The SPHINX | Fall October 1942 | Volume 29 | Number 3 194202903 by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

PICTORIAL NUMBER LT. FAYTHE A N D R E W McG I N N I S , army air corps officer, who died in a plane crash near his air base at Tuslcegee Institute, Ala., September 12th. The young flying officer received his wings and commission July 3rd of this year . . . one of many Alpha brothers who enlisted for air service when opportunity first beckoned the Negro youth. Record of his pioneering spirit and courage is written high in the heaven of Negro hope for the better day. A l p h a d o m gives its final salute as taps sounds for Lt. M c Ginnis. (See page 2.)

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A L P H A PHI A L P H A FRATERNITY, I n c . General Officers RAVFORD

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Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio IvERMIT J. HALL Director, Transportation State Teachers College Bluefleld, West Va. Dr. Henry A. Callis, 2306 E ( £ T E . . Washington, D. C, Nathaniel A. Murray, 150 You Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.i Vertner W. Tandy, 221 West 139th St., New York, N. Y.; George B. Kelly, l-113th Street, Troy, New York. 'Charles H. Chapman—*Roy H. Ogle—"James H. Morton—^Deceased. REGIONAL DIRECTORS WESTERN JURISDICTION—Bert A. McDonald, Vice-President; Walter prairie View College, Prairie View, Texas; James A. M Booker, Robinson, 850 East 49th Place, Los Angeles, Calit.; Bernard E. Sauires, 326 Railway Exchange Bldg., Seattle, Washington. SOUTHERN JURISDICTION—Ferdinand L. Rousseve, Vice-President; Region:—Louisiana, Arkansas, Miss., Southern Vice-President In charge; Harold Lucien, Dillard University, New Orleans, La., Undergraduate Director; C. M. Roulhac, Jr., 810 E. McLemore, Memphis, Tenn.; Bernard G. Wheatley, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.; Andrew J. Lewis II, 525 Tatwall St., Atlanta, Ga.; John P. Bond, 13* E. Hargett St., Raleigh, North Carolina. EASTERN JURISDICTION-Andrew R. Tyler. Vice-President; John M. Moore, Va. Union University, Richmond, Va.; G. A. Galvin, 216 West State St.. Ithaca, N. Y.; Frank Morris, Jr., 1519 Page Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; William J. Parks. Jr., 1917 3rd St., N. W., Washington, D. C; Rufus Hackett, 536 McCulloh St., Baltimore, Md.; atH j Thomas A. Center, 54 Mt. Pleasant, North Cambridge. Mass. MIDWESTERN JURISDICTION—John W. Fleming, Vice-President; J o n n R Lawrence, Jr., 947 Iglehart Ave., St. Paul, Minn.; J. R. Lillard. 2547 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Mo.; Attorney Charles p Lane 4 1 7 E a s t 4 7 t n s t r e e t i Chicago, Illinois

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THE S P H I N X Official Organ of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Inc. PUBLISHED MONTHLY EXCEPT JANUARY. JUNE, JULY. AUGUST 390 V2 Beale Avenue, Memphis, Tenn.

NUMBER 3

OCTOBER, 1942

VOLUME 29

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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JAMES D. PARKS Lincoln University Jefferson City, Mo. Taps for Lt. McGinnis

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ASSISTANT EDITORS HUGH M. GLOSTER Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia BURT A. MAYBERRY Lincoln University Jefferson City, Missouri

Page Editorials

Greetings by Jewel Ktlley

Greetings by President Logan

Greetings by Secretary Evans

In World War I MILTON S. J. WRIGHT Wilberforce University Wllberforce, Ohio WILLIAM H. GRAY, JR. Florida Normal St. Augustine, Florida

Alpha Men Commissioned Educational Level of Military Men

FOR WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING

The Negro Serving In All Branches

WHEN WAR MEETS PEACE WHO'S WHO EDITOR GEORGE B. KELLEY Troy, New York HISTORY EDITOR JAMES B. BROWNING Miners Teachers College Ga. Ave. at Euclid and Fairmont, N. W. Washington, D. C.

Alpha Adds To List Of College Heads

Hits and Misses

Fraternity Fun

Signal Corps For Training Negroes

Voice Of The Sphinx

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LT. F A Y T H E A N D R E W McGINNIS

Brother McGinnis Lauded By Writer In His Home Town By Emery H. Jennings Muskogee, Okla.—World W a r II is no longer a thing remotely removed from this quiet community, for a terse telegraphic message on Saturday, September 12th, roused this citizenry from its lethargic slumber and brought tragically home all the grim tenets of the present holocaust.

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McGinnis

Alphadom learns with sorrow of the fatal airplane crash in which Brother Faythe A. McGinnis, of Muskogee, Okla., lost his life during a routine training flight near the Tuskegee Army Flying School Saturday, September 12th. Brother McGinnis, who left his studies at Langston University, Okla.. during his senior year to enter the U. S. Army Air Corps, had only recently graduated as a lieutenant in the Air Corps. H e was the son of Mrs. Ella McGinnis, Muskogee, Okla. At Langston University, Brother McGinnis served as assistant coach in football and basketball. H e completed his primary and secondary training at the Civil Aeronautics program at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. When the future history of Alpha Phi Alpha is written, the name of Brother McGinnis will be high among her sons who gave the last measure of devotion to the cause of their country.

served as assistant to coach "Zip" Gayles. H e was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and several departmental clubs during his undergraduate days. Because he was unable to secure leave after securing his commission, he had his mother, Mrs. Ella McGinnis, visit him at Tuskegee and she was still his guest when the fatal mishap occured. Though it is not orthodox journalism to mix comment with news, this writer cannot refrain from mentioning the high esteem and thoughtfulness which the young pilot held for his mother. She was always first and last in his deeds and thoughts. A worthy, genial, courageous American is as descriptive tribute as any man could receive. McGinnis was such a m a n !

Over the cold steel keys of the local telegraph system came the heart rendering message that Second Lieut. Faythe A. McGinnis, army air corps, had been killed in a tragic crash near the Tuskegee flying field. Lieutenant McGinnis received wings and commission along with ten others July 3, 1942, and had been in service continuously since. "Mac." as he was affectionately called by all who knew him was a graduate of Manual T r a i n ing high school, Muskogee, and L a n g ston University where he starred in football and where only last season he

Deadline Notice Christmas Number The Christmas Edition of the Sphinx may be the last to be published for the duration, dependent upon the decision of our president, and members of the Executive Council. Let's make this Number a "number one" gift for the brothers in the a r m e d service. Send in your chapter news immediately upon receipt of this copy of the Sphinx with a message of Yuletide greetings to the brothers who've answered the call to the colors. Deadline date for the Christmas Number is herewith announced for Saturday, November 14th. L E W I S O. S W I N G L E R , Editor, Sphinx Magazine.

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T h e Alpha Phi Alpha A l t h o u g h it Ideal In Time Of W a r " ^ t S Z T o conceive of the rapidity with which the present war has assumed world-wide proportion, with all its varying economic and social factors, during the past three years, reflections at least bring home the grim reality of just how fundamental are the things we learned as school boys. In high school and college we studied civics and political science, not by any prompting of a burning desire to know the Constitution, but in order to meet requirements for graduation in the shortest possible time. Our studies were as objective as if though we lived on the other side of the globe. American people, including the Negro, notwithstanding racial circumscriptions, have for a long, long time taken the Bill of Rights for granted. Today, with civilization hanging in the balance and the American way of life challenged by forces of greed and destruction, we are learning hourly just how dear are the most simple individual rights. It is not necessary to interpret the meaning of this great conflict in fancy, diplomatic terms to stress its magnitude or the ulterior objectives of our enemies. Every home is feeling the impact of the storm. Hence it is reasonable to assume that in such an all inclusive war, many superficial things American people have been accustomed to will be swept aside in order to keep inviolable basic values. Others will be reduced to their essential points. What is left must have the endurable qualities upon which can be constructed an endurable post war social order. This brings us to the question of such organizations as Greek-letter societies. Will they too be shunted into the scrap heap as the sheer wonder of an hour of by-gone things? To what extent do they represent essential factors in the welfare of their members and the nation at large? How will they hold up under sweeping changes now being made in every area of life? In short, can they survive this global war, arid then meet the requirements of the social order that will follow? The Sphinx, while speaking officially only for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, is impressed by the fact Negro Greek-letter organizations in general have laid down certain basic objectives which make them more than social bodies. Virtually all are purchasing war bonds, and contributing in various other ways to the war effort. As for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Sphinx can express with definite assurance faith in its aims and ideals in war-time or peace. The spirit of Alphadom is serving to make finer soldiers of her sons

just as it did in World War I. It teaches them to achieve excellence in all their undertakings. Alpha

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men who have answered the call to the colors will be controlled by the Alpha spirit of cooperation. They understand the importance of getting along with their comrades in arms, and are moving to every battle front with the valor and courage symbolic or red-blooded American youths. In April of 1918, during the first World War, the Sphinx published an article, "Alpha Phi Alpha Ideals in Time of W a r , " written by one Brother E. H. Crampton. Our Fraternity History, in commenting on this article, states: " T h e writer urged the fraternity not to overlook its ideals and the brothers at the front who were officers were urged to remember ideals and not adopt a spirit of 'superiority,' or 'rulership,' rather than 'leadership.' " This is the attitude that still prevails after twentyfour years. Nobility of manhood is the ideal of every Alpha soldier in World War IIâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; from the private fo the commissioned officer.

Hold The Chicago Alpha Man> inquiConvention If Possible +r,ies fffY% t0 the Alpha Convention in Chicago this December have come to the Sphinx Office. There is no doubt that President Rayford Logan too have been beseiged with numerous questions regarding the session in view of transportation difficulties. Latest reports from Chicago indicate that the two host chapters, Theta and Xi Lambda, are continuing plans for the meeting. It is to be assumed, of course, that they are moving forward with such plans cautiously, keeping in mind a greatly decreased attendance as compared with other years. Our president, secretary, and treasurer are the best informed officers as to what the hosts may expect from the General Organization. They will no doubt keep in close touch with Chicago. Under all eirSee Page 32

DRIVERS CORPS The Drivers' Corps will be identified by a red steering wheel in white triangle set in blue circle. Persons willing to offer their cars as well as their services as drivers will be enrolled. This work is particularly suitable for women.

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Greetings

October, 1942

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To Our Brothers In The U. S. Armed Forces

Australia

By J E W E L G E O R G E B. K E L L E Y "One of the Original Seven"

JEWEL For the "ALPHA brothers country. has found

G E O R G E B. K E L L E Y second time in the history of P H I A L P H A . " I greet my who are defending their Once again the government Alpha men willing to battle

and die for the principles on which our country is founded. It is sadly true that our racial group has not received the benefit promised us under the constitution. It is equally true that the enemies of our country hold out to us only a form of slavery wholly abhorrent to free men. We must therefore fig-lit to the death. if necessary, to uphold the tenets of democracy. Through your sacrifice, perhaps a better day will result for all mankind. Your brothers are proud of you and wish you Godspeed. We will watch with interest your every move and lend support to your efforts in whatever way we can. Above all we will pray for your success and your safe return to us through victory. When that glad day comes again, your brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha will join hands with you in your own celebration of joy and victory! S E R G T . J O E R.

16 St. Louis Alpha Medics Remember Pearl Harborâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Join Military Service Sixteen physicians, all from the St. Negro Troops At Louis, Mo. area and brothers in the bond, have been commissioned as LieuHunter Field tenants, and left for service in the United States Army. Get Citation They are Brothers Dr. Orion T. Ayers, Dr. Henry C. Bryant, Dr. John Carney. Dr. Luther Lemon, Dr. H a r r y L. Riggs, Dr. Oswald C. Smith, Dr. James M. Whittice, Dr. Clay M. W i l son, Dr. Mack C. Gray, Dr. M a x E. Johnson, Dr. Ernest Williams, Dr. Roscoe C. Williams, Dr. E. A. W i l liams, Dr. E. A. McDowell, Dr. Kenneth Fletcher, and Dr. P. E. Williams. Majority of these brothers are now stationed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona with the 318th Medical Battalion. Brothers Albert Burwell, Paul S. Binford, William B. Price, Robert W . McDaniels, Jesse S. Chandler, Rudolph H. Porter, H a r r y L. Riggs, and Captain J. F . Brown, the latter three in the station hospital, are also at Huachuca.

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Dr. Giles Named Major In Surgery Brother Dr. Roscoe C. Giles, member of the staff of Provident hospital, Chicago, and former president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, was appointed a major in surgery for the army base at F t . Huachuca this past summer, according to press reports. Recognized as one of the nation's foremost surgeons, Brother Giles gave up numerous positions in Chicago to accept the appointment. H e is a former president of the National Negro Medical Association. D u r i n g the general session of Alpha Phi Alpha in Kansas City, Mo., in 1940, Brother Giles gave the Fraternity Address,

Negro troops in a crack Engineer organization at H u n t e r Field Army Air Base at Savannah, Ga. show a high level of intelligence and education, according to records recently compiled by its commanding officer. In line with the general high educational qualifications of Uncle Sam's new Army of all races and creeds, H u n t e r Field's Negro troops are perhaps typical cross-section of the colored fighting man in the United States Army today, not only in education, but also for their energy and military spirit. Service records show that among the personnel of the all-Negro Engineers outfit at the Savannah air base, 22 have had college or university training for periods ranging from one to four years. One is a graduate, several lacked but one year of graduation, and one attended evening college for five and a half years. Of the entire battalion, 140 men attended high school, nearly half of whom are high school graduates and the remainder mostly in the two and threeyear class. Hailing from all parts of the country, from California to Florida and as far north as New York City, the Negro unit has earned for itself the reputation as one of the hardest-working and alert organizations on the air base. In it is a Master Sergeant, two Staff Sergeants, eight sergeants and 12 corporals, with a generous surirvk,.

ling of privates first class.

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Typical of the valor and courage being shown by Alpha men in service is that of Sergt. Joseph R. Burns, now in the heat of the struggle "somewhere in Australia." This Tulsa, Okla. youth gave up his lucrative pharmacy practice to enlist over a year ago, March, 1941. Reported missing during the first of the year, Brother Burns, serving with the 29th Quartermaster regiment in the 'land down under' writes the Sphinx that "I still carry undaunted, the old ried an El Paso, Texas girl. Inducted into the service by Beta Tau, Xavier University, where he studied Pharmacy, Brother Burns was identified with Alpha Tau Lambda Chapter when he left for the army. He received training at Ft. Bliss, Texas for a year, and just before sailing married an El Paso, Texas girl. Sergt. Burns is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Burns, Tulsa, Okla.

EMERGENCY FOOD AND HOUSING CREW The Emergency Food and Housing Corps will be identified by a red coffee cup in white triangle set in blue circle. Modern warware necessitates planning and providing emergency feeding and housing for persons whose homes have been damaged or destroyed.

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PRESIDENT LOGAN KNOWS MEANING OF WAR—GREETS BROTHERS IN ARMS US

To Our Brothers On The Fighting Front:

To All Alpha Men in the Service:

You who have been privileged to read the Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha have caught the underlying tone of racial pride—pride in our historical background, pride in the achievements and forward steps that have been taken by our fellow members. And now as we take our place in the fighting front of a great world struggle, I want you to know that Alpha men everywhere will be with you and following you as you make your contribution towards saving for America and the world those freedoms that make for a true democracy.

1 greet you, not only as your Brother and General President, but also as a former soldier. In the last war I served as >a private, corporal, battalion sergeant, major and first lieutenant in the old 372nd Regiment of Infantry. 1 knew probably every emotion that you have known, or will experience; grousing about the "humdrum'' existence in c a m p ; dreaming about the girl I left behind; resentment, disillusionment and bitterness over the humiliations, insults and injustices; pride in my uniform; the tingle of the blood when the bugles blow and the drums roll; amazement of finding foreign lands more hospitable than my homeland; the grim determination to keep goingforward when the shells begin to fall. But I come not to give you advice, lor nothing would be sillier than the spectacle of those who fought twentyfive years ago, telling you what to do today. I ask only two things of you, and pledge two things to you. The first request is easy. So far as censorship regulations permit, send to your Chapter, or to Brother Joseph H. B. Evans, General Secretary, 101 S. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., a brief statement of your Army history. I am compelled to ask you to do this, because in general the Chapters have not compiled this information. My second request is, that under all circumstances, you acquit yourselves like men, who know the full meaning of— "Servants of All, We shall transcend all." Those of us who remain in civilian life make you two pledges. The first is, that we shall do our utmost to preserve a Fraternity of which yon will be proud when you return. The second is. that we shall do all that is within us to make these United States a better place in which to live, because of the services that you will have rendered and the sacrifices that you will have made. In the name of the Alpha men of 1917-1918, the men of Metz, the Argonne and the Meuse, the men who served here at home, I salute you ; men of England, Ireland, India, Africa, Australia, the United States, or wherever you may be. In the name of all Alpha men, may God bless you.

I have appreciated the fact that many Brothers have called me on the phone, have come to see me, or have written me at the time of entrance bit s the armed services; and I hope that everyone of you will do his part to keep this office informed within the hounds of military regulations. We have issued a special pass card for men in the armed services, and (Turn to Next Page)

ALPHA MEN COMMISSIONED AS OFFICERS IN WORLD WAR I There were a number of Alpha men commissioned as officers during World W a r I at Des Moines, Iowa. An authentic list, supplied by Major DeHeaven Hinkson, now Medical Director of Colored wards at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Army Center) disclosed that five Brothers were commissioned as Captain, twenty-five as First lieutenants. O. R. C , fifteen as First Lieutenants, M. R. C , and ten as Second Lieutenants, (). R. C. T h e list is as follows: Captains 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Ferguson, G. W. __ Godman. L. 11. Simpson, A. 1.. -_ Trigg. J. E. Walden, A.

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First Lieutenants O. R. C. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1(1. 11. 12. 1.1. 14.

