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A L P H A PHI A L P H A FRATERNITY, I n c .

General Officers RAYFORD W. LOGAN President Howard University, Washington, D. C. BERT A. MCDONALD First Vice-President 319 East 48th St., Los Angeles, Calif.

ROGER F. GORDON Second Vice-President 1530 French Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania FERDINAND L. ROUSSEVE Third Vice-President 4636 Willow Street, New Orleans, La. JOHN FLEMING Fourth Vice-President 1532 Linn Street, Cincinnati. Ohio JOSEPH H. B. EVANS General Secretary 101 S. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. FARROW R. A U J E K T r e a s u r e r IFWI* n w m r f n t Frfitnr „f the * „ h i n , LEWIS O. SWINGLER Editor of the sphinx 390toBeale Avenue, Memphis. Tennessee U. COUNCILL TRENHOLM Director of Education Alabama State College, Montgomery. Ala. BELFORD V. LAWSON, JR General Counsel 2001 11th. N. W., Washington, D. C. LAY MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Edward W. Brooke, 1262 Hamlin Street, N. E., Washington, D. C.i Thomas Kelley, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio: James H. Robinson. 850 East Forty-Ninth Place, Los Angeles, California.

BELFORD V. LAWSON, JR Chairman, Chapter Housing Commission 2001 U t h St., N. W., Washington, D. C HOWARD H. LONG Chairman, Committee on Public Policy 1112 Girard St., N. W„ Washington, D. C. M.G.FERGUSON Chairman. Auditing Committee Citizens Savings & Trust Co., Nashville, Tennessee ^ l ^ i t T ' T e a c h e r s O ^ ^ ^ X ^ Z ^ ^

ROBERT P. DANIEL Chairman, Budret Committee Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina CHARLES H. WESLEY Historian Howard University, Washington, D C JEWELS _ „ » « ' , « • „ D r - Henry A. Calhs, 2306 E St., N. E., Washington, D. C.i Nathaniel *• Murray, 150 You Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.i Vertner W. i\andy, 221 West 139th St., New York, N. Y.; George B. Kelly, l-113th st ™ " ' JIoy- New York.

Charles H. Chapman—»Roy H. Ogle—Mames H. Morton—'Deceased.

RFRintin niKiTTnue WESTERN JURISDICTION-Bert A™ M ^ o n a l d , Vice-President; Tolly W arri5 119 N Gre ' ? ' ™ w o o d Street. Tulsa. Oklahoma; Walter M. Booker, Pra rie View College, Prairie View : Texas- Ulysses a Taylor, Samuel Huston College Austin Teia* Bernard E Sauires 3 26 Railway Exchange, Seattle. Washington*'James p Johnston' 320 Twenty-Third Avenue, N.T Seattle Washington- Jack Terry' California U 627 Bandera Avenue, Los Angeles SOUTHERN JURISDICTION—Ferdinand L Rousseve Vice-PresidentClinton L. Blake, 1415 Beattie's Ford Road Charlotte Nortn CaroUna; Benjamin F. Scott, MorehouseT College Atlanta G e o r g l ^ Stenson E. Broaddus, Kentucky State Collegf Frankfort Kentucky' EASTERN JURISDICTION—Roger F Gordon Vice-President- S n M Moore, Virginia Union University, Richmond Vireinia- o A Galvin, 216 W. State Street, Ithaca New York F r a n k M o ' r r i ? ' J r ' 1519 Page Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Willian?

J Parks'J rJ r " lam J Parks 1917 3rd Street, N. w., WashingtonD> c ' MIDWESTERN JURISDICTION—John ' W ' Fleming Vice PresidentJohn R. Lawrence, Jr., 947 Iglehart Avenue St ' Paul Minnesota ^ r ^ X r « i f f ^

CHAPTER ROSTER

1. A L P H A — C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y , I t h a c a , New York; D r . G A. G a l v i n , 216 W S t a t e S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , P. J o h n s o n . 216 W. S t a t e S t r e e t .

2. B E T A — H o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y , Washington, D. C ; A r t h u r F . C a r t e r ; S e c r e t a r y , N . A l a n H a r r i s , 1917

President, Dr. Albert

President, 3rd Street,

3. G A M M A — V i r g i n i a U n i o n U n i v e r s i t y ; R i c h m o n d , Va.; P r e s l d e n t , E. D . M c C r e a r y , J r . , S e c r e t a r y , P e r c y P a t r i c k s , V i r g i n i a Union.

4. D E L T A — T i l l o t s o n College, A u s t i n . T e x a s ; P r e s i d e n t , S a m u e l Fuller; Secretary, Joseph B. Bracy.

5. E P S I L O N — U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n , A n n Arbor, Mich.; P r e s l G l e M St ; S6Cretary S r T T A a o u L 0 ' ' Pet6r J ' 6. Z E T A - Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y , N e w H a v e n , C o n n e c t i c u t ; P r e s .

Sec. D r . R . S. F l e m i n g , 216 D w i g h t S t .

7. E T A — C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t v , S t . L a w r e n c e , B r o o k l y n , C. C , S t . J o h n U n i v e r s i t y , B r o o k l y n , N e w Y o r k City; P r e s i d e n t , M a c C. Davies, 79 S t . N i c h o l a s P l a c e , N . Y. C.; S e c r e t a r y , L u c i u s C. W a t s o n , 35 W e s t 1 1 0 t h S t r e e t , N . Y. C. 8. T H E T A — U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o , C h i c a g o , I l l i n o i s ; P r e s i d e n t , R o b e r t W. H a r r i s o n , 740 E. M a r q u e t t e R o a d ; S e c r e t a r y , F r a n k A. B a n k s , 740 E. M a r q u e t t e R o a d .

9. I O T A — A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a ; T o b e s e t u p .

18. K A P P A — O h i o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , C o l u m b u s , O h i o ; P r e s i d e n t , F o w l e r A. Briggs; Secretary, G e r a l d G. H a s k e l l , 760 M t .

Vernon, Columbus. Ohio.

11. M U — U n i v e r s i t y of M i n n e s o t a , Minneapolis, Minnesota; P r e s i d e n t , J o h n R. L a w r e n c e , 947 I g l e h a r t Ave., S t . P a u l , Ma i nunl . , Smenc r e t a r y , J o h n M. P a t t o n , 954 S t . A n t h o n y Ave., S t . ,„ £ , v ¥ 12. NU—[Lincoln U n i v e r s i t y . Pa., P r e s i d e n t , G r a n t S. S h o c k l e y ; S e c r e t a r y , W o o d s o n Hopewell, L i n c o l n U n i v e r s i t y .

13. X I — W i l b e r f o r c e U n i v e r s i t y , O h i o ; P r e s i d e n t , C h a r l e s S p l v e y ; S e c r e t a r y , T h o m a s Kelley, W i l b e r f o r c e U n i v e r s i t y .

14. O M I C R O N — P i t t s b u r g h , P a . , P r e s i d e n t , P a u l L. J o n e s , 228 West 14th, Homestead, Pa.; Secretary McDonald Williams, , ,, 201 M i c h i g a n A v e n u e , B e t s h o o v e r , P i t t s , P a .

15. P I — W e s t e r n Reserve, C l e v e l a n d . O h i o ; President, Samuel W a d e , 2285 E a s t 8 9 t h S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , J o s e p h D . S m i t h , 2813 C e n t r a l A v e n u e , N. 584.

16. R H O — G r a d u a t e G r o u p , P h i l a d e l p h i a , Pennsylvania; Pres.

Dr. W. P . J e r r i c k , 1843 C h r i s t i a n S t . ; C. Sec. D r . O. W i l s o n W i n t e r s . 28 C u r r e n A r c a d e ; F . S e c . N o r r i s t o w n , P a . ; F . S e c .

Dr. P e r c y I. Bowser, 5344 R a c e S t .

17. S I G M A — H a r v a r d University, Boston, Mass., President, Thomas A. C e n t e r .

54 M t . P l e a s a n t S t . , N . C a m b r i d g e , Mass., S e c r e t a r y , J u l i a n C. B r a n k e r , 11 W a u m b e c k S t . , R o x bury, Mass 18. T A U — U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s , C h a m p a i g n - U r b a n a , 111.; P r e s i dent, James J . Seaberry; Secretary, N a t h a n i e l B. G r e e n .

1301 W. C l a r k S t r e e t , U r b a n a .

19. U P S I L O N — U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s , Kansas, State Teachers College, E m p o r i a , K a n s a s ; K a n s a s S t a t e College of A g r i c u l t u r e & Applied Sciences, M a n h a t t a n , Kansas, Lawrence, K a n s a s : P r e s i d e n t , R a l p h R o g e r s , S e c r e t a r y , Cecil F l o r e n c e . on ll?-, 1 M i s s i s s i p p i S t r e e t 20. P H I — O h i o U n i v e r s i t y , A t h e n s , O h i o ; P r e s . J o h n W. G a s a w a y ; Sec. W a l t e r B . Allen. 155 W. W a s h i n g t o n S t .

21. C H I — M e h a r r y M e d i c a l College. N a s h v i l l e , T e n n . , P r e s i d e n t , W a l d e n s e C. N i x o n ; S e c r e t a r y , D o n a l d M. C a r e y , 1613 Jefferson Street.

22. P S I — U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a , T e m p l e U n i v e r s i t y , P h i l a d e l p h i a . P a . : P r e s i d e n t , F r a n k l i n M o r r i s . 1519 P a g e S t r e e t W e s t : S e c r e t a r y , R o b e r t P o i n d e x t e r , 2128 C h r i s t i a n S t r e e t .

23. ALPHA A L P H A — U n i v e r s i t v of C i n c i n n a t i , C i n c i n n a t i C o l lege of P h a r m a c y , M i a m i U n i v e r s i t y , C i n c i n n a t i , O h i o : P r e s i d e n t J o h n W. F l e m i n g , 1532 L i n n S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , S a u l S. S a n f o r d , 747 C l a r k S t r e e t .

24. ALPHA B E T A — T a l l a d e g a College, T a l l a d e g a , Ala.; P r e s i d e n t , G e o r g e E. Lee; S e c r e t a r y , A n d r e w B. R a n d a l ! , C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r e t a r y . E r m a n W. E d g e c o m b e . T a l l a d e g a .

25. ALPHA G A M M A — B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y , P r o v i d e n c e , R h o d e I s l a n d : INACTIVE:—Address J o s e p h G. L e C o u n t , 42 W e s t m m ,. ^ r S t . .26. ALPHA D E L T A — U n i v e r s i t y of S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a , L o s A n geles. C a l i r . P r e s i d e n t , H e n r y F e l t e n b e r g , 1286 S. S e r r a n o ; „ ? ? " U a r y - E d w a r d York, 1286 S. S e r r a n o A v e n u e . i 1. ALPHA E P S I L O N — U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y , C a l l l o r n i a ; P r e s . M. R o b i n s o n B a k e r , 929 M a g n o l i a S t r e e t . O a k land. California; S e c r e t a r y , G e o r g e E. B y a s , 2844 G r a n t S t r e e t ; Cor. S e c r e t a r y , M e l v i n C. A u s t i n , 1518 R u s s e l l S t .

28. ALPHA Z E T A — W e s t V i r g i n i a S t a t e College I n s t i t u t e West Va.; P r e s i d e n t , L a w r e n c e N. J o n e s ; S e c r e t a r y uGa ar r i a n R 1 1 s t o n , W e s t V a . S t a t e College "' "»n «. m I I „ „ , „ . T T „ , . ' ,<. _ . . .

9Q . i P H .WTA Ja ' INXCTIVE University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 30

- ALPHA T H E T A — U n i v e r s i t y of I o w a , I o w a C i t y Iowa- P r e s i d , e n t . J a m e s P e o p l e s ; S e c r e t a r y , A. L o w ; C. S e c r e t a r y ' G e o r g e B- R a g l a n d , J r . , 818 S o u t h D u b u q u e S t r e e t .

3 1 . ALPHA I O T A — U n i v e r s i t y of C o l o r a d o D e n v e r Colo Presl d e n t , H o w a r d J e n k i n s , J r . , 3131 G i l p i n S t Secretar'v Tnhn W a l l a r , 2606 G i l p i n S t secretary, j o n n

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T 6i - S •*, .,*- ,W^l " l, l,l 0a 1mt n Bw , e „ } } University, Evanston, Illinois; fo?n B ^ .

- P ° » a r d , S e c r e t a r y W i l l i a m C. P y a n t , 1930 B r o w n Avenue.

34. ALPHA N U — I o w a S t a t e College, Drake Universitv D e s M o i n e s , I o w a , A m e s , I o w a ; P r e s . S. M. Riley, J r . ; S e c C h a r l e s p - H o w a r d , 515 M u l b e r r y S t . , D e s M o i n e s I o w a 35. ALFHA X I — U n i v e r s i t y of W a s h i n g t o n , S e a t t l e ' W a s h i n g t o n P r e s i d e n t , J a m e s P . J o h n s o n , 928 3 1 s t S t . , S e a t t l e W a s h i n g t o n ; S e c r e t a r y , R o b e r t B . P i t t s , 326 23rd A v e n u e ' N o r t h 36. ALPHA O M I C R O N — J o h n s o n C. S m i t h U n i v e r s i t y C h a r l o t t e N. C ; President, Horace Davenport; Secretary ' T Wilklns Davis, J o h n s o n C. S m i t h U n i v e r s i t y .

37. ALPHA P I — L O U I S V I L L E MUNICIPAL COLLEGE Louisville K e n t u c k y ; P r e s i d e n t , R o b e r t C r a w f o r d 2512 W W a l n u t S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , J u l i u s L. G r e e n e , 1810 W. C h e s t n u t S t r e e t .

38. ALPHA R H O — M o r e h o u s e College, G a . ; P r e s i d e n t Benjamin B u l l o c k , S e c r e t a r y , C l a r e n c e W i l l i a m s M o r e h o u s e College 39. ALPHA SIGM-A—Wiley College, B i s h o p College Marshall T e x a s ; P r e s i d e n t , J a m e s C. W a l l a c e J r . S e c r e t a r y Kerveri W. C a r t e r , Wiley College.

40. ALPHA T A U — U n i v e r s i t y of A k r o n O h i o - P r e s i d e n t A t t o r ney Artee Fleming, 22 W e s t M a r k e t S t r e e t , A k r o n OhioS e c r e t a r y , H e r b e r t T. B r a c k e n , 385 W e l l i n g t o n 4 1 . ALPHA U P S I L O N — C i t y College D e t r o i t D e t r o i t M i c h i g a n P r e s i d e n t N o r m a n T a b o r , 2001 C h e s t n u t S t r e e t ' C S e c r e t a r y , Lloyd G. R i c h a r d s , 6264 E p w o r t h 42. ALPHA P H I — C l a r k U n i v e r s i t y A t l a n t a Georgia- P r e s E d ward McGowen; S e c . J o h n T Mims Clark Universitv 4 3 . ALPHA C H I — F i s k U n i v e r s i t y , N a s h v i l l e T e n n • P rce s,1i d e n, t J o h n W. P a r k e r ; S e c r e t a r y . R o s c o e Brvan't " = "•=" '• 44. ALPHA P S I — L i n c o l n U n i v e r s i t y , Jefferson C i t v M i s s o u r i P r e s i d e n t . J a m e s Lee H u n t ; S e c r e t a r y J a m e s J o n e s L i n coin University.

