in the majority of cases are used by a11 "f the chapters, and where there is °ceasio,i for the use of special accounts ^Vision is made in the "Account ColUm n for t h e n e c e s s a r y explanation and fr°m which can be gathered the desired lllf »rmation. 1 ll|

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and to offer such suggestions for improvements or changes as the conditions may require. S I have intimated previously it seems that it is time for us to enter into a serious program for the uplift of our fraternity, and stop kidding ourselves into the illusionary attitude that we are advancing by leaps and bounds. The money expended last year is appalling, and what have we to show for it but a batch of high grade typewritten reports containing a few expostulations of no use to anyone, not even for the archive of a hermit. Not until the fraternity will recognize its financial program on a sound economic basis, by curtailment of extravagant expenditures, the installation of a scientific operating system, and begin on a new constructive program will we ever enter in the realms of real progress. Not until we have erected a monument as firm and as lasting as the Sphinx, a monument that will be a standing inspiration to university youth and to all that we cherish and love in fraternal life—will we ever be justified in singing, "Alpha Phi Alpha the pride of our hearts."

20 ! 00 35 1 00 55l 00 1

45 | 00 20 1 00 35 ! 00 100 | 00 57 180 157180

Brother Anionic, the author of this article, is a Bachelor of Commercial Science from Temple University, a Master of Business Administration from the University Of Pennsylvania, and a Public Accountant mid Auditor. In a letter accompanying the article, he Baid: "I am sure those who stand for progress will readily sec the feasibility of the system . . . I hare the interest of the fraternity at heart, and I assume full responsibility for what is contained in the article and trill gladly receive all blows, if any." In accordance with the policy of THE Sl'HlSX to open its columns to all Brothers who have something worthwhile to say, and who say it sincerely and without rancor, this article is published for whatever value it nitiy have.

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Significant Alpha News EDDIE TOLAN, University of Michigan speedster, after a series of reverses during the early spring, showed his class when he forced George Simpson, of Ohio State, to do another 9.5 hundred at the Ohio Relays. Tolan who was second, ahead of Claude Bracey, of Texas, is National A. A. U. champion and holder of the official American record of 9:5, made without starting blocks when he defeated Simpson in the Big Ten Championships list year. In May, Tolan's time of 9:5, made a year ago was accepted as the official new world's record.

the quarter mile relay team which the great George Simpson anchored. WILLIAM BELL, Ohio's football luminary, is good at other things, as his appointment as chairman of a Y. M. C. A. Council committee at Ohio State will indicate. JOHN TALMADGE LONG, of Cleveland and Kappa Chapter of Ohio State University, will be one of the few Masters of Arts in fine arts in the fraternity when he gets that degree in June, on the basis of a thesis which is a portrait of the girl friend.

at tin

chievement that men of Nu, Lincoln U versity, Pa., are noted for, when th Jl were chosen valedictoi ian and salutat#*e rian, respectively, of the June graduating class. -a| "SPARKY" WILLIAMS is being cÂŤ gratulated by Beta Delta Brothers uOT the honor that has come to him in bci'iy, made valedictorian of the senior clas South Carolina State College. INMAN round

raaxed

BOOKER BROOKS, also of Michigan. proved himself the finest discus thrower at the Ohio Relays, when he won with a heave of 149 feet 5Vi inches. This, incidentally, was one of the best throws this year, and the greatest toss ever made by a Negro athlete.

JOHN W. DAVIS, JR., the energetic president of Alpha Eta Lairfibda, Houston, Texas, is manufacturing a dentifrice in addition to engaging in a flourishing dental practice.

a new annual Hampton Relays, at Hampton 9 stitute on May 3. He also won the broS1 jump, and was adjudged a close third a very close 100 yard dash. Scoffl eleven of Union's LI points, he was hij scorer of the meet

BERT HOISTON took a third in the Ohio Relays broad jump and ran first on

CHARLES HOLLOWAY and JULIAN MURRY maintained the record of a-

JOSEPH HIMES of Oberlin C o l l and Pi Chaptdr, Cleveland, has be

Above are members of Zeta Lambda Chapter, Norfolk, Va. Standing (left to right) John H. Christian, T. Roger Tho"" .. son, R. H. Pree, John J. Ballou, Dr. J. M. Hayes, Dr. W. D. Young; seated (left to right) P. Bernard Young, Jr., A. ^ Manning, Dr. L. A, Fowlkes, W. A. Miller and L. F. Palmer.

THE SPHINX Nrded the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fwrnity key in his junior year. Ali uKh Brother Himes has been blind Fy-e 1927, the award while still a junior jW'cates the brilliance of his mind. I«JJOHN HOPE, 11, of Morehouse Cole > Atlanta, was one of five Negro stuawarded giaduate fellowships in social sciences by the Julius RosenW(i Foundation in April.

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(Continued from Page 11) '• Eustace Cann, Warner Collins, lUbr ey Marshall and Rewan 0. Murray.

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The "empirettes" were C h a r l o t t e Strickland, Margaret Houston, Addie Bruce, Frances Garvin, Bessie Russell, Alice Lewis, Cornelia Reid, Adeena Young, Estelle Chavis a n d J u a n i t a James.

Evans, Adelaide Stewart, Evelyn Ware, Gladys Flagg, Ruth White, Bernice Allen, Catherine Richardson, Ran d o 1 p h Robinson, Siegfried Pyle, William Blanchard, Torrence Mercer and R o b e r t Sayles.

The Adrienne Marshall girls—Juanita Jones, Helen Alston, Frances Kenney, Louise Lee, Corinne Carey and Carolyn Wilson.

Alpha Phi Alpha singers—A u b r e y Marshall, Paul Sinclair, Raymond WIKKS, Archie Burrell, Eustace Cann, William Morris, Glen Logan, David Beasley, Bobby Syphax, Charles West, Sylvanius Williamson, Walter Wiley, Hosea Nyabonge and James Smith.

The Lulu Vere Childers' singers— Woodie Everhart, Landonia Lightfoot, Mary Macklin, Gessie Heard, R e b a

Alpha Eta Lambda Chapter: 1. John W. Davis, Jr., president; 2. A. E. Jones, vice president; 3. W. R. Light, secretary; L plain. - Bnnks, assistant secretary; 5. E. B. Evans, treasurer; 6. J. H. Harmon, Sphinx editor; 7. E. O. Smith, chap8J< E ^M - Codwell, 9. II. R. Turner, 10. R. W. Dezon, 11. R. H. Howard, 12. F. F. Stone, 13. L. M. Mitchell, 14. J, an ' n , 15. O. L. Lattimore, 16. L. A. Potts.

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Fraternity Fun By 0. WILSON WINTERS, D. D. S., F r a t Fun Editor k EAR

Editor-in-Chief:—Ever since you notified me that this issue was to be the Pictorial Number of THE SPHINX I have been in a quandary wondering just what sort of contribution a humor editor should send. I am not a cartoonist and even if I were, multiple cartoons would be out of place in THE SPHINX. So I am sending some literary cartoons hoping to make this section a Pictorial Number, at least, in words. So train your imagination to such extent that you will visualize the characters of which I write.

My first picture is of two school kids and their conversation is as follows: "What is your brother in college?" "A half back." "I mean in studies." "Oh, in studies he's away back." "What is your brother in football?" "Oh, he's a drawback." Now- picture a man who was held up by bandits and was very bitter about it. Imagine him as he stands in a circle of excited friends and says, "For a moment my heart leaped with joy. I thought the

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bandits said 'Your money or your wi'l^

Scene—Railroad Station. Chara a Scotsman—and Scotsmen are tightly know. Imagine the Scotsman sAg quizing, "Make me a child again, justly tonight—I'm leaving tonight on a I , trip to Edinburgh. Make me a ^ again and I'll travel half fare."

k Now take your choice of the follo*w and imagine which you would like b«Tf a cuff in the pants, a belt in the &Tu or a sock on the nose.

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On the above picture of Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter, the following Brothers are shown: (1.) Or. J. E. Mai tin, (H Spencer, (3.) H. L. Dickason, (4.) D. E. Dunlap, (5.) Dr. C. A. Rogers, (6.) M. Harris, (7.) J. C. Kingslow, president! ' J. A. Shelton, chairman Educational Campaign; (9.) Dr. W. W. Goens, associate editor to THE SPHINX; (10.) ^ Matney, Treasurer; (11.) E. W. Browne, Secretary; (12.) Dr. P. R. Higgenbotham, (13.) M. Carr, (14.) C. Cooper, (15-) Pettress, (16.) Dr. E. L. Young, (17.) Harry Jefferson, (18) P. G. Howard, (19.) Dr. H. Clarke, (20.) Dr. W. H. Welch-! (21.) L. V. Jordan. Members of the Chapter not on the picture are Brothers Dr. R. A. Black, Dr. M, Whittico, J. .V W. McClanahan, Attorney Leon Miller, and S. Jones. The chapter's seat is at Bluefield, W. Va.

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THE SPHINX this little lady is a newlywed and her ° c e r is asking if she wants any horsedls h and she is haughtily telling him, N ° indeed, we have a car!" *ne professor you see here is giving 'ad a sub zero or 10 degrees below •r° because when he asked what are i,e three main parts of the body, Al°nse wrote the following on his exami^'on paper. The head, the chest, and *°iach. The head contains the brain, e chest contains the heart and part of '•ver. The stomach contains the *>\VH s of which there are five, a. e. i. ls

"is is a photostatic copy of a page 1 ftk d a n c e program of the Promenade , n e Junior Class of Lincoln University , Pe nnsylvania held at Philadelphia ' esda.V, April 15, 1930. Commandments L • Thou shall not covet thy brother's ,af tner. • Thou shalt not scronch. >e ' Thou shalt dance on thine own • Thou shalt not cuss the orchestra. ' • Thou shalt not sit in dark corners. ,, , Thou shalt use onlv South Phil'"Phia liquor. Thou shalt use no strangle holds 8. Thou shalt not sing in thy part'"T\ ear. Thou shall leave as thou comest. Hlou shalt go directly to the cab-

This gink here is named Thomas Berry and he is a tailor. He sent a bill to a customer and the letter he holds in his hands reads as follows—"You must be a goose, Berry, to send me your bill, Berry, before it is due, Berry, your father the elder, Berry, would have had more sense. You may look very black, Berry, and feel very blue, Berry, but I don't care a straw, Berry, for you and your bill, Berry." This Flapper learned her geography from a rumble seat, her arithmetic from a dial phone, and her alphabet from a radio call list. And here is a group of optimists—that fellow with a beard is sick and that little boy is his son. His father told him to listen secretly to the conversations of the doctors at their consultation over his case. The man has just asked the boy "what did the doctor say?" and the boy has replied, "I couldn't tell that. I listened as hard as I could, but they used such big words I couldn't remember much of it. All I could catch was when one doctor said, "Well, we'll find that out at the autopsy. These two little girls are angry. The one in pink told the one with a green smock on that she was going to be a school teacher when she grew up. "Well

I'm going to be a mama and have six children when I grow up," said the one in green. And when they come to school to me I'm going to whip 'em," replied Pinkie. "You mean thing," said Greenie, "what did they ever do to you?" This next picture is of a census enumerator taking the census of an Alpha pledgee. The insipid look on the face of the pledgee is due to the following questions he has just been asked. What is your name and why? Where is your birthplace and when? How old are you; if not, why not? Are you male or female, if so, how? This last picture is of a tombstone symbolizing the end of mortal life and indicating that this is the last picture I am to show in this Pictorial Number. On the marble the following epitath is written: All ye good friends who pass me by, As you are now so once was I. As I am now soon you shall be, Prepare ye all to follow me. Written in pencil just below the verse above are these lines: To follow you I'd be content, If I only knew whereinell you went.

<>n Commandment No. 2. The > u tUtive c °uncil will please ask Bio. F. Aug u «tus De Costa to explain this one. H«6t i

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' n o t c o n CommandRemember the I.isterine your besl friends won't

TV ie s bozo pictured here is so bashful extra **ekfuses in his pocket in hls girl's parloi lights should go out. N th'-11 m ( a n f e l l o w i n t l l i s P'cture boastW , a "carried woman was paying his his m h, '°ugh college. It is true; 'twas other. T h" is .

a picture of an elephant with

^'^Pi ^ p l a c e d v e r v gingerly on that vi ' Mke7lted D r i d E' e outlined there. As he *hi s . U p ^ the bridge he was heard to " ( ' ' ' "watch me shake (hat thing." v

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Alpha Phi Chapter, Clark University, Atlanta, Ga.

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We Doff Our Hat To Two Buckeyes

BERT HOISTON A Cleveland paper would probably headline this story "Local Boys Make Good" . . . It concerns two chaps from the Lake City who did enough at Ohio State University to get noticed. . Brother John Talmadge Long is a paintet—"not one who daubs ov bricks and wood, but an artist and for his age is rat id pretty good". . . II r plays a saxophone but otherwise is a charming fr I low. . . Got his B. S. degree last year at Ohio State majoring in fine art, mill is hurl: again for his muster's tug. . . And no menu i>uint stinger, this (hup. for his average is :i.7 out of a possible I for the year of advanced work. . . . Isn't ut all sure about what he mill do in the future. . . His professors say he ought to puisne his studies rather (ham settle down in a teacher's rut. . . That's ten artist's impression of teaching. . . His master's thesis is a life size portrait of the girl friend, just completed. . . Is now doing a composition after the fashion of "Ole Man Adam an' His Chilian," being a creation of Eve in the Negro mode. Twenty-three years old and single, but he Won't hold out much longer, SO they sag. . . No gripe with long curly locks hanging down orcr his face, this guy. ,

J O H N T. LONG He is a real athlete, lairing screed three years on Ohio Slate's truck team, winning letters inch year, and running leadoff man on championship mile relay teams at the Big Ten and Quadrangular meets in 1927. . . He has run oftener than that, of course, but he remembers those races easiest. . . Was local director of the Educational Campaign this Hear, hut doesn'l boast iilioul it. . . Knows the pass word and grip. Brother (lullford Hoiston always wears his specks when he broad jumps. . . Must make 23 feet look nearer. . . . From just a faint hope, Bert, as he is iii.ore often known, has developed into Ohio's best broad jumper, taking a first in a duel meet with Wesley an, second ut Pittsburgh, first against the Xarg, and third place in the Ohio Relays. . . lie doesn't smoke, and he might chew tobacco but he never spits. . . Probably remember the Johnstoivn, jlood. . . . He not only jumps, but he is a good runner, being a member of the mile relay team which placed first at the Illinois indoor relays. . . He may throw the discus and pole vault before he finishes next year, who knows? . . . When he broaid jumps he kicks in the air like DeHart Hubbard. . . Doesn't th inkhe is a WOrld-beater, and doubtless docs not know he is good. . . But he is. —TOM YOUNG.