Alexis, L. Y. Brown, O. C. Curlev, C. B. Firse, D. J. Davidson, E. 1.. C. George, C. Hunt. J. R. lohnston, V. D. Middleton, L R. Long, H. H. Payne, C H. Penii, K. R. Piper, I'. R. Powell, W. J.

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15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 2i. 24. 25.

Reed, C. G. Rodgers, J. P. Smalls, W. R. Mohr, C. H. Daly, V. R. Lawson, W. Ferguson, G. A. Thompson. C. M. Tribett, C. H. Curtis, M. H. Waring, J. H. N.

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Bouden, H. E. Rho Curtis. A. I.. Beta Darnell, W . T. Xi Dawson, J. , Theta Garvin, C. H. Beta Hinkson, DeHeaven Rho Janifer, C S. Beta Jones, T. E. Beta Lee, E. B. Beta Middleton, C. C. Epsilon Oliver, H . J. Beta Raiford, F. P. Epsilon Rosenberg, S. H. Theta Bradfield, J. C. Kappa Bates, E. W. Alpha Alumni

First Lieutenants M. R. C.

Second Lieutenants, O. R. C. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Boger, II. II. Colson, W. N. Goodloe N. O. Hardv, C. S Hill, D. G. . Hopkins W. K. Mizell, R. E. Xutt. A. B. Owings, C. G. Russell, L, H, - ,

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H E American soldier, 19-42 model, is more proficient in his three R's than his opposite number, the American soldier in World W a r I, according to a joint study made public by Brigadier General Frederick H. O s bom, Chief of Special Service and D i rector J. C. Capt. Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

To Our Brothers On from Page 5 any Brother in the ranks may have his membership restored by sending in merely the dollar re-instatement fee. What we. want is to have the spirit of Alpha Phi Alpha extend to every camp and to every unit. The men who wear

Forty-one percent of all white men inducted into the Army oi the United States in the past two years are high school graduates or have had some college training whereas only nine percent of the men in World W a r I had reached that level the study reported. With the specialized needs oi modern warfare requiring a higher level of education than ever before, the nation has ample reserves of well-educated manpower, the study pointed out. The 1940 census tabulations show that of all men in the 18 to 44 age group, about 32 percent bad completed at least a high school education. The phenomenal improvement in the educational level of selectees in World W a r II as compared with draftees in World W a r I is due largely to a spectacular increase in educational opportunities in the United States in less than a generation, the study revealed. According to statistics of the U . S. Office of Education in 1940, on the eve of our entry into the war, almost as many men were attending college as were in high school less than twentyfive years ago. T h e high school enrollment in 1940 was given seven times greater than in 1916. Census Bureau figures for 1940 reveal that of the men in the 18-44 age group who have registered or been ordered to register for Selective Service, only 5.3 percent had less than 4 years formal schooling. Approxi-

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school education, while among Negro n u n aged 21 to 24, 26.2 percent had attended high school. Data on the educational level of Negro selectees in the present war, when compared with similar data from the last war, also show a great increase. Sixty-three percent of the Northern Negro selectees and 33 percent of the Southern Negro selectees have attended high school as compared with 14 percent of the Northern Negro draftees and 3 percent of the Southern N'cgro draftees in the last war. Geographic comparisons show that white men of military age in the West (the Mountain and Pacific States) are better educated than those in the North (New England, Middle Atlantic, East and West North Central States). Men from the South (South Atlantic and E a s t and West South Central States) are less well educated than either of those groups. The 1940 census statistics on years of schooling completed represent the first complete inventory of the educational status of the entire population ever undertaken. The question on highest grade of school completed was ineluded in (he 1940 Census in place of the less comprehensive questions on illiteracy asked in previous censuses. The number of illiterate-, cannot be esli mated from the 1940 data on education

since the completion of no particular grade of school corresponds to the at-

J O S E P H H. B. E V A N S General Secretary the badge of fraternal loyalty should get together and know one another; and at one of the meetings several Brothers should be selected to carry a running record that can be used when our Historian is ready to assemble the facts to add another glowing chapter to our History. Let every Brother who has a history at hand, reread the chapter on "The W a r Interlude" and catch the inspiration that comes from our struggle of 1917 and 1918. I greet you with an expression taken from the resolution passed at the Eighteenth Annual Conventionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"It is our belief that when the dawn of true democracy is come, the Muse of History shall write high in blazoned letters, the heroism and bravery and accomplishments of these, our stalwart brothers." Fraternally yours, J O S E P H H . B. E V A N S , General Secretary. tainment of a state of literacy. Ability to read and write is a less clearcut concept than the completion of a given number of years of school, and even if literacy could be precisely defined the grade in which it was acquired would depend both on the individual and the school system. Some few literate individuals never had any formal schooling.

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FOR 'WHAT' ARE WE FIGHTING? By Dr. Reid E. Jackson EDITORIAL WRITER

HAT three incidents, cut of the same pattern, should occur in widely separated areas is more than passing coincidence. The occurrences, themselves, warrant no more than brief description h e r e ; for most of us are aware of the sordid details. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a Negro mother, engaged in leave-taking of two drafted sons, was rudely accosted and slapped by a disinterested white bystander, whereupon her sons clambered from the embarkation bus and subdued the Nordic, in protection of their mother. When arraigned before a white district judge, these prospective soldiers were sentenced to incarceration, with the admonishing lecture that "they had been listening to too much radio talk and propaganda from up North" and that they might as well realize that the white South was not going to ever allow emancipation of the black man. In Texarkana. Texas, a young Xegro dishwasher, "'upon positive identification," was abducted, though sorely-wounded, from a hospital cot and dragged, tied to the rear bumper of a licenseless auto, through the streets until finally hanged from a cotton winch, much to the sadistic glee of the white citizenry. In E n g land, mounting friction between the southern white and Negro soldiers, of the American Expeditionary Forces, according to Associated Press reports, has compelled the posting of white M. P.'s to handle while soldiers and Negro M. P.'s to police Negro soldiers. Before this, no such distinction had been made. We should not mention here the fact that just recently, in England, the United States has forced the British authorities to allow military tribunals to adjudge all cases involving American soldiers while, in the United States, Negro soldiers are readily handed over to southern civil courts for prosecution. Is this consistency? It should become obvious, from the foregoing, that the bourbon South is yet adamant in its refusal to discontinue the outmoded concept and practice it entertains, as to the role of the Negro in the fabric of Southern society—all this despite the fact that Mich efforts apparently forestall the "allout'' motif for total war, in tile United States. Even more paradoxical is the fact that campaigning southern sena-

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tors, as well as their challengers for the toga, prattle, in their home bailwicks, of the need for united philosophy and action in this war "to save democracy;" yet, at the same time, they spout their venom of anti-Negro propaganda, as they accuse the "far-off" Federal Government of meddling into local affairs and abridging state rights. "Why, after all," declaim these politicians, "we know the Negro and bis situation better than anyone else and, after years of experience, the Negro knows his place!" W h a t they fail to say is that those "years of experience" have encompassed rank discrimination, intimidation, and subtle artifices to impress the Negro that be is either inferior or else an unwanted appendage to the southern scene. Arch exponents of this doctrine have been Governor Dixon of Alabama, and former Governor Talmadgc of Georgia. In demonstration Tahnadge has condoned the brutal beating of Roland Hayes, international tenor, while Dixon has refused to sign a federal contract, bei ;mse it instructs him to hire Negro labor! Yet, in the face of such indignities, the Negro—in these and other states—strives diligently to contribute his share to the waging of an effective war. The promptitude with which those Nazi saboteurs, landed on our shores, were tried and executed is well-known. Not so well-known are the cases of countless foreign-born and other Axis sympathizers, who have been tracked to justice, through the vigilance of an alert F B I . Yet, possession of a white

Page 7 face is practically tantamount to employment, in war and labor industries, while the black-faced person, in innumerable instances, is denied, through curt and sometimes discourteous rebuff, even opportunity to make application—much less gain employment! Unexplained accidents, in war plants and related a c t i v t i e s , stand chance of being attributed to some of these "patriotic" fifth columnists, who, somebow, manage to "get on the job." lint, how many times has the Negro worker been charged with anti-American activities? So far as we know, one Negro derailed the P a n a m a Limited, while held at gunpoint, by an unidentified white man. And. even this, has not yet been proved sabotage. Most certainly, then, we have had no betrayers, to the American cause, even in the ranks of the often-maligned Communist Party. Just as many other and more examples, such as above, could be produced in evidence of the flagrant and studied disfranchisement of the Negro, in America. Axis agents, on the quick for channels of propaganda, have seized at such facts, in an attempt to bestir the American Negro to revolt. They have soon discovered, however, that they are not sowing on fertile soil, since the Negro is unwilling to barter even his disadvantaged position in American society for the regiment of Nazi-controlled life. Indeed, a roll call of the exploits of the Negro, as a fighter, from the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks to the shining gallantry of Doric Miller, at Pearl Harbor, has been studded with epic and unselfish deeds of black heroes, both sung and unsung. And now, as before, The Negro is not to be found wanting! The query, though, could be rightfully raised as to what the Negro is fighting for, at the present. Should he adopt the laissez-faire attitude that he is not concerned with the outcome of this struggle, since "this is not his w a r ! " or should he assume as equally the extreme position that he will fight the war of the Allied Nations, totally unmindful of the injustices perpetrated against him, at home and abroad. Of course, the latter status seems well nigh humanly impossible! So, is our position analogous to that of India? Can we learn a lesson from events in India? While similar, this is still another controversy and we do not care here to propose an answer. But, as for the American Negro, he can ill afford to he quiescent. Time immemorial has proved the inefficacy

Page 8 of this procedure. Neither can the N e m o be fanatically fatalistic and "butt his brains out," in a blind fight against undemocratic practices. Rather, he must be aggressively and intelligently united, as a race, in a frontal attack against deeply-rooted mores of the white superiority doctrine. When the war opened, The American NegTQ, along with a handful of sinGere white friends, called attention to the need of a "second front" against racial intolerance right here at home, Now. that there is persistent talk of a continental "second front," we must focus attention upon a "third front." Thai is to say, we must always erect an additional front, dedicated to the well-being of minority elements, in the societal group—call it democracy, if you please 1 The point is not so much that we must be convinced of the need to seek continuously for a full realization of democratic thought and practice. in America, as it is how shall we achieve this end? It is all well and good that such liberal-thinking whites as Pearl Back, Wendell Willkie, Carol Landis, and Malcolm Mac] .can have the fortitude to chide white America, as to its shortcomings, regarding the Negro. It is also encouraging that enlightened white soldiers are insisting that the white man become cognizant of the dangers fraught in bis maltreatment of the Negro. But, more can and must be done! Somewhere between the unctuous caution of those who advise that the Negro wait on a change o! heart. h\ the prejudiced white, and the aggressive tactics of the NAACP lies a zone of unexhausted techniques, which can be persistently utilized. What we are trying to say is that this is the time for action! Verbalism has been worn threadbare (even the writer has given lip-service to enunciations, which yet remain in a cocoon stage of unexploitation). How we must act is not so eas ily answered! Assuredly, too, the procedure must be composite, as well as unified. In this connection, we could venture certain pertinent observations. The base to any functional program, for improving the status of the Negro, is to be had in the upbuilding of a strong economic foundation and a steady extension of the use of the ballot, by and for the Negro. The "small business" complex of the Negro need not be detailed here. N'or should we belabor the thesis that the average Negro is an inveterate spendthrift. Maybe, there are psychological factors which render him so. But, now is the time for the Negro to forget

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past tribulations and husband his resources. W e must consolidate, in order to develop sound and extensive businesses. And, nepotism must not stand in our way. We must build capital; for, it has been demonstrated time and again that "money talks." Of course, we are aware that the wisely intelligent do not always secure the money. But, when a not-so-intelligent person (according to a dictionary definition) obtains money, this begets the inquiry as to who is wise and who is intelligent? Perhaps, our educational program needs overhauling! But, the fundamental proposition that the Negro must possess economic strength to be felt and heard still remains. While it is true that the South, through varied programs, disbars the Negro from using the ballot, we must remember that certain whites are also denied this privilege. So, we must get at they real root of this evil; and. it is not altogether the poll lax. There is a definite relationship between economic dependency and an inferior status. Here again, then, we have argument for the acquisition of an enduring economic structure, by the N e gro. In spite of disfranchisement and an impoverished economic status, the Negro must realize his potency, when acting in a solid bloc; and, even though he may not be able to immediately vote, he can control the voting of others. Organized minority efforts can so beleaguer the pristine complacency of majority "die-hards," responsible for an undemocratic status quo, that they will be tumbled front their seemingly impregnable citadels. Particularly should activity manifest itself, in the case of the perennial southern legislators, who contrive to ••remain in the saddle" and thus "hogtie" the contemplated reforms of official Washington. They can and must be defeated, in political chastisement, through the initiative of a newlyawakening Negro, even before he a t tains the desideratum of the ballot. Above all, this writer still abides faith in education and, as he has often expressed it elsewhere, the Negro school must develop, for the Negro, a unified philosophy, along with tenable techniques of minority group strategy. This is a solemn pledge, which necessitates the formulation of observable program of action.* Auxiliary agencies, too, must take up the cudgel and do their part, in such an undertaking. Then, too, vicious propaganda, like the electioneering blast of the southern senatorial candidates who raises the race bogey, in accusing his incum-

October, 1942 bent opponent of winking at the draftboard practice of inducting ten whites to one Negro and so depleting white manhood ; or the play on racial prejudice, in a recent radio broadcast. which implored vengeance for the Jap practice of yoking white prisoners ol war to slaving servitude can not go unnoticed. The Negro must assist in the clarification of these distortions of fact. We must ins'ist that this is a war to insure a real democracy and not a war of color, arraying the white against the colored races—as historical events would shape it. And this, precisely, is the initial battle the Negro must fight—even as he marches off to certain segregation and possible death. Through intelligent action and imbued by the spirit of God, the Negro must displaj the beacon-light of a true democracy, to America; for, it still appears that factional strife between labor and management, combined with the "as usual" proscription of minority groups, frustrate an allout war effort, at this time. The necessity for intelligent direction, in the effort of the N'egro to resolve his painful status in American society, is to he seen in a changing attitude, on the part of the average Negro who, consigned to a periphereal position in this societal structure, is hard-pressed to maneuver even a pitiful living, in this frame of reference. Sensing that his honest labors to maintain a decorous existence, in America, seem capped with misery and sometimes, either violence or death—particularly in southern regions—the disillusioned Negro no longer fears death and is fast becoming prone to resist any and all efforts towards his segregation. That this active resentment testifies to a vast reservoir of untapped energy can not be gains a i d ; but, it is energy that is better living than dead! So, we must be in some agreement with Virginius Dabney, when he urges that this seemingly headlong collision between a calloused Negro and the hostile white be averted; for such clash could easily engender the volcanic eruptions of an open civil war, more than likely to perforate a unified war effort. P r e suming that intelligent and long-term planning, buttressed by test actions, will consummate itself in better Ne* (Editor's Note) : So vital is t h e issue discussed here t h a t Dr. Jackson will welcome any written suggestions, addressed to him by brothers or other interested persons, which might be appraised and then brought to public attention, for possible implementation. See Page 20

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Tlie requirements of military security prevent disclosing the number of Negroes in the Army. Negroes, however are serving in every arm and service of the Army and the number of Negro soldiers practically equals ratio of the Negro race to the total population of the United States. In its 1942 augmentation program, now under way, the W a r Department and Selective Service have contemplated the induction of approximately 17.,().)() Negroes. At the present time, Negroes are serving in all branches of the service; a Negro Infantry l>iVISion of some 13,009 men is now training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and a second all-N'egro division lias been authorised. In addition, there are several Negro Infantry Regiments, a Negro Cavalry Brigade (of two Regiments, the famous 9th and 10th), Negro tank destroyer battalions in the Armored Force, and two Negro pursuit squadrons in the Army Air Forces. Other important Negro groups in the Army include Coast Artillery and anti-aircraft units, Quartermaster, Signal Corps, Engineers, Medical Corps, Ordnance, Chemical Warfare, Corps of Chaplains and others. Recently, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps enrolled 40 Negro women to participate in its Officer Candidate School at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Many more Negro women soon will be enrolled in the ranks of the W A A C when recruiting gets under way. Other Negro women are serving with distinction as members of the Army in the Nurse Corps. The Secretary of W a r recently stated that many Negro officers—among the "several hundred now serving in grades from second lieutenant to brigadier general"—are graduates of the various Officer Candidate Schools of the Army. Many other Negroes are now in attendance at these schools, while hundreds more Negro soldiers are serving in all non-commissioned officer grades and as warrant officers. Included among the Negro officers in the Army a r e : Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, of the Inspector General's Department and his son, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin D. Davis, Jr.. of the Army Air Forces. Lieutenant Colonel Davis is a recent graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Reserve < tfficer Training Corps units (.See Page 13)

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FIRST LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT KENNETH L. r O H N S O N tth Inf. U. S. A. Fort Devens, Massachusetts Graduate of Wilberforce University in 1937, receiving Degree of I!. S. Physical Education. Received the Degree of Master of Physical Education from Springfield College, Springfield, Mass., in 1940. Graduate of R. O. T. C. Wilberforce University and commissoned 2nd Lt. R. O. T." C , 1937. Promoted to 1st Lt. R. O. T. C , 1940. Entered upon extended active duty U. S. A., February 28, 1941. Attended Infantry School, Fort Benning Ga., May 19, 1941, and completed the Company Officers' course August 15, 1941. At present stationed a t Fort Devens Mass. Lieutenant Johnson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Johnson of Wilberforce, Ohio. FIRST

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366th Inf. U. S. A. Fort Devens, Massachusetts Graduate of Wilberforce University in 1935 receiving the Degree of B. S. in Education. Attended Graduate School, Ohio State University, 1935-36. Graduate of R. O. T. C , Wilberforce University and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant R. O. T. C , 1935. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant R. O. T. C , 19.58. Promoted to Captain, United States Army, April 9, 1942. Entered upon extended active dutv U. S. A., February 28, 1941, and stationed at Fort Devens, Mass. At present attending Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. Captain Johnson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Johnson of Wilberforce, Ohio.