4 5 . BETA A L P H A — M o r g a n College B a l t i m o r e M d • P r e s i d e n t W i l l i a m T. C a i n , 1621 1 2 t h S t r e e t N W W a s h i n g t o n r> O •' S e c r e t a r y . S i m o n C a r t e r , 515 N Shroede'r S t r e e t 46. BETA B E T A — U n i v e r s i t y of N e b r a s k a C r e i g h t o r i U n i v e r s i t v Municipal University, Lincoln. Nebraska President Gaines T. B r a f o r d , 1952 T. S t r e e t , L i n c o l n N e b r a s k a Secretary H a r o l d B i d d i e x , 2225 S. S t r e e t L i n c o l n N e b r a s k a 47. B E T A G A M M A — V i r g i n i a S t a t e College,' E t t r l c k Va.- P r e s l d e n t . Jefferson F . B r y a n t : S e c r e t a r y S i n c l a i r J e t e r 48. BETA D E L T A — S t a t e College O r a n g e b u r g S C - P r e s i d e n t F r a n k Llovd: S e c r e t a r y . M. R F l i n t S t a t e College 49. BETA E P S I L O N — A g r i c u l t u r a l a n d T e c h n i c a l College G r e e n s boro. North Carolina: President, C l i n t o n Etheridgp Secret a r v . E a r l H o l l a n d . A. & T College i t h e n a g e . becre 50. BETA Z E T A — S a m u e l H u s t o n College A u s t i n Texas- P r e s i d e n t . Maceo D. P e m b r o k e ; Secretar'v W ee ll du oo nn K G rKjIovea ove* S a m u e l H u s t o n College, A u s t i n T e x a s ' *" 5 1 . BETA E T A — S o u t h e r n I l l i n o i s T e a c h e r s College C a r b o n d a l e 111.. P r e s i d e n t , C h a r l e s E. J o n e s 211 N WallSecrptarv' Gaffney T a y l o r , Colp, I l l i n o i s secretary, 52. B E T A T H E T A — B l u e n e l d S t a t e T e a c h e r s College Bluefield, W. Va.: P r e s i d e n t .

Alonzo Deskins J r Secretary Eugene Field. S t a t e T e a c h e r s College.

53. BETA I O T A — W e s t e r n S t a t e T e a c h e r s College K a l a m a z o o , M i c h i g a n : P r e s . H a c k l e v E. W o o d f o r d 114 N P a r k S t : S e c .

J o h n T. T a d e y . 1331 W. M i c h i g a n .

54. BETA K A P P A — i L a n g s t o n U n i v e r s i t y .

Langston Oklahoma; President. J a m e s H a t c h e t t ; Secretavr, H a m i l t o n V a u g h a n .

55. BETA M U — K e n t u c k y S t a t e College. F r a n k f o r d K y • P r e s l dent. Sbeley Lynem, Secretary N a t h a n i e l L Shields Ky. S t a t e College.

56. B E T A N U — F l o r i d a A. & M. Cellege: P r e s i d e n t . Oliver H. J o n e s ; S e c r e t a r y , J a m e s M. Y o u n g , F l o r i d a A. & M.

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VOLUME 27

OCTOBER, 1941

THE STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

NUMBER 6

THE STAFF

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ART EDITORS

LEWIS O. SWINGLER 3901/2 Beale Avenue Memphis, Tennessee

JAMES D. PARKS Lincoln University Jeiferson City, Mo. Page

ASSISTANT EDITORS HUGH M. GLOSTER Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia BURT A. MAYBERRY 2446 Harrison Street Kansas City, Missouri MILTON S. J. WRIGHT Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio WILLIAM H. GRAY, JR. Southern University Scotlandville, Louisiana

Greetings from Kentucky

2

Editorials

3

Democracy, World War II

4

Negroes In Defense

5

Industry

HISTORY EDITOR JAMES B. BROWNING Miners Teachers College Ga. Ave. at Euclid and Fairmont, N. W. Washington, D. C. FRAT FUN EDITOR DR. O. WILSON WINTERS 28 Curren Arcade Norristown, Pa.

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS KERMIT J. HALL Bluefield State College Bluefield, West Virginia FRANK L. STANLEY, JR. 619 W. Walnut Street Louisville, Kentucky

What About Nat'l Preparedness For The Negro

6

GRANT W. HAWKINS 2627 Shriver Street Indianapolis, Indiana

Alpha In Realm Of Sports

10

Fraternity F u n

11

Friendship Building At Union

12

SIDNEY A. JONES, JR. 5341 Maryland Chicago, Illinois

Book Reviews Alpha Men In The News

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J. EDWARD COTTON 390 V2 Beale Avenue Memphis, Tennessee

Voice Of The Sphinx

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CIRCULATION

WHO'S WHO EDITOR GEORGE B. KELLEY Troy, New York

DOWDAL H. DAVIS, JR. 2711 E. 21st Street Kansas City, Missouri

REID E. JACKSON 51 E. 11th Avenue Columbus, Ohio

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ALL OF KENTUCKY WELCOMES YOU TO LOUISVILLE December 27-31, 1941 - - University of Louisville By

FRANK L. STANLEY

General Chairman,

29th General

Convention Alpha Pi Beta Mu

Alpha Lambda Alpha Beta Lambda Gamma Beta Lambda

Five host chapters of the Bluegrass State of Kentucky are diligently preparing for the greatest convention in the history of Alpha. You already know of what we boast of most in Kentucky. Omitting the race horses for the moment, we promise an abundance of everything else. Let us add, however, HOSPITALITY not only with a capital "H" but with genuine spirit.

The theme of the 29th general convention is "The Negro In The New World Order." Never before has such an opportunity been presented us to re-dedicate our objectives to the development of the Negro in this fast changing world. It is our firm belief that Alpha at Louisville this December, fully cognizant of its fraternal task, will create and put into action a program unprecedented in the history of conventions.

LET'S SING!

Well, well,â&#x20AC;&#x201D;looks like Alpha men still have music in their souls.

The Sphinx is pleased at the way Chapters all over the country are accepting our s o n s contest. Chapter quartettes are being organized immediately and in some cases an official song leader has been selected.

Our slogan for this vear's project is "A Singing Fraternity is a Happy F r a t e r nityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Let's S i n g ! ! " Don't overlook the fact that any chapter or individual member may submit as many compositions as he wishes. Sign up for two numbers and start perfecting your idea now.

Remember, the Sphinx is now anxious to get pictures of individual and quartettes interested in the contest. With fifty chapter quartettes attending the Louisville Convention this year, the sessions will surely "hum."

The title of our first march song entrant (the composer doesn't mind letting it out) is "Hail to Alpha" and comes from Beta Lambda chapter in Kansas City.

Our meetings will be held in America's oldest city college, the University of Louisville.

No other Negro group has ever held a convention at this institution before. We believe it to be very significant that our first College Fraternity will meet at the Nation's first Municipal University with Alpha's first graduate chapter and for the first time in Kentucky. We are expecting full representation of your chapter.

Thanks, brother!

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EDITORIALS It Won't Be Long Now Alpha convention is always pleasant to anA Nticipate and it is easily imaginable that at this time the uppermost thought of every chapter is the Twenty-ninth General session in Louisville a few weeks hence. This department of our beloved organization has observed with satisfaction that the strain and stress of world disorder have not dampened the spirit for renewed fellowship that comes with every Alpha "get together."

It should be reassuring to every brother to know that our host chapters in Louisville and Kentucky at large are proceeding, in spite of changing conditions, with the titanic task of entertaining the convention in keeping with the high standard set by Alpha hosts of previous years. Fortunate indeed are we to have this glittering example of steadfastness in the storm.

Alpha men have been summoned for military service from the rank and file of many chapters the nation over. Others no doubt will have been encamped ere the session convenes this December. Their welfare alone not to mention the multitude of other pressing problems that face Alphadom in its role of leader of racial and national opinion.... would suffice to give added weight to the approaching session.

Our theme, "The Negro In The New World Order", is a timely one. It aptly applies to the young men of our race who have given up the comforts of their homes and left behind the company of families and friends with the expectation that this New Order will be truly expressive of social and economic justice for all mankind. The Alpha convention in Louisville should and will offer splendid opportunity - for us to take considered judgment upon practical plans of procedure for participation in this new

order of things, and out of the.?e discussions should evolve a program for concerted action.

As an organization with a broadening social program, Alpha Phi Alpha must consider this task its inescapable duty. It is a responsibility that falls on every man within our circle.... the civilian and soldier alike.

Lighter moments of the session will not be lessened by full consideration of the pressing issues that challenge this fraternity and similar organizations at the present. It must simply be a matter of partaking of a balanced convention ration.

Louisville, traditionally noted for its beautiful ladies, fast race horses and sparkling drinks, will undoubtedly take full care of the entertainment phases of the convention. Achievement of fundamental objectives, however, will be largely left to visiting delegates.

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DEMOCRACY AND WORLD WAR II

By Sidney A. Jones, Jr. Contributing Editor

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O W that the United States is again attempting to make the world safe for democracy by bringing about the defeat and destruction of Nazi Germany, it is interesting to note the status of democracy in this country.

The fact is that democracy does not exist in this country for Negroes who comprise one-tenth of the total population. There can be no sound or complete democracy in this country until Negroes take their rightful and permanent place both in the political and economic life of the country and in the public life of the community in general.

W h e r e democracy is lacking in this country and the possibilities of it's becoming real to Negroes will be here discussed.

One of the main branches of the Government is the Navy. In fact, in the present war, the Navy is assuming the leading role. Billions of dollars of the taxpayers' money is being spent to build, equip and maintain the Navy.

But to the discredit of our country there is no place for Negro citizens in the Navy except as servants. In the Naval Academy at Annapolis, maintained by the United States, no Negro is enrolled. And the Secretary of the Navy, F r a n k Knox, has shown an utter disregard for the rights of Negroes and has bluntly stated that there is at present no place in the Navy for colored citizens. If Germany sinks the entire American Navy, no Negro mother will mourn for a lost son. If such a catastrophe occurred, it would be necessary to build a complete new Navy, and maybe then N e gro Americans would get a chance.

The United States Marines is another lilly-white, jim-crow department of the armed forces of this country. It is as bad as the Navy. As long as the present condition in the Navy and Marines exists, democracy in this country will be a mockery.

In Chicago, the Federal Government recently invested millions of dollars in the erection of factories for Buick Motors Company to produce defense materials. T h e Government sponsored a training course for about one thousand young men who were to be employed at this plant. A group of N e groes took the course, including some members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra-

S I D N E Y A. J O N E S , Jr. ternity. These Negroes were at the top of their class when the course was completed but not one single Negro was hired because it is Buick's policy not to employ Negroes.

The Training course was given by the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Brother Albert R. George took the course, but was refused employment solely on account of his race. A new Defense Training Course is being given by the same school. The purpose of the course is to provide training for positions as Inspectors of Ordnance Material.

Brother George has been appointed as one of the teachers at a salary double the amount he would have earned had Buick employed him.

Neal Simeon, another Alpha Brother in Chicago, is a graduate of A r m o u r Institute of Technology, and formerly an instructor in aviation mechanics at Tuskegee. H e recently took a United States Civil Service examination for a position paying $2600.00 per year with the W a r Department. H e passed the examination and was called to the job, but was told by the head of the office that his services could not be used because he was a Negro.

In addition to the above unfavorable pictures, it is well known that Negro soldiers in the South have in recent months been subjected to many brutalities and injustices by the civilians of the southern communities.

But in spite of the above mentioned unfavorable conditions, there are many

October, 1941 trends which seem favorable to the Negro and which give cause for optimism. In spite of all the darkness, there seems to be a dawn trying to break through, and it is my belief that the Negro will, as a result of the present war, share greater in the blessings of democracy in the future than ever before. I will now discuss the reasons for such belief.

The United States Army Air Force had no Negroes in any capacity before the recent defense program began. But the air force is no longer lily-white, and a beginning has been made toward the inclusion of Negroes in this branch of the service. A jim-crow set up has been established for colored Army aviators, which is not the most desirable arrangement.

The Army will never be truly democratic until all citizens are integrated into the service, without regard to race or color.

But the Army is now training Negro Aviators and Mechanics; who otherwise would not have had the opportunity. The Air Force's 99th Pursuit Squadron will soon become the first Negro flying, outfit. Its permanent home will be near Tuskegee, Alabama.

Its new field, built at a cost of $2,000,000 by a Negro contracting firm, consists of 1,642 acres and will have 42 buildings when it is completed. It will have accommodations for 2,000 men, including 400 pilots. It is understood that the A i r Forces will have more Negro squadrons of the same kind.

From top to bottom these outfits will be all Negro. T o service the 99th's planes, guns and instruments, the Army is training 278 Negro mechanics at Illinois' Chanute Field.

In spite of the unpleasant experiences some colored soldiers have had in the South, there are other more pleasant pictures. There are many thousands of Negro soldiers in many southern communities who have had no grounds for complaint. The all Negro 184th Field Artillery, entirely officered by Negroes, went from Fort Custer, Michigan, to the deep South and participated in the maneuvers and war games with thousands of white soldiers, and had no trouble at all.

And in addition to this, the government is attempting to stop injustices in the army and is attempting to take definite action to correct any offenses against colored soldiers. The W a r Department has appointed as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of W a r an outstanding N e ( T u m to Page 8)

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E C E N T L Y , those charged with the leadership of the Negro masses have become seriously concerned over the integration of Negroes into the technical phase of American industry. N e gro newspapers and periodicals as well as editorials in white papers have demanded that Negro labor be used to its best advantage. At the 1940 convention of a national Negro social fraternity, a voluminous report was made which showed in no uncertain terms how well the Negro worker has been left out of the production phase of industry by nationally known firms in all parts of the United States. The report also showed that wherever the Negro was employed, his status largely was that of janitor or, if skilled, in the factory's distasteful occupations.

Today, thanks to Hitler and other forces of aggression, the Negro is sharing in producing for national defense. His opportunity for obtaining his rightful place as an American worker is better today than ever before. The question arises, to what extent is he availing himself to put forth his best talents and industry to be a reliable, dependable, and intelligent source of skilled labor?

In seeking the answer to that question, I worked at Winchester's, a factory working on huge orders for national defense. Machines of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, now a division of Western Cartridge Company, hum night and day turning out guns and ammunition. My job was that of tending a machine, and was classed as semi-skilled labor. I worked the night shift from eleven to seven in the morning. T h e personnel department at Winchester, under the direction of Mr. Alfred Snyder, is trying, out a new experiment in seeking to find a dependable source of labor in the Negro worker. T o that end, he has appointed a Negro assistant personnel director in charge of Negro personnel. H e is Mr. James L. Mitchell, whose long and enviable employment record with Western Cartridge is exemplary for all employees.

P r i o r to March of 1941, there were less than one hundred Nergoes employed at Winchester. Since that time, the company has expanded its factory and personnel. Mr. Mitchell, at the time, was the only Negro shop foreman and through his efforts, was sue-

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cessful in persuading the management to employ Negroes in larger numbers and in the skilled jobs. Today the factory employs some twelve thousand workers, more than seven hundred and thirty of whom are Negroes.

At the inception of the program, the factory management had the characteristic fear complex that Negro and white workers would not work side Inside in harmony. Thus, they were reluctant to give colored workers jobs that involved close association with white workers. However the experience of work relationship of colored and white employees, fortified by my own experience of working in harmony with white workers, has blasted the theory that Negroes and whites cannot work together in peace. At times when work was dull, I had occasion to fraternize with white machine operators who gladly explained the operation of their machine and invited me to gauge shells along with them as the shells came out of the machine. On occasion, different workers told me to ask the shop foreman for assignment as machine operator "where you really make the money."