The Educational Campaign In Retrospect

LPHA PHI ALPHA FRATFRNi set a p a r t t h e week -of May W 11th in which to conduct its annua' To H i g h School, Go To College paign. About one h u n d r e d of our prom' 1 leaders w e r e assigned to speak in fd' tions of the c o u n t r y d u r i n g the wee' May 4th. Many of these wpre h e a r d ' broadcasting stations. Instructive i n s p i r i n g l i t e r a t u r e w a s compiled d i s t r i b u t e d to t h e c h a p t e r s for use ing t h e c a m p a i g n week. Local chap conducted public m e e t i n g s , talks b* v a r i o u s s t u d e n t bodies, and m a d e p^1; al contacts with p a r e n t s . Movie s" c i r c u l a r s , bulletins, a n d personal l e ' and p l a c a r d s f u r t h e r acquainted the™ lie w i t h t h e purpose of the movem^ 1 T h i s year the Go To High School', To College C a m p a i g n wa« operated '' s t a t e s . T h e official staff w a s as foil" N a t i o n a l Director, B r o t h e r Ray"! W. Cannon. T h e following B r o t h e r s were S t a # r e c t o r s — A l a b a m a , G. W .A. Scott! I k a n s a s , I. T. G i l l a m ; California. • D. N u r s e ; Colorado, U. J . And* Connecticut, Dr. R i c h a r d S. F i e * D e l a w a r e , Dr. F r a n c e - T. J a m i s o n !.1 fii of Columbia, Woodley E. L a w r e * » F l a . i d a , A t t y . Robert P. C r a W * Georgia, F o r r e s t e r B, Washington nois, Dr. F r a n k V. P l u m m e r ; In('! Russell A d r i a n L a n e ; Iowa, Low* W h i t e ; K a n s a s , M a t t h e w E. C»] K e n t u c k y , R u f u s B. A t w o o d ; Loui 9 ' Rudolph Moses; M a r y l a n d , P e r r y ' Pennington; Massachusetts, Harry l i s ; Michigan, J o h n D a n c y ; Min'1'" J o h n R. L a w r e n c e ; Mississippi, II i'1'" H a m i l t o n ; Missouri. Robert P. w N e b r a s k a , J . H a r v e y K e r n s , ; New 'I0,' Dr. F e r d i n a n d D. W i l l i a m s ; New » A t t y . Myles A. P a i g e ; N o r t h C f l lo L. H. T r i g g ; Oklahoma, T. M. H:l Ohio, T. M. Lovelace; Penfl'L v a n i a , R. Maurice Moss; Rhode f5'j J A t t y . J o s . G. LeCouht; Smith C a ' T Sidney R. W i l l i a m s ; Tennessee, George W. G o r e ; T e x a s , E. 0 . & * V i r g i n i a , ].. F. P a l m e r ; W a s h i n g t o n 1

W. Ellis B u r t o n ; West V i r g i n i a ! S h e l t o n ; Wisconsin, Dr. Charles f l!' < • h Publicity D i . e c t o B r o t h e r Jartf* 1(1 Parks. Commission of L i t e r a t u r e and B III-'1' 1:m a t i o n , B r o t h e r s E d w a r d W. B** c h a i r m a n ; L a w r e n c e V. J o r d a n , ^L ' Williams, F . A. DeCosta, and *' *< r Hawkins. " Scholarship Commission, B r o t ' ' '' A t t y . E m o r y R. S m i t h , H. T. R i l e y . ' 1 Silas E . G a i n e r a n d A r t h u r J. C^

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•'OM u m i c r o n u n a p i e r , j o n n s o n <_. o m n n UIMVCISJIJ, ^ « » ' " " " I •"• »*• •»»«—" V l .**• w - Dockery, W . M. Coleman, J . H e n r y , S. H. T r a v i s L. S u m m e r s e t t , R f 'fj B i K8s, A. J . Clement jr., F . A. F l e m i n g , H. B. H e n d e r s o n , T. A. J o h n s o n , P. ; j j ^ h e r , \v. H. Lindsay, E . A. McDowell, P . L. N e a l , E . S. P o t t s , W. H. Scales, C. A ' *• Nicholson. F a c u l t y B i o t h e r s : T. C. M y e r s , G. F . Woodson, D. A. R a y , and J . 2 | a r °ther Bishop W. Sampson Brooks, of An

t o n i o , Texas, Bishop of the Tenth pi ,;iii]ScoPal District of the A. M. E. lx 'h, and Miss Elizabeth Carter of Bedford, Mass., were married in an Port, N. J., on May 12 at the home

Cupid's Corner

ith' Sh ° P a n d M r s - R e v e r d v c - R» n s o m > I L J . H i s h o P Ransom officiating. Mrs. j i0t. s I s a former president of the Nail -'ub- ' A ' s s o c i a t ' o n o f Colored Women's i t, °P Brooks has pastored churches hi e A - M. E. connection at Nashville, l>a s ^"- St, Louis, and Baltimore. He J L J ^ t o r of Big Bethel Church when '' Bi 8h( >p in 1020. Monrovia Colat M Monrovia, Liberia, built with " 'aised largely thru his efforts, he r - i 8 8 a monument to his services to 1% j) r i a n s . The couple will reside at »*Son St , San Antonio, Texas. , >(; .^"thcr Percival R. Piper, of Detroit. * s e n a l Ti-easurcr of Alpha Phi Alpha, fc*fn '*ed o marry charming Miss Marto^: Johnson, also of Detroit, The 1 '*fta|), e e i s planned for the summer and 1 **8t ,! B r o t h e r Lowell Baker will be the

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•rs: J. O. Ellis, president; H. B. RutherE. Thompkins, E. O. Ellis, F. Bogle, 11. W. Jenkins, R. H. Lee, A. R. Lord, W. H. Tolbert, C. A. Walker, T. W. Wallace, Jr., F. Thomas. Miss Alberta E. Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jackson of Jericho, Long Island, was married to Brother Jesse Louis Casminski, of New York City, on Easter Sunday afternoon at four. The wedding ceremony, which took place at the home of the bride's parents, was impressive because of its simplicity. Only the immediate family and a few friends were present. Among these was Misse Phoebe Underhill, a former schoolmate of the bride and the daughter of a Long Island millionaire. Subsequent to the ceremony, the guests were entertained by the bride's parents at an elaborate wedding feast. Miss Josephine Jackson, sister of the bride, was maid-of-honor, and Brother A. Maurice Moore, Jr., was best man. Mrs. Casminski is a graduate nurse from the Harlem Hospital N u r s i n g School, and a registerd nurse in the city and State of New York. Brother Casminski, who entered New York University in 1927, after having graduated from De Witt Clinton High School with the highest scholastic record

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ever attained at that institution, is now a junior in the University Heights College of New York University. Likewise, he is an honor student in college. Since entering college, he has been accorded the following recognitions in his extra-curricula activities—chairman of the Sophomore Rules and Hat Committee, 1928; member of the Vigilance Committee 1928; vice chairman of the Junior Mall Committee—the honor committee of the college, 1930; and a member of the Commons Club, 1929, 1930.

The Open Forum That was a "corking" good editorial you shot in the last issue—I think it is quite appropos that this should appear, and I am sure there are many who share the same opinion. I have long entertained the opinion that our fraternity needs rejuvenating and it is such punch as you are giving that will bring back the fraternity into normal operation. GUSTAVE Rho

AUZENNE,

Accept my heartiest congratulations for the very efficient and commendable manner in which the SPHINX is now being published. GEO. A. MOORE, Alpha Kappa Lambda As was predicted THE SPHINX continues to improve. I read the Editor's comment on initiation with a great deal of satisfaction, for in the Pictorial Number of last year I contributed an article on the same subject. I have attended several initiations since then, but either the Brothers did not have time to read that number or the postman failed to deliver it—the rough stuff was still in vogue. Perhaps if we continue to ciy out against such barbarism our efforts will bear fruit. B. ANDREW ROSE, M. D., General President Your second number is better both in appearance and in contents than was vein- Ural number. Instead of keeping up to the high mark you set for yourself with the first issue, you have gone above it. If you keep up the good work, the fraternity will have a magazine hard to excel—if it has not that already. G. A. STEWARD, Kappa Allow me to take this opportunity to thank you for the able manner in which

our fraternal journal is being edited and especially the fine make up and contents and the splendid efforts and fine workmanship displayed by the magazine. RAYMOND PACE ALEXANDER, Rho I must say that the SPHINX is very efficiently got up. If the conclusion I have drawn from the first issue of this Journal under your administration is true, I am sure it will soon take its place among the leading Journals, regardless of race. W. D. HAWKINS, JR., Alpha Chi You are to be congratulated on the successful appearance of your two editions of THE SPHINX. J. HAROLD MONTAGUE, Beta Delta First of all I want to say that the educational number of THE SPHINX is the last word in fraternity publications. I consider that issue a masterpiece. It only confirms my previous belief that you would do the job in a manner that would make the brothers see the unlimited possibilities of THE SPHINX. I congratulate you. WM. C. PYANT, Alpha Mu

If slogans were cures there wouldn't be an ailment left in the world. Dora thinks the Order of the Garter is where the college boy's papa speaks to him about buying a pair. France, at latest report, was going back to the old eight-hour shift for premiers.

'••••• Tolerance is where we forgive others their saxophones as they forgive us our loud speakers. The other night, for a minute or two we tuned in on a crooner who seemed to be singing in his sleep. In another generation a battleship may only lie something an elderly sailor has tattooed on his chest.

'••••' There must be something mentally wrong with a gate crasher. He goes to functions he isn't obliged to attend.

'••••' Crown Point, Ind., considers marriage its "greatest industry." Too bad that Crown Point is so far away from Reno. •<}»«$» «$»<$»

A musical comedy film is advertised as "the last word in talking pictures," which the Office Crab feels is encouraging, if true.

TO GEORGE GREGORY Of Eta Chapter and Columbia L'n'"' -<it if, New York City, because he has

noteworthy record: captain of the " "i Witt Clinton (New York City) \ School basketball team tivo years,

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tain of the DeWitt Clinton foot team two yearn, captain of the D*' Clinton track team three years, presV of the DeWitt Clinton student body,' president of the DeWitt Clintm Club, member of the Columbia foo$, basketball, and track freshman let' captain-elect of Columbia's 1931 h«*' L ball team, secretary-treasurer of '/"' tr tercollegiate Basketball Society, bia Chapter; All-Eastern basketball] L Icr two years, honorable mention Ofl ' i„ lege Humor's AU-American ttusk c /'''<, I,'ani, center ,ni Knute Rockne's AU-American basketball team, will '" < the football squad which goes into n la, ball training at Columbia next Sep1' , ber, rice president of Eta Chapter [ „ Hears, president two years of the N York V. M. />. of the 135th St. Y. -1' k A., arid is a good student in his t u medical course at Columbia • • •

Those coins in the slot doorbells ' work all right in Amsterdam. In ' country the agents would walk ar"" V to the back door and knock. <lj i A A JTi -*- • '•j»V W *

We found a moth ball and a qv&t in the pocket of last year's topcoat J time. This is 15 cents better than ever did with a, heavier overcoat.

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in Massachusetts,

TO M I L E S W. C O N N O R 1 k. I

formerly

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1886,

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he entered

he was Editor-in-Chief

chester

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class

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Morehouse

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Brown

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University 1923,

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ill 1920,

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Hope, •..,;, ' " " ' ' » " ' " ' at Virginia Union UniII, brilliant Morehouse College senior ' rw ' *lJ,'<'ial assistant in community . . . . m 1929 he was the unanimous """'A- during the World War; an'<,„••''' '""iiogiiiidi, "Process of h'dnrachoice of the Hoard of Trustees for presi"' present director of Teucherilcnt of the re-orya'ni^ed Atlanta University . . . this year he ivas awarded 'ihdT>8,t"' ""' United Maryland Baptist ' School Convention; dean of the the Harmon Foundation Award for dis"'""inotional School of Religions tinguished achievement in education . . nine college presidents have studied un'''>"/ <?!""'" ''"''' president of the Mary1 itIL ate Teachers Association; memder him • • • Morehouse has risen 1,1 h ,e B»y Scouts of America; presi- to national reeognition under his administration . . his affiliations sound like «,„"|,"'<' Baltimore Chapter of the Vira roll call of noted oryani:ations and his UH , " " ' " University Alumni; married achievements are Alpha-worthy. %ht a " ' e ^' Martin, accomplished 5 e j *" °f Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Martin ' f '«//"' Ala'' "nd " fP'oduate of OberP e /; , " > 'Wow popular in social circles T h e l a s t issue of T H E S P H I N X is a 'Hit invore. corking, spicy m a g a z i n e , g o t up with eve r y consideration to catch t h e eye and hold t h e a t t e n t i o n of every r e a d e r from off our t h e first p a g e to t h e last. Accept my itaf • c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to t h e h e a r t y c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s on this best of h i e f of T H E S P H I N X f o r t h e el*e ^ D "6 " °f m,a f r a t e r n i t y j o u r n a l s t h a t I have seen in i lao* ° B"azine t h a t c a m e out a t st issue. m a n y a day. CLARENCE HARVEY MILLS, LEROY EARLE CARTER, Iota Lambda Alpha Phi 1

Fraternity,

his orator

University

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in 1907, Howard

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TO C L A R E N C E CAMERON

WHITE

Brother White was boi-n in Clarksville, Tenn., and educated in the public schools of Washington, D. C, Howard University. and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He supplemented this Iry three years in F. a rope where he was a private pupil in violin, under Zacharewitch, the famous Russian violinist, and where he studied composition under S. Coleridge-Taylor. He located in. Boston upon his return to America, where he taught violin for twelve years be/ore accepting the directorship of music at West Virginia State College, where he has been for the past six years. This month Brother White is giving up hut position at West Virginia to avail himself of a fellowship recently given him. by the Rosenwald Foundation for two years creative work and study in Paris. He will sail from Xcw York on July 16. In 1928 Brother White was given the first award ($400 honorarium. ami a gold medal) in the field of music for distinguished achievement in music. In the summer of 1928 Brother White went to Haiti and gathered material for a folk opera based on the life in Haiti. He will complete this wark while abroad. Brother White is an honorary member of Epsilon Chapter, University of Michigan.