SEND XMAS MAIL T O MEN ABROAD NOW W A S H I N G T O N ( A N P ) — W a r Secretary Stimson at a recent press conference stressed the necessity for mailing Christmas packages for men in service early. Stating that he was a strong believer in writing and sending packages, other than food, to soldiers, since it was a morale builder, Mr. Stimson outlined for his conference the l>c-*t methods to follow. The task will be to send the Christmas packages to members of the armed forces in all parts of the world, which in itself in peace times would be stupendous. Parcels should be mailed

between Oct. 1 and Nov. 1. They should be limited to the size of an ordinary shoe box and weigli no more than six pounds. Each should he addressed with the full name, serial number, service organization and army post office number of the addressee. Each should be wrapped to withstand rigorous handling. No intoxicating liquors may be mailed, neither will Inflammable materials including matches or tighter fluids lie accepted. Scaled packages of candy, tobacco, cigars, cigarets, and toilet articles may he enclosed in parcels without affecting the parcel post classification of such packages.

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(Thinking for the Future of the Darker Races) Commencement Address Delivered By Brother Raymond Pace Alexander, Esq., Member of the Philadelphia Bar, Former President, the National Bar Association, at the Graduation E x e r cises of Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1, 1942.

H I S is a war commencement You are the first graduating class of the Second World W a r in which our country has been engaged. This is the second time within a single generation that the whole world has been engaged in the barbaric practice, by day and by night, hour after hour, in some part of the world, of killing and slaughtering human beings, destroying homes, cherished landmarks, irreplaceable cultures of the past—in the costliest and bloodiest carnage in the history of the world. W a r in the modern sense of the word, where war is practiced on the total scale as is this one, forces society as a whole to re-evaluate all standards and customs by which it has lived in the past. F o r that reason, you as college students and college graduates of the Negro Race, and we as older N e gro Graduates of college, have a vital interest in the prosecution of this war, and even greater than this, we must see at all costs and sacrifices that the war shall be victoriously concluded and that there shall also he a peace that will be just, durable and Listing throughout the ages. It may seem oddly optimistic to come as I do in the midst of this great world struggle, while the armies of the

world are battling for supremacy when victory is by no means in sight, when the menacing submarine comes within the harbors, gulfs, and shores of our own coast line to prey upon and take its toll of American shipping, to speak of a victorious end of this war and the kind of peace that must follow. The events of the past few weeks, the whipping up of production in America of planes, tanks, arms, ships and supplies at a pace greater than our fondest expectations—and the successful shipping of these and scores of thousands of American troops without the loss of a man to twenty distant battlegrounds, cause the feeling of optimism. This success, with the continued strong resistance, even more the sublimely courageous and successful offensive of the Russian Army and the repeated R A F successes in their nightly assaults on Germany and her concentration points g've added reasons to prophesy an ultimate victory. However, to understand the issues that must be solved when once preparations for terms of peace are in order. it is necessary to understand some of the issues that underlie this war, as it is impossible to restore order to the world unless we are capable of understanding the cause of its disorder. Time will not permit the discussion of all the issues, but fundamental among the causes is that because of revolutionary inventions in the last generation and improvements upon inventions known at the conclusion of the last war, independent states or countries in Europe and in other parts of the world were changed from being remote places in the world to places within easy and quick physical contact with other countries. The aeroplane and other means of transportation; the radio, wireless and other means of communication have been perhaps the two greatest factors in the history of the world for bringing nations and people in close contact with each other, and changing remoteness into immediate proximity. Improvements in the methods and speed of manufacture, production and transportation, etc. changed the world from a condition of need to a condition of abundance. This condition of abundance of world goods has heroine aggravated because of a lack of proper distributing to the masses of people throughout the world. With the above great revolutionary changes, combined with the ever restlessness of

human energy, and the theories and ideas of social and political institutions, there began to rise in many nations an era of conflicting i d e o l o g i e s Totalitarianism, National Socialism Collectivism, L'niversalism, Bolshevism, Absolutism on the one side, contrasted with what we in America call Democracy, on the other side. Some people even like to refer to this war as a religious war—a war for the survival of Christianity. I am afraid, however. I cannot accept this view, because every country concerned in this war, even the bestial barbarism practiced by the tyrants responsible for this war. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, joined in, in just as ruthless a manner by Japanese Fascists, all proclaim allegiance to some religious standards. \\ hatever the issues, we as older Negro Americans, and you as young men and women at this moment receiving your academic degrees should knowthat something more than political and social philosophy, economic and territorial disputes were the cause of this greatest and bloodiest of all wars. Even more, you and I should know and discuss at this moment the fact that if we are to accomplish a workable, durable and lasting peace, then something more than political idealogies, economic theories and religious philosophy must be discussed when war meets peace. We all know, but many refuse to admit that this war really started when the armies of Japan marched into Manchuria in 1551 and stole that Chinese territory like a bandit steals a bank messenger's money at the point of a gun and shoots him down after taking his loot. This absence of state morals, which makes any private individual shudder at the thought of doing what a great nation did with impunity—this act was entirely ignored by the League of Nations, which had the power to take aggressive steps against Japan for its act. Japan, Germany and Italy were signatories of the League of Nations covenant. So was China. China was outraged, and the League failed to act. But there was a great deal involved in that act by J a p a n against China. You will recall that Japan fought valiantly during the discussions in the League of Nations Assembly to have the League include in its covenant a law that would prevent discrimination against races or countries on account of color.

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When Japan ravished China, there were merely two colored nations in this quarrel—with one taking the territory "i the oilier, and the white nations of the world, fifty or more who signed the League of Nations covenant, were not very much interested in this quarrel between two colored members. I suspect that the very members of the League of Nations who opposed it have long since regretted that they d.'d not include the anti-discrimination covenant in the League document for it may be that Japan might have remained as a League member and might not have adopted the policy which it played with enormous success of driving the white man from the Asiatic continent and restoring Asia to the yellow races. Hut the decision had been made. The great idea that the nations of the world could form an association of nations, bound together with a common purpose to prevent aggression by any one against another, by the actions of the remainder against the wrongdoers had failed. With this failure to act upon the violation of its terms, however unimportant that violation might be, the covenant became at once a mockery to the others and an invitation to any other dictator-ruled country to repeat the performance of Japan. Italy was next to follow. The Italian people, restless under their then rapidly rising military dictator, smarting with the thought that it had not made good its oft repeated boast that Italy would rise again as a world power with a vast colonial empire, in 1935. ruthlessly and without the slightest provocation invaded and quickly subdued the most peaceloving nation in the world, Ethiopia, slaughtering helpless and defenseless black people by the thousands. It is needless to remind you that the League of Nations did nothing. Again the victims were members of the darker races, whose unhappy lot was dismissed by the League with "expressions of sympathy." There was but a short interlude between the end of the Ethiopian slaughter (1935) and the outbreak of the bloody Spanish Civil W a r . The Franco insurrections (1936) aided in by the Fascists and later joined by the Nazis, raged for two years before the valiant Loyalists of Republican Spain were exhausted and forced to ask for a truce. All the while, for two long years, the great democracies of the

M A S T E R S E R G T . A N D M R S . TAMES M P O R T R A Y JR B R O T H E R J A M E S M. P O R T R A Y . JR.. of Memphis, Tennessee,'one'of the first young men to leave the Tennessee metropolis following the enactment of the Selective Sery.ce Act, m 940. was appointed .Master Sergeant, First Class, while stationed at Mlch,ga W * V?' " t h i / s u m m e r " - ^ m b " of the 732nd Military BaUaHon M mem * W 3 S t r a n s f e r r e t l t o California shortly after receiving his a p p o i n t C w I h o n i \ P i C t U r e d TvP* Bragg N . C.

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EDUCATED FOOLS By James B. Browning History Editor Every year Negro magazines and newspapers are flooded with advertisements pointing out the tremendous advantages of a college education. According to the persons who pay for tliis "hooey," all one has to do is to spend four weary years within the walls (if "lamp black college," and he will emerge as either a candidate for a lucrative teaching position or a prospective student who may look forward to entering a course leading to graduation as a doctor, lawyer, dentist or minister. Unlike Europeans, these students have been told by their parents, "Son, I don't want you to be like me, running this little old no-good business. I'se want you to be a professional man." And so, the Negro youth motivated by illadvised advertisements and stupid parental advice are driven to pursue courses which for those who stop after finishing college finds them behind the proverbial eight ball earning from $4.i to $90 per month and hemmed in on every side by dozens of limitations which keep them from enjoying the rights of the average citizen. The professional group is no better off, for they have a choice between the dial) existence of practicing in the "Black Belt," and a ruthless struggle for existence north of the MasonDixon line; wherein, rare cases we find it possible to form a business relationshipâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;commonly called marriage, with some hideous looking school teacher, and even more rare cases may obtain prosperity. On the other hand, the people who really control the economic life of the Negro (generally speaking) are not your professionals and pseudo-intellectuals, but your illiterate business classes, who exist by virtue of the fact that white capitalists have not chosen to move next door and drive their ill-constructed, ill-managed, and ill-served establishments out of business. In addition to these shady personalities, there are the bootleggers, racehorse bookies, number writers, singleaction backers and operators of houses of ill-repute. Ninety-nine and fortyfour one hundredth percent of them have not gone beyond the tenth grade in any type of school, and yet, they ride in Cadillac c a r s ; take their siestas in chaise lounges; spend their vacations at ideal r e s o r t s ; own several h o m e s ;

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and carry a bank roll that would choke an elephant. Two striking examples of the afore stated generalizations are to be found in the spectacle of a numbers backer with a sixth grade education, who is literally "bathing in gold" and a Ph. D. teaching at the "capstone of Negro education," who inspite of systematically saving and a reputation for utmost sobriety is actually swamped day by day with overdue hills and urgent notices demanding payment on bank notes.

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I ie could extricate himself from his bewildering position by either the simple expedient of turning to salesmanship, making from fifty to sixty hundred per cent profit or by accepting one of the dozens of jobs which "Mr. Charlie is willing to give his sepia brother. All of this is to say that if the Negro tomorrow is to get anything he must learn that his future lies not in overcrowding the already over-crowded and ill-paid professions, hut in turning his attention assiduously to the practically unexplored fields of salesmanship and business which are now being exploited by Jewish, Greek, and Italian people. It seems clear after careful and systematic investigation of the facts that these are not the musing of an arm chair sociologist, but the objective results of one whose findings may be of some benefit to the racial group with which fate decrees that he spend his worldly existence.

AIR RAID WARDEN The Air Raid W a r d e n will be identified by a red and white striped triangle set in a blue circle. Though he is not a policeman and usually does not have police powers, the Air Raid Warden usually works closely with the police. lie serves a unit of 5(11) persons, and his post must be accessible ami plainly marked. Since at least one person must be always on duty, the Air Raid Warden generally has three Assistant Wardens.

J U D G E H E R M A N E. M O O R E United States District Court, Virgin Islands, whose appointment to this important post by President Roosevelt was a signal honor to his chapter. Xi Lambda, Chicago, in particular, and Alpha Phi Alpha in general. Brother Moore is a former General Officer, having served as Vice-President from 1919 to 1920. It was upon his motion at the Twelfth Annual Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha, Chicago, that "launched a movement toward influencing colored students of the country to go to high school and college;" thus laying the foundation for the Fraternity's nationally known "Go to High School, Go To College Campaign." In the "Victory Edition" recently published by the Chicago Defender, Brother Moore stated, in part:â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "We as a minority group ask of the majority group nothing more than we give. W e deserve no less. W e have not shared American liberties and equality of opportunity in the same measure as other Americans, but we know that unless those liberties and freedoms are preserved for all men and all races alike, that our hopes and dreams of obtaining them will vanish."

Brother Ragland Heads Institute Brother George R. Ragland, Jr., of ( )k lain HUM City, has been appointed superintendent of the Deaf and Blind Institute, at Taft, Okla., succeeding another Alpha man. Brother L. II. Burr, of Muskogee, Okla. who resigned to continue his studies in Chicago. The new superintendent is 27 years old, and is a graduate of Langston University. He did advanced work at Iowa State College.

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College Administrators," (Sphinx, Sept., 1941), and "Illustrious Alpha Men In 1936 Olympaid," (Sphinx, Oct. 1936) calling for special research. He's married to the former Miss Hazel Yates, of Louisiana, who received her Master's Degree from Temple University in Home economics this past spring. The couple have two children Marion, 3 ; and William, III, 11 months. Brother Gray's study of Personnel W o r k in Negro Colleges which he did on an Alpha Fellowship was scheduled to appear in the September edition of Journal of Educational Research.

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Within the brief period of six months, Brother Dr. William II. Gray, Jr. has received two distinctive honors, both in his chosen field of education. lie was elected to the presidency of Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, Saint Augustine, Fla. during the latter part of December, 1941, and this past June Brother Gray, at 30, was awarded the coveted Doctor of Philosophy Degree in the field of administrative education from Pennsylvania Uni\ ersity, Philadelphia. The young educator, son ol Rev. and Mrs. William II. Gray, of Philadelphia, as a student at Bluefield Teachers College, an educator a t Southern University and now an administrator of the 63-year-old Baptist College in Florida, has received many recognitions, but he has given much in return for them. He's known for his thoroughness and enterprise in carrying out an assignment. Brother Gray is loyal to his Fraternity. He's attended every Alpha Convention for the past decade, worked on 'ts various committees, and since 1936 has been Assistant Editor of the organization's official publication, the Sphinx. His writings in the Sphinx have brought to the attention of the brotherhood many worthy achievements of its members several of his articles, notably "Biographical Study of

at H o w a r d and W'ilberforce Universities and Tuskegee Institute have trained hundreds of Negro officers for the Army. Other Negro R. O. T. C. Units have recently been established at West Virginia State College, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, Prairie View (Texas), Normal and Industrial College, and Hampton (Virginia) Institute. The induction of Negroes into the Army is in harmony with President Roosevelt's proclamation. "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." During W o r l d W a r I, a total of 137 Negro organizations were sent overseas for service with the American Expeditionary Forces. Among these were two Divisions (the 92nd and 93rd) and fourteen pioneer Infantry Regiments. The number of Negroes in the A. E. F. was approximately 194,000 enlisted men and 840 officers. Altogether 404,348 Colored soldiers served in the United States Army during World W a r I. Of these 1,353 were commissioned officers, 402,971 were enlisted men, IS were Army nurses, and nine were field clerks. Among other places, Negro soldiers are now serving in Flawaii, N o r t h I r e land and Australia. Private Robert H. Brooks, a Negro, was the first A r mored Force casualty of the war. H e was killed near F o r t Stotsenburg in the Philippines, December 8th. T h e main parade ground at Fort Knox, Kentucky, has been named Brooks Field in bis memory.

B R O T H E R W I L L I A M H. H A L E "Where there is a will, there is a wax." It proved so in the remarkable career of young Brother William II. Hale, who has forged ahead against odds to make splendid accomplishments in his chosen field of education. Brother Hale, a native Oklahoma youth, this spring completed work as a special Fellow and Research Assistant in the department of Social Sciences, Fisk University, under direction of Brother Dr. Charles S. Johnson. In connection with the research, he made educational studies in Louisiana for three months last year. After graduating from high school at McAlester, Okla., near Krebs, his birthplace, Brother H a l e "knocked" around over the country about six years, because he was unable to go to college-- always with hopes of continuing his education. When the first opportunity came, he entered Langston University and there became an influential leader of student thought. In 1939, Brother Hale was elected vice chairman of the National Intercollegiate Council, central body for the student branch of the Christian Association for Negro and white. lie finished Langston in 1940, cum laude with a B. S. degree, and entered Wisconsin University to do graduate work in Sociology. In the meantime, Brother Hale had married the former Larzette Golden, a member of his graduating class. At Wisconsin lie maintained a high scholastic average, finishing the following year with the M. A. degree. His work was recognized at Wisconsin by his election to the honorary sociology fraternity, Alpha Kappa Delta. Brother Hale gives Alphadom credit for being one of the driving forces in his life. He was made in Beta Kappa Chapter at Langston, and continued his interest in the Fraternity after entering Wisconsin. Noting that there (See Page 14)

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vin Bacoats, and Howard Decker Gregg, as presidents at W'ilberforce University, Benedict College, and Delaware State Teachers College, respectively, serve to swell the imposing roll of Alpha men, selected to guide the destinies of major institutions of higher learning for N'egroes, to the creditable total of twenty-six.

BROTHER JOSEPH PRICE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Professor of Education, Howard University, and member of Mu Lambda Chapter, was Director of the Summer School, at Howard, this past summer. He holds A. I!. Degrees from Lincoln and Michigan Universities, and Ed. M. and Ed. D. from Michigan and H a r v a r d Universities.

WHERE THERE'S A WILL ( F r o m Page 13) was no chapter at this institution, Brother Hale worked toward getting a chapter established at Wisconsin. H e retained his membership with Beta Kappa during his graduate studies, and the past year Brother Hale worked as a member of T a u Lambda Chapter. The Sphinx has been informed recently that Brother Hale has been appointed Acting Registrar at Langston University, while Mrs. Hale will do graduate work at Wisconsin University in the School of Business Administration.

FIRE WATCHER F i r e W a t c h e r s will be identified by a significant red flame in white triangle set in blue circle. T h e menace of fire bombs calls for unceasing vigilance and prompt, intelligent action. Fighting incendiary bombs is a job for all able-bodied citizens.