Negro and white workers lunched together, and it was a common occurrence for some few especially friendly colored and white employees to share their lunch. During smoking periods, we smoked together and shared cigarettes. This harmonious relationship

Page 5 ran the length of the factory personnel. White women workers worked together with Negro male helpers, and colored and white women operators worked in pleasant association. Colored girl operators said they received fine co-operation from the white workers and, coming new on a job, reported having received helpful hints from white girls already working on the job. To be sure, all is not "sweetness and light" between the two races of workers. One personnel manager told me there was some little opposition by white women workers when it was announced that the management contemplated employing colored women, but that the opposition vanished by when the management took the firm stand of "work together, or else " The little unpleasantness that did occur from time to time is hardly worth mentioning. Suffice it to say that the bi-racial relationship is normal as one can find among workers that make up the class of factory employees.

When the program of integrating the Negro into the plant personnel began at Winchester, few colored workers were hired on the skilled jobs.

Today the complexion of the skilled worker at the plant is slowly but gradually changing. Of course, most of the colored workers hired are doing unskilled work, that is, as laborers and truckers. From the standpoint of a plant using mass production methods, the factory organization is poor. F o r instance, trucks loaded down with shells as heavily as nine hundred to a thousand pounds per truck are pulled to be processed somewhere else. That means those trucks are Negroes. Likewise, there are a large number of Negro workers who are hired on jobs in varying degrees of semi-skilled and unskilled work, such as helpers, tumblers, etc.

Looking to their absorption as skilled workers, Negroes in greater numbers are being used in the rolling mills and casting shops. But on these jobs even though of a skilled nature, most of the work is heavy and hot.

Some Negroes are being used as washers, a semi-skilled job tending huge tubs in which shells are washed in hot water, strong soap, and acid solutions.

Again, by its nature, the work is not pleasant and not particularly healthful.

A few colored girls have been hired as shell inspectors, and a few machine adjusters are Negro men. There is one Negro watch engineer. These latter ( T u r n to Page 9)

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WHAT ABOUT NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS FOR THE NEGRO Banquet Address delivered by Brother Raymond Pace Alexander, Esquire, Philadelphia, at Twenty-eighth General Convention, Kansas City, Mo., December 31st.

First Installment of this message published in Convention Edition of the Sphinx, February, 1941.

I am alarmed that, in a Race makpractice in a certain favorable location ing up so large a percentage of the nathat one was asking him to forego. tions unemployed, there being close to But such has not been the case. Intwo and one-half million of Negroes deed, of the number of men and womwithout permanent employment status, en that it has been my experience to a Race rapidly removing the shackles interview on this subject, considerably of illiteracy from their minds, still more than half had no definite plans place their greatest emphasis upon for future practice either as to time or training in liberal arts, and social place; and many of the best of the sciences in a nation and world begstudents in the better law schools indiging and offering premium for these cated strong preference for a political technically and scientifically trained. appointment to some legal or clerical W e still train Bachelors of Arts and job in the State or Federal Governteachers by the thousands and they ment. Their explanation or excuse for make up many thousand of the unemthis course is that, "I have been so long ployed, yet I know not a single highly without any definite income, I want to trained Negro technician, engineer, extake this job as a start in order to acpert machinist, tool maker, die stampcumulate something, and then I intend er, optical or surgical instrument to enter the field of general practice." worker who is unemployed or who canThe obvious answer is that once you not obtain employment in the growing get a soft political sinecure paying industrial revival in the United States. fairly good money in very easy work, But I do know—statistically of course at short hours, the old initiative and —two and one half-million Negro u n ambition quickly bogs down and you skil.ed laborers, domestic workers, unbecome one of a large mass of men and skilled itinerant farm workers who women, highly trained technicians and have not been able to find work enough professionals, hundreds of whom you to keep body and soul together conand I count among o u r own friends, tinually for the last ten years. who a r e in "government service" for life—or find themselves suddenly out I am particularly alarmed in my own of it, upon the change of administrafield—the law. I view with much contion, or at the whim of their political cern the fact that in the great cities of sponsors.

They are then without a the E a s t and West, particularly, New job, their easily earned money well York, the thickly populated cities of spent, savings gone, and unprepared in New Jersey, the great manufacturing their mental attitude and experience and industrial city of Philadelphia, to meet the sacrifices necessary at that with a quarter of a million N e g r o e s ; age to undertake private practice.

Pittsburgh, and the large cities of midIn speaking of a nation-wide predle Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Detroit paredness program for the future of and Indianapolis, the number of N e the Negro in America, I cannot place gro men and women entering the legal too much emphasis on the necessity for profession has steadily declined durhis widescale training in the profes-' ing the last ten years or more. Even sional fields—especially the field ot more dangerous than this is the fact law. Either we must make the sacrithat there a r e less Negroes enrolled in fices necessary to undertake this difthe Class A l a w schools of the counficult course of study and become try than there were in 1930, and a few highly trained men and women to carwho do graduate from these schools ry on the work of guaranteeing and show an unwillingness to undertake safeguarding the rights, privileges and the rigorous work and make the sacriimmunities guaranteed the Negro in the fices necessary by beginning their Federal Constitution, or we must surpractice in the laboratory workshop, so render our security to some committo speak, of an experienced attorney's tee or committees, well meaning though office, without, as one succinctly adthey be, of "civil liberties for the undressed me, "some guarantee of adederprivileged." quate, and at a later date, substantial compensation." This attitude is of itThere can be no security without self bad enough, but could be undersacrifice. W e must face the fact that stood if the new g r a d u a t e lawyer a l the American Negro, much like his ready had plans to set up his own white brother, has softened up in the

October, 1941 last ten years and our job here as a body of Negro college men, seven thousand strong, is to toughen up ourselves for the security of our children and our children's children—the born and the unborn, for the tough road that lies ahead for all of us. This applies to each one of us—from our general President down to the most recent initiate and pledgee in Alpha Phi Alpha.

It means political, personal, and economic sacrifice. For if the comfortable will sacrifice nothing that lessens their comfort, they will soon find themselves most uncomfortable.

Ours is a tough job. There is no other phrase that more nearly expresses the true situation. To live above the barest minimum economic level in America as a Negro, and attain some measure of success and accomplish and acquire something, is itself a tough assignment. And how many of us are willing to make such a sacrifice or help others in their efforts to attain a goal of achievement for the race either by personal assistance or mere passive encouragement?

As a practicing attorney myself, I am loath to speak of the accomplishments of a number of courageous members of our profession in their efforts to perpetuate in the law of America those guaranties in our Federal Constitution which were placed there for the protection of the life, liberty, and property of each one of us assembled here today—and thirteen and a half million other American N e groes. But I feel a compulsion to do so because of the dread that I have that the Negro youth—yes and their parents as well, many sitting right here, are softening up and miserably failing t o recognize o u r duties and responsibilities to protect these g u a r a n ties of life, liberty and property for the Negro masses in America, and the countless unborn millions that will follow us, for whom we must plan long after we have made our last bow on life's dramatic stage.

Life to the doctor means the physical existence of the human body. His contribution to society is keeping alive that human body in the best possible manner, with the least possible ills and pains—in short, saving life. If he keeps you well and alive and prolongs life, he is satisfied. To the lawyer Life means much more. Life means much more than merely to exist. Let us turn for a moment to the manner in which Life is referred in the fundamental law of this country and the

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his time earning a living never really lives. Life is the fullest, most complete enjoyment of the possibilities oi human existence.

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individual states therein and see how Life is entwined with other concepts synonymous with and wrapped up with Life, and we begin to draw a picture of Life and its interpretations in the great Courts of law in America. At the same instant we can appreciate the enormous and staggering responsibility of the Negro lawyer in America to see that the prayers of thirteen and a half million Negroes in America shall be answered to the plea of "Let my People 'Live." ". . . W e hold these truths to be selfevident ; that all men are created free and equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

(Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, upon the basis of which our entire American government and the subsequent United States Constitution was formed.) ". . . No state shall deprive any person of Life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor . . . deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law . . ." (14th Amendment to the United States Constitution).

It is equally significant to note that every State Constitution in America, and this includes the Southern states from Virginia to Texas inclusive, emphasize in its preamble the right of the American citizen to enjoy life and liberty, with the means of acquiring a n a possessing property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.

Life is more than living. Life is more than meat, even though Life without food dies. W e do not live in order to earn a living. One who spends all of

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Time will not permit a review of the cases that have been argued in the Federal Supreme Court during the last decade that have been appealed to this Court from the various state and Federal Courts on the question of the interpretation of this all-important equalitarian provision in the Federal Constitution and subsequent statutes enacted by the various states guaranteeing civic rights.

It is significant to mention that during the last decade an entirely new and different interpretation of what life means to the Negro and how important life is to the Negro has been made by the Courts of the land, especially the Federal Supreme Court.

These favorable decisions and interpretations, which have been of immeasurable value for the sustenance and security of the Negro race, are the direct results of Negro lawyers conceiving, formulating and planning and carrying into effect the steps necessary to g u a r a n tee and obtain for the Negro citizen ot every walk of life in America the right to acquire, possess and enjoy property to the fullest extent, the right to work, the right to be safe on his job, and the right to vote, the right to serve as Jurors, the right to a fair and impartial trial and the right to acquire an education equal to other citizens of the state in which he resides.

Equally interesting and significant is the fact that within the last decade, as distinguished from those cases argued in the Supreme Court prior to 1930, each and every one of these momentous results obtained through the Supreme Court was obtained by Negro lawyers who argued the cases before this great tribunal. It is he who is the guardian of the safety of Life and the enjoyment of Life in an ever increasing way. It is he who protects the liberty that the Constitution of our state and nation guarantees to us. It is the Negro lawyer whose duty and responsibility it is to see that these various rights which are re-emphasized as being the foundation stone upon which not only Democracy in A merica rests, but the enjoyment of these rights is the weathervane by which Democracy is tested in this country.

Life without food dies, but Life with food only is empty and meaningless.

H o w much is each one of us willing

to sacrifice to make life more safe, certain and secure for the mass of N e groes whom you will never know? H o w much are you willing to sacrifice in this program of national preparedness for the future security of your fellow man? How much sacrifice are you willing to undergo for the purpose of toughening up the youth of America to shoulder the heavy responsibilities that the shadows which are everywhere about us forecast ?

Perhaps a brief review of the results gained by a number of able and courageous Xegro attorneys in the last few years might challenge many of niy listeners in others fields of activity to assume a bolder and stronger approach to the problem of preparing Negroes of every generation for the future that lies ahead. The earlier Supreme Court decisions treated mainly the subject of the Negro's right to vote. W e were more interested, after emancipation, in exercising our suffrage than in other equally important civic rights. One of the earlier decisions on the subject, clarifying the 15th Amendment, which gave us our suffrage, was Guinn and Beale vs. U. S., decided in June, 1915. This decision struck down the famous grandfather clause so familiar in practically all the southern states restricting the free use of the ballot by Negroes in those states. The Supreme Court invalidated the attempt of any state io abridge or deny the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of color. As a result of this decision the States devised divers spurious ways to prevent the Negro from exercising his right to vote at the polls. T h e most culpable state in this effort was the state of Texas, and in the famous Texas white primary case, Nixon vs. Herndon, decided in March, 1927, argued by that famous crusader, now deceased, Richard D. Evans, of Waco, Texas, the late J u s tice Oliver Wendell Holmes nullified this effort of the State of Texas to prevent Negroes from registering and voting in the Democratic primary. T h e second Texas primary case, decided in May of 1932, was a decision in which the late great Justice Benjamin D. Cardoza stated that the 14th amendment placed a plain duty before the Court to level the barriers of color designed to prevent the Negro citizen from voting in the primaries of the South; and through his opinion the Supreme Court again struck down (Turn to Page 17)

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( F r o m Page 4) gro to help integrate the Negro into the army and see to it that the Negro is given equality of treatment. Dean William II. llastie, who was given this job, is former Federal Judge of the Virgin Islands. He is aide, independent and courageous, and the Secretary of W a r deserves much credit for making the appointment. Another reason for feeling that the W a r will result in more democracy for Negroes is that the entire country and world is now becoming more conscious of the rights of individuals and human beings of all races. England has even promised more democracy to India.

This discussion of freedom a n d liberty certainly tends to make democracy possible and it is my belief that all races in this country will benefit.

The President of the United States has on more than one occasion in recent months shown his desire In give Negroes more justice and equality in the defense program.

On J u n e 25, 1941, President Roosevelt created the Committee on Fair Employment Practices lor the prevention of discrimination in the filling ot national defense jobs and in programs for vocational training.

The executive order establishing this agency in the Office of Production Management stated 'it is the policy of the United States to encourage full participation in the national defense program by all citizens of the United States, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, in t h e firm belief t h a t the democratic way of life within the Nation can be defended successfully only with the help and support of all groups within Its borders.'

The President also declared t h a t 'it is t h e duty of employers and of labor organizations in furtherance of said policy and of this order, to provide for the full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, without discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin'; " 'And it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. " 'All departments and agencies of the Government of the United States concerned with vocational and training programs for defense production shall take special measures appropriate to assure t h a t such programs are administered without discrimination because of race, color, creed or national origin.

2. " 'All contracting agencies of the Government of the United States shall include in all defense contracts hereafter negotiated by t h e m a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any worker because of race, creed, color, or national origin.

3. " 'There is established in t h e Office of Production Management a Committee on Pair Employment Practice, which

Three of the young ladies who appeared in the Bathing Beauty Contest at Atlantic Beach and sponsored by the 77th Coast Artillery Regiment under direction of Brother H. A. Robinson. Chaplain of the Regiment.

Left to right, they a r e Dorris Forrest, Charleston, S. C.; Lidell Gaddy, Conwav, S. C.; and Sue Nicken, Washington. They were first-prize winners in the contest. shall consist of a chairman and four other members to be appointed by the President. The chairman and members of the committee shall serve as such without compensation, b u t shall be entitled to actual and necessary transportation, subsistence and other expenses incidental t o performance of their duties. The committee shall receive and investigate complaints of discrimination in violation of t h e provisions of this order and shall take appropriate steps to redress grievances which It finds to be valid. The Committee shall also recommend to the several departments and agencies of the Government of the United States and t o the President all measures which may be deemed by it necessary or proper to effectuate the provisions of this order.'"

Alderman E a r l B. Dickerson of Chicago, and Mr. Milton P. Webster, Vice President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, were made members of the Committee on F a i r E m -

ployment Practice, and other Negroe" have been employed. T r u m a n K. Gibson, a young Chicago attorney, was appointed to a position on the committee at a salary of $5600.00 per year.

On September 8, 1941, President Roosevelt issued a further order calling for an end of racial discrimination in the employment of Negroes in the Federal Service and in the National Defense Program. The President sent the following .letter to Mack Ethridge.

Chairman of the Committee on F a i r Employment Practice and to the heads of all government departments: "It has come t o my attention t h a t there is in t h e Federal establishment a lack of uniformity and possibly some lack of sympathetic attitude toward the problems of minority groups, particularly those relating to t h e employment (Turn to Page 10)

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( F r o m Page S) jobs are the more desirable from the standpoint of pleasant and healthful working conditions. However, the general inclusion and plant-wide acceptance of Negroes on these jobs has been very slow.