Rho C h a p t e r of P h i l a d e l p h i a , t h r o u g h me as c o r r e s p o n d i n g s e c r e t a r y , highly commends you on t h e excellent piece of j o u r n a l i s t i c work which m a r k s y o u r initial edition of T H E S P H I N X . S A M U E L L. W A D E , J R .

Rho

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â&#x20AC;˘I. R. Anderson, Sergeant-at-arms A. A. Taylor Rev. S. S. Morris, Chaplain Rev. T. M. Brumfield.Assistant Secretary

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J. E. Anderson, Secretry C. L. McKissick, President W. W. Lawson, Treasurer

R. B. J. Campbell, Vice Preside*: Rev. A <\. M. Cock ran Rev. G. \\'. ' G. W. Gore, Jr. Edito^

We Doff Our Hat

Baltimore's Delta Lambda Chapter is seen above: front row, left to right, George Mosby, H. H. Murphy, Advertising Manager of THE SPHINX, and secretary; Roy S. Bond, president; Ralph Young, Clarence Jackson; second row, left to right, John Payne, Roy Berry, vice president; William Fitzgerald, Miles O. Connor; top row, left to right, P. D. G. Pennington, Say C. McRae and James White. The left inset is of Bill Gibson, member of THE SPHINX Editorial Board and associate editor to THE SPHINX. The right inset is of George Hall, treasurer. Good Brothers all!

TO W. C. MATNEY lUother W. C. Matney receM elementary training at Kimbatk Virginia, his high school trainini ' academic department of Blue field' tute, and his college work at OhW vertity. He has always been Âť'"" in business and after gnaduatium Ohio University, June, 1920, he <f the Harvard Graduate School of *W Administration from which he tM Bhiefield Institute in 1923 to head Department of Business Adminiit*

THE SPHINX " l 924 Brother Matney established a I "ilciii co-operative store as a business In/)«,..>'nitiry. This unique project in Negro ((/ Nation attracted Rational attention '"' Praise from many of the educational "'"horities of America. '"'"Iher Matney is a pioneer in co"tive business, deliberating in the A„ ">)i<ti Co-operative Congresses in '•""'"'"/Wi'.v in 1926 and the Waukeegm <nt Oress in 1928. "'""i<V Matney hu$ made valuable retributions on the following programs: " National Negro Business League, St. s meeting, 1927, the Fact Finding f;"'"; ''"I'rence in Durham, 1929, as the sec]i.',"'!l °f the findings committee of the 0 Fact Finding Conference, and ap, ''"'.'/ on the National Negro Teachers r 1928. r " '""')« program, // Won the Chestnut Honorarium giv'>V the CRISIS in 1927 for his essay Teaching Business." "Exploitation ^-operation" won the first prize in ' CRISIS economic essay contest for • The latter essay has brought I "''' Matney praise from both Ameri''u,"'"' Europe. He is a recognized au' 'II on Co-operative Business, ' ' ' l i / , ' " " ' " • 1 / '"'"'.'/ married Miss Jane s Montgomery, Ala., in 1922, l)j'.""- ' of , '" he was u student at Harvard, and • Matney attended the New England ,,,,'j''!''*"'"'.'/ while Brother Matney purUed ''is study of business. They have At ,*""*• <> and 5 years of age, who are "* hi th making. pother Mat ueg is it quiet retiring type I, 'V""W. Hi:is chief hobby is fishing, lq ',S " " ' '''(usurer of Alpha Zeta Lamb' Ltl«-field, W. Va.

Attorney for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, which embraces Cleveland. . . Brother Minor was born- in Chicago in 1902 and received his education in the Cleveland public schools and at the University of Michigan and the John Marshall Law School of Cleveland . . . was the director of the Dunbar Community Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, during 1925 and 1926 and president of the Ann Arbor launch of the N. A. A. C. P. during 1925 . . . has practiced law in Cleveland since August 1927, being a member there of the Metropolitan Club and of the Pioneer Democratic Club of Cuyahoga County, of which he is also the president . . he wais appointed Assistant County Prosecutor on March 15 of this yean-.

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S P H I N X , by its elevated

tone

a n d added f e a t u r e s , reflects genius and training. ROBERT P. WATTS St. Louis, Mo. In t a k i n g t h e new census, t h e idea in including

data

on p r i v a t e

radios

may

be to g e t a more complete line on t h e national w e a l t h . A good m a n y people probably

wondering

what

Spain they

are have

gained by e x c h a n g i n g a n easy g o i n g dict a t o r for one not so lenient.

I am t a k i n g t h i s m e a n s to offer cong r a t u l a t i o n s on t h e F e b r u a r y S P H I N X . E D W A R D B. T O L E S , Tau

Possibly w h e n t h e new universally adopted w e to s a y how m u c h t h e r e a d a g e , " O u t of s i g h t , o u t

long s k i r t is shall be able is in t h e old of m i n d . "

Lawyer Lloyd Loomis, Detroit Michigan, m e m b e r of G a m m a L a m b d a C h a p t e r , h a s received a n o t h e r promotion on t h e City P r o s e c u t o r ' s staff.

T h e N a t u r e editor s a y s it isn't s o — t h e s t o r y we h e a r d , a b o u t c r i b b a g e b o a r d s being m a d e by t r a i n e d woodpeckers.

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NORMAN SELBY MINOR

fttw

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Prosecuting

Members of Alpha K a p p a L a m b d a C h a p t e r , Roanoke and L y n c h b u r g , Va., a r e ceen above- first row. Dr. George Moore, W i l l i a m S. Randolph, E a s t e r n Vice President- Dr Ellwood Downing, Dr. J . E. C l a y t o r ; second row, T. R. P a r k e r ; t h i r d r o w ; Dr G a r d n e r Downing, E . R. Dudley, J a m e s O. Hopson and T. M. S m i t h ; f o u r t h row, Dr. Alphonso Smith, F r a n k Toliver, and Ben Scott; fifth r o w , Dr, B. L. P o g u e , Rev, L. L. D o w n i n g and Dr. L y l b u r n Downing,

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Concise Reports of the Activities of The Chap ters, Written By Associate Editors To The Sphin%

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Philadelphia Attorney Addresses Nu Meeting The event of greatest Import to Nu, Lincoln University, was the educational campaign of t h e Fraternity. Under t h e most efficient guidance of Brother chairman Arthur B. Lee. t h e Go-to-Hlgh School Go-toCollege committee produced a program of exceptional value. The services of Brother Attorney Raymond Pace Alexander, of Philadelphia, were procurred. His speech to the students of Lincoln on May 4, was most inspiring and It was a fitting climax for the elaborate exercises. The gist of his message was the utter necessity for Negroes. if they are to continue their progress, to seek a diversification of vocation. As Nu was peculiarly situated, our attack was concentrated on the nearby elementary and secondary school centers, for It was thought t h a t t h e greatest good would be derived therefrom. Speakers were sent to schools In Chester County, Pa., and in Wilmington, Del. These are t h e places where the proper Incentive to go higher Is sorely and surely needed. We strike at t h e roots of trouble. Commencement Is approaching rapidly. It will be a cause for both Joy and sorrow. Happy will be the seniors In which group Nu will find her loss. Brothers Macon Berryman. Leon DeKalb. Horace Dwlggins, John Fleming. John Green, Herbert Harris, Charles Holloway, William "Jlver" Jackson, Arthur B. Lee, Carl McFall, Julian Murray, Henri Myrick, Frank Norrls, Foraker Turner, and Caesar Valdes— valiant sons all—must go out Into the world where doubtless they will achieve. Nu is proud to publish t h e coveted news. Charles Holloway and Julian Murray were chosen by the faculty respectively, valedictorian and salutatorian. Another school year passes with Alpha still supreme in t h e graduating class. Within a living organization there must be periodic depletion of personnel but what is most vitally necessary Is a repletion similar in quality If not in quantity. A beginning has been made in this direction. On April 10. 1930, at a banquet the Pledge Club was created. After due consideration the following were permitted to form this second upward level: Pledge Brothers Herman Banton, Clifton Bradley, Thomas Brown. George Dtckerson. Melver Felton, Nunley Keets. Austin Martin, Sterling Maupin, Freddie Richards, James H. Z. Smith, Roscoe Swann, and Furman Templeton. A desire to enter fully into camous activities has been openly manifested by all Pledge Brothers b u t special mention of some must be made. Pledee Brothers Bradley. Dickerson. Felton, Maupin, and Templeton may be called Shakespearian players, for thev are now rehearsine important parts in Hamlet which will be staged at commencement In Juno Pledge Brother Maupin has already majrt»red the leading role. The senior exercises will be greatly enhanced bv the offering of this Shakespearian tragedy. Pledge Brothers Dickerson and Felton are the scholars of the freshman class. Thev share the honor of attaining the highest scholastic average for the first semester. Mav they continue In their achievements. College baseball for this season Is drawing to a close. Victory upon victory has been the lot of this a t h w i e unit, During t h e Southern tour ten games of t h e eleven played were won. Most instrumental In this t r i u m p h a n t march were th» men on Nu. They were W. D. Clarke, Jerry Har-

mon, C. N. Jackson, "Jlver" Jackson, "Sheep" Jackson, La Vozler Lamar, E. Maxfield Smith and Pledge Brother Fred Richards. Nu wishes all members of sister Chapters a prosperous summer, which will also be a period in which renewed courage, ambitions, and interest will dawn within us and cause new strides during t h e fall semester. —THEODORE F. WALKER

Alpha Theta Sets High Campaign Mark The greatest portion of Alpha Theta's activities since our last news report have centered about the Educational Adjustment Movement (formerly known as the Go-to-High School Go-to-College Campaign) within the territory of Iowa. Brother Louis B. White, chairman of our Educational Committee, and recently appointed S t a t e D i r e c t o r of Educational Activities, with the able assistance of Brothers Millard R. Dean, sophomore "Dent" from, Glencoe, Illinois, and Augustus P. Ewing. senior history major, worked o u t the details of procedure for the entire campaign, directed from the chapter seat, the University of Iowa, Iowa City. la. Following Is the order In which subjects selected by the Director and committee were presented by speakers on t h e three main programs given in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and for the radio broadcast from station WSUI at the University of Iowa. The subjects covered by our speakers were so arranged t h a t a picture was painted depicting the past and present panoramo of Negro economic, social and cultural life. Thus a cumulative effect resulted from this order: First, a talk on the history of t h e Negro's economic status and adjustments made by him so as to meet these conditions; secondly, a talk describing the work and possibilities of colleges, both Negro and white, with special emphasis upon the values realized in these Institutions; thirdly, a talk centered about personal experiences of the speaker, showing actual things accomplished among students of several different races who t h r u their common Interests and view of the world about them, found real genuine fellowship in cooperative activity; fourthly, a speech dwelling upon the future of t h e Negro race and the effect of educated leadership upon t h a t future; and lastly, a succtnt story of how. as an outcome of their recognition of facts similar to those recounted in the above talks, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.. has set upon this Go-to-Hlgh-School, Go-to-College Campaign. entreating each and every boy. girl, and parent to see how our future is dependent upon education. On April 24th. last, the Alpha Theta Quartette, made up of Brothers Rennie Taylor. Roscoe Barrett. William Seabron and Richard Smith broadcast a musical program from WSTTI. over which station they have made Alpha Theta and themselves known to manv folk. The Alpha Trio, consisting of Brothers R, Smith. W. Seabron and Edward Tompkins, also sang a group of popular numbers arranged bv Brother Tompkins, who is very renowned as a "hot" trumpeter. Three days later, on Anril 27th, Brothers Millard Dean, Forest Young. Augustus Ewing. and Louis White, iourneyed to Cedar Rapids. In., where at Mount Zion Baptist Church they led a mass meeting of 200 parents and children. Thev presented talks according to the outline given above