Brother Dr. Wesley, perhaps the best known of the trio, possesses honors almost too numerous to recount. Brother Wesley, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, received the A. B. degree at Fisk University, the A. M. degree at Yale University, and the Ph. D. degree in History at H a r v a r d University. At H o w a r d University, since 1913, Brother Wesley has advanced successively from instructor to head of the department of history, director of the summer school, acting dean of the college of liberal arts and, finally, dean of the graduate school; from which post he was chosen as titular head at Wilberforce University. Professional honors and organizations for Brother Wesley include Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, London E n g l a n d ; Grant-in-Aid, Social Science Research Council; Director, Survey, Institute of Social and Religious Research; T r u s tee, Fisk University; Educational Secretary. Y. M. C. A.; National Education Association; Association of School A d m i n i s t r a t o r s ; Society for the Advancement of E d u c a t i o n ; American Association of University Professors; Historical Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Executive Council of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Prominent titles among Brother Dr. Wesley's books are The History of Alpha Phi A l p h a ; The life of Richard Allen; and The Collapse of the Confederacy. (See page 15 for Wesley's picture. Brother J. Alvin Bacoats goes over to Benedict College, after a successful thirteen-year tenure as president of Leland College, Baker, Louisiana. While at Leland, Brother Dr. Bacoats multiplied the facilities and standards of the college, to the point where it received favorable recognition from the area it served. Brother Bacoats was awarded the A. B. degree by Bishop College, the B. D. degree by Virginia Union University, the M. A. degree by Oberlin College, and the D. D. degree by

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English professor at Morehouse College and Atlanta University, this summer continued studies on his doctoral dissertation on American Negro Fiction since 1900. This study will be an exhaustive examination of the themes, racial attitudes, and milieus of American Negro fiction. Brother Gloster, who has already satisfied the residential requirements and passed the qualifying examination for the Ph. D. Degree in English at New York University, began research on his dissertation in 1940 with a grant awarded by the Fellowship Committee of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He now serves his fraternity as Assistant Editor of the Sphinx, and as vicepresident of Eta Lambda Chapter, Atlanta, Ga. the Virginia Union University. Further advanced study was pursued at the University of Chicago a n d Columbia University. During the recent World Baptist Convention, in Palestine, Brother Bacoats was one of the very few Negro delegates. Renown as a public speaker and Christian gentleman, Brother Bacoats was also pastor of progressive Mt. Zion, leading Baptist Church, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As an expression of gratitude for his untiring services, Mt. Zion Church tendered Brother and Mrs. Bacoats a mammoth farewell banquet, in which Baton Rouge's foremost citizens, both white and colored, participated. Succeeding Dr. Starks. Brother Bacoats will devote his first year, at Benedict College, to familiarizing himself with the administrative responsibilities, under the tutelage of Dr. Starks. Previ-

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Page 15 time declined the position, choosing to remain at his H o w a r d University post. Acceptance of the presidency of W i l berforce by this outstanding scholar, author, and administrator was a surprise to many of his friends and a c quaintances. However, the immensity of the job, the great possibilities for the development of the Ohio institution, and the unanimity of the boards of trustees that he was the man to guide the destiny of Wilberforce at this stage of its history offered a great challenge to this peerless educator. Wilberforce, under the direct guidance and administration of Brother Dr. Wesley will realize the greatest progress in its eighty-six years of operation. if his success at H o w a r d is prophetic of the future. His scholarly attainment; his wide and varied experience and contacts in educational circles, coupled with his ingenuous ability to create friends and get along with people undoubtedly will prove to be valuable assets to that pioneer educational institution whose beginning really dates back as far as 1844.

DR. C H A R L E S H. W E S L E Y P a s t President, and Historian of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and former Dean urn . a c ^ u a t e . School, Howard University, was unanimously elected President of Wilberforce University during the second week in June of this year. For a number of years, Brother Dr. Wesley had served as teacher and administrator at the school in the nation's capitol. Ten years ago he was elected to the presidency of Wilberforce, but at that

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity takes this occasion to congratulate its former General President (1931-1941), its incumbent Historian, and (likewise to congratulate Wilberforce University), and to wish for them both continued success and God's speed.

ously, Brother Dr. Bacoats had declined the presidency at Florida Normal College, St. Augustine, Florida.

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Brother Dr. H o w a r d Decker Gregg, relinquished the presidency of E d w a r d W a t e r s College, Jacksonville, Florida, to assume the helm at Delaware State Teachers College, Dover, Delaware, after the resignation of President Grossley. As both president of E d w a r d W a t e r s College and editor of the A. M. E. Review, Brother Gregg has already distinguished himself as an indefatigable worker. W i t h his advent to the president's chair, at Delaware State Teachers College, Brother Gregg is expected to combine his rich and varied experience as Professor of Education at H o w a r d University; Superintendent of the C. N . and I. Department in Wilberforce University; Head of the Department of Education at Virginia Union University; and President of E d w a r d W a t e r s College, as a backdrop for upbuilding the dwindling educational fortunes of the Deleware institution. Brother Dr. Gregg was granted the A. B. degree by Lincoln University; the A. M. degree by Columbia University; the B. D. degree by Yale Univers i t y ; and the Ph. D. degree by the University of Pennsylvania. Besides being associated with a number of professional and honorary societies, Broth-

er Dr. Gregg has been frequently mentioned as a candidate for the bishopric in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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DR. F R E D E R I C A. J A C K S O N An Alpha brother of long standing this past spring received his Ph. D. D e gree from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York University with Economics as the major. His dissertation topic was "Price Level Sta-

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Brother Dr. Jackson has had a rich experience in the field of education. After graduating from Atlanta U n i versity, Atlanta, Ga., he entered the Graduate School of Business Administration at New York University where he earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration. H e taught in the State College at Prairie View, Texas as head of the Economics D e partment, and was in charge of the Extension School at Prairie View before he re-entered N'ew York to pursue his Doctorate. The young educator first saw the light of Alphadom in E t a Lambda Chapter, and later became a charter member of Alpha Pi Chapter a t Atlanta University, seat of which was later transferred to Clark University. Then he became identified with E t a Chapter, New York University, during his studies on the Master's Degree. Following his connection with Prairie View College, Brother Jackson i m mediately became identified with Alpha Eta Lambda, Houston, Prairie View. His present membership is with Alpha Gamma Lambda Chapter, New York. During his stay in New York, Brother Jackson served as Secretary of the National Survey Committee on E m ployment Opportunities for Negroes," a committee established at the 1939 New York General Convention.

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Howdy Brothers—Here I am again, after somewhat of an extended leave of absence, and by the grackrasuess of our Brother Editor. I just couldn't let another Convention roll around and nut having given my version of the previous one. If you can recall this column began as a column with the title "Highlights Of The Convention" and has magnified itself to a recognized place in our official organ. True enough there has been some criticism shot at the column but believe it or not, more pleasant bouquets have been cast than otherwise, hence the way the column received its caption "Hits And Misses." Since this column, has appeared there have been many and various experiences both within and without the fold of Alphadom. Some of which will re-occur thru this medium. Let's begin with complimenting our organ, the Sphinx, that has kept pace with the changing tide and is still an outstanding piece of journalism. Much to the credit of our Editor-in-Chief and his staff. Well s'nee it is almost time for another Convention to be held in the great city Chicago, let's all get together and not have another repetition of the Louisville session. At the Louisville Convention this column did not take any part in the 'politicking' that was so unnecessary. To my mind there was a lot that could have been omitted, and having been omitted would have left a better taste in the mouths of some. Really, some of the administrative respect and high esteem that I held for some of the leading factors in our Fraternity dropped to a real low with me. Those whom I have cherished as the highest of idealism in our Fraternity or anywhere. So let

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it go at that. Time as you know heals most wounds, although in some instances it leaves a scar of telling effect. — • • —

A much more pleasant side to the Convention was the temporary headquarters that I set up in the offices of Brother Atty. Charlie Anderson and Prentice Thomas. After the necessary arrangements were made and a sufficient amount of ingredients were on hand, our session got under way. I think that those who dropped in, or those who had some pre-arranged mugging to be done found the atmosphere much more congenial than that which was prevailing at the Convention headquarters. I must say that Old Kentucky held her own during the ('(invention to at least two of her three historic characteristic traditions, namely; good liquor, pretty women. Although no horses were running at that time, the lady folk carried on for that phase of it, and it can be truthfully said, 'Fast and Pretty Women' and the track that some of them had to travel was pretty fast. One of the nicest things that helped matters was the fact that most Brothers were supplied with the proper credentials and a satisfactory 'contract' already drawn up. Thanks to our F r a t Fun Editor, Brother Winters. His 'legal' service was very befitting. And, O h ! yes, while I am on the subject of Brother Winters, allow me to congratulate him and the new edition to the Winters line. Came last J a n uary. Miracles, I sec, arc still happening.

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Back to my pet subject on educational topics, I find that most of us now can see some of the things that a few of us have been advising for a long number of years. That is some change in our standard educational set-up. Now that the ravages of war have oncovered so many of our weak spots in the educational field, I am almost certain that if this thing (war) ever does come to an end, and in our favor, there will be a complete change or dawning of a new era.

— •— Congratulations to our former General President, Dr. Wesley, who was overwhelmingly elected the president of W'ilherforce University for the second time. It was exactly ten years ago that I sat in on the trustee meeting that extended him the invitation to come to Wilberforce and when he arrived I had the pleasure of greeting him. I Iruee, the old familiar term 'handshaking J o e ! Dr. Wesely, however, did not see til to keep the presidency at that lime. Much success to him and I know Old Wilberforce Is Gonna Shine Again. And speaking of education I am almost ready to answer Dr. Milton Wright's question when he asked 'Is education a curse to Society? Well, in some cases it is, a n d when I begin to evaluate in terms of good that has been done for the masses, I am ready to say there is a "bottleneck" somewhere. And to some it has been nothing but a curse. The privileged few have forgotten that their training was for a purpose and that they have a 'charge to keep.' I wonder if I could get a little of this thing called 'Eddy-mun-ca-tion! L. M. N . O. good at all get me Jack. Saw a number

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I N D Reader—This column is dedicated to our brothers in the service. Please send this copy to your nearest military camp after you have finished your perusal. The material herein is the result of selective culling of the latest humor from a variety of current literature. He was the Star pupil of the First Aid (..'lass. One day at the plant a fellow worker had his chest injured by a machine. The volunteer hoisted the victim up by his arms and dragged him to the nearest Firsl Aid Station. Aghast, the foreman called the workman aside : Haven't you had First Aid ? The man said he had, indeed? And what was the first thing you were taught? Wasn't it to always keep the patient lying down? W h y did you pick him up and drag him like that? "But" protested the volunteer blandly, "this guy was really h u r t ! " " W h y were you arrested during the parade of the W. A. A. C.'s last week?" "I was too patriotic; I kept shouti n g : Hips, Hips, H o o r a y ! "

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Joe goes to his draft board. Passes physical. They ask him if he has anything to add to his medical history. Private-to-be-Joe answers, "Well, my mother was frightened by a broken juke box record and I'm not exactly, not exactly, not exactly, not e x a c t l y — " In the last World W a r we were waving the tla^s. Now we are flagging the W A V E S. • — • • - —

The Pledge of Allegiance is being revised to r e a d : "One ration, indivisible." A northern soldier who went to Camp Livingstone kept writing to his girl back home about a Louisiana lass named Nellie. Nellie had wonderful eyes. Nellie had personality. Nellie had charm. Nellie had this, and Nellie had that. Finally the girl back home could stand it no longer. So she wrote to her boy friend and asked him point blank just what Nellie had that she didn't have. The answer came quickly. "Nothing—only Nellie has it here." •

Of course he had to be more meticulous than the rest of the whole army. so the Second Lieutenant asked his tailor: "Will this uniform hold its shape?" "Absolutely" replied the tailor, "it is made of pure, virgin wool!" "Listen," said the officer, "All I want to know is will it hold its shape? Never mind about the morals of the sheep." When a woman's toe sticks out of her shoes she's fashionable. W h e n a man's 'I"Cs, he's a bum.

When Neville Henderson, as British Ambassador to Germany before 1939 was watching one of those super-spectacles of the Nazi Party in which Hitler strutted like a prima donna on a stage, he said of h i m : "There, but for the grace of God, goes God."

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Bachelor—a man who wouldn't take ,r 5 es" for an answer.

At the end of the first week's training, the top sergeant in making out his report of the progress the new batch of rookie soldiers were making wrote laconically, "Trying." T h e next week he wrote "Still Trying." At the end of the fifth week he w r o t e : "Still very trying!" She'd be a good secretary if she wasn't so clockeyed.

Some folks have no respect for age unless its bottled.

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Contrary to the unanimous opinion of his superior officers he persisted in the contention that he should be included in the list of soldiers slated for officers' training school. Summoned up before the Commanding officer who had a reputation for tolerance, patience and fairness, he was asked to write an essay of fifty words on the subject, "The Cat." H e wrote, "The cat belongs to the feline family. I have a Maltese cat. Cat this point his literary ability collapsed and thinking of the remaining thirty-eight words necessary to complete the essay he undauntedly wrote) I have lost my cat. Here Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, __. (for the remaining twenty-three words).

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The older you become, the more a good time costs you, the less you enjoy it, and the longer it takes you to get over it.

"And now" said the Sunday School teacher brightly, can any of you children tell me where God lives?" "I think" said 5 year old Barbara reflectively "that he lives in our bathroom." " W h y Barbara, what in the world ever gave you that idea?" "Well, almost every morning daddy goes to the bathroom door a n d says real loud, 'God, are you still in there?"

Hitler is only trying to make world a "bitter" place to live in.

At a dinner party a baffled lady once turned to Edward Gibbon, the not-tooeasy-to-read historian who wrote volumes and volumes on the Rise and Decline of the Roman Fmpire. She asked him to tell her in a few words what actually caused the fall of the Roman Empire. He proved equal to the occasion with this prompt reply: "The bottom fell out of it!" —-o— Birmingham police radio droned this o r d e r : "Car X-Y-3, go to 3rd Avenue and 14th Street. A nude woman running down the street." Then, an after-thought: "All other cars remain on vour beat. T h a t is all."

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The Lord gave us two ends to use, One to think w i t h ; one to sit with The war depends on which we choose Heads we w i n ; tails we lose. As you w e r e ! !

Carry o n !

Gamma Alpha Speaks Pvt. James M. Thompson, member of Gamma Alpha Chapter, Texas College, writes the Sphinx that he is stationed at Camp Wolters, Texas a member of Company "D," 66th Infantry Training Battalion. Having completed his 13 weeks of training cycle, he was transferred from trainee status to Cadre status.

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SIGNAL CORPS FOR TRAINING OF NEGROES SET UP AT FLA. NORMAL S t Augustine College to be Regional Training Center St. Augustine, Florida—Florida N o r mal and Industrial Institute has been selected as a Regional Training Base for the Signal Corps for Negroes in the F o u r t h Service Command according to recent communications received here from the Atlanta Headquarters of the F o u r t h Service Command and the State Department of Education of Florida. T h e Signal Corps is a war training program sponsored jointly by the United States Office of Education and United States Army for training radio and signal corps operators. Trainees must be high school graduates and are paid from eighty to one hundred and twenty dollars a month during the training period with the assurance of being placed in the government service upon graduation. The Signal Corp has attracted nation wide attention because graduates are often given Civil Service rating. Courses have been established throughout the south for whites but due to the small number of Negroes who are available and qualified for the training the army officials and educational authorities are developing the Negro program for the southern states along regional lines. According to r e cent reports Negroes from all sections of the country will be enrolled in the radio and signal courses at St. A u g u s tine, which got under way September 29. T h e general objective of the prog r a m is to prepare civilians to assist in the installation, maintenance, and operation of all communication systems used by the army, visual and aural, including radio, telephone and telegraph, and motion pictures. Doctor William H . Gray, Jr., President of Florida Normal and Industrial Institute who has just recently been given overall authority by government officials as director of the elaborate war training program stationed at the school, which includes, aside from the Signal Corps, the Enlisted Reserve Corps and the W a r Production T r a i n ing courses, is urging Negroes to take advantage of all of these training opportunities. Florida Normal has one of the most complete electric and acetylene welding plants in the country. Persons interested in the Signal Corps should contact their local United States Federal Employment Office, lo-

cal Civil Service officials; or write the Florida Department of Vocational Education. State Department of Education, Tallahassee. F u r t h e r information can be secured by writing directly to the college. Florida Normal officials are also urging Negroes of tin's immediate section to take advantage of the W a r P r o duction Training courses in Boatbuilding, Welding, Sheet Metal work, Electricity, Foundry Work, Forging and Blacksmithing which are being offered through three month courses by the State Department of Vocational E d u cation at Bethune-Cookman College, D a j t o n a Beach; Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee and Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, St. Augustine. President Gray, who has just completed an extensive tour through the east and middle west, states that the defense training opportunities for Negroes in Florida are certainly comparable with, and exceed in most cases, opportunities in other states, and it is appalling that more of our young men and women are not taking advantage of these courses and preparing themselves for greater service to the nation during this emergency.