I saw no Negroes working at such highly skilled jobs as shell making operators. These are the jobs where factory working conditions are best and where the employees make the highest wage because the job is conducted on a piece work basis. I talked to one white boy who was hired as a machine operator. For the three weeks prior to my talking to him he said that he averaged forty-eight dollars per week, twice my weekly wage. H e said he was eighteen years old, had just graduated from a classical high school in June, had never worked in a factory before, and had never attended a trade school nor did he possess a trade.

The chances for Negroes to get such jobs are slight, for the present at least.

All of which raises the question why the program of integrating the Negro worker in the more highly skilled trades is not faster and on a wider scale. We are all too familiar with the well-known cry of discrimination.

Whereas I am not discounting the fact that prejudice does take its toll in thwarting the ambitions of Negro workers, let us look a t the Negro worker on the job.

In normal times, the small colored community that New Haven possesses lies dormant, in the summer, in smug complacency nestled beneath ancient elms and in the shadow of Yale University. However, with the huge defense program going full blast, the community's Dixwell Avenue area is alive with taverns and prostitutes, raucous Negroes and second-hand cars.

Even as I write, one Negro shot another to death in coldblood and almost in the broad daylight. But the question of moral turpitude in New Haven is another story in itself. Nevertheless, Negroes have flocked in from almost everywhere, but more especially by way of New York City. By the same token, they are of all types. It was interesting to watch and distinguish the occupational types of Negroes working at Winchester as they passed in and out during the shift changes. Many of them were domestics, formerly, never having worked in a factory before; some men with straightened hair indicated they

BROTHER F. D. S T U B B S Brother Frederick D. Stubbs, whose life's work was the topic for the articleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; "Servant of All"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;again merits the acclaim of Alpha men for his part in the current campaign to increase Hospital Facilities for Negroes in Philadelphia.

Dr. Hubley Owen, Director of Public Health for Philadelphia, and Chairman of the Campaign, authored a pamphlet for distribution in this drive with Brother Stubbs pictured on the front-piece performing a Thoracoplasty Operation. H e is nationally recognized for his work in chest surgery and tuberculosis. might have been "pimps" or actors in times p a s t ; others with white shirts and black bow ties said all of their past work experience had been as waiters.

One fellow worker, in spare moments, instead of watching the operation of machines in order to equip himself better for possible advancement, in variably picked up the handiest broom and started to sweep. H e said most of his past work experience had been as janitor. Few had past experience as shop workers.

There were a certain number of colored workers who were unreliable.

Some stayed off from work on the average of two nights a week. Others on pay night came in to get their cheek from the foreman and immediately claimed illness and signed out for the night. Not infrequently fellow workers admitted they "clowned" all day

and just could not stay awake on the job. All too often the shop's clown was a Negro. Several colored employees on our shift were known only as a source of a good laugh for the white workers.

No one took them seriously.

It is quite true that the above represent isolated instances, yet their repetition may be replete a hundred-fold in other factories throughout the nation where Xegro workers are being given an opportunity to work. Likewise, as isolated instances, they perhaps could be multiplied many times by improper work attitudes of white workers. As practiced by any work group, they represent an indictment. But can the N e gro worker, on trial in the shop, stand on an indictment?

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ALPHADOM RULES TENNIS WORLD

By W. Elbert Johnston, Jr. Richard Cohen and Jimmie McDaniel, Xavier University, New Orleans, La., national doubles champions 1939 and 1941— two outstanding sons of Alpha who rule the world in Negro tennis.

Jimmie has won the national men's singles championship three years in succession, and Cohen has been runner-up two years in succession, 1940-41. Brother Cohen won the intercollegiate championship in 1938 and Jimmie copped similar honors the following three years 1939-41.

McDANIEL POSES WITH CHARLES HARE, BRITISH NET STAR Charles Hare, left end, noted British English Davis Cup player, and Jimmie McDaniel, national singles and doubles champion of the American Tennis Association, pictured after their one-set exhibition match at the Silver Jubilee of the A. T. A. held at Tuskegee August 18-23rd.

During the summer of 1940 Jimmie played Donald Budge, one of the greatest tennis players ever developed in this country, met in a friendly match game on the courts of the Cosmopolitan tennis club in New York City before 2,000 interested fans. Brother McDaniel was defeated 6-1, 6-2, because he was unable to play his best game but he was good enough to put an edge on Budge's game in order that the spectators saw in him the making of a great star.

Democracy and World (From Patre 8) and assignment of Negroes in the Federal Civil Service.

"With a view to improving the situation, it is my desire t h a t all departments and independent establishments in the Federal Government make a thorough examination of their personnel policies and practices to the end t h a t they may be able to assure me t h a t in the Federal service t h e doors of employment are open to all loyal and qualified workers regardless of creed, race or national origin.

"It is imperative t h a t we deal with this problem speedily and effectively. I shall look for immediate steps to be taken by all departments and independent establishments of the Government to facilitate and put into effect this policy of nondiscrimination in Federal employment."

It should be encouraging to Negroes to see the President take the position he has with regard to discrimination in the Government departments. The actions of the President serve as a new impetus to the N e gro people to join more wholeheartedly in the procession tow ; ard national unity and the ultimate destruction of Fascism both in the United States and abroad.

Negroes in Defense ( F r o m Page 9) with white employees, less question but what he could be as good a factory employee as the white worker. The big question, it seems, is whether or not the colored employee is going to capture this crucial moment to put his best foot forward to prove that he is a reliable and conscientious worker. This seems to be a challenge that black workers, seeking plant-wide acceptance in American industry, might quickly accept,

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Signs of Autumn— Hoar Frost Carroll—"Tell me the story of the police raiding your fraternity."

Robinson—"Oh, that's a closed chapter now."

Visitor (to host's little girl) : "How do you know it is the first of the month?"

Child: "Cause all daddy's letters have got front windows in them."

Roy: not be Joy: one of

"Darling, my love for you candenied."

"I'll say it can't! I keep every your letters!"

H e : "Let's sit this one o u t ; no one will be the wiser."

S h e : "Oh, y e s ; you will."

Falling Leaves Latest fashion n o t e : Flash They're wearing the same things in brassiers this season.

S a l l y : "Does your boss pace up and down the floor when he's giving dictation?"

D o r a : "Gosh, n o ! I'd fall off his lap!"

Professor—Define "abnegation."

Freshman g i r l : "Abnegation?" "Every tiling that I really like to do is either illegal, immoral or fattening."

Bookkeeper: "If I take this castor oil, do you think I'll be well enough to get up in the m o r n i n g ? " D r u g g i s t : "Yes,—long before morning."

Conductor: "That kid's over six years old. You'll have to pay the fare."

M o t h e r : " W h y conductor, I've been married only five years."

Conductor: "All right madam—I wont tell, I just want the kid's fare."

Removing his shoes he climbed the stairs, opened the door of the room, entered, and closed it after him without being detected.

Just as he was about to get into bed his wife half aroused from slumber

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turned and sleepily said, " F i d o ! Is that you F i d o ? " For once in his life he had real presence of mind. H e licked her hand.

Assorted Nuts The father of eleven waited in the hospital for the twelfth to be born, and being unable to restrain his anxiety rushed pell mell into the delivery room where he was stopped by a nurse, severe and important in spotless white, exuding that familiar ether odor. "You can't come in here" she said.

"You're not sterilized!"

To which the father replied: "You're telling m e ? " A reporter asked a colored soldier whose term of enlistment was almost over just what he was going to do first when he was discharged.

"I'm goin' to bust the second lieutenant right on the nose" he replied without hesitation.

"Oh, no you ain't," said a nearby comrade. "Youse going' to wait in line and take your turn."

A young freshman was telling his father of his love for a college widow whose charms were proverbial.

"Father," he said, "I love her. She's an angel. I adore her, and I wont let you breathe a word against her."

Certainly not," his father said mildly, "certainly not. W h y I adored her myself^-when I was your age."

When the lady heard of this she explained to the boy's father that she was riot trying to mislead his son.

"Why," she said, our love is only platonic. "Yes," said the father slyly, 'play' for h i m ; but 'tonic' to you."

An old colored mammy who had just ibeen divorced by her husband came down the court house steps shaking her head and talking to herself.

"Dar ain't no jestice in dis world," she said. "Dat good for nothing- old husband of mine, he got his divorce, he got de house, got de money, got my three chillun, and dar ain't none of 'em his'n."

When prohibition was in effect, a colored preacher approached a prohi-

bition officer to get permission to buysome sacramental wine.

"O. K." said the officer. "What kind do you want, white or r e d ? " "Well, suh" said the preacher, my congregation took a vote and they decided on gin."

A gentleman with dramatic aspirations was given a part in an amateur production which required him to speak four words, "The queen has swooned."

When his big moment came he opened his mouth and out came, "The swoon has queened."

H e tried again, "The sween has quooned."

"Come off you fool," the director yelled from the wings. "You'll ruin the show.

But the aspiring actor was not to be denied. H e tried a last t i m e : "The quoon has sweened."

'Twas a fine bright moonlit evening in late September as they sped through the pretty countryside in his smart new Clipper coupe. T h e scent of ripening fruit wafted by as the following cryptic conversation took place.

Some night!

Yes, it is.

Some m o o n ! ' Yes, it is.

Some c a r !

Yes, it is.

Arriving at a deserted grove, he parked his car, got out and runnning his fingers thru the grass at his feet said, "Some dew! She replied, "yes, but I don't."

The leaves are gone the trees are bare Their limbs are stripped and naked in the breeze No wonder that the corn is shocked.

On to Louisville—blue grass, fine whiskey, fast horses and fair women!

O. Wilson Winters.

Frat Fun a Favorite Follow Brother Winters and F r a t F u n to the Louisville Convention.

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Belgian's Friendship Building at Union Honors Late Brother Vann Brother Emmett J. Scott, announced recently that the Tower of the Belgian Friendship Building currently being erected on the Campus of Virginia Union University will be reerected with the building to honor the memory of the late Brother Robert L. Vann.

Brother Scott, who heads the Sponsoring Committee has set the commitgoal at $25,000 to cover the cost of leveling the tower, transporting it to Richmond, and re-erecting the lower as a part of the completed project. Many distinguished persons are connected with the movement. Honorary Chairman of the Committee, include: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Count Van Der Straten-Porthoz, and Governor James H . Price of Virginia.

Many well known Alpha men arc actively engaged on the committee of thirty-three. Some of the Brothers aiding Brother Scott a r e : C. H. Tobias, Eugene K. Jones, Herbert T. Miller, Charles S. Johnson, P . B. Young, and others.

The campaign makes a worthy appeal to Negro America because of the ideals of International Friendship, Interracial Good-Will and Negro education back of the movement and especially because it will memorialize the exemplatory life of an outstanding Negro leader, American citizen, and Alpha manâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Robert L. Vann. In describing Brother Vann as a servant of the People," a publication by the committee pays him the following tribute : "How should the service of Robert L. Vann to race and nation be weighed?

And measured? In terms of puny labels?

Orator?

Business man?

Publisher?

Lawyer? Editor? Politician? Statesman?

Such labels are scarcely enough. Would greatness court a man who was only an orator? Or only a business man? Or only a publisher? Or only a lawyer?

Or only an editor? Or only a politician?

Or only a statesman? You know many such who are not great. They have not been great because they have not served, given of themselves and their talents to their fellow-man. The time-enduring symbol for Robert L. Vann is more than a label, it is a carefully chiseled sculpture of service.

"What was behind these labels in the record of service of the full and complete and true nian, Vann ? It is

L A T E B R O T H E R R. L. V A N N of record that he was born of poor parents in the backwoods of North Carolina, that his youthful outlook was conditioned somewhat as a houseboy for his mother's employers and by the rigorous work required of him on his stepfather's farm. Education, the kind that is in books, played truant with him until he had reached his teens and even tlhen he was required to walk many miles to and fro each day for book to meet his hand.

"He attended the school of that remarkable teacher and preacher, the late Calvin S. Brown. H e listened to the leaders of his race. He asked questions. He pursued his course to Union University where he gave himself to the influence of Professor Joshua B. Simpson, a great maker of men.

"As a boy, he heard the prophetic George White, colored congressman from North Carolina, the last one, speak. After the speech, Vann pressed his way through the crowd to question the great man. " W h a t shall I do?" asked Vann.

"What shall I do with my life?"

"There are no people who pay more for service than Negroes," replied the congressman. "Serve your race."

That was SO years before death took Vann. But he never forgot it.

Fifteen years later, Vann was to enter the University of Pittsburgh.

October, 1941 The registrar regarded his complexion and features.

"You could pass for an Indian," the registrar told him, his tone and manner implying it might be better for him to be an Indian rather than a Negro student.

Vann remembered the words of Congressman W h i t e : "No people pay more for service than Negroes."

H e studied law as a Negro student and finished at the head of his class.

He was thirty years old in December, 1909, when he opened his law office.

H e had used up thirty years of his life removing obstacles so that he could get to the place where he might serve.

"A Negro newspaper, he saw, was a product and a force by, of and for Negroes. It need not truckle to the tradewinds of expediency if it served its people well. The Pittsburgh Courier had been built into a powerful and financially independent agency. T h a t being so, here was the opportunity to serve. At various times in his life.

Mr. Vann had held conspicuous public office, but when his newspaper became independent, he removed himself from office. If he were going to serve his people politically, his race and not the other fellow must pay him. If he were to serve his nation, he must detach himself from all those who might attempt to stand between him and the truth as he saw it.

"If you get this picture, you see the real man. "No people pay more for service than Negroes," Congressman White had told him. "I have a newspaper of great power," he told himself. "If I serve my people well, they will pay me well. I will devote this newspaper to their service." But more.

He knew also that he had developed the power to function politically. On the wall of his home there hung the photograph of a Presidnet of the United States who called him friend.

Senators.

Congressmen, Governors.

Mayors sought his advice. T o none was he obligated. H e could speak clearly, decisively, without any qualm of conscience. His people were paying him for service. Thus he elected to play the role of service in political activity. This made him independent.

This made his position valuable whether he spoke for his race or his nation."

Brothers and chapters interested in contributing to this program should write the Robert L. Vann. Memorial Tower F u n d : Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia or Brother Emmett J. Scott. 1711 S. Street, N . W., Washington, D. C.

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By James B. Browning History Editor

The Negro in the Organization of Abolition Wesley Brother Dr. Charles H. Wesley's "The Negro in the Organization of Abolition" appeared in the Phylon, Social Science periodical, published in April 1941, at Atlanta University.

The paper which was read at the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association shows painstaking research on the author s part. Brother Wesley points out that "Free Negroes were associated with the organizers of immediate abolition ; and that "The Comprehensive and definite treatment of the history of abolition requires attention to its origins and support by Negroes."

Of general concern to Alpha Phi Alpha aside from the great literary value of this scholarly article is the fact that the paper was read at American Historical Association's annual meeting, which was addressed in the New York meeting last Christmas by Brothers Wesley, Logan, and others.

It marked the first time Negroes had ever addressed a meeting of the Association. The article appeared in the first issue of the Phylon, a new Social Science quarterly to be published at Atlanta University.

GUIDANCE PUBLICATIONS The Guidance Guild recently released its initial publication "Directory of Negro College Graduates Seeking Employment" from its offices in Omaha, Nebraska. The Collegiate Personnel Center, which is sponsored by this group, received special mention in the last issue of the Sphinx.

The Plan-O-Scope published by Brother Andrew E . McDonald of New Orleans, is designed to enable one to

find a useful vocational career, occupation or business pursuit. Rrother McDonald is currently running a syndicated article on Vocational-Guidance in the Negro press.