1 and also, which by the way was the " H project of t h a t nature ever prosecuted art'' e the Negroes of this state, officially ope' 0 an essay contest for boys and girls cJ ^ tween the ages of 14 and 20. Twenty % testants have at this writing submit their essays on one of the following 6% Jects: "The Value of Education," "W&JL Am Going to College." or on "Does Edi>k tion Pay?" As prizes Alpha Theta is K ing two volumes t o the winner. TUt books are: "The Negro In Literature TJ, Art," by Benjamin Brawley, and "tf'E Makers of History," by Carter G. Wood*!)] These two books were selected after m'Y, discussion and analysis of appropriate H'ei ture for students of high school age- \ for the results of this Cedar Rapids IAA1 meeting: Several Interested students f quested Brother Millard Dean to i01'*M various college catalogues; three young V and a young lady stated t h a t they are cfi j, ing to Iowa next year; and nearly ee»«j A one present remained after the m f? b, and voiced warm approval of the purf*^ and results of our movement. i„ Success of still greater proportions111' i; ours when on May 4th, Brothers Willia »| Poole. B. Taylor, R. Barrett. R. Smith', H Seabron. M. Dean and L. White toujjs, •*ir with Mr. Harry Terrell of the Unive^Al Y. M. C. A. and with Mr. Theodore Standing. Professor of Sociology in tl*L W of I., to what proved to be the biggest V A] meeting ever organized by a Negro it*' l( nity in Des Moines. la., and incidental^ m Iowa. Brother White had laid det»* plans in preparing and directing the ft ganization of this meeting, but he *J ii with every Brother In Alpha Theta s*j tr that the success of this meeting wa* 1 B mainly to the thorough manner in **? !> Brother Clifford W. Mackay. editor of , Iowa Bystander. Des Moines. la.. g a v e R material wide publicity in the colurnHaJt his newspaper and in dodgers and tl* fl printed for distribution prior to the ^J H ing. Brother Mackay is the only I H ! ber of Alpha Nu (now extinct) W*J living at the former seat of t h a t ch» ft at Drake University. (By way of an ! ,>l tional comment. Brother Alphonse He", burg, who has been recently appointed! terpreter for the Haiti Commission on ^ cation, first saw the light at Alpha I*u At the mass meeting in the St. *"* <J f M. E. Church, there were 700 persons h ^ ent: 300 of t h a t number were young 2 U. some of whom were from Drake U1!,) v slty. Brother White spoke on "Negrou »J J Brother Dean on "Colleges and Grad *S Mr. Harry Terrell secretary of the U ^ I M slty of Iowa Y. M C A., and one of 3 j most sincere white friends Alpha Thet» j q made, spoke on "Educational VnIU^Ij, Race Relations": Professor Thefl0t Standing, who has received advanced J fy grees in Sociology from extensive s t *ll(i he has recently completed on N e e r o J | „ tionalism and Newspapers, discussed ' \ c, cation and the Future of t h e r"*t The Alpha Quartette sang spiritual* J ji, tween each one of these talks and BjfJ. l6 Bennie E. Tavlor. president of Aloha v . r„ spoke on "The Go-to-High-School. "' '.< College Campaign." On the evening of Mev Rth. froiii,, until 9:15 p. m.. Central Standard ,',' H several Brothers broadcast with the 13 "l tette from WSUI for the second time ' 9| insr our two-week campaign period;,, tr, this luncture Brother Kenneth \i senior Art s t u d e n t and chapter seCe!j »1 talked on "The Value of Education": &*\ * er Dean again covered "Colleges": Br°jl Taylor repeated on "The Campaign" •<

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THE SPHINX * * humble s e r v a n t who officiated in h i s ! U a l Place a t t h e " M i k e , " r e f r a i n e d f r o m "vering a t a l k w h i c h h a d c o s t h i m m a n y s of v l s l o n l n g a n d r e v i s i n g , p a c i n g a n d n)L"* fen8, cursing and rehearsing, because P?,«o a h a d l e t o u r a l l o t t e d t h i r t y m i n u t e s kha ° t h e r Roscoe B a r r e t t , s t e w a r d of t h e ^aPter house a n d a m o s t efficient one, Ith' p r e s e n t b u s i l y o c c u p i e d n e g o t i a t i n g c e r t a i n local real e s t a t e c o m p a n i e s e 'ati . ve to securing a larger a n d finer h o u s e U n d e r g r a d u a t e a n d a l u m n i B r o t h e r s of #om T n e t a . We h o p e t o b e In o u r n e w ill me by t h e o p e n i n g of t h e n e x t t e r m . fV llui-nd l l o w a s t n e l a s t s h a d e s of n i g h t fl, '*h| ' h e s e keys a n d m a k e d i f f i c u l t a t a s k K J C 1 h a s b e e n e x c e e d i n g l y e n j o y a b l e for JL S i l a s t f o u r y e a r s . I fold t h e t e n t a n d f Wy h u m my Swan Song, m a r k i n g t h e * u°* °f a c a m p u s c a r e e r a n d of f o u r y e a r s j Snh c o n s e c r a t e d t o A l p h a T h e t a a n d t o d Phl & Alpha, hoping t h a t in passing """W h , a y ' l n a v e m e a n t a s m u c h t o her as 1 IW has m e a n t t o m e . —LOUIS BRAXTON WHITE

*J*lPha Eta Lambda •Aeafo ij0ng Silence ^Jf^'Pha Eta Lambda Chapter, Houston, 'Y*'Dh ' s e n a s l t s g r e e t i n g s t o A l p h a P h i a ! * 5 J r ° after q u i t e a long a b s e n c e from t h e '"T^o?? of T H E SPHINX. However, our j i t y hers e l s e w h e r e will u n d e r s t a n d that i l » b 0 c h a p t e r is c o m p o s e d of all y o u n g m e n l0

T*lth a r e a t t h l s s t a S e o f l l f e s t r u 8 g » n g li. ]»Wp'hee poruorb l e m s of " g e t t i n g s t a r t e d " ; a n d °i*« n 0 news has not reached you eP Ai D f"" mptly a s i t s h o u l d . However, t h e e b e e n J u s t as p r o m i n e n t ,.°n P Pe bl rr iut a rhya s first, lifjPhvt' t h e following n e o fl>J*l,Jh were b r o u g h t w i t h i n t h e r a n k s of f'l't&rtf P h l A l p h a , Dr. F . F . S t o n e , J o h n A. l ' V r R C - L - B a n k s , a n d J . H. H a r m o n , W^«ic[_~ r °ther S t o n e h a s b e e n a n a c t i v e p h y e J&srt, l n t h e c i t y for s o m e t i m e a n d Is a ,Ua t e of t h e R u s h M e d i c a l College. He s " i ' f 0> i L i h i P e c l a l l s t i n eye, e a r , n o s e a n d t h r o a t *s. B r o t h e r M a r t i n is a g r a d u a t e of Howard S c h o o l of P h a r m a c y , a n d is if l & r o t h e m P l o y e d by t h e P e o p l e ' s P h a r m a c y . ., e r C. L. B a n k s , a n o t h e r g r a d u a t e of l0 1 1 !i' '•j Hd lei ( , artl a annud a an n oouuttssttaanndd i n g s t u d e n t i n t h e i'Jhiw i , 00t' Ccnheet tmi lissttrryy,, is nnoyiii o w e m p l o y e d in t h e "H~i hg h S c h o o l . Brother fl>2 8 a r t ; l s W h e a t l e y n AH Ills ° is a g r a d u a t e of o Howard and has from Columbia's degree or Wl%to B u s i n e s s . He w a s c o n n e c t e d w i t h »3l»tln a t l o n a l N e g r o B u s i n e s s L e a g u e i n i t s •OThe ."Wide s t u d y of b u s i n e s s . At p r e s e n t 1 a k i .^'IK.... * mrnaUl In Ulai " g very f*a v o r a bt«i„ l e p» r^on ^gir,e^su se in 'lather 8 a mercantile business that his started twenty-eight years ago. r c n 7t itf'J *''on -h of t h i s y e a r , we l a i d a s i d e plj *>tiu,.r cares a n d r e p a i r e d t o t h e c i t y ' s m o s t ul . n%tn dance hall, T h e Pilgrim Auditonl4'*iUr W t l e r e h e h e l d o u r a n n u a l d a n c e . T h e {A *>s * a s h e l d in t r u e A l p h a s t y l e . I t ,a«*«a r ? ' 1 1 to be o n e of t h e m a s t o r i g i n a l xjA We h a n t affairs of t h e s e a s o n . >f 2 ? quit V e b e e n f a v o r e d w i t h t h e p r e s e n c e a Iew t» 1 r ° l h i visiting brothers this year. esPUy „ C u r t i s from P i t t s b u r g h w a s l n t h e ><« V o " h u s i n e s s for t h e C o u r i e r . Brother d i b 1 1 Us' E v a u s . G e n e r a l S e c r e t a r y , l o o k e d in t « ? * W L * h i l e o:i b u s i n e s s for t h e N a t i o n a l nefu "Wri B r o t h e r B o w d e n of S a n A n t o n i o , te fp ^! y of E t a C h a p t e r , w a s h e r e ln t h e 'U,.. e of t h e G o - t o - H i g h S c h o o l , G o - t o Thf C a m p a i g n . (Jutt " article leaves u s i n t h e m i d s t of o u r l( 8e v, t h e G o - t o - H i g h S c h o o l , G o - t o - C o l t| > o V e ^ ° v e i n e n t . F r o m all i n d i c a t i o n s t h e ? thi n t l s b e i n g well t a k e n by t h e p u b l i c 3 1 t h . s e c t i o n . O u r o w n B r o t h e r E. O. b e e » *a* n " m a d e S t a t e D i r e c t o r for *Poite' B r o t h e r B o w d e n f r o m S a n A n t o n i o » thp t h e P h y l l i s W h e a t l e y H i g h S c h o o l h ^ ' e c i f n i B n t of May 7 t h t o a l a r g e a n d v Ve a u d i e n c e i n I n t e r e s t of t h e > an ^ em gli ' T h e w h o l e c i t y is w o r k e d u p t o e State < f l lUcri g l n ° r e n t h u s i a s m over t h e Idea B Negro y o u t h t o higher e d u $ " 0n

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s e c r e t a r y we h a v e i n t h e p e r s o n s of B r o t h e r J o h n Davis a n d B r o t h e r R o g e r L i g h t s . B r o t h e r D a v i s is b u s i l y e n g a g e d In t h e p r a c t i c e of d e n t i s t r y a n d i n t h e s a l e a n d p i e p a r a t i o n of a d e n t i f r i c e m a n u f a c t u r e d by h i m a n d y e t h e is a l w a y s p r e p a r i n g s o m e t h i n g to keep t h e c h a p t e r alive. B r o t h er L i g h t s is a l s o b u s y a s h e a d of t h e h i s t o r y d e p a r t m e n t of t h e B o o k e r T. W a s h ington High School. As t h e s c h o o l y e a r closes we w i s h all the Brothers a happy vacation season. — J . H. H A R M O N , J R .

Kappa Chapter Is Host To Visiting Notables Kappa Chapter (Columbus, Ohio) was host to visiting athletes a t t h e Ohio Rel a y s h e r e May 3. An I m p r o m p t u p a r t y a t Brother Charlie Dickerson's castle b r o u g h t out many Brothers and according to t h e c o m m e n t s of t h e v i s i t o r s r e s u l t e d i n a b a r rel of f u n . A m o n g t h e v i s i t o r s w h o b e c a m e h e r o e s i n t h e e y e s of a n a r r a y of b e a u t i ful y o u n g t h i n g s were E v e r e t t U t t e r b a c k of P i t t a n d Pledge Harris, a n o t h e r P a n t h e r , C a p t a i n G a i n e s a n d H a r p e r of Western S t a t e T e a c h e r s College, a n d m a n y o t h e r s too n u m e r o u s to m e n t i o n . To use t h e w o r d s of t h e c u b r e p o r t e r , " a g o o d t i m e w a s h a d by a l l . " W h i l e s p e a k i n g of t h e R e l a y s we m i g h t a d d t h a t B r o t h e r E d d i e T o l a n of M i c h i g a n p u s h e d G e o r g e S i m p s o n t o d o a 9.5 h u n d r e d , which fact you probably already have learned from t h e public prints, a n d B r o t h e r B o o k e r B r o o k s , a l s o of M i c h i g a n . w o n t h e d i s c u s t h r o w . E d d i e really s h e d s o m e a l i g a t o r t e a r s w h e n h e failed t o I n f l u e n c e h i s c o a c h t o let h i m s t a y over. E d d i e s a i d it w a s a g r a n d m o t h e r or s o m e thing, b u t t h e coach m u s t have known it w a s a p a r t y , a n d w h a t ' s m o r e h e ' l l n e v e r know how disappointed t h e sweet young t h i n g s w e r e . B r o t h e r B e r t H o l y s t o n of K a p p a C h a p t e r took t h i r d place ln t h e b r o a d J u m p , a s well a s r u n n i n g first o n t h e q u a r t e r m i l e relay t e a m for O h i o S t a t e . B r o t h e r W e s t e r n . Vice P r e s i d e n t Wm. W a r r i c k C a r d o z a , a n d t h e r e ' s a six b i t s n a m e a n d t i t l e for y o u , r e c e n t l y r e t u r n e d from Chicago where he paid t h e Brothers at T h e t a a visit. B r o t h e r W i l l i a m Bell, t h e f o o t b a l l l u m i n ary was r e c e n t l y a p p o i n t e d c h a i r m a n of t h e ' c o m m i t t e e of i n t e r r a c i a l r e l a t i o n s of t h e S o p h o m o r e Y.M.C.A. C o u n c i l a t O h i o S t a t e , t h i s m a k e s h i m t h e first g r a n d s o n of H a m t o h e a d a c o m m i t t e e in t h a t C h r i s tian organization. Brother Ted Mahaffey is also o n t h e S o p h C o u n c i l . P l e d g e R u s ..(11 E m b r y a n d Bro. Bell h a v e b o t h finished c u t t i n g c a p e r s o u t in s p r i n g f o o t b a l l p r a c tice a n d a p p e a r t o b e r e a d y for a c t i o n n e x t l : ll w h e n t n e l a t t e r b e g i n s h i s s e c o n d y e a r on t h e Scarlet a n d Gray eleven. W i t h E m b r y r o v i n g h e r e a n d t h e r e in t h e b a c k field we look for a m u r d e r o u s a s s a u l t o n opposing lines when t h e signal barker sends K u s s t h r o u g h r i g h t t a c k l e w i t h Bill l e a d ing the interference. Wow! The Kappa Chapter playground ball t e a m c h a l l e n g e d t h e local K a p p a A l p h a P h i ' s t o a g a m e a n d n e e d l e s s t o say t h e roe b i t t h e d u s t . I t w a s a r e v e n g e b a t t l e for a l i c k i n g we received l a s t y e a r i n t h i s g e n t l e SP