Brother Cannon Conducts Alpha Nu Ceremonies Brother Raymond W. Cannon, of Minneapolis, Minn., Past President of Alpha Phi Alpha, was invited to Des Moines, Iowa to conduct initiation ceremonies of Alpha Nu Chapter this past spring. The chapter which had been inactive for some time was revived. Several old members of the Fraternity were re-instated, and four undergraduate men were initiated. Prospects look very bright. Alpha Nu was established in November, 1922, by Brother Cannon and D. N . Croswaite. Brother Charles P. H o w ard, one of the leading attorneys of the State of Iowa, is a charter member, and throughout the years he has been a leading and guiding spirit in keeping alive interest in the little group which has resulted once more in a good strong chapter. Alpha Nu has a rich background. Among its charter members are Brothers Rufus B. Atwood. president of Kentucky State College; Brother Fred D. Patterson, President of Tuskegee Institute; and Brother Potts, of Prairie View State College and many other outstanding Alpha men. While at Alpha Nu, Brother Cannon

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Hits and Misses F r o m Page 16 summer. Private 'Sergt' Walker of Cleveland and lately of Fort Huachuca, passed through enroute back to camp. H e is in the finance department. His desire for feminine attraction of the caliber, style and type for the few minutes here was too much for me to cope with, lietter luck next time, Brother Walker. Brother Capt, Dr. C. Thurston FereI" e, part of the Dr. Dorothy Bowling Ferebee fame also passed thru enroute to Fort Huachuca. Other claims to fame for Brother Ferebee are that several years ago he was the cartoonist for the Sphinx magazine, lie was looking fine. I hope that this divided section of our Fraternity will get together before the Convention meets in C h i c a g o — And while I am on the Chicago Subject I want the firm of Brown, Crown, Brown, Cyrus and Brown to know that my office is a traveling one and to reserve space for my set-up, the new member of the firm, Me, Myself and I. —-•-

Let's get together Brothers and make this a Double "V" Victory, at home and abroad. You have no idea how much that victory is needed down South. No more repetitions of what happened to Brother II. M. Gloster, L. H. Twigg, and Rev. John Jackson on the Frisco and Southern trains respectively. Will be seeing you in the next issue with nior- dope I hope, you dope.

Glenn Mill*ler's Band Serenades Alpha Sigmas Glenn Miller and his celebrated orchestra, on the evening of May 21st, serenaded Alpha Sigma Chapter and W iley College during his regular broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System. The brothers with their guests gathered around the radio in the reception room of the college to hear those unforgettable words, "In honor of the Alpha men at Wiley College." was guest of Brother and Mrs. J. W . Mitchell and Brother and Mrs. Charles P. Howard. As Brother Howard's guest, the former President attended the Drake Relays in which numbers of Alpha men from other parts of the country took part.

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BRILLIANT YOUNG ECONOMIST RECEIVES O. P. A. APPOINTMENT

DR. D U N B A R S. M c L A U R I N Only two weeks after making educational history at Illinois University by receiving the Doctorate Degree iil Economics at the young age of 21, Brother Dr. Dunbar S. McLaurin, of Langston, Okla., was called from his m w position as Associate Professor of Economics at Clark University, Atlanta, Ga., to become Assistant Economist in the Office of Price Administration. The educational history of the brilliant young economist has been one academic triumph after another. Born in 1920 at Reutiesville, Okla., he was able to read and write before he was three years of age. Moving to Langston, Okla., soon thereafter, he finished elementary school at eight, and was immediately admitted to Langston University High School from which lie graduated in 1933 at twelve. He was elected to the Oklahoma High School Honor Society. Brother McLaurin continued his brilliant academic strides at Southwestera College, Winfield, Kas., where he enrolled on a four-year scholarship and finished at 17. During his career at Southwestern, he was a member of the college band. orchestra, Little Theatre group, and associate editor of the college publication and annual. H e had the distinction of being the youngest student to finish at Southwestern, having graduated with honors. Graduate work followed at Kansas University where Brother McLaurin wrote masterly his thesis on the subject, "Prolegomena Consideration Ou The History And Growth of Chain Stoic Taxation in the United States." This work was used the following year by the Legislative Council of Kansas in its hearings and investigations on the possibility of adopting such a tax measure for the State of Kansas. Research study was later done at Colorado University with emphasis upon wholesale marketing facilities of Denver. Afterward Brother McLaurin enrolled at Illinois University to begin studies toward his Doctorate in Economics, l i e was awarded a University Fellowship against stiff competition during his first year, and became the first Xegro to receive distinction as a Fellow in the Social

Sciences Department. Brother McLaurin was also the first member of his race ever Âťto be elected to the Economics Honorary Fraternity, Omicron Delta Gamma. Graduating from Illinois with the Ph. D. Degree at 21, Brother McLaurin was commended for his thesis on the topic, "An Examination of the Genesis and Nature of the Recent Recovery Reform Movements," which was recommended for publication. W h e n his appointment came from the OPA, Brother McLaurin had been at Clark University only two weeks. He had done work as a teacher at Langston University and Alabama State College during the summer months prior to going to Clark University. The young educator is son of Prof. and Mrs. G. W. McLaurin, of Langston, Okla. His brother, J. C. McLaurin, teacher at Langston, and sister, Miss Cardeza McLaurin, teacher in Georgia, received their Master's Degree at 17.

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1942 graduate of Philander Smith College, has entered Gammon Theological Seminary to continue studies for the ministry at the well known Methodist school in Atlanta, Georgia. He was initiated into the F r a t e r nity by Beta Chi Chapter, Philander Smith. While en route to Atlanta, Ga. from his home in Detroit, Mich., Brother Cole visited the Sphinx Office in Memphis, and stated that he expects to keep up his interest in Alphadom through Alpha Phi at Clark University. H e takes this occasion to express his best wishes to all brothers in the armed forces of the nation.

MEDICAL CORPS M A S T E R S E R G T . W . M. W O M A C K Physical Education Instructor of the Tuskegee Army Flying School. Inducted as a buck private at Fort Benning, Ga. July 25th, Brother Womack was assigned to the T. A. F. S. and made a Master Sergeant on the same day. H e was first appointed to the Army Flying School October 7, 1941, following graduate work at Michigan University. Brother Womack did his undergraduate work at Lane College where he "first saw the light" as an Alpha man in Beta Pi Chapter.

The Emergency Medical Field Units will b e identified by a red Caduceus in white triangle set in blue circle. In the event of a civilian disaster or in a war emergency such as an air raid, the problem of caring for the sick and injured will be handled by the Emergency Medical Service, the character 'and size of which will be established by the local Chief of Emergency Medical Services. Emergency Medical Field units composed of doctors, nurses, and nursing auxiliaries wdll set up a Casualty Station near the site and give assistance to the injured.

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Pi Chapter Yields To The Service

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To Continue Aid For Beta Chi

Reports from Pi Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio, are that three brothers, including the president, have entered the armed service. They a r e : â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brothers Stanley Tarter, chapter president, who married, just being inducted; K. A. Aggrary, and Dave Beasley. Brother T a r t e r went to an Officers Candidate School. Fort Penning, Ga. Brother Beasley is a former member of the Cleveland police force, having served as chemist at the police headquarters. During a visit in Memphis, Term., his former home, Brother W. H . (Bill) Luster informed the Sphinx that he was scheduled to leave for the army any time. H e is now working at the United States Employment Service headquarters, Cleveland, Ohio.

With The USO BRO. L O N N I E BR]SCO Alpha Sigma Chapter, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, has answered the call for service in the armed forces of the nation. An ace salesman for Metal Company in Texas, and Louisiana since 1937, Brother Brisco left his civilian work, during the month of August for service in the U. S. Army. 1 (e represented his chapter at the Louisville, Ky. Convention lust December, and has been an active Alpha Brother since his initiation into the Fraternity in 1935. H e is the son of Rev. and Mrs. F r a n k Brisco, Memphis, Tennessee.

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1942 graduate of Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Ark., his home. Brother Smith, during a visit to the Sphinx Office last month, stated he plans to continue interest in Alpha Phi Alpha on the Philander Smith campus for the present. In view of the fact that graduation, and military induction have just about depleted Beta Chi of its entire membership, Brother Smith is especially interested in seeing that the Chapter will start on the "come-back" trail as early as suitable material will permit.

BRO. R A L P H M E T C A L F E Former Olympic track star, is now connected with the National USO Council as one of its recreational directors at Anniston, Alabama. For several years, Brother Metcalfe, who gained a national reputation in the field of sports during his college days at Marquette, has been in charge of the track team at Xavier University, New Orleans, La. H e is a member of Sigma Lambda Chapter.

For 'What' Are We Fighting? From Page 8 gro-white relationships, in America, it seems obligatory for the intellectual elite, both Negro and white, to author an intelligently practical program,

fashioned to dissipate once and for all the paradoxes of a parenthetical democracy, in favor of a realistically functional democracy for each individual. It docs seem that the Negro GreekLetter organizations, in their forthcoming confabs, can well address a considered attention to this problem and thus assume a major responsibility, in the institution of workable measures, designed to amend this garbled state of affairs; we should hasten to add. too, that this is not an issue of the South alone, but, rather, a nationwide plague. There, then, is pressed upon us a greater challenge than bearing arms, to which we have so willingly acceded. If we sincerely accept this gauntlet, then we not only will justify a conception that "we are the cream of the crop" but also render validity to the now-popular ditty that "This Is W o r t h Fighting F o r i "

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Brother Burt A. Mayberry, Beta Lambda Chapter, Kansas City, Mo. has been loaned by the Kansas City Board of Education to the Missouri state department of education to serve as State Supervisor of Negro Schools. "The loan was made at the request of Lloyd W. King, state superintendent of schools, to fill a vacancy created by the induction into the army of Roland L. Wiggins, state supervisor for several years," according to a recent account in the Kansas City Call. Brother Mayberry, who holds the A. B. and M. A. Degrees from Kansas University, has been a teacher of social science at Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Mo., for the past twenty years. H i s loan to the Stale Department is for one year, subject to an extension after the expiration of a year. J lis headquarters will be in Jefferson City, Mo. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Brother Mayberry spent his early childhood in "Oklahoma his parents later moving to Wichita, K a s . where he completed his elementary and high school education. " F o r four summers, he has attended Columbia university, taking courses in administration and working on a di-

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ploma in secondary school administration, the requirements for which will be completed next summer." H e is using as his tentative project for the doctorate, "A Constructive Program of Education for Negroes in Missouri." Having served as president of the Missouri State Association of Negro Teachers in 1936 and 1937, Brother Mayberry at present holds office in this body as executive secretary. "Jle is a member of the National Education Association, the American Teachers Association, and probably knows more teachers and more about the Negro schools of Missouri than any other single individual," the Call asserts. In the Southwest, Brother Mayberry has been in the forefront for Alpha Phi Alpha. He was the leading influence in bringing about the tri-parte convention in Kansas City, Mo. in 194U when three Greek-letter societies, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Alpha Phi Alpha held their respective sessions concurrently under one roof, the Municipal Auditorium. It was he who initiated a series of g 1 will tours for Alpha Phi Alpha, having headed a delegation of Greekletter men to Memphis, Tenn.. Louisville, Ky. and Oklahoma. As Assist-

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BROTHER WARNER

Howard

LAWSON

Newly appointed Dean of the School of Music, Howard University, Washington. D. C. Until his acceptance of the H o w a r d University position, Brother Lawson was H e a d of the M a s k Department at A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C. H e was born to a fine musical heritage as the talent?d son of a musically distinguished father. Brother Lawson studied music with his father until he entered Fisk University where he pursued the a r t with brilliant success. After his gradu-

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BURT A MAYBERKY ant Editor of the Sphinx, his services have been of inestimable value. ation, he entered Yale an 1 completed the five-year course for the Bachelor of Music Degree in three years. During these years, he resumed his piano study with his father, growing and maturing more in this period than in all the years before. He studied with Arthur Schnabel, the famous Austrian pianist and teacher, in Berlin, Germany during the summer of 19,50. Returning to the States in the fall, he accepted a position as member of the faculty in the .Music School of Fisk University. He remained there four years. A Rosenwald Fellowship followed by a General Education Board Fellowship enabled him to continue his studies at Harvard University. Brother Lawson received his Master of Arts degree and completed residence requirements for the doctorate during these two years. Since leaving H a r v a r d he has held the music department directorship at \. & T. College. In all his playing Brother Lawson has shown his perfect musical temperament, revealing depth of feeling, delicacy and grace, fire and power. H e was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in 1925 through Chi Chapter, and served as president of the reorganized graduate chapter of Kappa Lambda, Greensboro, N. C. during the academic period of 1941-42.

Negro Officers In World War I There were two colonels, three lieutenant colonels, 11 majors, 162 captains, 403 first lieutenants, and approximately 700 second lieutenants in the first World W a r .

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NEW USO LOUNGE IN MEMPHIS GETS ALPHA DOFF N e w U S O Lounge at Union Railway station, Memphis, Tenn., is being widely hailed by soldiers, including comissioned and nun commissioned officers, for its efficient plan of op operation. Scores of Alpha brothers stopping at the Lounge have commented that the supervisor, Mrs. Marion M. Simpkins, and her staff of charming hostesses are "tops." Generally divided into three sections, the entrance, recreation room, and kitchenette, U S O Lounge is under joint operation of the T r a v elers Aid Society and the National USO Council. Two Alpha brothers serve on the Ad>ry Committee for the Lounge. They are Prof. Blair T. Hunt, principal of Hooker T. Washington 1 tigh school; and Sphinx Editor L. O. Swingler Top scene shows Mrs. Simpkins, p r o t a i n c u t in Memphis A l p h a Lappa Alpha circles chatting with Corporal Carl E. Johnson. In the center scene soldiers are being served fruit juice by the junior hostesses in the kitchenette. This contingent was en route to Fort Sills, Okla. to an Officers T r a i n i n g School.

Bottom V i e w : Junior Hostesses keep soldiers moving at happy pace. Recreational Quarters small but service men

Volunteer service is rendered at the Lounge by numerous civic and social organizations. Copies of the Sphinx arc placed there for the benefit of Alpha brothers s:JWfPSÂŤ^^8! .'IS stopping over. never complain at this Lounge when these Lassies show their charm and rhythm with patriotic swagger.

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VOICE OF THE SPHINX Beta Delta Chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;State

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Beta Delta Brotliers and their guests during their observance of "Education for Citizenship" Week April 27-May 3rd. On J A N U A R Y 11, 1942, Beta Delta Laine, Theodore Martin and Sphinxpresented our General President, Bro. men Robert Myers and Cressye Baker. Dr. Rayford W. Logan at the vesper At the homecoming celebration Greetings: hour. Bro. Logan spoke on the subThanksgiving we crowned "Miss Alject "The Negro in the Post W a r SoWe, the members of the Beta Chappha Phi1 Alpha" (Miss Inez Walton of ciety." Brother Logan was feted, in ter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Augusta, Georgia). Her attendants on the afternoon, at a banquet in the colInc., located at South Carolina State the Alpha float were Misses Mable lege cafeteria. A. and M. College, Orangeburg, pause Reid, Augusta, Ga., and Madeline to take a retrospective view of our acin F E B R U A R Y we admitted to the Clagett, Orangeburg. The Sphinx Club tivities and accomplishments for the Sph inx Club the following m e n : Robalso had a float and a "Miss Sphinx" school year 1941-42. ert Bradford, Greenville; Charles (Miss Helen Bartelle of Florence). Nicholson, T r e n t o n ; Charles Chatman, In N O V E M B E R we accepted in our Her attendants were Misses Geneva Greenville; Curtis Coleman. NewberSphinx Club Harold Mazyck, CharlesWilliams, Elloree, and Florine Wilks, ry; William Daniels, Greenwood; ton ; G. W. Thompson, Greenville; Savannah. Samuel Parker, Savannah, Ga.; James James Becknell, U n i o n ; Charles Penn., Brothers who crossed the burning Sutton, Camden; James Bailey, F l o r Toledo, O h i o ; Cecil Chatman, Columsands in D E C E M B E R w e r e : James ence; Thomas Curry, Greenville; Cybia ; Robert Myers, St. Augustine. Lum, Charleston; Charles DeCosta, rus Daniels, Greenwood; Augustus F l o r i d a ; Samuel Anderson, JacksonBrooklyn, N. Y . ; Carl Green, OrangeForrest, Charleston; and John T. L a ville, F l o r i d a ; and Samuel Rice, Alb u r g ; James Gibbs, Florence; Cressie Saine, Charleston. lendale. Baker, Dublin, Ga.; and Willie Gaston, On the football team Beta Delta was On M A R C H 20, the Sphinx Club Breckenridge, P a . represented by Brothers William De feted the members of the Beta Delta

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Page 24 Chapter with a smoker. Each member was given a replica of the fraternity's insignia carved in snap and painted black and gold. On .March 22. the Sphinx Club presented in White Hall Auditorium a public program. Sphinxman Robert Myers gave an interesting address. After the Sphinx Club program a representative group from Beta Delta motored to Columbia to witness Alpha Psi Lambda's "Education for Citizenship" program. Brother Dr. W. E. B. DuBois of Atlanta University, spoke on the subject "Reconstruction Alter the Present W a r " to a capacity crowd in tin- auditorium of Allen Uni\ersity. In A P R I L eight neophyte brothers crossed into dear A. Phi A. They a r e : Samuel Anderson, J a n u s Becknell; Edward C. Jones, J r . ; Daniel Lawrence, Robert Myers, Harold Mazyck, Clyde Reese and Samuel Rice. On April 18, Beta Delta won second prize at the Jabberwock sponsored by the Alpha \ i Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. The week of April 27-May 3. Beta Delta observed "Education for Citizenship" week. Skits were cited show ing the "Negro in the Post W a r Society." These skits showed the role the Negro would play after democracy had been learned by all. During the week we announced the winning of an Alpha Phi Alpha Scholarship Award by Brother Charles DeCosta for the school year 1942-43. Also we presented to the school neon to outline the words "State College" on the arch at the campus entrance. At our final program, Sunday evening. May 3, Brother Jacob R. Henderson, housing manager of John J. Eagan Homes, Atlanta. Georgia, spoke on the subject "the Negro Citizen and Defense." Brother Henderson is one of tile many outstanding sons of Beta Delta. Bro. W i l liara Miller of Alpha Psi Lambda was guest artist. In basketball Sphinxmen Henry "Mice" Holden and Charles Penn made enviable records. "Mice" set four records in tlie S. I. A. C. (1) H e made an individual scoring record of 50 points in one g a m e ; (2) a season record of 478 points in 26 g a m e s ; (3) a tournament record for the highest number of scores at the S. T. A. C. tournament made by an individual r, and (4) the highest average of any player per game in the S. 1. \. C "Mice" is also a good student. In the interfratemal Softball league Beta Delia placed second. T h e

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Sphinx Club ami the Scrollers Club ended in a deadlock for first place. Beta Delta is active in all extra-curricula activities having taken part in intermural football, in the dramatic club activities, on the debating team, on the choir, etc. Known Beta Delta representatives in the armed forces a r e ; Brothers John and Charles Snypse, Edward Jones, Freeman Cause, Joseph Jackson, Berry Johnson, Windsor Williams, Robert Butler, William Henderson, E r n est Robinson, and Eric hum, in the army. Sphinxmen William Daniels and Edward Haynes are also in the army. Brother Vivienne Deas is in the navy. (As of July. 1942). Graduating brothers in MAY a r e : Russell I'lynt. Edward Jones, Edgar Anderson, Samuel Rice, William IVI.aine and Theodore Martin. Beta Delta continues to achieve through struggle. Fraternally yours, EDWARD FULLER, W o c i a t e Editor.