Brother W«n. H. Gray is preparing a publication on Guidance and Personnel Practices in Negro Colleges. His research was undertaken on a fellowship grant by the Fraternity. o T H E CRISIS O F D E M O C R A C Y I N THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Logan "The Crisis of Democracy in the Western Hemisphere" by Brother Kayford W. Logan, Professor of History at Howard University and General President of Alpha Phi Alpha appeared in the Tenth Anniversary Yearbook number of the Journal of Negro E d u cation.

Brother Logan sees the real crisis of Democracy lying in the fact that we have failed to recognize the reality that we have no real democracy, but merely a half-democratic Western Hemisphere and he concludes that "unless the American people believe sincerely that they are fighting for real democracy instead of merely against authoritarian principles, the half-democratic nations of the Western world may be doomed to a defeat which they would well deserve."

Brother Charles S. Johnson noted Fisk scholar contributed an article dealing with "The Negro and the P r e s ent Crisis" to the yearbook number of the Journal. Brother Charles H. Thompson. Editor of the Journal of Negro Education wrote a pointed preface to the yearbook edition on the subject Racial Minorities and The

Present International Crisis. Other outstanding scholars writing in this issue of the journal included Frank H.Knight.

Charles E. Merriam, Brother W. E. B. DuBois, William Y. Elliott, Robert Hutchins, Buell G. Gallogher and Horace Mann Bond. o

THERE GOES AN ALPHA MAN

By Brother Peter W. Clark Beta Tau Chapter I man of high impulse, mien and grace— man of humble faith, his r a c e !

II There goes a man of conscience vast With will to reach his goal— There goes a man of lordly rank Of hero's stock and soul!

Ill There goes a man of noble cast— Whom hardship cannot break— There goes a man in merit clad, Whom duty won't forsake 1 IV There goes a man in culture versed W h o holds a sportsman's creed— There goes a man too vigilant T o bow to lust or greed 1 V There goes a man whose life is spent In service and not scorn— There goes a man whose majesty Shines like a Maytime m o r n !

VI There goes a man who is a friend To beauty, love and truth— There goes a man to help uplift The lives of wholesome youth!

VII There goes a man with industry

There goes a Of princely There goes a A credit to

And faith at his command— There goes the best man in or out For he's an Alpha M a n !

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Kansas City Alphas Help Plan Louisville Confab Seven members of the Beta Lambda chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity spent a week-end in Louisville as guests of Alpha Lambda chapter which with the other four chapters in Kentucky will be hosts to the general convention of the fraternity next December.

T h e Kansas City men were invited to meet with the Kentuckians to relate their experiences in planning for the conventions held in Kansas City last Christmas. The convention here was considered such a success and so well planned that the 1941 hosts sought advice and suggestions from Beta Lambda men.

The Kansas City men who made the trip were Brothers J . R . Lillard, president of Beta L a m b d a ; Paul L .

Mobiley, vice-president; Dowdal H .

Davis, Jr., recording secretary; Dan Lewis, Charles M. Toms, Lloyd Hughes and A. O. Thurman.

The meeting, held at the Beecher Housing Project, was attended by representatives from the five Kentucky chapters and from chapters in Cleveland, Cincinnati and A t l a n t a .

T h e Kansas City group visited the offices of the Louisville Defender, witnessed races at the famous Churchill Downs and were guests at an informal gathering and dance given Saturday evening by the women's auxiliary of Alpha Lambda chapter. Later, they were entertained at the home of F r a n k L . Stanley, chairman of the convention planning committee.

The Louisville chapter has secured the use of the Little Theatre on the campus of Louisville University for the convention session.

Kansas City Call, May 23, 1941

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Saturday morning, May 17, with Lloyd W . King, state superintendent of schools, on the organization of teachers' salaries.

Facts about the inequalities which exist between white and Negro schools in rural Missouri were presented to the superintendent who seemed greatly impressed by the meeting and said that he would make a written statement concerning it soon.

The conference, sponsored by the Missouri State Association of Negro Teachers, was attended by representatives of 17 educational organizations throughout the state. Brothers John A . Clair, B u r t A . Maybcrry, and John L . Howell were members of the committee waiting on the superintendent.

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Alumni Co-workers, Students Pay Tribute To J. A. Hodge It isn't every man who enjoys the privilege that marked the P . - T . A . sp.msored celebration of John A. Hodge's twenty-fifth anniversary as principal of Sumner high school T u e s day night in the high school auditorium—that of having said to his face all the good and seldom-expressed tributes that are usually remembered to be paid only after a man is dead and can't hear and weigh them.

A large crowd was present to pay' its compliments to the man, who was characterized in the remarks of F . L. Schlagle, superintendent of Kansas City, Kansas, public schools, as "a dean of the high schools of this c i t y . " M r s . T . H . Reynolds, mistress of ceremonies, introduced speakers who gave brief testimonials of Brother Hodge a s : "A Religious Man," "A Friend," "A Civic Leader," "A P r i n cipal" and "An E d u c a t o r . " —Kansas City Call. .

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Lloyd Hughes Wins $1,500 Scholarship Brother Lloyd Hughes, head of the high school division of Western U n i versity, Quindaro, has been awarded $1,500 from the committee on fellowships of the Rosenwald Fund to spend a year's study in the field of history at the University of California, Berkeley.

M r . Hughes received word of the award April 14. H e said his research subject in history is "The Negro in New S p a i n . " H e will begin study in September.

October, 1941 Brother Hughes is teaching at Western U . for the third year. H e holds the A . B . and M . A . degrees from the University of California where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. During 1937-38 he studied on the doctor of philosophy degree at the University of K a n s a s .

The young man's home is in San Francisco. H e is the son of Rev. and M r s . Fred A . Hughes of St. James A. M . E . Church in S t . Louis. His wife is M r s . Jesuita Hughes, senior honor student at Lincoln University, Jefferson City.

—From Kansas City Call, April 25, 1941 o

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Dr. B. Smith Brings Honors To Ambler Once again honors come to Ambler.

This time it is D r . S. B . Smith, D .

D . S'., with offices at the corner of Main and Butler, who put Ambler on top. Well known for his skill in the dental profession, the Doctor was singled out as the man desired to lecture before the Palmetto Medical Association of Columbia, South Carolina, on April 22-25.

It is a great honor to be invited to speak before this, one of the oldest medical associations in that section of the country.

Accepting the invitation D r . Smith left for the South this week and will speak on the most important subject, "Precision in Denture Construction."

Fifty or more models will be used to illustrate the steps in technic and the many varied designs possible to solve the problem at h a n d .

The News heartily congratulates D r . Smith on his elevation to lofty heights in the profession and the town folks should be proud of its distinguished doctor.

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Brother Taylor C. D. Hayes Elected To Head Funeral Directors For Second Term Brother Taylor C. D . Hayes of Memphis was re-elected president of the Progressive Negro Funeral D i rectors Association at the annual meeting held in Galveston, Texas, in August.

Brother Hayes has launched a progressive "Four-point" program which

October, 1941 he states as follows: 1. Change the name of the National Association to THE NATIONAL NEGRO FUNERAL DIRECTORS OF AMERICA. 2. All members must belong, to their State organization before becoming a member of the National Association.

3 . Each State be given two electoral votes at the National Convention.

4. Create an office of public research that will function the year around on such problems a s : Embalming, Funeral Management, Merchandising, Salesmanship Insurance, Rolling Stock, Staff Personnel and Public Relations. o

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Brother 0. Wilson Winters Gets Serious â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Makes History Brother O. Wilson Winters, staunch member of Rho cbapter, perennial F r a t Fun Editor of the Sphinx, and between times, an outstanding dentist in suburban Philadelphia, made a note worthy contribution as Clinician at the Seventy-eighth Annual Session of the Alumni Society of the Temple University School of Dentistry.

Dr. Winters, who graduated from Temple's School of Dentistry in 1919 is the first colored alumnus to ever give a table clinic for these annual sessions. H e performed on silver alloy inlays. o

Brother Milton Wright Summer Commencement Speaker at A. & M. The Commencement address to the Summer School graduating class at the Alabama A. and M . College, Normal, Alabama, was delivered recently

by Brother D r . Milton S. J . Wright, Professor of Economics and Political Science, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.

D r . W r i g h t spoke from the subject, "The Negro In America's New O r d e r . " The president, Brother, J . F . Drake, conferred degrees and gave certificates to forty-two g r a d u a t e s . o

Brother Anderson Addresses CCC Camp Visitors Brother I . T . Anderson, Educational advisor CCC Company N o . 1817 of Wetumka, Okla., addressed nearly two hundred mothers, fathers and friends visiting the eighth CCC Camp

A. D. V. Crosby, left, president of Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter, Columbus. Ohio; F r a n k O. Shearer, who served as Master of Ceremonies of the Columbus Community F o r u m ; and Barbee William Durham, general chairman of the Forum.

The project was initiated four years ago by brothers of Ohio's capitol city, and has gained significance of wide proportion. One forum drew more than six hundred persons when the subject, "The Housing Situation in Columbus," was discussed.

Anniversary celebration recently.

Brother Anderson also conducted the tours through the c a m p .

News of the celebration was reported in the Wetumka Times Democrat. o

Attends Patients At Mayo's Clinic Brother D r . D . A. French, president of Beta Epsilon Lambda Chapter recently visited the Mayo Brothers H o s pital in Rochester, Minnesota, where he attended one of his patients. o

Brother Myles A. Paige Delta Lambda Banquet Speaker The Housing Committee of Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Al-

pha Fraternity entertained more than a hundred brothers, their wives and sweethearts at one of the most elaborate and exclusive banquets listed on the year's social calendar of the Monumental city, April 22.

The affair, given in Odd Fellows' Hall, which had been gayly decorated with national colors, was in place of the annual formal dance given by the chapter, and served this year, to introduce the drive to secure an Alpha Home in this city.

Brother Myles A . Paige, judge in the Court of Special Sessions of New York City, was guest speaker. T h e banquet was also attended by numerous national officers, including Brother Rayford Logan of H o w a r d University, general president; Brother Joseph H . B . Evans, general secret a r y ; and Brother Belford Lawson,

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Other brothers from out of the city attending including: Brother Vertner Tandy of New York City, founder and designer of the Alpha pin; O. Wilson Winters and Walter Jerricks of Philadelphia, P a . , and Wilmington, Del., the first life members of the fraternity.

Brother R o y S. Bond, Baltimore lawyer, served as toastmaster, having been presented by Brother Thomas Hawkins, chairman of the committee which arranged the affair.

Brother Paige was introduced by Brother W a l ter T . Dixon, and the response was made by Brother Rufus E . Hackctt, president of the chapter.

Brother David Whitfield, who has been promoted to a managerial post in the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, which still takes him to Pittsburgh, P a . , was presented a plaque in token of his services to the chapter. M r . Whitfield, who has served as secretary of the chapter, has also been editor of the chapter's publication.

The committee which was in charge of the banquet included Thomas H a w kins, Walter T. Dixon, Elson lligginbothain, Rufus Hackctt, David W h i t field, Robert I,. Young, D r . Fred Adams, D r . Berkley Butler, Dr. Douglass Sheppers and Howard Murphy.

Before the close of the banquet,

Brother Murphy told the group

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plans for a home, and had cards filled, pledging subscriptions toward the project.

Alpha Men of Tulsa Make News The work of the Youth Council in a gigantic clean-up campaign for Tulsa has been widely applauded by citizens of the Oklahoma metropolis.

Brother Julius Moran has been the backbone of the Tulsa Youth Council ; and the clean-up, paint-up campaign came as a tribute to his leadership.

Brother Cole was sponsor of the Carver Junior High School's Penny Carnival which proved quite successful.

Alpha Tau Lambda Chapter held its annual Citizenship program with Brother H . S . Hughes as director. The program laid emphasis on the Negro in National Defense and Vocational Guidance as phases of the general citizenship program.

All of these items merited publication in the Oklahoma E a g l e .

Representative to N. E. A. Brother M . C. Spears was chosen to serve as representative of the Summer-Northwest Teachers Council to the meeting of the National Educa-

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struction is under the general direction of Miss Virginia Gregory, State W P A supervisor of adult education.

Because they can't read names on the buildings and sign posts, many of the Negro men at Fort Belvoir get lost on the reservation, and because they are unable to lit into engineering work until they at least know how to read and write they get the annual labor assignments.

—From Richmond (Va.) News Leader.

Brothers Patterson, Bell And Harrison Active At Business League

Negro organizations of national import count among their leaders scores of Alpha men.

Two such leaders were caught in the above pose at the National Negro Business League Convention in Memphis this past August.

Left to right:—Dr. F. 1). Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute, and chairman of the powerful Steering Committee of the L e a g u e ; and A. Maceo Smith, Southwest Regional Director, USHA, with headquarters in Dallas, Texas, and one of the regional vice-presidents of the League.

Brother Patterson, member of Alpha Nu Lambda Chapter, was responsible for one of the army planes of the 99th Pursuit Squadron flying to the Bluff City as a good will gesture toward the business organization. Brother Smith was panel discussion leader on the topic, "Are Our School Giving Sufficient Emphasis on Vocational EduE 2 i ^ j [ 0 L - ? L ! l i ! o a a l Defense ?" tion Association held August.

in

Boston

in

—Kansas City Call.

Brother Evans Delivers Commencement Address Brother Joseph H . B . Evans, general secretary and consultant on Negro Affairs, N . Y. A . , under the Federal Security Agency, made the annual commencement address to the graduating class of the Kansas Vocational school at Topeka on May 25.

Brother S. P. Madden Teaching; Fort Belvoir's Soldiers Three R's Brother Samuel P. Madden, field supervisor of Negro adult education for Virginia W P A , said today that some 800 Negroes and 500 white men at the fort would be taught to count, read and write under a program inaugurated for the 'benefit of the illiterates in the service t h e r e . The in-

Brothers Patterson, Bell and Har rison played important roles in the recent annual meeting of the National Negro Business League held in Memphis.

Brother Patterson, as president of Tuskegee, carries on this work inspired by Booker T . Washington as chairman of the steering committee.

Brother Bell of Alcorn served as chairman of an important panel discussion and summarized the general convention proceedings for the body.

Brother Harrison, president of Langston, headed the active Oklahoma delegation which barely lost the attendance trophy this year.

The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity made a contribution to the Business League meeting in the form of a publication exalting Bigger and Better Business by Lynwood W . Brown, director of their national project.

BROTHER TYUS JOINS NAACP NATIONAL STAFF New Member of the national staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is Brother Randall Tyus, who was appointed to be an assistant field secretary at the September meeting of the Association's board of directors.

The Association stated that Brother Tyus came highly recommended, being a graduate of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, with majors in economics and business administration.

F o r eight years he served as national sales representative for the Rumford Chemical works, operating in fourteen states.

He also worked two years as field secretary to Fisk University, raising money for the school, doing student solicitation and organization of Fisk Clubs. Brother Tyus is 37 years of age and is acquainted with key people in nearly every large city in the country.

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this second and last effort of the State of Texas to prevent Negroes from voting in the Democratic primary.

A more recent, far-reaching case is that of Lane vs. Wilson, decided in May, 1939. This was argued by a Negro lawyer, Charles Chandler, Esquire of Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Mr. Justice Frankfurter in his opinion, said, "This is another attempt on the part of the State of Oklahoma to disfranchise the Negro voter," and by his decision declared the Oklahoma statute unconstitutional, strongly criticising the "sophisticated as well as the very simple modes of discrimination against the Negro."