T h e Educational Movement was climaxed here with a mass meeting Sunday afternoon at which Brother Ralph Findley from Dayton, was t h e principal speaker. Another f e a t u r e of t h e week w a s a half h o u r b r o a d c a s t f r o m WEAO, t h e O h i o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y s t a t i o n in w h i c h B r o t h e r W i l b u r K i n g , central Ohio's most famous criminal lawver g a v e a brief a d d r e s s o n " T h e Necessity of E d u c a t i o n . " M u s i c b y G u i l f o r d ( B e r t ) Hoiston a t t h e piano, Brother J o h n T. L o n g ) t h e local d i r e c t o r of t h e c a m p a i g n ) at t h e saxophone, a n d Pledge J a m e s Drlskell w h o r e n d e r e d s e v e r a l vocal s e l e c t i o n s , completed the program Telegrams from Cleveland a n d Baltimore Indicated t h a t t h ? b r o a d c a s t w a s f a v o r a b l y received. Final e x a m i n a t i o n are Just a r o u n d t h e

corner. Among those who d o n t h e cap a n d g o w n a r e B r o t h e r R i c h a r d P r i c e , of D a y t o n , w h o g e t s h i s M . D. d e g r e e a n d B r o t h e r J o h n T a l m a d g e L o n g , of C l e v e l a n d , w h o g e t s h i s m a s t e r ' s degree l n fine a r t s . J o h n ' s thesis is a p o r t r a i t of t h e g i r l f r i e n d . A i n ' t love g r a n d ! See y o u i n t h e n e x t n u m b e r . B —TOM YOUNG

Alpha Zeta Holds Successful Campaign A l p h a Z e t a ( W e s t V i r g i n i a S t a t e College) C h a p t e r h a s J u s t w i t n e s s e d t h e close of a m o s t successful Go-to-High School, G o - t o College C a m p a i g n . T h e e n t i r e week w a s t a ken u p w i t h careful a n d systematic work among the students ln the Teacher Traini n g H i g h S c h o o l of t h i s i n s t i t u t i o n a s well as t h e G a m e t t H i g h S c h o o l of C h a r l e s t o n . B r o t h e r S. H. G u s s , p r i n c i p a l of t h e T e a c h er T r a i n i n g H i g h S c h o o l h e r e , a n d B r o t h e r s Nicholas a n d Cranford a t t e m p t e d to set forth in addresses to t h e preparatory school s t u d e n t s h e r e t h e v a l u e of r e m a i n i n g l n high school. Brother Cranford also a d dressed t h e s t u d e n t assembly a t G a r n e t t High School, Charleston, on a n I m p o r t a n t p h a s e of t h e c a m p a i g n . O u r a n n u a l essay c o n t e s t w a s c o n d u c t e d ln t h e Teacher T r a i n i n g High School a n d p r i z e s of five d o l l a r s , t h r e e d o l l a r s , a n d t w o dollars were awarded t o s t u d e n t s w h o h a d prepared w i n n i n g essays o n t h e general t o p ic of t h e v a l u e of a n e d u c a t i o n . O u r p r o g r a m of S u n d a y e v e n i n g , M a y 1 1 , w e n t over l n g r e a t s t y l e . B r o t h e r J . R . J e f f e r s o n , p r i n c i p a l of t h e S u m m e r H i g h S c h o o l of F a r k e r s b u r g , w a s o u r s p e a k e r . A s p e c i a l f e a t u r e of t h e p r o g r a m w a s t h e a w a r d i n g of t h e essay p r i z e s b y B r o t h e r J . C E v a n s a n d a s c h o l a r s h i p of fifty d o l l a r s t o Mr. A r t h u r H o l t , a p r o m i s i n g y o u n g v i o l i n i s t w h o e x p e c t s t o go a b r o a d this s u m m e r a l o n g w i t h B r o t h e r C. C. W h i t e t o p u r s u e f u r t h e r t h e s t u d y of h i s i n s t r u m e n t . T h e Sphinx Club c o n t r i b u t e d Its s h a r e t o t h e s u c c e s s of o u r p r o g r a m w i t h a v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g p r o g r a m i n t h e college a u d i t o r i u m on Wednesday evening. Brother David W h i t f i e l d d e l i v e r e d a very e x c e l l e n t a d dress to t h e s t u d e n t body. T h e A n n u a l p r o m o n May 2 n d w a s a m a m m o t h success. T h e decorative s c h e m e followed t h e m o d e . o f E g y p t i a n a r c h i t e c t u r e with hieroglyphic-covered columns flanking t h e sides and a h u g e S p h i n x g u a r d i n g t h e e n t r a n c e . Over t h e f a r e n d a g r e a t , o u l b s t u d d e d Alpha p i n presided. An excellent o r c h e s t r a a n d a m o s t p l e a s i n g g r o u p of guests helped m a k e t h e evening s u p r e m e with fun a n d pleasure. In keeping w i t h the general Egyptian atmosphere. Miss A r e t h a K a s e y w a s b o r n e t o t h e c e n t e r of t h e floor i n a m u m m y ' s case a n d e m e r g e d t h e r e f r o m i n t o a h a l o of soft l i g h t s t o p e r f o r m m o s t a r t i s t i c a l l y o n e of t h e d a n c e s of t h e Nile.As a c r o w n i n g finish all t h e b r o t h e r s a s s e m b l e d i n a l i n k e d circle a n d s a n g t h e n a t i o n a l h y m n of t h e F r a t e r n i t y . T h i s p a s t week h a s m a r k e d t h e close of A l p h a Z e t a ' s a c t i v i t i e s for t h e s c h o o l y e a r 1929-30. A few of u s , B r o t h e r s G e o r g e Foy, J o h n F r a n k l i n , J a m e s Nicholas, D o n a t h a n Davis, A l e x a n d e r Davis, M a u r i c e S t a p l e s , S i m e o n W a r r e n , a n d t h e w r i t e r will n o t be h e r e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e fall t e r m b u t we a r e t r y i n g t o leave t o t h o s e B r o t h e r s w h o will r e m a i n b e h i n d , a legacy w o r t h y of t h e finest s t e e l of t h e i n h e r i t o r s . — C H A R L E S W. C R A N F O R D .

Theta Lambda Chapter Broadcasts Greetings Theta Lambda broadcasts fraternal greeti n g s f r o m t h e Air C i t y of O h i o . T h i s l e t t e r b r i n g s u s t o t h e close of o n e of t h e m o s t successful G o - t o - H i g h S c h o o l , G o - t o College C a m p a i g n t h a t t h i s C h a p t e r h a s ever c o n d u c t e d . Y o u r h u m b l e s e r v a n t , b e i n g a m e m b e r of t h e E d u c a t i o n a l C o m m i t tee, c a n say w i t h a f e e l i n g of g r a t i t u d e a n d p r a i s e t h a t every b r o t h e r gave u n s t i n t e d l y of h i s t i m e a t t h e b i d d i n g of t h e C a m p a i g n

Page 2& Chairman. Brother Dr. E. E. Campbell a persistent and tireless worker, completed successfully his second year of service. We mention with unusual satisfaction our essay contest as the most outstanding feature of the Campaign. The prize winning essays were rendered before a crowded house at Brother Rev. A. J. Allen's Church. Brothers B. A. Rose and J. N. SamuelsBelboder were appointed to serve In the capacity of Judges. The educational radio message was delivered by our president, Dr. Lloyd H. Cox. The Treble Clef Quartette, a local group of women singers, appeared on the same program as a courtesy to Theta Lambda. Brother Addison E. Richmond was delegated from this chapter to give the principal address before a high school audience at Middletown, Ohio. Bro. Dr. W. T. Darnell made possible this opportunity. Brother Dr. Pettiford of Springfield, Ohio was a visiting brother attending the State Y.M.C.A. Convention held in the city. Brothers Rose, Campbell, and Hawkins motored to Wilberforce University to attend the annual program of the Sphinx Club of Xi Chapter. 'Twas indeed a pleasure to see such a splendid group of Alpha aspirants perform so commendably well. The General President, Bro. Rose, we are sure was proud of the showing of those potential brothers. The brothers of Theta Lambda certainly enjoy reading the Sphinx with its proflic and diversified subject matter. As the summer vacation is nearly approaching we wish every brother a pleasant and profitable season. —C. WALLACE HAWKINS.

Gamma Lambda Chapter Reclaiming Its Delinquents We at Gamma Lambda are in the midst of a campaign to reinstate our delinquent Brothers. Our success has been phenominal to date. Ask Brother Jos. H. B. Evans. We held our annual sermon on May 4, at Brother Rev. Milton Thompson's Church. Brother Herbert E. Simms was the chairman in charge of all details. We all feel t h a t Brother Simms missed his calling when he chose the medics rather than the ecclesisatlcs for his life's associates. On May 11, we held our annual Educational Program at the Y. M. C. A. and u n der the able direction of Brother John C. Dancy (the gentlemen from North Carolina) The program was quite a success. It was held in conjunction with some other organizations about as was done last year. Brother Prank P. Raiford, from Georgia. and whom we all know well, delivered the annual Lay Sermon at the Plymouth Congregational Church on May 18. We are all very well convinced by now that Brother Raiford made the same mistake in the choice of profession t h a t the aforementioned Brother Simms made. Brother Wesley of Howard spoke at the Detroit Institute of Arts to a mixed audience on May 3. All of Gamma Lambda's flock reading the Sphinx after quite an interval can have their news published by communicating with the undersigned. LEONARD S. WILLIAMS.

Tau Of Illinois "U" Proud Of Activities Tau Chapter owes to her sister chapters a n apology for not sending greetings as frequently as she should. We are mindful of the fact t h a t all chapters desire to know how the other part of the family is doing. We have just emerged from one of the most successful Go-to-High School, Go-toCollege Campaigns. On Sunday, May 11, at the regular Sunday night service at the Bethel A. M. E. Church, Tau Chapter presented her program to the people of Champalgn-Urbana,

THE SPHINX one community of 55,000 people. Brother Harold West, a faculty member of Meharry Medical College, and a candidate for an advanced degree, was master of ceremonies. He gave a short history of the fraternity, and the impetus of the campaign. Brother West presented to Miss Caroline Jackson, a young high school student, a book of poems by Brother Countee Cullen. This prize was presented to the high school student writing the best essay on the subject, "Why I Desire to go to College." A smlllar prize is offered by Tau Chapter each year to the high school students. Brother West then presented Brother George Kyle, a faculty member of Prairie View College of Texas as the speaker of the evening. Brother Kyle is a candidate for an advanced degree in Psychology. The speaker made a brief historical statement showing t h a t the Go-to-High School, Go-to- College Campaign was created by the 12th Annual Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha in 1919. He emphasized the fact that it is the duty of the parents to start molding the child when it is young. The program was supplemented by musical numbers, and talks by representatives of Kappa Alpha Psi and Alpha Kappa Alpha. Tau Chapter has increased her number by two. We showed Brothers Nesbitt and Jamerson the light just before the Easter vacation. Both men are known on the campus for their athletic and scholastic abilities. Bro. Jamerson will receive his numerals in track. Brother Nesbitt has won many metals as the results of his athletic ability. Tau is fortunate in having a very good bunch of pledges.. All shows good possibilities. Several have distinguished themselves on the campus. Pledge Brother Hooseman has won the championship in wrestling and boxing. Tau will see in June four Brothers departing. Brother Caldwell will receive his bachelor of arts; Brother Roberson. bachelor of science; Brother, West master of science in chemistry, and Brother Kyle. master of arts in Psychology. Tau wishes these brothers the best of success. We want the sister chapters to know our officer: president, Edward Toles; vice president, T. Romeo Veal; secretary. John T. Caldwell; sergeant-at-arms, Eugene Burdett; treasurer; Frances Bennett. We have passed through many activities —parties at the fraternity house; plays on the campus, interscholastic week; circus; base ball; track, etc. All of these beautiful memories are shaded by the black cloud that now hangs over our heads—final examinations. Tau Chapter will sign off here to tune in with station S-T-U-D-Y. T. ROMEO VEAL.

Epsilon Also Hard-hit By June Graduation The gods of Alpha Phi Alpha have drunk an dined sumptuously and the following neophytes have seen the light at Epsilon Chapter, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Geo. E. Hayes, J. Slade, J. Simmons, A. J. Calloway, J. W. Moultrie, B. Brooks, H. M. Johnson, and P. C. Griffin. The effervescent spirit these men have shown should enable Epsilon to carry on even though she loses many of her old "regulars." Possessed as they are with scholastic, musical, oratorical, and athletic abilities. Brother John C. Dancy, our State Director of the Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College Campaign, outlined a most excellent program for the state of Michigan. He was recently a guest speaker of the Negro-Caucasian Club of the University of Michigan. Brother Robinson was the chairman of our local committee and was ably assisted by Brother's Crosby and Reeves. Brothers Percival R. Piper was secured as principal speaker for our Mass meeting. In the field of sports, Epsilon is holding its own individually and collectively. Our indoor baseball, golf, and tennis teams

ranked well in the Inter-Fraternity Leal while Brothers Brooks and Tolan, our v sity men, are going strong in track field events. L^P

Brothers Piper, Rogers, and Chenault, i r ( Gamma Lambda, were welcome visitors d > « 0 0 1 ing one of our March meetings. Their ta' B e i n were thoroughly inspiring to the neop> t e n t o r tes and Brothers. feels t:

Bother Reeves was principal speaker I M i the Men's Day Celebration at the BeV, as be A. M. E. Church of Ann Arbor. He address, w eci the Negro-Caucasian Club at the v £ h t H meeting. >i Our attention on our initiation banq^r* 1 0 was held May 17th. Elaborate preparatiof lej were made for this feast and the "eight** >*» ing towns sent large delegations to be *>T "» us on that evening. Gamma L a m b d a s «• Detroit had about thirty-five or more »>J • i thers present, while others from Bay CJi iToledo, Flint and Ypsilanti. Neophyl'b w. graduates and visiting alumni all m ' ^ ' I h ^ - . around the festive board, and the A ' P ^ J 1 spirit once more rang true in the por1 it^r< of Epsilon. Our chapter loses many brothers t graduation this J u n e : From the Medial school Brothers R. G. Robinson and B- Alp Yancy; from the Dental School. J. D. Wf J „ son; from the Graduate School, A. .<ll{. Crosby, J. A. Pierce, and G. W. Ree*T . from the Literary School, C. S. SimrflOJL,, and W. D. Hines. The last two Brotn JT mentioned will not be lost to the Chap t^ ' inasmuch as Brother Simmons will wjfe * mence the study of Law and Brother Hl^Jf.£ '< th will resume work in the Medical School •,,, • a sophomore. Brother J. B. Browning >fc"ceived his M. A. in February and now >t lo nd a scholarship from the Rosenwald F" ( Jlvi d , „o do advanced work at Chicago Universe < « Brother Jones left in May to accept a P°J 4 ( & tion in St. Louis Mo., in his chosen n? (r ^ WALTER D. HINES' «

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The spring months have found Lambda (Nashville, Tenn.) imbued new life and activity. The monthly m * „ * ings in March, April and May were o» }lss" very high order. On March 11, the Bro' ^ ers were entertained at the residence of V, i ^ Reverend Brother T.M. Brumfield, 1006-1'!. ^ Ave., N., where plans were laid to form 1^ inter-chapter committee to work out the <J flta] tails of the Nashville Go-to-High ScWJi 4 j Go-to-College Campaign. Brothers W. j ky. Lawson, A. A. Taylor, and T. M. Brum"* »ho were appointed to work with three " sentatives each from Chi and Alpha ' Announcement was made of the appo' J^ri s ment of Brother G. W. Gore, Jr., as Yl^Director of educational activities for " * nessee. The address of the evening given by Brother A. A. Taylor, deadean , 'ffT:t Fisk University. He discussed "Why (•% to College?" and raised many perti questions as to what opportunities are rjpn ing provided for college products when t> 'r-ix ts get out of school.