BETA IOTA LAMBDA Baton Rouge, La. Brothers in Alpha, Greetings: Beta Iota Lambda Chapter, at this writing, is compelled to report depletion in its ranks, tlwv not alone to the Army, but also to educational piracy. While we regret to lose a number ol outstanding brothers, we do feel it significant that certain reputable institutions are constrained to search for faculty replacements, within the roster of Beta loia Lambda Chapter. Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina, .has called princely Brother Dr. J. A. Bacoats from the presidency of Lcland College, Baker, Louisiana, to succeed Dr. Starks, outgoing president; Brother Reuben T u r n e r has also relinquished his coaching post at Leland (Allege to become a mentor at Tougaloo College, Mississippi; Brother J. H. Owens, l o n g t i m e Dean at Leland College, has 'had his choice of either a high school principalship in North Carolina, or a professorship, in the department of Sciences, at Tougaloo College, and it appears that Brother Owens has elected the position in North Carolina; Brother James Hudson, recent recipient of an Alpha I'hi Alpha scholarship, has augmented this honor with a graduate Assistant ship, in the department of Philosophy. at Boston University, during the school year, 1042-43. In the mean time,

October, 1942 Brother Hudson will work towards the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Brothers F.mmit Bashful, Charles H a r r i n g ton. E. J. Harris and Henry DeMouil have been called to the armed forces. Activities for Beta Iota Lambda Chapter, during the summer months. have been rather sporadic. The last meeting, sponsored by Brothers Bash ful, Rowley, and Boswell was held in the spacious offices of the Keystone Life Insurance Company, and served somewhat as a farewell smoker, for those Brothers departing to the army. At this time, the brothers were glad to welcome Brother Lieutenant Carter, now stationed at J larding Field. Brother Russell Smith has been in attendance at the Regional Conference of WOikers for Civilian Defense, in ses sion at Prairie View College, Texas. Upon his return to Southern University, Brother Smith will perform a responsible role in the Civilian Defense activity of the East Baton Rouge Parish. ,Our erstwhile president, Dr. B. V. Baranco, Jr., is all smiles at the arrival of a third daughter, Vivian Theresa, on August 18th. Brother J. H a r o l d Brown, head of the department of music, at Southern University, has just returned from a short tour with the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra, in epiest of pointers for a course designed for dance musicians, which Brother Brown contemplates instituting at Southern. It is appropriate now, also, to announce the marriage of Brother Burnett A. Little, auditor in Southern University, to Miss Helen Wells. English department member, at the same institution. May procreate! Brother Dean J. B. Cade, representing Southern University, was one of three Negro delegates at a huge regional conference upon problems connected with the Army Emergency Reserve Corps, at Houston, Texas, recently. Even though I'.eta Iota Lambda Chapter will face the new year with the prospect of an abbreviated membership, it does feel that it will continue to execute its responsibilities, in Alpha Phi Alpha, just as faithfully and diligently as in the past. In such endeavor, no doubt, the chapter will be assisted by the affiliation of Brother Dr. David H. Blackwell, recent addition to the department of Mathematics and Physics, at Southern University, and a post doctoral research fellow. with Einstein, at Princeton University. Brother Blackwell comes to Southern immediately from the O P A office in

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CORNELL UNIVERSITY

OUXWEll M'MILUAN

JAMES BAKER

WILLIAM THOMAS

AUBREY ROBIHSCH

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DR. JAMES M ?RÂŁEKAN

SAMUEL PIERCE

DHCAGAIVIN Washington, where he worked as junior economist. In closing may we say, "let Alpha Phi Alpha do its part willingly in the prosecution of the war" and "on to Chicago 1" Fraternally yours, R E I D E. JACKSON', Chapter Editor.

ALPHA CHAPTER Cornell University Brothers in A l p h a : Alpha Chapter again takes the opportunity to remind you that the Mother Chapter is active and we really mean active. The undergraduate members have been doing their part in maintaining the high standards of Alpha in their curricula and extra curricula activities here on Cornell's fair campus. Our own Brother Caldwell McMillan took several prizes in the livestock judging contest sponsored as a yearlyevent in connection with F a r m and

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Home week of Cornell University. Brother McMillan is an industrious and studious person and his scholastic achievements gained for him membership in Ho-nun-de-kah, the S Honorary Societj in Agriculture. Brother Aubrey E. Robinson carried Alpha on the field of sport by being a member of the Varsity track squad and competing in the track meets, both indoor and outdoor. H e was the number two sprinter on the squad and for for his efforts won his Varsity letter, the coveted Cornell "C". In addition, he was elected to Spiked Shoe, the Honorary T r a c k society. A total of three out of four of the undergraduate members of the chapter have won their Varsity awards within the past year. Brother Samuel R. Pierce and Brother Charles R. Robinson won their Varsity letters in football. Alpha Chapter entertained visiting lirothers and friends at their annual Spring Formal given on the eighth of May at the Club Skyline. The dance was a very successful affair, by far

the best of the current season. That it should be so is not strange, for such is our noble aim and tradition. The spring initiation saw one new brother enter the fold, B ai les Richard Robin of Dr. A. K. Robinson, Cornell '20, crossed the "Burning Sands" to enter the sacred portals of Alpha Phi Alpha. Brother Robinson is a student of Veterinary Medicine. The Chapter pledged Marco I!. of New York. Pledge Brother Baeza is a student in Agriculture, class '45. The Army has claimed two of our graduate members. Brother James K. Baker was inducted on the sixth of June. Brother Baker had completed one year of Law work in the Cornell University Law school. Brother Jefferson F . Bryant qualified for training as a meterologist in the United States Air Corp. Our loss is the nation's gain; Japs and Nazis b e w a r e ! T o these and other Alpha men. wherever they may be in the service of this nation, we in Alpha chapter send encouragement to

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ALPHA ETA LAMBDA CHAPTER Prairie View-Houston Greetings, Brothers in A l p h a : Alpha E t a Lambda Chapter has come to the end of a busy and successful winter and spring season of activities, and as a chapter, is now basking under a hot T e x a s sun, keeping as cool as possible and building up its energies for another year. But the brothers, as you shall see by the items I shall relate, arc still busy on all fronts in typical Alpha fashion. Brother S. B. Williams, after receiving his M, S. degree from Prairie View College this spring, is presently joining the armed forces as a member of the Volunteer Officers Corps. Also planning to take his place under the Stars and Stripes is Brother Lewis Watts, Scout Leader of the Houston area, who, with his scouts, has just returned to Houston from the Boy Scout Camporal at Camp P r a i r i e Oaks, P r a i rie View College. Brother W a t t s will serve in the army. Brother Lee Perkins, able secretary of the chapter, has recently joined the United States Coast Guard and is in training in New York. Brother N. L. Gerrin, who during the summer term at Prairie View College, has been serving as Head of the D e partment of Music, also expects soon to enter the armed forces. In his capacity as orchestra and band conductor and choral director, army morale may shoot skyward if Uncle Sam chooses

RESCUE PARTY Rescue Squads will be identified by a red ladder in white triangle set in blue circle. There are many phases to rescue work in modern warfare. An "all clear" signal after an air raid may find civilians, trapped in debris, shelters, flooded cellars, or exposed to danger from broken gas and water mains or unprotected electric wiring. Rescue Parties must be ready to go into action at all times to extricate them.

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to use this Alpha nephew in any of these roles. Brother Gerrin gave a highly successful lecture-recital at Tillotson College in M a y ; and in the closing days of the summer at Prairie View he co-starred with Miss Eileen Jackson, A. K. A. soror of the music faculty, in a joint recital of piano and violin, featuring works by Corelli, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, Kreisler and Dett. Brother Roger Lights is serving this summer as acting manager of the Municipal Pool in Emancipation Park, Houston; and Brother John Codwell is pursuing the doctor's degree in school administration at the University of Michigan. Brother Walter M. Booker is locking back triumphantly on a successful period of research at the University of Chicago under the direction of Dr. Arno B. Luckhardt, for which he is to be awarded^ the degree of doctor of philosophy. The subject of Brother Booker's thesis was "The Acute Ch ronic Effects Resulting from Downward Traction on the Liver." A portion of the work was demonstrated before the Department of Physiology Seminar of the University in 1940, and the final work was reported in May of this year. The entire study was demonstrated before the International Society of Anesthetists during Surgeon's week, October 19-23, at Chicago U n i versity. and the thesis will he published in two forms, in the Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia and in the Archives of Surgery. In recognition of the merit of his work, Brother Booker has been elected to Sigma Xi, national scientific society. H e went to Boston this spring with the University of Chicago delegation to attend the meeting of the American Physiological Society, and it will be remembered that in 1939 Brother Booker was similarly honored to attend the meeting of this society with the same delegation in Toronto, Canada. H e plans to continue his study of the angle of hypertension and of cardiac effects which were established in the original research. The degree will be conferred later this year. Information has reached us that Brother F . A. Jackson has also received the Ph. D. degree from New York University. Brother Jackson was formerly of Alpha E t a Lambda chapter and will always be regarded as one of us. So to him and Brother Booker, our heartiest felicitations.

The roster of Alpha children has re-

October, 1942 cently been augmented by the birth to Brother and Mrs. John Davis of a d a u g h t e r ; to Brother and Mrs. T. P. Dooley of a daughter and to Brother and Mrs. J. C. Williams of a son. Thus we carry on for country and for Alpha. Fraternally yours, G E O R G E W. M O R T O N .

CHI CHAPTER Meharry College Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha, Greetings from Chi Chapter: Chi Chapter is enjoying what promises to be the last official vacation period for the duration. For beginning with the 1942-43 school term, Meharry Medical College along with many oi the other medical schools, is going on the four quarter accelerated program. Already plans are being made by us here to revamp o u r fraternal program to fit in with the accelerated school's program. Commencement at Meharry on May 26th saw the passing of the following good Alpha men from Chi Chapter. From the Medical Department with the coveted M. D. degree went Brothers W. L. Anderson, J. A. Boyd, Donald M. Carey, H. M. Collier, Roy Gilmer, W. E. Garner, A. J. Griffin, G. W. H i l liard, Jr., C. S. Jenkins, W . R. Johnson. \V. C. Nixon, R. L. Perkins, Robert Screen, Henry Shorter, Jacob Shirley, A. L. Thompson, G. W. Thompson, and H. H . Wigham. From the Dental Department with the degree of D. D. S., went Brothers A. L. Jackson and J. H. Williams. As usual Chi was well represented when honors were passed out at commencement time. Brothers R. L. P e r kins, W. C. Nixon, H. H. Whigham and A. L. Thompson were graduated with honors. Brother A. L. Thompson received a year's subscription to the Journal of Surgery for being the most outstanding student in surgery. Brother H. H. Whigham, Jr., received a year's subscription to the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology for being the most outstanding in obstetrics and gynecology. Brother H o w a r d Kenney, sophomore in the School of Medicine, won first prize of sixty dollars in experimental pathology. W i t h the graduation of the brothers mentioned, Chi indeed suffers a great loss but realizes that wherever these good brothers cast their lots they will

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Officers of Chi Chapter are:—Brother s Raphael E. Tisdale, president; Paul Hough, vice-president; Richard M. Haskins, recording secretary; S. Bernard Vagner, corresponding secrest II be good Alpha men—"So God's speed I" Dan Cupid as usual is on the job and even the stalwarts of Chi are unable to resist. Brothers Lonnie Reid, W. C. Nixon, G. W. Hilliard, and C. W • Greer have recently joined the ranks of the benedicts. T h e brothers of Chi are doing their bit in the present national emergency. Brothers Dr. Jesse Chandler and John W . Moore are the latest additions to the Medical Corps. T h e undergraduate brothers in both medicine and dentistry have volunteered and received commissions in the Reserve Medical and Dental Administrative Corps, U. S. Army. W e are all looking forward to a big-

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t a r y ; Curtis B. Sprott, t r e a s u r e r ; Wesley Hicks, sergeant-ata r m s ; Henry L. Wilkins, chaplain; and Axel C. Hansen, associate Sphinx Editor. See chapter letter.

ger and better year in our chapter next year. Plans for welcoming new brothers have 'been worked out as well as greeting the old brothers. With best wishes to all chapters and expecting to see you in Chicago. Fraternally yours, R. E. T I S D A L E , President.

MU CHAPTER St. Paul-Minneapolis When the "moving hand of history" pens the chronicle of 1942 for Mu Chapter, it shall be recorded that this year was the acme of notable events for the brothers of that chapter. Brothers, who were delegates and

visitors to the Louisville convention, returned in January, with the inspiring reports of that great gathering. It served as an impetus to the plans which were in the making at that time lor the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Mu. In February, we met with Brother Raymond Cannon. Brother Danly, who was in the Twin Cities on government business, was the speaker at this meeting. Our two-day Anniversary program was held April 10th and 11th. Three features were on the program. T h e Grand Banquet opened the affairs. This was held in the Coffmann Memorial Union, on the campus of the University of Minnesota, not over three hun-

Page 28 dred feet from the site where the house stood in which Mu Chapter was born on April 12, 1912. This fact made the locale of our Banquet particularly significant to us. The Brothers, their wives, their lady guests and their parents made up the Banquet company. Brother John Patton was Banquet Toastmaster. Sin n't talks were made by the chapter officers and chapter Founders, who were present. Of our ten Founders, three were present, namely—Brothers Raymond Cannon, John Hickman, Jr., and Jasper Gibbs, Jr. The chapter president outlined the chapter's program, which must be followed during the war in order to keep Alpha Phi Alpha alive in the Northwest until the Brothers come back. After the dinner, we went three floors below to the Union's Grand Ball Room, where we met our friends and guests, and danced to the toe-tempting tunes of Rook Ganz' Orchestra. The Chapter Founders, officers and their ladies, stood in the receiving line and welcomed the guests. Brother .1. R. Lillard, of Beta Lambda Chapter, helped the local brothers to put over a grand affair. Other features w e r e : "The Alpha "Dance of the Years" to the strains of the "Anniversary Waltz." This waltz was hailed by Twin Citfans, as the most beautiful event that had ever been witnessed. A grand march was led by the president and his wife. The resplendently dressed men and charmingly gowned ladies, fell into line and marched to the martial music. < hn rendition of the famed "Alpha Hymn" was praised to the heavens by local critics. W e were accompanied on the piano by our excellent artist, Brother Rufus Webster. Saturday evening, the brothers held their Anniversary Smoker in typical style, at the home of Brother A. J. Lewis, St. Paul. Brother Cannon and Brother Hickman related accounts of Mu's early days. Many old relics were exhib'ted, which recalled by-gone days. On April 21st, we entertained Brother Jewell H. E. Callis, and Brother Walter Robinson, aviation student from Chicago. We met at the home of Brother E a r l Weber, W o r d s cannot express our appreciation of this affair. Brother Callis' address will never be forgotten. H e was attending the American College of Physicians in St. Paul. Brother Thomas E. Fosey of West Virginia State College, attended the

T H E S P H I N X Conference on Post W a r Reconstruction, at the University of Minnesota from May 7th to 9th. A Smoker was given in his honor at the home of Brother Archie James, Minneapolis. In June we had our closing meeting, at the home of Brother Robert Gardner in North St. Paul. Brother Norman Lyght enlisted in July, and is stationed in Missouri with the 258th Signal Const. Company Battalion. In August, Brothers Walter Goins and Robert Gardner were inducted into the armed forces. A farewell Smoker was held at the home of Brother John Lawrence, in St. Paul. Among the brothers present were: Arthur Royster of Iota chapter, now Treasurer of Tillotson College, Austin, T e x a s ; and Malalieu Woolfolk of Alpha Upsilon Lambda Chapter. Incidentally, Brother Woolfolk won high scholastic honors for himself at Minnesota this summer. H e was admitted to an honorary fraternity. Brother Bill O'Shields of Fort Valley, Georgia, was enrolled in the graduate school this summer also. Brother Walter Robinson, passed his flight test at Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, in August. This gave him his commercial pilot's license, and he is now studying for the test which will give him instructor's rating. Brother Robinson has won his "spurs'' despite tremendous odds and difficulties. Alpha salutes him. Brother Henry R. Thomas has been appointed head resident of Phyllis Wheatley Settlement I louse, in Minneapolis. This is the first lime that a man has headed tills institution. Mole power and good wishes to him.