Cases may be cited at great length dealing with equal justice before the law, the right of a defendant in a criminal case to have a fair and impartial trial, free from abuse, threats, and a trial in every respect that is fair and not merely a form. One of the leading cases on this subject is the Elaine, Arkansas case, Moore vs.

Dempsey, decided in 1923. This was a case in which a number of farmers met in a Negro church in Elaine to determine the best method of obtaining a better price for their product. The church was suddenly raided and fired into, as the result of which some whites were killed. Seventy-nine N e groes were arrested and tried for murder, and were given merely the barest form of a t r i a l while on the outside mob violence was threatened, and on the inside troopers stood with drawn guns. As a result, twelve Negroes were sentenced to death and sixty-seven to long terms in prison, from twenty years to life. The late great Mr. Justice Holmes allowed a writ of habeas corpus to the Supreme Court, reversing these convictions on the ground that this was a mere form of a trial, and that the constitutional guaranties of clue process of law had been violated. A similar decision was reached in Brown vs. Mississippi in February, 1936, when the Supreme Court, speaking through its Chief Justice, Mr. Hughes, reversed the Supreme Court, of Mississippi, which sustained the death sentence for three Negroes who were unmercifully beaten into making confessions as a result of which they were sentenced to death.

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Birmingham News-Age-Herald Acclaims Brother Nyabongo The Birmingham News-Age Herald accorded Brother Xyabongo an unusual honor Sunday, i l a v 18, and Sunday June 1, 1941, by devoting four full pages of their magazine section to a series of two feature articles concerning Prince Nyabongo's Life in the African Kingdom of Toro.

James Saxon Childers, author of the articles, indicates a great admiration for Brothcr Nyabongo's background and training and the general program of the State Teachers College at Montgomery, where he is now serving his second year as visiting, professor.

The articles give an interesting and detailed account of Brother Nyabongo's early boyhood in Africa, the activities of his people, his education and quotes at length from several of t li e African Scholar's books.

The picture accompanying the article w a s provided by the Sphinx and is reproduced lure with the accompanying lines for the benefit of Brothers everywhere who join in acclaiming Brother Xyabongo for being first in breaking another barrier between the better side of Negro life and the white press.

A F R I C A N P R I N C E â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I n this photograph, made in Africa, Prince Nyabongo, of the Kingdom of Toro, Uganda, East Africa, is wearing the robes of state, the robes he as an African prince, wears on formal occasions in his native kingdom.

"There are numerous ceremonies at which the court must array itself in formal a t t i r e " Prince Nyabongo said when interviewed recently in Montgomery, where he is now lecturing at State Teachers' College. "The robes shown in the photograph above were worn by me at the time my brother, the king, received an official of the English government."

Most of us are familiar with the decisions in the last half dozen years surrounding the question of the right of Negroes to serve on both the grand jury and the petit jury in their respective states. T h e leading case on this subject is Holland vs. Oklahoma, decided in 193S, in which case Holland

was sentenced to death on a charge of rape. Two Negro attorneys, Charles H . Houston and Leon A. Ransom of the District of Columbia argued this case before the Supreme Court on behalf of the National Association, for the Advancement of Colored People and won a reversal, when it was shown (Turn to Page 23)

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THE

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October, 1941

VOICE OF THE SPHINX Assumes

New

Post

DR. E. B E R T R A M E V A N S

By J. O. Hopson Alpha Eta Lambda Chapter is proud of the achievements of Brother Dr. Edward Bertram Evans and his recent appointment as Director of Extension work at Prairie View State Oojlege but recalls the increasing honors that have been heaped upon him since joining the official family of the Texas school.

Brother Evans is a native of Kansas City, Missouri and completed his early education in the public schools there. H e is a graduate of low a Slate College with degrees in animal h u s bandry and veterinary medicine.

Inducted into Alpha Phi Alpha in 1924 Brother Evans has been a staunch worker for the cause ever since. H e is a charter member of Alpha E t a Lambda Chapter and has served as its Treasurer for the past twelve years.

Since coming to Prairie View Brother Evans has served as acting Director of Agriculture, acting Director of the Division of Arts and Science, acting. Registrar, acting Principal, Director of Athletics, Coordinator of Instruction, Chairman of Summer School Committee. As Director of the Veterinary Hospital he has worked with the people from rural centers for 23 years. With his new position as State Leader of the Extension Service he will have still greater opportunity of serving the masses of people.

Brother Evans has a charming wife and daughter and a son who is a l ready making a name for himself in Collegiate tennis circles.

A type of brother of whom all Alpha should be proudâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;such is Brother Evans.

BETA CHAPTER HOWARD UNIVERSITY With Beta's doctorate candidate Arthur Carter in the chair, Howard's Chapter of Alpha opened the current school year in a spirituous meeting at the Frat House on September 18th.

The Brothers, just returning from their varied summer vacations, came out in large numbers, bringing several visiting Brothers enrolled in the graduate schools.

Plans were discussed Und formulated for the year, with the emphasis on joining the campus-wide crusade for more Howard spirit. So pronounced was the brotherly spirit that the n u n declined to break-up after adjournment, preferring to make rounds of the dormitories to fill the cool night with the vocalizations of Alphadom.

Earlier in the week Brother Andrew "Andy" Howard, Beta's first Student Council in many years, assumed his duties with such a show of competence and enthusiasm that has the entire campus filled with "J toward" spirit.

He and his roomie, Brother Tommy Allen, have inaugurated the overall pants fad here. In addition to his time consuming duties as Council Prexy, "Andy" also serves as the Chairman of our Rushing Committee, whose function is to supervise pledge club activities.

The Student Council also claims Brother Lorenzo H a r r i s and Pledge Brother Sirgil Caves in its membership.

Preparation for the Annual Installation Banquet is under way and we would like to have as many of you as possible come over this way for it.

Just drop me a few lines of reservation. November 17th is the date. Beta is "spreading its wings" this year and wants to keep in touch with all of you.

The banquet will witness the installation of the new Beta officers for the ensuing fiscal year. Elections will be held in October.

The

Dynamo

of

Alpha

Manhood.

Brother Billy Jones from Beta Omicron was present a t our meeting of September 18.

W e had heard consid-

erable of his fine work at

Tennessee

State College and were glad to wel-

come him into our folds. H e is a student in the law school.

Brothers Bruce Thalley and Robert Smith went with the draft during the summer. W e miss them. Brother Allen Anderson went to Camp Devins this summer where he is in officer training.

Brother Bill Patrick.

ALPHA OMICRON LAMBDA PITTSBURGH, PA. On July 18th, Alpha Omicrpn Lambdo Chapter with its many friends enjoyed a most pleasant day at North Park, one of Allegheny County's most picturesque Parks, at its Annual Picnic. Although a severe rain storm descended upon us in the evening, yet we did not let the storm dampen our enthusiasm, and as the saying goes "a good time was had by all."

The chapter meetings were suspended for the summer but on Thursday.

September 11, the Chapter met at the home of Attorney Theron B. H a m i l ton, who, together with our president, W. Wendell Stanton, acted as hosts to the chapter. A very interesting meeting was held after which Brother R. Maurice Moss, Executive Secretary of the Pittsburgh Urban League and a member of our chapter, entertained by showing moving pictures of various vocational opportunities as offered by the various industries in and about the City of Pittsburgh.

It was indeed surprising to know the various types of work in which Negroes are engaged audi it should be a source of encouragement to the youth of our City to see these pictures. Our membership is increasing and we hope to initiate several new members during the month erf November.

Fraternally yours, JOSEPH Associate â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

W. G I V E N S , Sphinx Editor. o

Get Your N e w s T o Sphinx at Once Chapter Letters reaching. Sphinx office too late for this edition will appear in the November Edition. Send your news in at once for Pre-Convention Number. This edition will go to press not later than November 15th.

390y2 Beale Avenue Memphis, Tenn.

THE

October, 1941

Beta Kappa Lambda

Front row, left to right:—Dr. E. B. Burroughs, graduate of Clafton College, and Boston University, Medical College, M. D. Brother Burroughs was made into the fraternity by Sigma in 1916. His speciality is Pediatrics. His favorite sport is football— his hobby is horticulture. H e is married and has three daughters.

Rev. Matthew W . Davis. H e is a graduate of Lincoln University, Pa., and the Philadelphia Divinity School, A. B., Th. B. H e was made by Nu chapter in 1928. His specialty is history of religion. His favorite sport is football and he considers working among young people his greatest hobby. Brother Davis is married and has two sons. H e is rector of St. Mark's P. E . Church.

Dr. F . G. Haynes, S. C. A. graduate of Fisk University and Meharry Medical College, D. D. S. Brother Haynes was made in Alpha Chi in 1929. His favorite sports are football and basketball. H e is chairman of the entertainment committee.

Dr. A. G. Purvis, graduate of W e s leyan University and University of Michigan, A. B., M. D. H e is a charter member of Epsilon chapter, 1909.

Brother Purvis considers baseball his favorite sport. His hobby is fishing.

He is president of the chapter and is married. H e is also medical examiner for the selective service.

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Chapter—Charleston,

Dr. W. Thorne, graduate of Yale University, Ph. B. and University of Michigan, M. D. Brother T h o m e was made in Epsilon in 1908. H e likes all outdoor sports but fishing and hunting are his favorites. H e is married and has two daughters and a son.

Brother Thorne is treasurer of the chapter.

C. Irving Young, teacher in the city school system of Charleston, is a graduate of Talladega, A. B., and plans to do graduate work at Columbia University. His field is science, and he regards debating as his hobby.

Brother Young was made by Alpha Beta Chapter, Talladega.

Second row, left to right:—William A. Clement, graduate of Talladega, A. B. Brother Clement was made by AJpha Beta. His field is life insurance, and his specialty is Agency Problems.

H e is manager of the Charleston's District Office of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. Tennis is his favorite sport. H e plans to further his studies in life insurance and business administration at Pennsylvania University. H e is a widower and has a daughter.

Dr. C. T. Holloway, graduate of Lincoln University, Pa., A. B., and Meharry Medical College, M. D., was made into Alphadom by Nu chapter in 1927. His hobby is reading. H e enjoys all the sports and is a member

S. C.

of several local organizations. He is not married.

Dr. W. W . Jones, Morris Brown College graduate, and holds the D. D. S. from Meharry Medical College.

Brother Jones was made into the fraternity by Chi chapter in 1922. His favorite sport is football, and reading is his hobby. H e is married.

Dr. L. T. Purvis, proprietor of one of the city's drug stores, is a graduate of Hampton Institute and Meharry -Medical College, Ph. C. He was made

by Chi in 1928. Football is his major sport interest. H e is active in several organizations of Charleston.

Brother Purvis is married and has a son.

James Frasier, graduate of Iowa State College, first saw the light in 1923 when he crossed the "burning sands" through Alpha Nu chapter, 1923.

His field is Automotive Science. I le enjoys all sports, particularly boxing.

Psychology is his hobby. He is m a r ried and has three sons and a daughter. Brother Frasier is vice-president of the chapter.

Dr. Thomas C. McFall, surgeon, is a graduate of Lincoln University, Pa., A. B . ; and Michigan University, M. D. H e was initiated into the fraternity by Nu chapter, 1927. His specialty is surgery and his favorite sport is tennis. Brother McFall is one of the examining physicians for the selec-

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He is married and has

Slllls.

F r a n k A. DeCosta, graduate of Lincoln University, Pa., A. I'... and Columbia University, Al. A., was made at Nil in 192X. Mis field is education and he has been principal of Avery Institute for the past five years. Brother DeCosta plans to study on his Doctorate at Pennsylvania University this fall, and while in Pennsylvania will teach at Lincoln. llis specialty is Mathematics. I lis favorite sport is tropical fish and plants. He is married and lias a daughter and a son. Brother DeCosta lias served as secretary of the chapter.

Arthur D. Greene, principal of the largest grammar school in the city, is a graduate of South Carolina State A. .X: Al. College, 1'.. S. lie was made into the fraternity by Beta Delta chapter in 1931. His field is Education.

Brother Greene leans to football as his favorite sport and his hobby is music, fie plans to continue bis studies for a higher degree, lie is married and has a daughter.

Brother Leroj Anderson, teacher in the Junior High school, was called to Port Bragg for military training before his picture was made. H e is not married. o

PSI CHAPTER PHILADELPHIA, PA. Brothers : It is the sincere wish of Psi that you've all enjoyed a well spent summer.

Some of us have had the good chance to squeeze in a few days' vacation despite national defense, and that insatiable lust for work.

Many of us have bad a gay vacation. (fibers have sought the solitude of mountains the lull of the lake. or the simplicity of the farm. Wherever you have been this summer .von verj frequently found your mind focused on role Upha is to play during the coming months on this national stage.

It is very apparent to me as well as other members of Psi Chapter that Alpha Phi Alpha, like every other N e gro organization, has a very definite task before it. After every war there is a let-up on stress placed on ideas of racial superiority and differences; consequently during the years following, great strides politically, economically, and socially are made by minority groups.

The Negro was in possession of a rather rich share of the fruit of the Versailles Treaty, but these fruits were in the form of opportunities which the Negro was not prepared to recognize.

The result was that the Negro's gain was a mere "drop in the bucket" when one visualizes the clear-cut and vast opportunities which came into being as a result of a relaxation of econom-

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ic and political restrictions based on rare and color. This gain was not greater because the race was totally unprepared to grasp the existing opportunities and make the best of them.

The result is that the race is lagging far behind in business; especially production and enterprise in general.

Then it is the duty of every Negro who can see the deep seated logic that lies in such preparedness, to exhaust bis every energy and to leave nothing undone towards making his race ready for the big tests that are certain to come after the war. To use it is more than a duty. It is a challenge, and this challenge echoes itself throughout the domain of Alpha Phi Alpha. We promise that, here, it shall be answered!

Brothers, let us make ready to answer this challenge as a unit, an organization, a brotherhood I Let preparedness he our battle cry. Let it burst forth from the lips of every Alpha man and resound within the walls of each chapter meeting.

Yes, now is the time to begin a systematic study of the problem, discuss it and to permit that discussion to crystalize into immediate action. Now is the time to embark upon a national campaign and let the world know that Alpha is preparing the Negro for victory, no matter how the decision goes that is handed down by the lords of war.

Brothers, how it thrills to speak this word—to hear this word that binds men together into a block of solidarity.

F o r this word is a Hag—a symbol of all the solidarity of mind, of body and of spirit that crystalizes into that to which I, proudly, refer as the "Alpha Purpose."

Yes, brothers, it is good to sec, again the wheel of Alpha, spinning after a long and pleasant summer intermission. And what is more we all know where it will stop. It will find its place of rest where hearts are stoutest, where minds are purest and spirits firmest—somewhere in that vast infinity of fellowship that is Alphadom.

EDWIN CAMPBELL, Associate Editor to the Sphinx. o

GAMMA CHAPTER VIRGINIA UNION Brothers in Alpha Phi A l p h a : Greetings : I deem it my duty to acquaint Alphadom with the activities of Gamma Chapter, the Chapter which is out to do great things this year and the num-

October, 1941 ber one undergraduate chapter of 194142.

The Chapter, although numerically smaller than the one of last year, is animated by the spirit that has made Alpha the guiding light on the campus at Virginia Union University through the years.