The April meeting was held at the h 3 ' | of Brother J. A. Anderson on Seventh A\,|L South. Plans for the Go-to-High Scll<?ilfJl Go-to-College week were discussed in c l e tflx The date was decided upon as April 28 ^r May 4. The week's activities included a '„ ception for high school seniors on April | at Pearl High School, talks to students the assembly hour on May 2 in Pearl &>* School, Meigs Junior High School, Came' • Junior High School, and Washington JvlIV8pi0 High School, letters to elementary and 1»% Jj school graduates in Middle Tennessee aoo , Q mass meeting in Fisk Memorial Chapel S" , „ day evening, May 4, with Dean A. A. Tay ^ as principal speaker. Tau Lambda's representatives on the ' , >ft: ter-chapter committee are very enthusi*^ ^ tic over the excellent spirit of coopera" ^ shown by Chi and Alpha Chi. r —GEORGE W. GORE, J '

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Present all of o u r e n e r g i e s a t A l p h a Chapter, C l a r k U n i v e r s i t y , A t l a n t a , Ga., concentrated on the "Go-to-High 2001. Go-to-College" C a m p a i g n . H,;, e i l l S t h e t i m e of t h e y e a r t o t a k e l n .atory o f t h e service r e n d e r e d . A l p h a P h t t h a t s h e is n o w a p p r o a c h i n g t h e close Vei 7 s u c c e s s f u l y e a r . O u r C h a p t e r roll n **s increased by t h r e e w o r t h y n e o p h y Wno w e r e i*ith g ' a d y received a n d i m b u e d the s irlt (rs« P of A l p h a . T h e y a r e B r o t h u11 .** . K i n c e y . a n d C a r r a w a y . " j h ^ o n g t h e B r o t h e r s w h o will d e p a r t f r o m %i ' e a r n e d a t m o s p h e r e of C l a r k U n i v e r s i t y ' ^ . c o m m e n c e m e n t d a y a n d will c a r r y w i t h ' l .m Alpha's s u b l i m e s p i r i t a r e : B r o t h e r s l ,• Nelson, L. E. C a r t e r , E. L. L i p s c o m b , it* T ^ ^ r o o k , D. S. D y k e s , N. J. P l e a s a n t , , i L p a g a n , W. L. H a i n e y , C. J . G r e e n e , $ <?• Wadley, A. L. K i n c e y , J . J . S e a b r o o k , '•%£ D y k e s , N. J . P l e a s a n t , a n d W . J. R o w e . ? afc>ho n a l w o r d s t o t h e m a r e a m i x t u r e of 1

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w h e e l r e - e n l i s t i n g t h a t old s t r e n g t h , t h a t e l d g u a r d , t h a t h a s for m a n y y e a r s f o r t i fied t h o s e c h e r i s h e d p r e c e p t s a n d e t e r n a l s t r i v i n g s w h i c h so d i s t i n g u i s h e s t h a t w h i c h is A l p h a P h i A l p h a . After m a n y s o u n d i n g s o n t h e b o t t o m of a rugged and circuitous channel t h e ship of s t a t e h a s e n t e r e d p o r t . We find o n b o a r d officers of t h e first o r d e r : B r o t h e r s J o h n Mosley. p r e s i d e n t . H a r v a r d '31; H a r r y P a r i s , vice p r e s i d e n t . T e c h n o l o g y '31; A r m a n d Boutte, Mass. P h a r m a c y '31, secretary; A n t o n i o C a r d o z a , a s s i s t a n t s e c r e t a r y , Suffolk L a w '28, H a r v a r d '30; F l o y d L o f t o n , c h a p t e r E d i t o r , B . U. Law, '32. T h e ship anchored in time to p u t forth a fervent a n d zealous attack against complacent g r a m m a r school t r a i n i n g , a n d s a t i s fied h i g h s c h o o l e d u c a t i o n , e n d i n g w i t h t h e f r a t e r n i t y ' s ideal of s t r i v i n g for h i g h e r a n d b e t t e r t h i n g s . T h e p r o g r a m of t h i s c a m p a i g n w a s i n t h e h a n d s of B r o t h e r H&rry P a r i s , S t a t e D i r e c t o r of t h e G o - t o H i g h S c h o o l , G o - t o - C o l l e g e m o v e m e n t . He covered t h e s t a t e b y m e a n s of m a s s m e e t ings, s c h o o l a n d c h u r c h visits, i n f o r m a t i o n of s c h o l a r s h i p s , a n d h i n t s of self h e l p i n a t t e n d i n g t h e l e a d i n g colleges. B r o t h e r V i c e - P r e s i d e n t W i l l i a m S. R a n d o l p h w a s a g u e s t of t h e C h a p t e r r e c e n t l y . H i s s u g g e s t i o n s did m u c h t o affect a n d m o u l d t h e f r a t e r n a l t h o u g h t of t h e y o u n g e r B r o t h e r s . T h i s w a s n o t e d In t h e r e c e n t m e e t i n g in w h i c h pledgees were p u t t h r o u g h t h e acid test. T h e pledgees are m e n of h i g h s t a n d i n g i n t h e colleges w h i c h t h e y r e p r e s e n t M o r a n Alonzo, B r o w n '32. Oliver B o u t t e . N o r t h - E a s t e r n '31, a n d E w a r t G u i n i e r , s c h o l a r of t h e first order, H a r v a r d •33. B r o t h e r A t t o r n e y E d w a r d O . G o u r d i n , of fraternal a n d universal fame, h a s suggested a n e w h o u s e p l a n w h i c h m e t w i t h t h e a p p r o v a l of t h e B r o t h e r s a t t h e l a s t m e e t i n g . T h e p l a n s a r e n o w i n t h e possession of t h e e x e c u t i v e b o a r d . T h e h o u s e h a s b e e n t h e d i r e n e e d of t h i s C h a p t e r s i n c e i t s b i r t h . B r o t h e r G o u r d i n h a s offered h i s p e r s o n a l h e l n In t h i s n e w a c q u i s i t i o n . I n m e m o r i a m . a p p r e c i a t i o n , a n d farewell t h e B r o t h e r s of S i g m a C h a p t e r b o w in solemn gratitude, reminiscing In loyal f r i e n d s h i p , p a r t i n g s of old g u a r d s , m e e t i n g s a n d p a s s i n g s of t h e m o r r o w , y e t w i t h p r i d e a n d a d m i r a t i o n of t h e f u t u r e a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s of t h o s e s t r o n g - h e a r t s t h a t a r e t o leave u s . B r o t h e r F e r d i n a n d R o u s s e v e , e x - p r e s i d e n t , a r c h i t e c t n o t o n l y of b u i l d i n g s . b u t of b r o t h e r l y c h a r a c t e r s a n d f r a t e r n a l I d e a l s - g r a d u a t e s in J u n e f r o m M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y — b r o t h e r of t h e first o r d e r . B r o t h e r s " A l " H u g h e s a n d G e o r g e D o w n i n g finish from B o s t o n U n l v e r s i t v S c h o o l of L a w . I n c l o s i n g we m u s t m e n t i o n t h o s e b r o t h e r s w h o s t o o d b y t h e " h i p in c l o u d y w e a t h e r a n d h e a v v seas, w h o b r o u g h t t h e s h i p of s t a t e safely i n t o t h e p r e s e n t p o r t : B r o t h e r s D a v i d L a n e . C l a r e n c e Reid. F e r d i n a n d Rousseve. Armand "outte. George Robinson. Harrv Parris. William Pratt, and A n t o n i o de Jesus Cardoza. —FLOYD LOFTON.

Growth Continues At Beta Zeta Chapter Even now t h e davs are fast n o n r o a c h i n g w h e n t h e v a r i o u s b r o t h e r s will b e e n t e r tainine various t h o u g h t s concerning vac a t i o n a t various nlaces. Such m»ntal processes a r e i n e v i t a b l e b u t , n e v e r t h e l e s s , let u s t u r n b * r k a few Dages i n t h e 1°30 H i s 1ory of *tet» Z e t a C h a n t e r , of S a m u e l H o u s t o n Collpge. A u s t i n . T e x a s . Growth continues at Beta Z°ta, not a l o n e i n n u m b e r s b u t in s c h o l a r s h i n a n d T - b l e v p m e n t . Mav we list a few of o u r aenlevements here. Brother Thomas Tolhert m a d e an address at Southwestern U n lversitv t o a g r o u p of w h i t e Y. M. C. A. a"d v W C. A. m e m b e r s . His s u b l e c t was "Youth's Phil^soolw and The Race P r o b l e m . " B r o t h e r T o l h e r t w a s elected s e c tional c h a i r m a n over Oklahoma and Texas Colored Y, M- C. A- He Is a m e m b e r °t

t h e Inter-Racial Commission a n d t h e World I n t e r - N a t i o n a l Boys' Conference. He was conference speaker a t t h e N i n t h Older Boys Conference which convened a t Marshall, T e x a s , a n d ls p r e s i d e n t of t h e College Y. M. O. A. T h r o u g h c o - o p e r a t i o n t h e e a r n e s t efforts' o n t h e p a r t of s o m e of t h e b r o t h e r s of B e t a Z e t a , m u c h c o n s t r u c t i v e w o r k is being done. E d u c a t i o n a l e n t h u s i a s m waxed h i g h In t h e c o m m u n i t y i n view of t h e G o - t o - H l g h School. G o - t o - C o l l e g e C a m p a i g n w h i c h t o o k p l a c e d u r i n g t h e w e e k of M a y 4. T h i s p r o g r a m w a s c o n d u c t e d u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of our educational committee. Speakers addressed s c h o o l s In S a n M a r c o s , S a n A n tonio, Giddings, Austin, Bastrop, Georget o w n , T a y l o r , a n d E l i n g . All m e m b e r s of the chapter went to San Antonio to the p u b l i c p r o g r a m t h e r e . S o m e of o u r s p e a k e r s w e r e : B r o t h e r s H e n r y B o w d e n of S t . P h i l i p ' s J u n i o r College, T . R . Davis, p r e s i d e n t , S a m u e l H u s t o n College, a n d H o n . M a y o r C h a m b e r s of S a n A n t o n i o . L e t t e r s were mailed to m o r e t h a n t h i r t y leading high schools t h r o u g h o u t o u r district. O n M a y 2, t h e S p h i n x C l u b p r e s e n t e d I t s second annual program. Brother Jared F r a z i e r , t h e p r e s l d e n t - e x - o f f l c i o of t h e c l u b . ls t o b e c o m m e n d e d o n h i s s p l e n d i d l e a d e r s h i p t h i s y e a r . T h e b r o t h e r s of t h e c h a p ter were certainly given a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o feel p r i d e i n t h e m s e l v e s a n d In t h e i r " y o u n g h o p e f u l s " b y t h e flawless e x e c u t i o n of t h e program. S o m e of t h e g r a d u a t e b r o t h e r s w h o h a v e visited u s a r e : B r o t h e r s Dean Mohr. presid e n t of P a u l Q u i n n College; F . L o n g , h e a d c o a c h . Wiley College; B i s h o p R. E. J o n e s , New O r l e a n s , W . A. C. H u g h e s , of P h i l a delphia, a n d Booker, a s s i s t a n t coach at P r a i r i e View College. O n April 11 t h e a n n u a l fleld d a y p r o g r a m w a s h e l d . B e t a Z e t a w a s well r e p resented in t h e e v e n t s b y B r o t h e r s Melvln Johnson, John Warren, and Theodore Wisher. These brothers competed as r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of t h e s o p h o m o r e class. B r o t h e r M e l v i n J o h n s o n w o n first p l a c e In t h e 220 y a r d d a s h a n d s e c o n d p l a c e i n 100 yd. d a s h . He w a s a w a r d e d a m e d a l for t h i s feat. B r o t h e r s W a r r e n a n d S w i s h e r wer*> members on the sophomore relay t e a m w h i c h w o n first p l a c e . T h e C h p a t e r a l s o nlaved t h e PI C h a p t e r of t h e P h i B e t a S i g m a F r a t e r n i t y a base ball game on t h i s d a v . T h e g a m e w a s called o n a c c o u n t of d a r k n e s s . T h e score w a s 5-5. B r o t h e r T y r e e H a r d e m a n 19 a m e m b e r of t h ° varsitv base-ball and foot-ball teams. Now t h a t t h e s c h o o l ls c o m i n g t o a close. B e t a Z e t a r e g r e t s t h a t s h e will lose B r o t h e r s C r a n s t o n M c D o n a l d a n d M a u r i c e H. A l l e n . T h e w o r k s of t h e s e b r o t h e r s will b e g r e a t l y m i s s e d . B r o t h e r M c D o n a l d ls p r e s i d e n t of t h e 1930 s e n i o r class a n d is h o p ing to further his education at Columbia U n i v e r s i t y . B r o t h e r Allen P l a n s a t t e n d i n g New Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y . B r o t h e r D e a n . M. S. .'. W r i " h t will b e nwov for 14 m o n t h s a t t h e U n l v e r s i t v of H e i d e l b e r g , G e r m a n y . T h e B r o t h e r h o o d h e r p m a k e s service i t s w a t c h w o r d a n d o^holnrshin i t s i d e a l . — T H E O D O R E E. S W I S H E R .