Brother II. Garrick Williams, who is in I'ensacnla, Florida, has kept in contact with us. Brothers Goins and Gardner are stationed at Scott Field, Illinois. Brother Goins is a clerk in the mess hall, and Brother Gardner is general athletic director. In September, the 22nd Annual Northwestern Conference of the A. M. E. church, met in St. Paul. Among the many distinguished churchmen and officials were several members of Alpha Phi Alpha. Included were Brothers Bishop John A. Gregg, Bishop F r a n k Madison Reid, Dr. Charles Spivey, James Peoples of Alpha Theta Chapter, Dr. Fred Hughes, St. Louis • Rev. A. W a y m a n W a r d , Chicago; Dr. Charles Wesley, who delivered an ex-

October, 1942 cellent address on Negro Education and the program at Wilberforce. During the session at which Dr. Wesley spoke, the members of Mu sat in a body, as guests of honor. Brother Bishop Gregg presided at the Conference. On the evening of September 12th, a Smoker honored the two bishops and Brother Peoples at Brother Lawrence's residence. Greetings were extended" by chapter members and responses were made by the honored guests. W e regretted that the other brothers had to depart before the affair was held. Members present included, Brothers Dr. C. C. Hill, John Hickman, Jr., Y\ illiam Cassius, Raymond Cannon, Albert H a r r i s , of Beta Pi Chapter; Archie James, H e n r y Thomas, S. Vincent Owens and John Lawrence. Brother Bishop Gregg was the shining light of the Conference and Brother Bishop Reid preached a sermon on Sunday morning, that local church-goers are still praising. Brother Ollie ,Griffin was inducted in June, and is stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Brother Victor Calloway made an extensive trip to St. Louis, Chicago and Xew York in the early summer. He says, "Xew York is such a lovely place to be—where has it been all my life " Brother Raymond H a t c h e r left his post at Phyllis Wheatley House as Boys Worker, for a post in Detroit. W e wish Brother and Mrs. Hatcher, "God Speed." Brother Thomas Posten, is a pharmaceutical chemist in Chicago. Brothers Thomas Monson and Leon Smith are so busy at their work that we seldom see them. Mu greets our brothers and all brothers in camp and overseas. To them, the best of luck, best wishes and may God's choicest blessings be upon them in the dark as well as the bright hours. Fraternally yours, JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCE, Jr. President of Mu Chapter.

ALPHA SIGMA CHAPTER Wiley College Alpha Sigma extends heartiest greetings to all other chapters and hopes for them a most successful year. This past spring marked one of our most eventful and successful quarters at Wiley College. Beginning with a generous donation to the "Log Cabin

October, 1942 T h e a t r e " of Wiley College, and ending with our celebration of the annual "Education for Citizenship Week," Alpha Sigma closed the school year more determined than ever to play an important part in the affairs of our race and in the affairs of our country. This year's celebration of our annual "Education for Citizenship Week" was one of the best in our history. The theme of the final program was "The Double ' V for Victory"—Victory at home and Victory a b r o a d ; and this program was dedicated to the brothers in the armed services of our country. The main speaker for the occasion was Brother Hobart S. Jarrett, professor of English at Langston University. He delivered a most stirring address based on the "Double ' V for Victory." Brother Jarret scored many points and his address was well received in the community. (A recent issue of the Pittsburgh Courier carried a write-up and picture of this program). As we look forward to another year, we shall miss several brothers, who have gone to the armed services, and those who have graduated. Brothers T. L. Dixon, Alphonso Standifer, Thomas Patterson, and Charles Kirven are those who have joined the colors; and Brothers Fred Finch, Kerven W . Carter, Willie Hicks, O. W. Sprott, Sim Seymour, LaVerne Sweatt and James Sprott are those who have graduated. In addition, Brother T. L. Mack has

DEMOLITION AND CLEARANCE CREW The Demolition and Clearance Crews will be identified by a pick in red within white triangle set in blue circle. After an air raid, streets are strewn with rubble and glass, walls of partially demolished buildings tilt dangerously, sidewalks and streets may lie impassable because of bomb craters. Crews of volunteers are needed to assist the regular municipal clearance forces in removing the debris.

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Members of Beta Zeta Lambda Chapter, Jefferson City, Mo. From left, seated: —Brothers C. C Hubbard, II. 11. Hartshorn, president; and Walter Talbot. Standing, from left:—Brothers A. E. Pullam, Jr., C. B. Taylor, Thomas P a u ley, Houston Chandler, G. R. Cotton, G. W. Williams, and J. R, Seeney. Brothers Powers and Maddox a r e absent from the picture.

RETIRING PRESIDENT OF BETA ZETA LAMBDA RECEIVES COVETED AWARD joined the Navy. These brothers have all been of great service to the fraternity, and we know that they are carrying on in the "Alpha Way." There are quite a few prospects in our Sphinx Club, and we are sure that good "Alpha Men" will come from them. The officers for the chapter for the coming year are at present the same as the past year, with a few vacancies. They a r e : President, Frederick D. Smith, Jr., Secretary, vacant, (T. L. Mack, now in the Navy, held that office); Vice-President, Maxie Sprott; Director of the Sphinx Club, vacant; Editor to the Sphinx, J. L. Hutchinson; Treasurer, vacant (was Carlee Kirven, now in the Army) ; Parliamentarian, R. H. A d a m s ; and Sergeant at Arms, K. L. Curl. With the few members who are returning to school, we intend to start out anew and build up another great chapter. So until then. Alpha Sigma bids you all a cheery farewell with these words on our tongues—"OX TO CHICAGO." Fraternally yours, F R E D E R I C K D. S M I T H , President.

By Thomas D. Pawly ASSOCIATE

EDITOR

Retiring president of the Beta Zeta Lambda Chapter is C. C. Hubbard, one of the most outstanding educators in the State of Missouri and the 1941 recipient <>f (lie coveted "Distinguished Service Medal" presented by the Missouri State Teachers Association at its recent St. Louis meeting. A distinguished graduate of Lincoln University (Mo. i. Brother Hubbard is principal of Lincoln High School, Sedalia, Missouri, having developed this institution to such an extent that it is now rated "first class" by the state of Missouri and has a valuation of $250,000. Lincoln High School is also a member of the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Professor Hubbard has been most active in civic and fraternal affairs. He was instrumental in securing the paving of certain streets in Sedalia. Through his efforts the City Council set up a park and playground for .Negroes, unanimously voting to name it Hubbard Park. In addition. Brother Hubbard has been State Fair Commissioner At Large, Chairman of the N e -

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gro Industrial Commission, Deputy United States Food Administrator for Prattis County, and past president of the Missouri State Teachers' Association. Among the fraternal organizations of which lie is a member a r e : Knights oi Pythias, of which he is a past Grand Chancellor Masonic Lodge (he is a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner), and the Scottish Rite, Sheik Temple, of which he is Commander in Chief. In 1940 in recognition of his service to the State, former Governor Lloyd C. Stark appointed Brother Hubbard a member of the Board of Curators of Lincoln University. M<>re recently at a meeting of Beta Zeta Lambda Chapter Brother H u b bard was presented with an honor gavel by the chapter for his services as president. Brother Walter Talbot and N. P. Barksdale (in absentia) were the other recipients of this award. •-

EPSILON LAMBDA St. Louis, Mo. In various ways, E P S I L O N L A M B DA is contributing to the war effort. Unique among these contributions is that of Brother E a r l Smith, graduate of Iowa University, with a major in Chemistry, and of Howard University, with courses in powder and explosives. Two years after passing a difficult government test with superior rating, Brother Smith has been an analyst of explosives in the United States plant at Weldon Springs, Missouri. This job of analyzing T. V. T., gunpowder and dynamite is hazardous; for one may make just one last mistake in some of the operations, but Brother Smith carries on with never a thought for his own safety. Brother G. B. Quinn, Principal of Lincoln High School, Last St. Louis. has directed the sale of more than $1^00,000 in Illinois in W a r Stamps and Bonds. Other brothers who are active in Illinois are Louis Craig, James Lovelace and Jack Adams. Brother Dr. J. B. H a r r i s , a captain in the Army Medical Corps, is stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Before Pearl Harbor, Alpha Phi Alpha had a percentage of men on the house staff of internes, technicians. residents and in the business office at the $4,000,000 Homer G. Phillips Hospital. Brother Dr. W. 11. Sinkler, Medical Director, is second in charge. Brother Dr. J. O. Blanche, the very erudite pathologist, not only is a con-

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sultant at City Hospital, Number 1, Jewish Hospital, St. Mary's Infirmary and People's Hospital, but finds time to write learned treatise, from which no less authority than Dr. Louie Buie, •of the Mayo Clinic has quoted. Brotiier Dr. Smiley, now away on a Rockefeller Fellowship, was head of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Brotiier Dr. K. Fletcher, now with the army, was in charge of the Genito-Urinary service. while Brother Dr. L. Fowler, directs the Female Surgery service. Brother Dr. Blair Carter and Brother Dr. I,eon Smartt are assistants on the Visiting Staff, and Brother Dr. Simms, is Serologist, under Brother Dr. Blanche; as is. Brother Dr. Al Wilson, hospital chemist. The following facts indicate the size of the plant and the job that is being done : There are 685 beds. In one month 2,394'cases were registered in the receiving room. During the same period, 175 births were registered, 4,797 procedures were recorded in the department of Pathology, under Brother Blanche, who has a staff of fifteen working under his direction. Of all the army employees here, Brother Virgil McKnight is paymaster. Indeed, E P S I LON L A M B D A is doing yeoman service at this great St. Louis institution. Fraternally yours, R O B E R T P. W A T T S , Associate Sphinx Editor. o

KAPPA CHAPTER Ohio State University Brothers, Greetings : The past school year came to a successful close with two events that were truly milestones in the history of Kappa Chapter. The first of these events was Friday, June 5, when the pledge club honored Brother Ralph A. H a m mond, ex-dean of pledges, with a Banquet given at Pomerene 1 tall on the campus, at which time he was given a beautiful engraved Elgin wrist watch for: 1. His outstanding leadership as dean of pledges. 2. His being captain of the Ohio State's track team—the first Negro in the history of the school to ever become captain of any of its athletic teams. 3. Under his leadership the track team of the Ohio State University won both the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor

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Track Championships—another first in the history of the school. (No wonder Brother Hammond, who incidentally hails from New York City, was the recipient of such a gift.) A lengthy twopage telegram from Governor John W . Bricker, of Ohio, who was unable to attend the banquet, was read. The Sphinxmen who staged this banquet were: William Jenkins, Linwood Walker, James Thomas, Japhet T. Lewis, Joseph L. Logan, George L. Johnson. Fred Johnson, Jr., Henry Smith, Richard Calloway, and Charles J. Campbell. On the following night, Kappa Chapter held its installation banquet at the beautiful Garden Manor. The new officers a r e : Lionel H. Newsom, from St. Louis, who is working on his Ph. D. degree in Criminology, president; Charles Q. Cox, B. S., of Columbus, vice-president; Alfred Farrell, from Lincoln, Pa., who is soon to receive his Ph. D. degree in English, secret a r y ; Richard L. F a r m e r from Cleveland. t r e a s u r e r ; Lloyd Crable, from Cleveland, parliamentarian and serg e n t - a t - a r m s ; and James K. Anthony, also from Cleveland, Editor to the Sphinx. Following the honor conferred upon Brother Hammond by the pledge club, the chapter awarded Brother Hammond a plaque in recognition of his achievements. Brother Leo March. head of the Spring Street YMCA, was guest speaker and Brother Maceo Hill was master of ceremonies. After the banquet, the brothers stood upon the veranda of Garden M a n o r and serenaded their wives and sweethearts, who, bedecked in the most exciting and breath-taking gowns, were strolling in the garden, adding a touch of infinite loveliness to the scene just by their presence. Later that evening the brothers and their company went to the Masonic Temple where their formal dance was held. At the June commencement of The Ohio State University, the following brothers received their degrees : H a r o l d Calhoun, B. A. Gerald Haskell, B. A. Charles Q. Cox, B. S. Ralph A. Hammond, B. S. Kappa Chapter extends to these brothers best wishes and much success in their chosen vocations. Fraternally yours, J A M E S K. A N T H O N Y . Editor to the Sphinx.

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At Kappa's Beautiful Spring

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ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER Cincinnati, Ohio Dear B r o t h e r s : In our first letter of the year, we related how the Executive committer of Alpha Alpha chapter, at its initial meeting of 1942, inaugurated a program of increased activity and service to Alpha Phi Alpha. Our leader, Brother John Flemming, has continually endeavored to impress this upon our minds. Now that the fall season 's upon us, and we're all beginning to 'hum - ' with activity of various sorts, let all of us who really desire to see Alpha Phi Alpha continue to live up to its motto, give untiringly of all our resources. Since our last letter, live good men have entered the ranks of Alplia, via Alpha Alpha. These a r c : Willard Stargel, McNellious Sharp, Julius Caesar Judkins, Jr., Franklin Shands, and Henry W. Douglass. At the close of this spring semester at the University of Cincinnati, two Alpha men distinguished themselves. Brother Ted Corbitt received the honor of being the highest ranking male graduate and the second highest rank"ig student of the class of 1942 of the Teachers' College. Brother Willard Stargel received outstanding recognit'on for his achievements in football, track and field events. W e had the

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honor of witnessing a 120 yard hurdle event in which Brother Stargel triumphed over one of the best men in this section of the country, namely: John Saunders, of .Miami University. Hats off also to Brother Tyler Martin, who graduated from Miami University last June with honors. "Congrats" of the chapter go to Brother Henry W. Douglass, who took unto himself a bride shortly after his crossing of the "burning sands." W e welcome Brother Theodore M. Berry back home, after having resigned his post in the (0. F . F. in W a s h i n g ton, D. C. Alpha men are consistently entering various branches of the service. Brother J. C. Judkins, Jr., has recently been called to the colors. We arc proud of our own Brother M. T. Alexander, who recently entered the Navy Recruiting office here as the highest ranking noncommissioned officer of the district. Brother Alexander thoroughly enjoys his work; and as usual, zealously plies his tasks. Brother Richard Dunn, graduate of Wilberforce University, class of 1942 and stalwart member of Xi chapter is back home. Welcome to Alpha Alpha Brother Dunn. Brother Dunn, aided by Brother Thompson, recently establish«d the Sun T a n Luncheonette on Gilbery avenue in "Cincy." So, Brothers,

when you arc in town, stop at 29 u 0 Gilbert avenue for a pleasant snack. Brother Fleming, our "beacon" is making plans for presenting Brothers, Rayford W. Logan and Charles W e s ley here this fall. We are all anxiously awaiting this occasion. It is not often that two such able and well beloved brothers can be presented together. Fraternally yours, D A N I E L J. T H O M P S O N , Jr., Associated Editor to the Sphinx.

OMICRON LAMBDA Birmingham,

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Greetings, Brothers in Alpha :— Brothers of Omicron Lambda are still working religiously to keep Alpha P h i Alpha—the greatest Fraternity within the "Magic City" that is I'.irmingham. We have held our regular meetings throughout the year and we feel that we have accomplished some worthwhile things during the year, notably, "The Great Greek Gathering,' "The Reclaim Month," "Education For Citizenship Program," "The Spring Formal,' and "The Athletic Program." Several brothers have been leased by Omicron Lambda to Uncle Sam. The latest to be called to the colors was (See Page 33)

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Members of Alpha Alpha Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio. F r o m left, seated:—Brothers A. B. McClure, W. W. Posey, M. T. Alexander, John \V. Flem.ng, president, and Midwestern Vice-President of Alpha Phi A l p h a ; Chester Pryor, Dr. C. E. Dillard, and Dr. R. P. McClain. Standing, from left:—Brothers Henry W. Douglass, Saul

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c u m s t a n c e s it seems to be a question of c a r r y i n g out an essential meeting w i t h the most careful k i n d of supervision. Y d it docs a p p e a r t h a t this will be our last o p p o r t u n i t y for the d u r a t i o n to set up mechanics to m a k e Alpha Phi Alpha an a r t i c u l a t e expression d u r i n g flic entire course of the war. While t h e stage was set for conditioning our minds to the w a r effort at Louisville last year, t h e r e w a s a c t u a l l y no p r o g r a m effected to meet war-time p r o b l e m s affecting our fraternal hotly. In the light of this fact and the added sentiment for such a convention by a n u m b e r of b r o t h e r s in military camps, it would seem advisable to proceed with the session, m a k i n g w h a t e v e r r e s t r i c t i o n s and modifications in our program necessary to stay within our budget and in keeping with the best interest id' I he nation.

Menace T o American '''"'"' major ininvolving Unity In War Times JJ^JJoked !(1. t a c k s on p r o m i n e n t N e g r o e s S o u t h t h i s p a s t s u m m e r , giving

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S. Sanford, Spencer Turner, Daniel Thompson, McNellious Sharp, Eugene Fulton, I l a i n T. Martin, Dr. II. T. Clark, Alva S. Thornton, Dr. B. F. Cann, Benjamin Alexander, Clarence Payne, and Theodore Corbitt. Back row, left to right:—Willard Stargel, and John Delaney.

fact thai there still persists a s t r o n g clement inimical to national unity. These u n w a r r a n t e d b e a t i n g s a r e n o t only being used as fuel for p r o p a g a n d a machines of Axis powers but the sort of t h i n g saboteurs and fifth columnists t h r i v e on within our own borders. Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama made the dishonor roll with one case each. In Fad, Alabama scored with two cases to h e r credit. The renowned singer. Roland Hayes, fell the lash of " G e o r g i a j u s t i c e " ' at Rome when he a t t e m p t e d to p u r c h a s e a pair of shoes for his little d a u g h t e r . B r o t h e r Hugh M. (iloster. Professor of English at Morehouse College, was bodily thrown from a Frisco train by Tupelo, Miss, policemen following an altercation with a train conductor. Dr. J . 0 . J a c k s o n , of H a r t f o r d , Conn., and his associate, Rev. S. A. Young, of W a s h i n g t o n . I). ('., were maltreated on a s o u t h e r n passenger train by a white passenger who resented h i s passing t h r o u g h the "white c o a c h " while they were e n r o u t e to Memphis, Teiin., to a t t e n d the National Baptist Convention. On the heel of the .lacksou-Vollng ease came distressing news id' an a t t a c k made on Second Id. Nora Ureen, See Next Page

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Brothers of Chi Lambda Chapter, Wilberforce University, are sliown as they gathered on the campus a few days following Commencement. They represent some of the brothers who worked on the campus or in the vicinity during the summer vacation period. From left, from row, they are Brother Raymond O. Dickerson, Registrar and Chapter President; Leonard Raymond, teacher at East High School in Xcnia, Ohio; Richard Bennett, teacher at Xcnia High School; First Lieutenant Horace Rains, assigned by the United States Army as Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics: George E. Gibbs, instructor in the Department of Health and Physical Education; Rev. II. II. Summers, professor of Religion; and C. II. Johnson, professor of Fine Arts. Second r o w : Brothers James S. Few, Chairman, Department of Commerce; Dr. < larence H. Mills, professor of Romance Languages and Literature; W. E. Johnson, Custodian of State Buildings and Grounds; and C. C. Jenkins, Superintendent of the College of Education and Industrial Arts.