Gamma has the most helpful and constructive program on foot now that it lias had in the last five years. With the re-erection of the Belgian Building on our Campus, a channel of constructive work has fallen in our midst.

Gamma's contributions to this cause was larger than any other single organisation on the campus last year and we hope to do even greater things this year.

Though around ten members are lost to Gamma this year, we're gratified to know that those present are imbued with the true Alpha Spirit and plan to emulate that intended by the founders of this great Fraternity.

W e are also gratified to know that former Gamma Men returned to their Alma Alatcr in key positions.

Our hats are off to the President of this Institution Brother Doctor J. M. E l lison,—the Dean of the College, Brother Thomas Henderson who was former Vice-President of the National Organization of Alpha and the most recent appointment of Brother Lawerence I'.. Robinson as Professor of Physics.

Of those who won't be back in a year or two—are Brothers James "Tito" Robinson and Henry A. Wise.

I know wherever they may be they aregood soldiers.

Gamma is ready for work with all of the officers returning with the exception of our Treasurer. We are now making plans for the State Convention which will convene in Richmond around the first of November.

Fraternally yours, C H A R L E S R I L E Y McCREARY Associate Sphinx Editor.

ALPHA

SIGMA CHAPTER WILEY COLLEGE

Alpha Sigma Chapter wishes to take this opportunity to extend its good wishes to all other chapters for a most successful fall season.

W e are indeed looking forward to making this season one of the best in Alpha Sigma history.

A good start has already been experienced in that eighteen brothers have returned.

Compliments are still being paid us for the Western Regional Convention

October, 1941 held here last M a y ; however, we are striving to achieve new and larger endeavors.

The officers of this chapter for the year 1941-42 are Oliver W. Sprott, President; Laverne Sweatt, vice-president, Keren Carter, secretary; Maxie Sprott, t r e a s u r e r ; Sim Seymour, parlimentarian; Fred J. Finch, sergeant at a r m s ; and Frederick D. Smith, editor to the Sphinx.

This fall season finds several of the brothers and little brothers participating on Wiley College's Football Team, and they are reported to be doing a fine job.

Our Sphinx Club for this year will probably be one of the best that we have had, for there will be quite a few new members initiated into the Club.

Alpha Sigma Chapter is planning this year to gain a closer relationship with Gamma Alpha Chapter at Texas College. We feel that, through such a relationship, the two cliapters should be able to put over a most efficient and extensive program for the year. In fact, we feel that there should be a closer bond between all the Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Until next time, we bid all of you good by, and may we state again our wishes to you for a most successful season.

Fraternally yours, F R E D E R I C K D. S M I T H , Associate Editor. o

GAMMA GAMMA LAMBDA GREENVILLE, SO. CAROLINA Gamma Gamma Lambda speaks for the first time as an official affiliate of Alpha Phi Alpha. Irrespective of the youth of our Chapter and the numerical status of our membership, we shall not hesitate to dignify our existence and render this arm of our fraternity the merit of distinction among the ranking file of all Alpha Phi Alpha affiliates.

T o this section of the state, this segment of our fraternity brings a most powerful and intrinsic heritage which for many, many years the upper Piedmont area has not been privileged to enjoy. Gamma Gamma Lambda coming into being Sunday, August 24, 1941, is destined to guide aright the steps of its members as well as its potential membership and symbolize the true spirit of brotherhood about us. In our strides to perpetuate the ideals and standards upon which our great fraternity was founded and by which it has survived, the bond of dear Alpha

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Page 21 and Chaplain; Jiles R. Edwards, Sergeant at A n n s .

We regret to learn that Brother E d wards has been recently called for Selective Service Duty, l i e was scheduled to report Thursday. September 18.

He has our cordial good wishes.

Now, that we have come to realize another milestone readied in the wake of our chapter and as we see about us, potent avenues of chapter expansion. Gamma Gamma Lambda's accomplishments will prevail as time marches on.

Fraternally yours, ROSCOE SINGLETON, Associate Editor. o

NU CHAPTER LINCOLN UNIV. (PA.) L A W E R E N C E B. R O B I N S O N Brother Lawerence 1!. Robinson, former member of Gamma Chapter at Virginia Union University has returned to his Alma Mater as an instructor. H e was an "Honor Student" his entire four years at Union and was active in extra-curricular activities. He was a member of the Kappa Gamma Chi Debating, and Literary Society of the Varsity Debating team for four years.

H e graduated from Virginia Union in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. H e graduated with the highest honorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;summa cum laude. In the fall of 1939 he entered 1 larvard University to do work towards his Master's degree in Chemistry. He was awarded the Master of Arts Degree in June 1941, specializing in Physical Chemistry. While attending H a r vard he was a member of The Association of H a r v a r d Chemists, and the Electrochemical Society, Incorporated.

Union welcomes him back as Instructor in the Division of N a t u r a l Sciences and Mathematics.

Phi Alpha will abide with us all through the endless ages.

From Beta Nu Lambda, Charlotte, North Carolina came Brother Clinton L. Blake, Regional Director, who conducted the ceremony. With him were two of his chapter associates, Brothers G. F . Woodson, J r . and Maynard L. Wilson. Throughout the ceremony and informal get-together which followed, the blissful air of Alpha Phi Alpha prevailed.

Officers elected for the fiscal year follows: Brothers R. W. Anderson, President; Dr. H . S. Smiley, Vice President; C. A. Williams, Jr., Secretary; Dr. L. W . Long, Financial Secretary; D. W. Greene, T r e a s u r e r ; Roscoe Singleton, Associate Editor to the Sphinx

Nu Chapter wishes to preface its report by wishing all the chapters the maximum of success in all of their endeavors this current year.

Nu Brothers, those who escaped the draft, no sooner landed on the campus than they began making preparations for the yearly activities. This year our annual dance is to be held in the Fall instead of the Spring. To keep in the Spirit of Harvest it has definitely been decided that the dance shall be a Barn Dance, a corn and calico affair, something that has never graced over verdant and railing campus.

The Fall initiation is pressing us bard. Steps are being made for the arrangement of a T r u e Alpha Induction. T h e Teo. M. Selden Medal will again be presented this year to the Freshman who last year made the highest scholastic record of the year.

Nu Chapter, as a rule, observes the Anniversary of the incorporation of Alpha Phi Alpha in November.

To alleviate the financial burdens on the Brothers and a conglomeration of its affairs, the banquet will be postponed until the Spring of 1942. The Annual Banquet will be as illustrious as it has been in past years with the return of the Brothers made at Nu. Consideration and attention has and is being given to the establishment and maintenance of a local and worthy project to be of some benefit to the community of which we are a part.

With the Blessings of God we of Nu Chapter hope to break the soil for a project that will perpetuate the noble principles of Alpha.

Fraternally yours, HAROLD

L. W O O D S .

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BROTHER WESLEY MEETS ALPHA BROTHERS AT SOUTHERN

Brother Dr. Charles II. Wesley, fraternity historian and past president, was guest at a good ole' Southern broiled chicken dinner "with all the trimmings" during his visit to Southern University, Scotlandville, La., this past summer as commencement speaker. Members of Beta Sigma and Beta Iota Lambda were hosts.

Left to right, first row:—Brothers William H . Gray, Jr., Sphinx staff member; Samuel Goodloe, R. M. Ampey, secretary

BETA ZETA CHAPTER SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE New officers pired terms are:

elected for the of the

unex-

following

Crawford,

Brother

James Dixon, Associate Editor of the Sphinx.

The chapter

Others seen in first, second, and third row of picture are Brothers Yerby, Harrington, J. K. Rowley, Emmitte Bashful, A. II. Davis, Brown, Junes, Langston, E, Scott, Gilbert Cruter, Turner, Charles Covington, I. J. Stevenson, C. Scott, I lailey, James, E. Jones, Ulis Shelton, Austin, Lawless, L. Clark, and Hurst.

Y. M. C. A. Lounge which was tastefully decorated in black and gold. The activities for the month of October will be the Sphinx Dance and one of

a series of panel discussions on Negro in National Defense."

Fraternally yours,

"th

JAMES DIXON.

Cor-

Brother Evans

Sergeant-at-arms,

Dr. F. G. Clark, presi-

offices

Brother Byrd Rosborough,

responding Secretary;

of Beta Iota Lambda, H a r r i s Wesley dent of Southern.

is very proud of

the

Beta Mu Chapter Kentucky State Greetings, Alphadom:— With the advent of the fall season, members of Beta Mu, one of the host chapters to the approaching Twenty-Ninth General Convention, mapped out their schedule for the next nine months. It is as follows:

fact that for the first time in several years the football team will have two brothers

representing

the

chapter,

namely, Brother Ernest Dixon, center,

I )< tober 31st—Fall Initiation Banquet.

December 7th—Founder's Day Program.

December 26-30—Joint Host to the National Convention April 29-May 4—Observance of Citizenship Week.

June 1st—Commencement "Get Together."

and Brother James Dixon, Co-captain and quarter-back.

One activity has already been held, the annual Sphinx Smoker.

This

af-

The annual Smoker for new students was held September 29th. There are also various other minor activities and projects on the chapter's calendar which will round out our program for the current school year.

Fraternally yours,

fair was a success, being held in the JOSEPH

11. T A Y L O R , Associate Editor.

THE WHAT ABOUT NATIONAL P R E P A R E D N E S S FOR THE NEGRO? ( F r o m Page 17) that Negroes had been systematically denied the right to serve on juries in the State of Oklahoma. A subsequent case, Hale vs. Kentucky, argued by the same Negro attorneys in 1938 won a per curiam decision reversing the State of Kentucky because of its systematic refusal to allow Negroes to serve on petit or grand juries.

M,,st of us are also familiar with the cases involving the segregation ordinances designed to prevent Negroes from moving into so-called white neighborhoods. A wave of segregation swept the United States during the vears 1920 to 1930.

Ordinances from cities such as Baltimore, Dallas, Richmond, St. Louis, Louisville, and other southern cities were tested in our Supreme Court. The leading case is Buchanan vs. Warley, decided in 1917. Mr. Justice Day, speaking for the Supreme Court reviewing the decision from the Kentucky Court of Appeals, said, "The attempt to prevent the sale and transfer of property to a Negro was not a legitimate use ot the police P-wer of the State and was a direct violation of the 14th Amendment to the Federal Constitution, l b e Court declared the ordinance unconstitutional. There were many other attempts to create new ordinances m new language, which were brought bethe Court, such as the .New Or{„y, and Richmond segregation casleans of 1930. Both of these were reea versed by the Supreme Court and declared to be direct violations of the , l u , p r ocess clause of the Federal Constitution.

A more recent case involves restrictive covenants on the part of property owners designed to prevent sale to Negroes, argued by a group of Negro lawyers, led by Earl B. Dickerson and C Francis Stradford, of Chicago, the case of Hansberry vs. Lee, decided in November of 1940, which was a case adversely decided by the Supreme Court of Illinois, was struck down by the Federal Supreme Court as another unwarranted encroachment upon the Constitutional guaranties of the N e gro's right to buy and enjoy property without restriction because of his color.

In addition to the foregoing there is a single case in another field, hithert o not attacked, in regard to the N e gro's effort to demand employment by

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peaceful picketing urging Negroes to boycott businesses owned by whites which refused to employ them but operated in districts where all the trade comes from Negroes was the case of New Negro Alliance vs.

Sanitary Grocery Company brought under the W a g n e r Labor Act and argued successfully by Belford V. Lawson of Washington, D. C. Finally there arose perhaps the most important series of cases to the Negro that have ever been heard by our Federal Supreme Court. The equal educational oportunity cases and the cases involving equal salaries to teachers in Negro Schools in the Southern States.

The first of these cases was Murray vs. University of Maryland, the famous Maryland Law School Case instituted

by Negro lawyers in Baltimore and signally won in the Maryland Supreme Court, which court ordered the University of Maryland to open its doors to Negro students. This case was handled by Messrs. W . A. C. Hughes, Tlmrgood Marshall and Chas. H. Houston for the N. A. A. C. P. Quickly following this victory were other cases—notably and particularly the famous Gaines vs. University of Missouri (Gaines vs. Canada et al)— decided by the Supreme Court in December, 1938 and argued by two distinguished Negro lawyers, Charles H. Houston of the District of Columbia and Sidney R. Redmond, of St. Louis, Missouri. In this case Mr. Chief J u s tice Hughes stated that, "The question here is not the duty of the State to supply legal training or of a quality of the training which it does supply—but a question of its duty when it does provide such training to furnish it to the residents of the State upon the basis of an equality of right without discrimination or refusal to any class of its citizens because of color or race."

These words, this decision, the strongest declaration of policy on the question of the duty of the state to furnish educational opportunity to all races on an equal basis is the foundation stone for the Negroes' assurance of improved educational opportunities in the future.

As a direct consequence of this decision a dozen Southern States have taken immediate steps to prepare bills for grants for increased facilities for Negro education within their borders, or grants for training their Negro citizens in other states.

The cases in the field of equal pay

Page 23 for teachers in Negro Schools in Southern States have been uniformly successful in all cases from Maryland to Florida and particularly sweeping was the recent decision handed down by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the Virginia Case prepared and argued by two young Negro lawyers of Petersburg, Virginia, both Howard" University L a w Graduates.

These decisions, the benefits of which are beyond our immediate appreciation, can be traced to the determination of a very small class, an incredibly small group of courageous and hard fighting Negro professionals.

Let us call them a group of specialists, technicians or just a group of courageous, energetic, able and far-sighted Negro citizens.

Could anything be more satisfying to you assembled here today—if our race in a hundred other phases of human activities in our social, economic and political life could set itself to similar tasks by a national preparedness program for the Negro, beginning with the dawn of the New Year just a few minutes hence.

Just as the philosophy of our Supreme Court has within two years changed from the vigorous and uncompromising philosophy of the conservative and reactionary majority to the spirit of liberalism and tolerance for the cause of the underprivileged, we as a race of people must recognize that the concepts and theories of pioneer days have passed and that our entire scope of life is organized and interpreted on a different basis. The whole struggle in the Supreme Court between the conservatives on the one hand and the liberals on the other, really was the struggle to establish the fact so often recited by the great liberals that the frontier days of the United States had passed from those of territorial frontiers to those of economic frontiers.

The Negro American has had a great and vital part, perhaps the greatest part of all to cause America and the world to come to understand that law is not static and that the constitution is not fixed and rigid and most important of all that no man can bind the future with mere words. For the words of the hostile conservative majority that for so many decades ruled against the Negro would have forever sealed his doom in this country. Be it ever to the credit of the Negro that he is the weathervane in the course of the great American ship on the present dangerously dis(Turn to Page 24)

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By the same tokenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that the constitution is a beacon illuminating our nation's faith and its goal, let us as American Negro college men, men of a small and privileged class understand that though we may differ on which road we should take to progress and advancement of the race, we must never lose sight of the objective. Let us make short shift of those within outranks who prefer the policy of surrender to the interest of appeasement and reaction. Let us make haste to rid ourselves of the appeasers within our group. Let there develop among us an army of free thinkers who will approach the problems of the future with disarming candor, so necessary in an age when the whole world is gripped in a struggle for freedom. Let us bind ourselves to give the stoutest cooperation to the many excellent proposals that we have had offered to us at this convention in planning for the future of the Negro minority, particularly the passage of Federal Legislation to compel the great American L a bor Unions to lift the color bar to N e gro w o r k e r s ; the demand that all industries working on defense contracts employ Negro workers and technicians in substantial numbers without discrimination and this refers particularly to the shipping and aircraft industries, to establish aircraft training schools and bases for training army pilots in substantial numbers at several Negro colleges with large grants for such purposes; establish larger and greater support to Negro land grant colleges and to H o w a r d University; demand the opening of the doors of the Naval Academy to Negro t r a i n ees and the doors of both the Army and Navy to enlistments of Negroes in every arm of the service; continue the persistent and unabated demands for a Negro Judge in our Federal Supreme Court, Circuit and District Courts in the several districts of the United States where at present not one N e gro is among the 316 Federal Judges in these courts and finally the creation of a National Lobby Council for the N e g r o at the seat of our great government and let A P A sponsor such an undertaking with a substantial and

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BETA XI—LeMoyne College, Memphis, Tennessee; President, Oscar W. Speight, 598 Walker Avenue; Secretary, Benjamin Jones, 34 S. Parkway, E., C. Secretary, Daniel G. Carter, LeMoyne College.