Alnha Mu Wins And Loses Chammonship S T A T I O N B - I - L - L b r o a d c a s t i n g final p r c •"•am for t h i s s c h o l a s t i c year, f r o m A l p h a M " a t N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y : — I t ls h o p ec" t h a t we m a v b e p a r d o n e d If w e c o n t i n u e t h ° b a s k e t b a l l n a r r a t i v e t h a t we b e nan in t h e E d u c a t i o n a l N u m b e r . Thnta's ba^ekptball o u l n t e t evened u p t h e SOI-IPS o n e a'l w h e n t h e A l n h a M u t e a m m e t T h e t a a t t h e Savov o n M a r c h 2 2 n d . T h e local five led a t t h e h a l f t i m e i n a 6 t o s c o u n t , b u t T h e t a s t o p p e d u s cold In t h e s e c o n d h a l f a n d r a n u n a 15 t o 7 s c o r e as t h e w h i s t l e s o u n d e d . T h e A l p h a M u Big F i v e a v e n g e d t h a t d e f e a t o n e week l a t e r w h e n T h e t a fell b e f o r e t h e p o w e r f u l att a c k of A'Dha M u a t t h e E m e r s o n S t . Y. M. C A. T h e E v a n s t o n f r a t o u t f i t led t h r u o u t tl}e g a m e ancl t h e flpal s c o r e w a s Al»

Page 30 pha Mu 27, Theta 23. The fast Hl-Y team of Evanston was taken Into camp to t h e t u n e of 36 to 15 on April 4th a t the Emerson St. Y. M. C. A. On the following night the Alpha Mu team defeated t h e Chicago Omega Psi Phi quintet in an exciting game t h a t was played a t t h e Savoy—the final score being 19 to 18. The Alpha Mu Big Five made a verv impressive showing In the Y. M. C. A. basketball tournament on April 11 and 12. The Comrades were unable to stop the fraternity attack and lost by a score of 39 to 21. The Flasher team fared no better on t h e following night and lost by a lone point when pledge Garrett made his free throw register to break t h e 26-all tie. This victory gave the Alpha Mu team t h e right to meet the Circlers in the championship game. The Circlers were trailing 6 to 2 when " I t t y " Dalton, coach and star guard for the Alphas, was ordered from t h e floor for no good reason at all. His withdrawal made it necessary for the other players to leave the floor and so t h e Circlers won by a forfeit; b u t Evanston basketball fans still Insist t h a t the Alpha Mu Big Five Is t h e "unofficial" basketball champions. The personnel of the team was the same as previously announced except for the addition of " I t t y " Dalton, former Clark University flash, who coached the team In an up-to-date manner and played a stellar game at guard. Just as we predicted In the last issue of THE SPHINX. Brothers from Alpha Mu did participate In the formal prom t h a t was given at the beautiful Binga Arcade on Saturday, May 3rd. The writer will refrain from further comments concerning the prom so t h a t the correspondent from Theta may not accuse him of stealing his " t h u n der." Alpha Mu Is glad to report t h a t t h e chapter now has one other active member in Brother Lewis A H. Caldwell, who succeeded in traversing the scorching sands and en me to a place of rest (foot-sore and weary) on Thursday, March 27. Brother Caldwell is a Junior in Liberal Arts a t Northwestern and has personality plus. He is actively identified with several important social and literary orgnizatlons and Is a first class student. His aggresslvenes and enthulasm will mean much to Alpha Mu Chapter. Brother Lucius E. Lee. student extraordinary and chairman of the "Go-to-High School, Go-to-Coliege,' Campaign perfected plans for t h e local campaign which was more Intensive and extensive t h a n any previous campaign. Very best wishes to the Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha for a pleasant vacation —WM. ("Bill") BRYANT.

Beta Delta Is Not A Lone Star Chapter "We will study hard and get ready then maybe our chance will come," Is the slogan for Beta Delta, of State College, Orangeburg. S. C. The Educational Campaign is eoing over in grand style. At t h e time of this writing. we are lust in the midst of our effective program. And as the week ends UD we will consider it as having been very InFDirinelv carried out by the brothers in Beta Delta because of the extensive -Mid intensive addresses t h a t have been constructively delivered to various student bodies. As the school vear comes to an end we feel somewhat sad. and yet proud, to part from those with whom we have worked so faithfully together. We are sad because we must disband our close-working grouo and lose the association of those whom we dearlv love and cherish. Still we are proud because we are assured of the fact that, t h e Brothers of Beta Delta will pass from these sacred college halls Into this broad area of life and Impart the best t h a t is within, which has been stimulated bv the unity of Beta Delta into all phases of endeavor.

THE SPHINX We boast of t h e fact t h a t those Brothers on the graduating list have made their worthy contribution to Beta Delta, to S. C State College, and to Alpha Phi Alpha a t large. The world has called upon us for our dear Brothers "C" Cotton, "Sam" Lowery, "Sparky" Williams, and "Nig" Vincent. As they pass on through life I beg of them to remember t h a t Beta Delta will be ever-ready and anxiously awaiting to hear more about them. Brother "Cy" Cotton has played the leading roll In the field of athletics for four years at State College and due to his presence on t h e various athletic teams, along with t h e cooperation of his co-workers, we feel t h a t we have been crowned victorious with championship teams. A sterner and better athlete cannot be found. We can remember when at the beginning of the school year Brother Cy said t h a t he was going to make his last year his best. Beta Delta has seen t h a t he did not tell a lie. He was tlien elected president of the College Club, which served as inspiration toward his success. He led the championship football team with zeal and energy. Everybody who saw him on the gridiron was thrilled with his spectaular playing as he romped and stomped through his opponents' line. His broken-field runs many times would bring the spectators Into a dreamland and make t h e m think of "Red Grange" or some other outstanding football player. State College would have been at a lost had it not been for "Cy." He is classed as all (Conference) quarterback by many of the leading sport writers. Let us move on to another field. "Cy" because of his scholastic ability was honored as a member of t h e Alpha Zeta Scholarship Society. The base ball season Is now in its prime and he is batting 600. He is loved by every one on t h e campus, even though he clowns on the field and keeps the audience smiling over his wise cracks, and is always Joking with the boys. We are expecting great things from him, in the near future. Brother Lowery, who is the outstanding lyric tenor in t h e college, will be missed by us very much. We will long to hear his voice as it sounded when he so sweetly sang in the Easter cantata. "The Seven Last Words of Christ." He is a member of t h e college quartet, college elee club, ;ind a member of the Choral Society. Brother Lowery wears a smile for everyone. We are proud of "Sam" because he has contributed his all to Alpha Phi Alpha. Wo will look for him to come back In recital real soon. Brother Williams needs no introduction. His constructive works have introduced him into society as a leader, a scholar, and a profound lover of Alpha Phi Alpha. May I take this opportunity in behalf of t h e Brothers to extend hearty congratulations to him for t h e success he has made at State College. We hope as he roes to another link in his chain of achievements he will bring forth the same results t h a t he has Previously given to AInha Phi Alpha. We have the pleasure of stating t h a t Brother Williams Is valedictorian of the class of ir.30. This is an indication of the work that he has done during his four vears at State. He is also a member of the honorary society. Brother Vincent is very modest, b u t let it be known t h a t he is In line with the scholars and outstanding students of the college. He has worked verv faithfully as business manaeer of the athletic association and president of t h e senior cla's Tt is with a feeling of regret t h a t we think of losing Brother Vincent. Our inspiring Sphinx Club entertained ihe Brothers with a smoker which was enJoyed by all who attended. We wish all chapters a successful summer and school term next year. —L. B. FRASIER.

2nd Vice-President Visits Many Chapters

Although spring has been somewhat arriving, we feel t h a t with the intejj of the heat at this writing It Is hefl reality. Most people find this time of I a time in which they are overcome spring fever. Not so with the Brothelj Alpha Kappa Lambda. Lynchburg. Va» all are busily engaged not only In their activities, b u t those activities t h a t will mote the welfare of the Fraternity. Since last hearing from us, we have two splendid meetings, one at Roanoke one at Lynchburg, where constructive ' was carried out in reference to our Ed' tional Campaign. Brother Parker, as d man of the movement, along with his * of assistants, worked overtime to pus the best campaign ever In this sectiof the country. Plans are also rapidly materializing this writing for our Dinner Dance W given at the beautiful country home of' ther and Mrs. Pogue at Bedford on 20th of May. The Brothers are looking ward t o this event with keen anticipa* because everyone always has one of *' real Jolly times when at Brother Pogue'' During the past months several BrotJ from other chapters have stopped in t! environs long enough to extend greet to members of the chapter. Among » have been Brothers H. H. Murphy of P Lambda Chapter, Baltimore; Reverend * C. Hughes, of Philadelphia, who tr» the country in interest of the A. **. Church; and Professor Barco. of Union ' vrrsity Richmond. Alpha Kappa LOT is always glad to see visiting Brothers-1 Brother General Vice President Wl ' Randolph has been doing extensive * eling in visiting t h e chapters under Jurisdiction. February found him in ersburg, Richmond, and Norfolk, while' ter> took him up Into New York, and » to the New England section. He rep1 having had excellent trips, and real A Phi Alphaism being manifested in all tions. Brothers Smith. Hopson, Toliver. El* Downing, Gardner Downing, and Wi1" Randolph motored over to Petersburg attend the spring formal of Beta G*"* chapter. All were enthusiastic as to1 good time had, and wish to congra* ' the chapter at Virginia State for pU** over such a delightful affair. Brother Crowder, who has been con* to his home in Petersburg the past * months, is reported much better. We t t h a t he will soon be at his post of ' a t Virginia Seminary in the very neaf ture. —JAMES O. HOPSC"T

Gamma, Busu, Briefs Its Record of Activity

Moved by the dellehtful spirit of ^ Gamma of Union University. Richmond is again on the air sending her most P tv greetings to all Brothers. We keep so busv down here, where ^ South begins, promoting various pros'? c social and constructive, t h a t we will f," ^ only the opportunity to write a brief .( mary of our efforts to forward the wor* of the Fraternity. Our "Educational Adjustment, Mo\ program, under t h e inspiring leaders' 1 '',!. Brother Herman A. Washington of JJL letic fame, was our greatest achieV j along this line in a number of years A" ! other events he arraneed a nroeram r ' • casted from station WRVA Richmon<J-I on Mav 7. beginning at 5:15 p. m. ^ j l er Rayford W. Logan was given the ment of Aloha's message. The Alph*' I Alpha octette sang at this time. ', Although the number of A'pha mei1'/I' are adding to the glory of our beloved stitution is on t h e wane, the qual"'

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THE SPHINX J"86 who do, still stand superb. BrothP John R. Picott, Curtis Crocker, and "• scribe were members of the much^ l l w « were m e m u e i a * re d Union debating team. brothers u . S. Allen and J o h n W. Wil~J* are varsity members of the best ball J"1 IJnion has had in a number of years. ! ' a e ntally, Lincoln was stopped on April "• alter Lincoln had won eight straight "j 168 on her southern tour. Brothers Breaux, Washington, Williams, Thompson are members of the varsity s clc team. .^he following Brothers are members of c ^ arclass of '30: G. Peterson, L. Johnson, >aolph, W. Boothe, N. Coots, T. Seger, Tynes,C. P. Brown, Staves. T. Tvnes. F. Brown, I. A. and Reginald Mitchell. April 12th, Neophytes Wallace Van Woti, Curtis Crocker, Harold Jordan, Albinso crn«, ' i . and U. S. Allen were led • r ' ."" s s the burning sands to the land of en-

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—CHARLES B. WEST.

"micron Chapter Has fWve Membership s l u m b e r s of Omlcron Chapter, Pittsburgh, * I '^^ t h e their guests gathered a t the home j ie r ^° r Hawkins on May 2, and had a i lor, US time. Everybody had a "grand and ) I41 f "< urBOInes time, £The writer suggests "spe' &ain. ? " o r some of our "ball and D f • T 'b oBrothers—take special note, Broth» i t S to ha n d - Benson. < Lftdlf i n x Club has been well organized haifl the leadership of Aaron Holland, I "ti u n o f the rushing committee. Woodjjrt Harris is president of the pledge club 'aui-K8 e1 t l r y Bridges is secretary. Orlando • IUHG^e . Lawrence Peeler, James Andrews, he o r g e Moultrie comprise the rest of ! W^m b e r s h i p . The pledges have been f ne *toV well in line, b u t it won't be long re the "fireworks." fi 0tlxeir ttu Walter Talbot spoke on "A Few . 'Udes College Gives" a t Warren Church ^ Sunday, April 6. Brothers John BenlVe a i l ( l Malvin Goode were our representajII ^ °h Avery Memorial's Education ProC' Aap r Ua t 2 7P- l tOmicron had charge of the ! t L K«tn yceum. t h e collegians' 0n * t h l y symposium, May 11. I ^(h a Bt i r o t « e r s are eagerly planning for the " H ,Utl , o n dance to be held the latter part !t aa e. The local graduate and under(iupr?16 chapters Joined in t h e opening 1 f, Jj*»onal meeting Sunday May 4, at the Wv. ° ' A - Brother R. Maurice Moss, exesprw.t.,,.,. «* n~« local of branch of the master ceremonies. mins of the Alpha edum • I- St ovement. Brother Attorney Frank •"h et e *ard was the principal speaker. BroPl kjg 'itz Hawkins played several violin 'her.' A t t n e e n d oi t n e P r ° s r a m the BroPresent sang the Alpha Hymn. —HAROLD MORRISON.