BETA OMICRON—Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tenn.; President, Billy Jones; Secretary, Ira Evans, Tennessee State College.

BETA PI—Lane College, Jackson, Tenn.; President, Theodore Lightfoot; Secretary, Herman Stone, Lane College.

BETA RHO—Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C ; President, Claud Whitaker, Jr.; Secretary, Milford Taylor, Shaw University.

BETA SIGMA—Southern University, Scotlandville, La.; President, Edmond Harris, Secretary, Lenard Clarke, Southern University.

62. BETA TAU—Xavier University, New Orleans, La.; President, Flounry Coles; Secretary, Standford Wright, 3817 Pine Street.

63. BETA UPSILON—State Teachers College, Montgomery, Ala., President, Stanley J. Reese, Jr., Secretary, Kennieth A. Vernon.

64. BETA PHI—Dillard University, New Orleans, La.; President, Harold Lucien; Secretary, Joseph Mack, 1911 St. Bernard Avenue.

65. BETA CHI—Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas; President, Alton Russell; Secretary, Tullis E. Freeman, Philander Smith College.

66. BETA PSI CHAPTER—Oxford, Cambridge, London Universities, London, England; President, Dr. C. B. Clarke, Belfleld House, New Barnet, England; Secretary, N. A. Fadipe, 43 Calthorpe Street, London, England.

67. GAMMA ALPHA—Tyler, Texas, Pres., Stratford S. Hilliard; Secretary, James M. Thompson, Texas College.

CHAPTER ROSTER—Graduate Chapters 101. ALPHA LAMBDA—Louisville, Kentucky; President, Dr. J. H. Walls, 1631 W. Jefferson Street; Secretary, Lyman T. Johnson, 2627 W. Madison St., „ M 102. BETA LAMBDA—Kansas City, Mo., President, J. R. Lillard, 2547 Tracy; Corresponding Secretary, James Alfred Jeffress, 1824 Paseo St. „ _ 103. GAMMA LAMBDA—Detroit, Mich., President, Henry S. Dunbar, 561 Chandler; Secretary, Grover D. Lange, 607 Adams E. 104. Ave DELTA' LAMBDA—Baltimore, Md. President, Rufus E. Hackett, 1536 McCulloh Street; Secretary, David J. Whitfield, 704 _ ._. . . „ 105. Gay Street, Baltimore.

EPSILON LAMBDA—St. Louis, Mo.; President, J o h n G. Davis, U N . Jefferson; Secretary, Patrobias C. Robmson, 4573 Garfield St.; Corr. Secretary, Arnold B. Walker, 3017 Delmar 106. ZETA LAMBDA—Newport News, Va.; President, T. Roger Thompson, 641 Hampton Avenue; Secretary, Fernando Brown, 2411 Jefferson Ave. ^_ 107. THETA LAMBDA—Dayton, Ohio; President,, Lloyd G. Phillips, 617 Randolph Street; Secretary, Walter C. Blount, Jr., 108. ETA LAMBDA—Atlanta, Ga.; President Charles W. Greene, 304 Griffin St., N. W., Secretary, Nelson C. Jackson, 247 Henry 109. ?OTA'LAMBDA—Indianapolis, Ind.; President, Arnold C. Banister, Jr. Senate Avenue Branch YMCA; Secretary, John Mansfield 724 Blake Street, No. 114.

110. KAPPA LAMBDA—Greensboro, N. C , Pres., William E. Beaver; Sec, Benjamin H. Crutcher, A. & T. College „„„M MU LAMBDA—Washington, D. C ; President, C. C House, 111. 149 W. St., N. W., Secretary, George W. Peterson, 604 D. St., N W NU'LAMBDA—Ettrick, Va.; President, James B. Cephas, Virginia State; Secretary, Charles J. Wartman, Jr., Virginia 112.

XI^LAMBLVA—Chicago, 111., President, Dr. E. K. McDonald, 113. 5624 S State Street; Secretary, Alton M. Childs, II, 3653 O M I ' C R O N ^ ' L A M B D A — B i r m i n g h a m Alabama; President B. Jackson, 54 9th Avenue, N.; Secretary H Lovell 114. Lincoln Moselv 1304 1st Court W., 6-8429, Birmingham, Alabama.

PI LAMBDA—Little Rock., Ark., President, I. T. Gillam, 1211 115. Pulaski Street; Secretary, C. Franklin Brown 1019 Cross St. RHO LAMBDA—Buffalo. N. Y., President. Charles B. Hayes, 116. 350 12th Street. Niagara Falls, New York; Secretary, Dr. J. McDonald Bobb. 215 William St., Buffalo.

LAMBDA—New Orleans. La., President. Benson M. 117. STOMA Boutte. 2536 S. Galvez St.; Secretary, Walter E. Morial, 1433 A I T L A M B D A - N a s h v i l l e , Tenn., President, W. D. Hawkins, 118. T Jr 76 Wharf Avenue, Nashville, Tenn.; Secretary, James R. Anderson 1027 18th Ave., N. 119. UPSILON LAMBDA—Jacksonville, Fla., President, T. M. Christopher, 3640 Laura Street; Secretary, T. V. Thomas, 1760 H I ' L A M B D A — R a l e i g h , N. C ; President. J o h n Percy Bond.

120. PArcade Hotel Secretary, Walker H. Quarles, Jr., Shaw UnlOhio; President, James T. 121. Hrrif^LAMBDA—Wilberforce, e n r v Secretary. Harold Johnson, Wilberforce University.

122. pi?T IAMBDA—Chattanooga, Tennessee; President,, Booker T Scruggs, 1909 Blackford Street; Secretary, Dr. W. B. Davis, 124 U, E 9th Street.

123. ALPHA ALPHA LAMBDA—Newark, N. Jersey; President. Dr. Charles Harris, 269 Grove Street, Jersey City; Secretary, Arthur Williams, 136 Lincoln Street, Montclair.

124. ALPHA BETA LAMBDA—Lexington, Ky.; President, F. L. Baker. 629 N. Upper St., Secretary, Dr. H. A. Merchants. 126 ALFHA^GAMMA LAMBDA—New York City; President, Frank 125. A Walker. 450 St. Nicholas Avenue; Secretary, C. Arthur Jackson, 400 Convent Avenue.

President, 126. ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA—Memphis, Tennessee; James G. King. 758 Ayers Street; Secretary, Abner B. Owen, Jr., 598 Williams Avenue.

127. ALPHA EPSILON LAMBDA—Jackson, Miss., Pres., Everett R. Lawrence, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Miss.; Sec, Alan T. Busbv. Box 176.. Alcorn, Miss.

128. ALPHA ZETA LAMBDA—Bluefleld. W. Va.; President, W. Channing Spencer. Bluefleld: Secretary. Edward W. Browne, Bluefleld.

129. ALPHA ETA LAMBDA—Houston, Texas; President. Dr. J. W. Davis. 419 Vr, Milam St.. Houston, Texas; Secretary, Lee Perkins, Prairie View, Texas.

130. ALPHA THETA LAMBDA—Atlantic City, N. J.; President, Ferdinand C. Newton, 217 N. Jersey Avenue; Secretary, Arwin A. Hamm, 124 N. New York Avenue.

131. ALPHA IOTA LAMBDA—Charleston, W. Va.; President.

Thomas E. Posey. Institute. W. Va.; Secretary, Kermit J. Hall 308-B Elizabeth St.. Charleston. W. Va. 132. ALPHA KAPPA LAMBDA—Roanoke, Va.; President, Dr. Elwood D Downing. 236 Patterson Avenue; Secretary, Dr. George A. Moore. 106 Wells Avenue. N. W. 133. AT PHA MU LAMBDA—Knoxville, Tenn.; President. N. A. Henderson, 123 E. Vine Ave., Secretary, M. D. Senter, 2134 TJI V i n p AvC

134. AT PHA NU' LAMBDA—Tuskegee Institute. Tuskegee. Ala.: President Burnette Jackson; Secretary, Horace Dwiggins, Veterans'' Facility. No. 91, Tuskegee. Alabama

135. ALPHA XI LAMBDA—Toledo, Ohio; President, Leo V. English, 614 Tecumseh St., Secretary, Charles Peoples 858 Avondale Avenue.

136. ALPHA OMICRON LAMBDA—Pittsburgh, Pa ; President W. Wendel, Stanton, 518 4th Avenue; Secretary, Wilbur C. Douglass, 518 4th Avenue.

137. ALPHA PI LAMBDA—Winston-Salem. N. C.J President, Dr. J. M. Walker, Jr., 311 N. Church St.; Secretary, G. H Vaughn, P. O. Box 457.

138. ALPHA RHO LAMBDA—Columbus, Ohio; President A DeV Crosby, 265 N. 22nd Street; Secretary, Begagy T. Benton 246 Clarendon Ave. 139. ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA—Dallas, Texas; President, H I. Holland, 2913 Thomas Avenue, Secretary, S. W. Hudson J r 5211 Keating Ave. 140. ALPHA TAU LAMBDA—Tulsa, Okla.; President, W. D. Combs, 1801 N. Norfolk St.; Secretary, J. Tyler Smith, 124 N. Greenwood Street.

141. ALPHA UFSILON LAMBDA—Montgomery, Alabama; President, J. Garrick Hardy, Secretary, William H. Fletcher, State Teachers College.

142. ALPHA PHI LAMBDA—Norfolk, Va., President, Dr. E H. Adams, 1608 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Va.; Secretary, Thomas W. Young. 721 Chapel St. 143. ALPHA CHI LAMBDA—Augusta, Ga., President, Lawrence D. Perry, Box 904, Pilgrim Ins. Co.; Secretary, J o h n M. T u t t , 1108 Phillip St. 144. ALPHA PSI LAMBDA—Columbia, S. C ; President, Joseph D. McGhee, Benedict College; Secretary, Thomas S. Martin, 2019 Marion Street.

145. BETA ALPHA LAMBDA—Jersey City, N. J.; President J o h n B. Frazier. 57>/2 Jewett Avenue. Jersey City, N. J.; Secretary, Dorland J. Henderson, 269 Clinton Street, N. E., Orange. N. J. 146. BETA BETA LAMBDA—Miami. Florida; President, Anthony E. Gardiner, Jr.. 1486 Northwest 6 Court; Secretary Leo A. Lucas, 6306 Northwest 14 Avenue.

147. BETA GAMMA LAMBDA—Richmond, Virginia; President Joseph R. Ransome, 815 N. 6th Street; Secretary, David A. Graves, 308 W. Leigh Street.

148. BETA PELTA LAMBDA—Daytona Beach, Fla., President, Charles J. Greene. P. O. Box 1789; Secretary, Dr. H. Ernest 624 2nd Ave. 149. Hartley.

BETA EPSILON LAMBDA—Wewoka, Okla., Pres Dr D A. French, 201 S. Seminole; Secretary, L. G. Ashley, Boley, 150. Oklahoma.

BETA ZETA LAMBDA—Jefferson City, Missouri; President, Christopher C. Hubbard; Secretary Armistead S. Pride C. 151. Secretary, Arthur Pullam, Lincoln University.

BETA ETA LAMBDA—Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; President, Dr. Graveley E. Finley, 324 >/2 N. E. 2nd Street, Secretary, J o h n 152. E. Jackson. 522 S. Bell Street, Shawnee, Okla BETA THETA LAMBDA—Durham, N. C, Pres. James T. Taylor, 2106 Fayettevllle St., Sec. John E. Payne, 1609 Lin153. coln St. BETA IOTA LAMBDA—Baton Rouge, La.: President. Dr. B. V. Baronco, Jr., P. O. Box 2005; Secretary, R. M. Ampey, P. 154. O. Box 2005.

BETA KAPPA LAMBDA—Charleston, S. C : President, Dr. A. G. Purvis, 52 Anson St., Charleston, S. C ; Secretary, F. 155. A. DeCosta. Avery Institute.

BETA MU 1LAMBDA—StatesvUIe. N. O; President, Hatchet A. Day, 225 /, E. Fisher, Salisbury, N. O.I Secretary, Isaac H. 156. Miller. Jr., 1009 W. Monroe, Salisbury, N. C. BETA NU LAMBDA—Charlotte, N. C ; President Secretary. Clinton L. Blake. 423 E. 1st St., Financial Secre157. tary, G. F. Woodson, Jr., 2112 W. Trade Street.

BETA XI LAMBDA—Omaha, Nebraska, President, Dr Herbert Wiggins, 1518V, N. 24th Street, Omaha, Nebraska; Sec158. retary, George A. Stams, 1119 N. 21st St., Omaha, Nebr BETA OMICRON LAMBDA—Mobile, Ala., President, Prof.

Walker J. Carroll, Baldwin County Training School. Daphne, Alabama: Secretary, Orland H. Johnson, 201 N. Laurence.

159. BETA PI LAMBDA—Albany, N. Y.; President, George B. Kelley, 1 113th Street, Troy, N. Y. 160. BETA RHO LAMBDA—Youngstown, Ohio, President S 3 B e r 6 r '-n? . W - F e d e r a l St., Secretary, Andrew L. Johnson. n T^W. 404 Earl? Ave. 161. B E T A i , S ^ G I ^ A „ LAMBDA—Hartford, Conn.; President, Dr. i M i 1 p « ^ - B u J , l o c k . 3 0 M a h l Avenue. Secretary, James W. Hall, 65 Russell Street, Apt. 4, Hartford.

162. BETA TAU LAMBDA—Ft. Worth, Texas; To Be Set Up 163. BETA UPSILON LAMBDA Jackson, Tenn.; To Be Set Up. 164. BETA PHI LAMBDA—Savannah, Georgia- President Martin G. Haynes Georgia State College, Industrial College G a ° Secretary. Arthur I. Clement, 801 W. 44th Street 165. BETA CHI LAMBDA—Muskogee, Oklahoma, President L C SeCr6tary M ?o U A r dulIe aft Strel k t lah0ma; ' Ha"* ' H o ^ s S BETA PSI JLAMBDA—Los Angeles, California President n , 166. Howard Allen 3453 McKinley Ave.; Secretary' RuiuT S NOT-I man. 708 E. 48th Street. " °- H o r 167. GAMMA ALPHA LAMBDA—Lexington, Virginia P r e s e n t L. J. Shaw, 215 Wassie Street; Secretary A R Waree J ftr N. Augusta Street, Staunton, Va ' 168. 401 GAMMA BETA LAMBDA—Frankfort, Kv Kentuckv «5tot» 169. College: President, Stenson Broaddus; Secretary Al[Colli™ GAMMA GAMMA LAMBDA-Greenville, S O TO BE SET u p '

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