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£ lambda Reports <ylehdid Progress '«H6 ? Lambda Chapter is getting along in ft %t U n d r e d per cent style for this year. n'Vtt, p°-to-High School, Go-to-College was a ''l^Dptt e S r e a t success, under the ) \ M leadership of Brother Russell A. I%s ^ B r o t h e r Lane has brought more sucyear t h a n an P f e no r y Previous State Di"ii«t*te a dS e nn ta dw oa r klea rr s and speakers over the ii^ at g e mass meetings, May vNen Simpson M. E. Church. Brother of the "(1 V c h ' Methodist Episcopal I TV ^ d e the principal address. 1 Cent I'll fcfon! A n initiation under the direction Assess a n d v de reyr s o n Chandler was a great I ''ancf impressive. Brother Clyde flb1 th» a Cnhda Brother Chandler entertain! "otei a„,. Pter royally a t The Parkview t the last meeting. —H. T. RILEY.

Mu Chapter's Dance Brings Rhapsodies The annual spring party of Mu was as usual a success. Why? Beautiful ladies, delightful music, and handsome men! The party was held on Monday evening, April 21, at the Sterling Club in St. Paul. Dancing held sway from ten u n t i l two. Bro. Dr. Weber took care of the selection of place and music; Brothers Jackson and Lawrence decorated the hall; Brother Smith cared for the refreshments; Brother R. Cannoning, had charge of the invitations. The Educational Campaign of Mu was held during the first week of J u n e . Local conditions warranted postponement until then. We were very glad to meet and associate with Bro. Seals of Pi, who was i n St. Paul, with the Alabamian Orchestra for two months. Brother Seals was very active with us and we regretted his departure. Brothers Jackson and Thomassen are now working very diligently on their thesis. Brother Jackson received his D. D. S., in J u n e and Brother, Thossen his M. A. in Agriculture. Pledge Mosely is in the All-U-Tennis Tournament. He defeated M. Manuel in his first match 6-2 and 6-3. Mu Is glad to announce her three pledges, Paul W. Moseiy, Thomas Donaldson, and Andrew Madison. - J O H N ROBERT LAWRENCE.

Phi Lambda Has Prominent Members The Phi Lambda Chapter situated in Raleigh, N. C , probably due to modesty or oversight, has not been heard from through THE SPHINX for some time. The Chapter, however, is wide-awake and is making its Influence felt in North Carolina and t h e entire country. Phi Lambda is fortunate in having among its officers some men of outstanding influence. Our president, Brother H. L. Trigg, is supervisor of Negro High Schools in the State of North Carolina, president of t h e Inter-fraternal Alliance in Raleigh, and secretary of the Research Committee of the state. Brother C. A. Cox, or vice president, is principal of the Berry O. Kelly Training School at Method, N. C , and is a graduate student in Cornell University. His school ranks among the first of its kind in North Carolina, regardless of race. Brother Chas. B. Boyer, the Dean of St. Augustine College, is our secretary. Brother Clarence Dean, head of the department of vocational agriculture, is our treasurer. Our sergeant at arms, Brother Chas. Mann is not only an efficient instructor at Berry O'Kelly Training School, b u t through his efficiency as coach t h a t school boasts of a leading high school team in football, basketball, and baseball. Some of the other active members of whom we are proud are Brothers M. W. Akins, principal of the Booker Washington High School in Raleigh; Cardrew Perrin head of t h e department of chemistry a t Shaw University, who recently received his master's degree from Columbia Universit y and John Lilly, acting dean of the Theological Department at Shaw University. During the past months Phi Lambda fnltiated into membership two very promising young men, Brother J. M. Newsom, one of the new members, is a graduate from DePauw University in Indiana and is now professor of Biology at Shaw University The other new member is Brother Emory Johnson, a graduate of Howard University, and is now instructor of chemistry at Berrv O' Kelly Training School, Method. —REUBEN MCDANIEL.

Pi Has A Phi Beta Kappa Member ' As this news goes In, PI has confromted with its greatest Go-to-High School, Go-toCollege Campaign. Due to a few extraordinary features we have extended our campaign to May 30th, giving us almost a month in which to work. The two Cleveland chapters, Alpha Pi Lambda and Pi, have invited in this great effort to better the educational encouragement in this city. Brother Perry B. Jackson is chairman of this committee. I t Is expected at our final mass meeting on May 29th t h a t several other scholarships will be awarded. The chapters here have appropriated a purse of $18.50 as a n award for the best essay on furthering education, which Is open to high school students only. A very elegant program will be presented o n the night of the grand mass meeting. Besides t h e success of this educational campaign, Pi is overwhelmingly enthused over Brother Joseph Hlnes of Oberlln College having been awarded his Phi Beta Kappa Key a t the near completion of his J u n i or year. Despite Brother Hlnes blindness in both eyes he has made many great achievements. He finished from East High School of Cleveland in 1927 with t h e highest average of anyi s t u d e n t in the city. He was not valedictorian of his class because his high school years were spent partly in St. Louis, where he lost his eye sight when conducting a chemical experiment. Brother Hlnes has been commended by all t h e leading Ohio newspapers of which there were several editorials concerning his rapid grasping of his classic studies. Brother Hines is not only a Phi Beta Kappa man b u t an Alpha man with the good old Alpha spirit with an admired social personality. Pi has had with her for the last few months Brother Bernard Squires of Kappa Chapter. We admire t h e spirit of Brother Squires and would like to graft him in if its O. K. with Kappa. Brother Squires gave an inspiring lecture to the Pi Sphinx Club which aroused much enthusiasm among Its members. PI p u t over a very neat little dinner dance on Friday night of May 9. Every one had a good time and will remember it for a long time. PI will continue its meetings t h r u t h a summer months, because all of her members are residents of Cleveland. The Sphinx Club will do likewise. —MAURICE T. GLEASON.

Alphiia Omicron Men Active In College Nothing gives Alpha Omicron greater pleasure t h a n to observe the accomplishments of its members at Smith University. This is doubtless true of other chapters, b u t I question if we are sufficiently liberal and willing to make this known. So we wish to use this opportunity to laud some Alpha men who happen to be undergraduates at Smith. A few days ago Brother J. O. Ellis and Caesar Walker presented to t h e college president and students t h e 1930 "Bull," which is the school a n nual. The president, on receiving this book, said "The students made a wise choice in selecting these men to publish this volume." The art work of the book was done under the supervision of Brother Fletcher. The next edition will be published under t h e direction of Brother Rutherford. Alpha Omicron graduates will be Brothers A. J. Clement Jr., L. Summersette, William Scales, O. J. Taylor, T. A. Johnson, Cyril Babb, and Stanley White. The two last named Brothers along with Brothers E. R. Dudley, J. E. Belton, J. D. Powell, H. S. Blue, and Prof. N. B. Crosby became Alpha men during our last initiation. The chapter is indeed proud of THE SPHINX and wishes for Brother Young continued success in the field of Journalism. —S. H. TRAVIS

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Phi Writer Cogitates On Education's Value Each day as we of Phi Chapter, Ohio University, Athens, O., approach t h e close of the school year for 1929-30, throughout t h e country each college, each university is willingly sending out a group of ambitious young men and women. Possibly all of these have been active during their college courses, and their graduation will remove t h e m forever from the collegiate ranks. Yet these graduates leave their places-and unhesitatingly-confident t h a t the vacanles cannot long remain, for behind them Is another group, energetic and progressive, reaching out eagerly for the first opportunities to prove their worth. When we see how willingly the graduates leave their places, surely we cannot regret their honorable departure when they are going out to face an conquer those desired ends which hold a place in each and every heart. Every graduate is thoroughly imbued with the strong and unwavering determination to succeed and to fight unceasingly for the betterment of conditions. Each graduate is fully aware of the true value of Education, and as a new leader. He accepts it as his duty to encourage the younger men a n d women to educate themselves t h a t they might be better prepared for this new and everchanglng mode of life. The present Go-to-High School, Go-to-College Campaign is outstanding In this field and each year we all are certain of better results. I n spite of the small number of Phi men we are proud to say t h a t we have our ambitious graduates who will Join t h e 'Tarade of Seniors" in the person of Brother S. Lloyd Corbln. I t remains to be seen what his absence will bring, as we feel t h a t he has left much with us. Bro. Corbln has majored In pre-medical work and will graduate with an A. B. degree. He will enter Howard University this fall to take up the study of medicine. Each year our number Is decreased by course completion or by graduation and

THE SPHINX each term seems to bring us fewer entrants. It is one of my fondest desires t h a t we might be truly flooded (with students )at the beginning of the fall term. t h a t our collegiate life may pi ogress with others, and t h a t the lives of Chapter Phi might be reinforced. —ALVIN P. HALL.

Alpha Rho Brothers In Many Activities Alpha Rho of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., Is on t h e air again. Our new president, Brother Geo. W. Cabaiiiss, Is at the helm, and has admirably directed our progress t h u s far into the year, which we hope will bring to us the greatest advancement In our history. As the school year draws itself to a close, we find ourselves Indulging deeply Into the Go-to-Hlgh School, Go-to-College Campaign. Brother A. R. Brooks, as chairnian of the committee, plans to p u t over a a extensive program for the purpose of awakening in the hearts of our boys and girls t h e absolute necessity of an honest and efficient education. The campaign was a marked success last year b u t Alpha Rho, with its sister chaptere, is doing greater things this year. Alpha Rho Is happy to know t h a t It has nine Brothers on the faculty and is sending out seven brothers who will be seeking a knowledge high t h a n Morehouse is able to give. Brothers Tlsdale and Gibson are planning to study at Meharry Medical College next year while Brother John Hope, II, will study a t Brown. The other graduating brothers have plana equally as good. Brother Jones is becoming more and more famous each day as a violinist. His sweet tones and marvelous technique have won for h i m the hearts of many people. Everybody Is hard at work trying to bring his record up to the highest of standards as well as the record of the fraternity. Brothes Colston, Hackney, P. Q. Johnson and R. P. Smith are fighting with strenu-

ous efforts to make known to Brother HI the head of t h e chemistry department, unknown which he has given us 1 course in Qualitative Analysis. Brothers A. R. Brooks, editor-in-chie the Maroon Tiger, the college public^ Geo. Cabanlss, and R. E. Tlsdale, inert of the staff, are working hard to " t h e pictorial issue one of t h e greatesl sues of any college publication. Brothers William E. Harrison, T. M. I ander, and Geo. W. Cabaniss have dm questions, negative and affirmative. as great an enthusiasm one way as the er. They with several other fellow de ore have brought to our school the S' of being champion debators in the P« gonal League. We won every debate season. Brothers William E. Harrison, T. M. I ager, is about to p u t away his bats balls and give Brother Alexander, our l manager, a chance to win fame witli Javelins and discus. The team with a resentatlve number of Alpha men Pledgees went to the Tuskegee Track " Our pledge club, composed of Willia" Jackson, Milton White, Melvin HoiK Raymond Bailey, Lincoln Jackson. M Jordan, Marion R. Edmonds, Horace 8 ardson, Walter C. Green, Hortenius ' nault, Marion Cabaniss and Hugh GV> shows wonderful prospects. They are ' sidered to be some of the ablest met the Freshman Class here at the Col' We are expecting great things of thej —JAMES A. COLSTOl

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ALPHA GAMMA LAMBDA. N e w York City; Pres., L. R. MidcUeton, 201 W. 120th St.

CHI LAMBDA, Wllberforce, Ohio; Pres., J. Aubrey Lane; Sec'y., T. C. Carter.

ALPHA KAPPA LAMBDA. R o a n o k e , Va.; Pres.. Ellwood D. D o w n i n g . Brooks Bldg.; R e c . Sec'y George A. Moore.

ALPHA EP8ILON LAMBDA. Jackson. Miss.; TAU LAMBDA, Nashville, T e n n . ; Pres., CalSec'w.. T. W. Harvey, Jackson, Colvin McKissack, 1503 Edgehlll Ave.; lege. Sec'y. J. R. Anderson, 1027 1 8 t h Ave. North. ALPHA ZETA LAMBDA, Bluefield. W. Va.; Pres., J. C. Kingslow. 421 S c o t t S t . , Sec'y, Edward W. Brown. B o x 546. LPSILON LAMBDA. Jacksonville. Fla.; Kimball. W. Va. Pres., Dr. R. W. Butler, 627 Davis St.; Sec'y.. L. A. McGee. Edw. W a t ALPHA ETA LAMBDA. H o u s t o n , Tex.: Pres., ers College. J o h n W. Davis. Jr., 419'/ 2 Milan St.; Sec'y., R. W. Lights. 819 Andrew S t . PHI LAMBDA, Raleigh, N. C ; Pres., H. L. Trigg, 117 E. S o u t h St.; Sec'y., C. H. ALPHA THETA. Somervllle, N. J.: Pres., Boyer, S t . A u g u s t i n e ' s College. George Hoffman. 84 S e c o n d Bt.

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SIGMA LAMBDA, New Orleans. La.; E d ward M. Coleman, 2420 Canal St.; Sec'y. Dr. J. F e l t o n Brown, 1306 S Genois St.

LAMBDA. Buffalo, N. Y.: Pres., M. S. Stewart, 137 William St.; Sec'y.. O. H Brown, 166 Goodall S t .

ALPHA ALPHA LAMBDA, Newark. N. J.; Pres.. T. D . Williams, 207 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, N. J.; Sec'y., Lawrence Willette. 137 S t e p h e n s St., Bellville, N. J. ALPHA BETA LAMBDA, Lexington, Ky.; Pres Dr. H. A. Merchant, 128 D e •,veese St.: Sec'y., Dr. W. H. Ballard, Jr., 128 W. 6 t b S t .

ALPHA IOTA LAMBDA, Charleston, W. Va. ALPHA OMICRON LAMBDA, P i t t s b u r g h Pa.; P r e s . Frederick D . Hawkins; Sec'y.. Wilbur C. Douglass. 518 F o u r t h Ave. ALPHA XI LAMBDA. Toledo, Ohio; Pres., Ivan McLeoti. 1150 Nicholas Bldg.; Sec. Herbert T Miller. ALPHA PI LAMBDA. Cleveland, Ohio; Pres.. Robert Brooks. 2168 E. 90th St.: Sec'y. A d dison Spencer, 2190 E. 8 5 t h 8 t .