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She was assaulted by a bos driver at Montgomery, Ala. All of these causes were precipitated by methods OMNICRON LAMBDA ( From Page 31) Brother William L. Crenshaw, who was instructor of Industrial Arts at Parker high school, and one of the coaches of the famed Parker High "Thundering Herd" Eootball squad. 'â&#x20AC;˘micron Lambda is very patriotic

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I n i r d r o w : Brothers Dr. J. Aubrey Lane, Dean of Men and Assistant Professor of Agriculture; James R. Richardson. instructor in the College of Industrial A r t s ; Henry Parks, ]r.. Director, Wilberforce Defense Production and Training Center of the National Youth Administration; and Woodson B. Welch, Custodian of University Buildings and Grounds. A number of other brothers in Chi Lambda were not present when the picture was taken as they were taken from the campus during the summer. Two brothers in Chi Lambda, sons of W. E. Johnson, are among the many Alpha men who are in the Armed Forces of the United States. They are Captain Harold E. Johnson and First Lieutenant Kenneth L. Johnson. Their pictures are si elsewhere in this issue. Among addition to the Alpha family at Wilberforce is Brother Dr. Charles II. Wesley, Past General President, who is the President of Wilberforce University. The Chapter expresses a deep satisfaction in his selection as leader of the destinies of the University.

that, have gone unchallenged for years in the southern section of America. In peace time this sort of "tommy rot," based purely upon race feeling, and. the '"White Supremacy" myth, has been a serious draw-back to both Negroes and whites in the Deep South. In war times, it is outright sabotage!

and the brothers are gathering scrap metal and rubber along with purchasing that ten percent worth of W a r Stamps and Bonds on pay day. Brothers Shores, Shortridge, and Hollins are to be commended for their invigorating, effective civic work. Brother Collins, Mosely, Brown, and Shehi are doing an excellent job to

elevate athletics in our city. Brother Collins and Brown are mentors of the "Thundering I lent." Omicron Lambda wishes the best success to all other cogs of the great wheel of Alpha Phi Alpha. Fraternal!) yours, WILLIAM E. (Pete) P E T E R S O N Editor to Sphinx.

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Greetings, B r o t h e r s : — As we resume activities for the fall and winter season, our first thought is of our president, Brother Chris. M. Roulhac, now Staff Sergeant with the U. S. Army, Foil Bragg, N. C , and uther members of the chapter who have been inducted into the service. Our greetings to these brothers, and Alpha n u n everywhere in civilian life as well as along the far-flung stretches of military life. Our records show that the following brothers of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter have been summoned for the ser\ ices of the nation :— Brothers Arthur Nicholson, now in an Officers Candidate School at Camp Davis, N, C ; Dr. R. E a r l Bland, who left a lucrative practice in Memphis to join the Medical C o r p s ; Jesse L. Williams, postman, now in training at Fort Dix, N. J.; and James Portray, Jr., Master Sergeant stationed on the West Coast. Until his induction, Brother Nicholson was a faculty member of LcMoyne College in the science department. Announcement has just been received

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October, 1942 don, of Philadelphia, Pa., August 1, 1942. W e wish for the newly-weds many happy returns and that their union will help to move back a few of the dark clouds of this global war. Brother Roulhac, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Roulhac, of Memphis, was director of physical education at LeMoyne College until his induction. Vice-President Robert Lee has been carrying on chapter activities since the departure of our president. First meeting of the fall was held in September with Brother Robert S. Lewis, Jr. serving ;i> host. During the summer months, activities were more or less suspended except for a smoker given in honor of Brother William (Bill) Luster, of Cleveland, Ohio, former resident of Memphis. Sphinx Editor L. (). Swingler was host at the affair, which was attended by Brothers Jesse L. Williams and Lonnie Briscoe on the evening before their departure to military camps. Brother W a l t e r P. (Jack) Adkins, noted football coach at LeMoyne, with the suspension of inter-collegiate sports at LcMoyne this year. has been working on a physical fitness program for the male students at his institution. l i e recently entertained repTurn to Page 36

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M E M B E R S O F A L P H A MU L A M B D A C H A P T E R . K N O X V I L L E Left to right:—N. A. Henderson, D. D. Ervin, J. Seals, C. A. Cowan, L. A. Alexander, J. P. Griggs, C. C. Russell, D. D. Jones, O. T. Hogue, J. J. Johnson, C. Woods, J. M. Holt, T. R. Davis, M. D. Senter, D. N. Howell, L. A. Jackson, and J. Bearden.

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Pi Lambda Chapter, Little Rock, Ark., is one (if the most active graduate chapters of the Southwest. The chapter has established a scholarship fund whereby large numbers of high school students, worthy of financial aid, are helped through college. Many brothers now in business and professional life of the country have shown their gratitude by remaining loyal to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Pi Lambdans hold the key positions in the schools, civic

" A p e s " Invade Badger State By Samuel A. Boyes Someone once said.—no, it was not Shakespeare—that "where six or more Alpha men are gathered "Bud," you bave a Convention." Well, it was not exactly a Convention at the great State University of Wisconsin, when eight Alpha brothers enrolled for the summer session, but the Alpha spirit was inspiring enough to lay a solid foundation tor the long over-due Badger Capitol Chapter. Brothers who attended the sessions, which drew students from the four comers of the earth, including Brother Tcrrick's British Guiana, were

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and other organizations of Little Rock and the State at large. They have set the standard for social entertainment in their vicinity, as evidenced by their annual Christmas party, which is looked forward to with pleasant expectations by residents throughout the tri-state area. , When the accompanying picture was made the following brothers were not present:—Brothers Myles Hibbler, M. R. Perry, John II. Lewis, Sr., and John E . Eve.

as follows: H. L. Hamilton, Alpha Epsilou Lambda, Field Chemistry; Darby D. Frvin, Alpha Mu Lambda. H i s t o r y ; Delbert Batiks, Alpha Pi Lambda. Education; Leonard Jackson, Alpha Mu Lambda, H i s t o r y ; George Wbolfolk, Alpha Lambda, History; Robert Clarke, Alpha Psi, G e r m a n ; E d Smith. Theta, Economics; Samuel Aloysius Boyes, Beta Epsilon, Journalism and Political Science. The brothers covered the entire campus activities without over-extending their lines of communication. Brother Clarke, Evanston's "Little Curly," ran up a baseball batting average of 553, .iml almost made his house clinch the Turn to Next Page

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The Sphinx Office, throughout the summer months and up to press time this fall, was visited by large numbers of Alpha brothers. Several others, who didn't have opportunity to stop over, did call to extend fraternal greetings, It is always a pleasure to have Alpha men visit the seat of publication of their official organ, and chat with the "Beale Street" boys of Alpha Delta Lambda and Beta Xi Chapters. Visitors registering at the Sphinx Office since the publication of the last edition were as follows : Brother Charles E, Doneghy, Alpha Xi Lambda Chapter, Toledo, Ohio. Brother Doneghy, who has a degree from the University of Toledo, was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. until he became a candidate for an Officers Candidate School. He was en route to the OCS at Ft. Belvoir, Va., Engineering Department, l i e is the sou of Mr. and -Mrs. John E. Doneghy, of Toledo.

* *** Brother William H. Walker, of Cleveland, Ohio. H e was returning to military duties at Ft. Iluachuca. Arizona. A former member of Alpha Lambda Chapter, Louisville, Ky.. brother W a l k e r entered the service as a volunteer, lie is a member of the auditing staff of Alpha Phi Alpha F r a t e r nity. * * * Brother Lonnie Brisco, of Memphis, and Texas. Brother Brisco, ace salesman for four years with Metal Arts Co., left a brilliant salesmanship record behind him to join up with "Uncle Sam's" armed forces in August. ; See page 20 for further details on this loyal young Alpha man. Me is a member of Alpha Sigma, Wiley College. * * » Brother Roscoe C. Bryant Jr., and his father. Brother Dr. R. C. Bryant, while enrottte to Tulsa. Okla., their home. The younger Bryant is a 1942 graduate of Fisk University. They were accompanied by Mrs. Bryant, wife, and mother. Dr. Bryant is active in Alpha Tau Lambda Chapter, Tulsa, while his son held sway fraternally at Alpha Chi until his graduation.

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Brother Aaron L. Allen, Chi Chapter, Meharry Medical College. X T ashville. Brother Allen heads the Colored sales force of Metal Arts.

* *** Brother John Tyler King, and his bride of one week, Stopped by on their way from Chicago. Brother King, accompanied by Ids mother, Mr. Calvin Ross, was married to the former Marcel Hines. of Chicago. Bath are recent graduates of Fisk University where Brother King serve 1 as president of Alpha Chi during his senior year. lie is presently running an undertaking establishment in Austin, Texas, his home. * * * * Lt. Henri I.. Twigg, while visiting his parents and other relatives in Memphis, shortly after graduating from an OCS at Ft. Warren, Wyoming, l i e is a member of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter.

* * ** First 1.1. Howard K. Harrison, of Asheville, N. C . Stopped by for a brief chat with an old classmate. Brother Dr. A. A. White, of Memphis. Now member of the U. S. Medical Corps, Bro. Harrison was headed for Fort Sill. Oklahoma. He was initiated into the Fraternity by Chi Chapter, Meharry Medical College.

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Brother Roy 1\. Davenport, of W a s h ington, I). C. The young easterner is in government service and was in the city on official duty. I le and the editor first met fraternally during their railroad days on the C. P. R. (Canadian

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Brother Robert L. Prince, for four years an insurance executive in Memphis, spent one (lay in the Bluff City on business for his company, Universal Life. H e is manager of the District office at Fort Worth, Texas at present. Brother Prince is a Wiley graduate and was made into the Fraternity by Alpha Sigma Chapter.

* * * Brother Dr. William H Gray, Jr., president, Florida Normal, St. Augustine. Ida., and Assistant Editor of the Sphinx. Brother Gray spoke at the W o man's Convention, Auxiliary of the N a tional Baptpist Convention, U. S. A. during its recent session in the Bluff City. Florida Normal is one of the oldest schools of the Baptist faith. See Page 13 for further details of Brother Dr. Gray. He holds membership yet with Beta Iota Lambda, Baton Rouge, La. For several years he was identified with the faculty at Southern University, Scotlandville, La., five miles from Baton Rouge.

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Brothers W. Leo E. Cole, of Detroit, and Herbert F. Smith, of Little Rock, Ark., both 1942 graduates ol Philander Smith College, and members of Beta Chi Chapter. Brother Cole is studying for the ministry this year at Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. See pages 19 and 20. (Turn to Page .59)

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From Page 34 resentatives of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference at their annual session in Memphis, Tenn. Brother Robert Pitt, newcomer to LeMoyne, has been notified to report for military service, and before the appearance of this article may be in the armed forces. Since coming to LeMoyne as head of the economics department last year, Brother Pitt has made himself felt in many quarters of the city; particularly in Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter. He worked out and put into effect a financial plan that enabled the chapter to pay off all of its delinquent obligations. He was formerly a member of Alpha Xi Chapter, Seattle, Washington. Brother Walter Gibson, after a year's study at Ohio State University, has returned to his old post at LeMoyne College. We are glad to have him back in the chapter circle. Members of Alpha Delta Lambda wish to express deepest regrets and resentment at the treatment accordi d one of its former members. Brother II. M. Gloster, now Professor of English. Morehouse College, at the hands of Tupelo, Miss, police officers while he was en route to his home in Memphis to visit relatives last summer. Brother Gloster is former president of Alpha Delta Lambda. As a final word, we acknowledge gratefully the visits paid Memphis by a number of Alpha brothers during the summer months, and look forward to their early return. Fraternally yours, Corresponding Secretary. R. S. L E W I S , JR.

" A p e s " Invade From Page 35 Kronshaze pennant; and Brother Smith, Wisconsin's great trackman of yesteryear, also played his p a r t ; and Brother Boyce made all the forums, regardless to whether the subject was, "Totalitarian Youth" or "Inflation." The "big guns" were best represented by, Brother Darby Ervin's "Gable" moustache, and Brother Hank's "pre-tire-rationing" Packard. Brothers Jackson and Hamilton were the cool Sir Galahads, but who wouldn't keep cool after taking all that sizzling Schlitz beer in the Union. Brother Woolfolk, no relative of the militant Mallalieu—had a hard time getting a r o u n d ; torn as he was between working on his doctorate, and listening to Alpha Kappa Alpha history as told by pert, vivacious, moonstruck (stop) Greek Virginia Kimbiough, of Winston-Salem. One day, while sitting with Virginia, under the shadow of the Lincoln Monument, Portlier Woolfolk coyly confessed : "Look, Virginia, I can listen to all this talk about the A. K. A.'s,' but one

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thing I know, sister, you can never make an Alpha Kappa Alpha woman out of an Alpha man from Alpha Lambda."

When War Meets Peace F r o m Page 11 that ancient city by Chinese coolies, there loomed in the sky very suddenly scores of fast bombing planes with the insignia of the rising sun of Japan on their wings, and from them came hundreds of death-dealing bombs, leaving the city in ruins within an hour. and starting the, as yet, undeclared war of Japan against China, which still rages nearly five years later. For two years this war raged with atrocities being committed which for savagery and beastiality were unmatched in the history of the world. T h e rape of women, the slaughter of children and the aged and of whole populations of cities, caused no intervention by any of the great world powers. Of this we read at no end, and shuddered at the barbarity of man toward man in this day of world enlightenment until a new and worse, if one can conceive of a worse exhibition of savagery, engulfed the world with the march of the world's most dreaded and feared machine of Nazi Germany in its second attempt in a single generation to conquer the world by a ruthless slaughter of human beings on September 1, 1939, by invading Poland. There has been international disorder in the world since 1931. N a tions have been ruled by a handful of tyrants dominated by a master tyrant who is utterly devoid of moral or religious responsibility to the people and solely concerned witli bringing about

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Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, only colored general officer in the United States Army, congratulates Lieut. W. F. Jones, center, and Lieut. William H. Collins, right, on their graduation with the first class of colored officer candidates from Fort Belvoir, Va., Engineer Officers' School. General Davis is in the Inspector General's Department, Washington. His son, Lieut. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., is in command of a colored aviation cadet training unit at Tuskegee University, Alabama. Recent reports from U. S. Army headquarters state that General Davis has arrived in England to inspect colored troops in service presently in this theatre of operation. H e will advise General Eisenhower following his inspection tours. At Merseyside, in Great Britain. Negro troops stole the show during anti-invasion maneuvers. "They showed great style and ability," the British general in charge asserted, adding, "they had to defend a bridge and a factory. Altho the enemy was successful in his first attack, the Americans counter-attacked, took the enemy by surprise, and recaptured the strong points. Their initiative was splendid." their so-called selfish "new order." This was true of Japan in China. It was true of Italy in conquering Ethiopia, and it was and is true of Germany in its world assault. One-half of the world has collapsed into a brigand world ruled by international bandits and resisted by the other half who are fighting a war to preserve what we have come to believe is the true meaning of a real Democracy. The Democratic nations have just recently awakened to the fact that the world belongs to the people that inhabit the earth and that to have a free: world we must in fact as well as in theory, make men free. We in America have joined hands with Great Britain and Russia and the Free governments of those countries that have succumbed to Hitlerism—France, Belgium. the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Jugoslavia, Norway, The Philippines, etc.. in a great collaboration of W o r l d Democracy to

write a new charter on what is Democracy and how shall Democracy be practiced in fact and live in fact as well as in theory. Democracy is not a status—it is a long and perhaps a winding road— with many stations on it. The best and most practical form of Democracy is that that we in America established in 1787—when our great Magna Charta—our Bill of Rights, our American Constitution was framed. But since then we have realized we have much farther yet to go—we do not live up to the best Democratic standards. F o r example, we adopted the theory, and practiced it, that there were superior races—the white race, and inferior r a c e s ; all the colored peoples of the world, whether yellow, brown or black. We based our National policy and international policy on the premise that all people not of the white race were inferior—that included you and me. W e said that the darker races of the world were the white man's

October, 1942 Workers Wanted"—"Ship WorkersOffice Workers of all kinds wanted— White Only." Will our young technically trained women read ads "StenographersBookkeepers Wanted—White Only"— Will the thousands of untrained young Negro women and their mothers gainfully employed in industry be turned out by the thousands—when white women will be replaced by men returning from the front—and forced back into domestic service which today begs for your services on bended knee and wide open arms—to face these ads, "Nurse Wanted—Waitress Wanted— Housemaid Wanted—Hotel Workers Wanted—Cook Wanted—White Only! White Only 11 White Only!!!

the all out war to save tne wnoie world—for free people to live and act and move about as they please without fear and without restrictions on account of race or color. W e know now that the cause of the Negro must be identified with the other great causes of the war, for this war which started out as merely a war of aggression for territories and for expansion, etc., has slowly but surely come to be more and more of a war in which race is being greatly emphasized. F o r this reason peace cannot be successfully made without the subject of race being fully debated. We must approach the subject of peace with the realization that the inequalities that have existed for centuries between the white races and the darker races of the world, whether those races are in the isles of the sea, on the Asiatic continent or the minority people of America, must be ended and must be done so sincerely and frankly, else democracy as we know its true and right meaning becomes meaningless and a mockery. America asks you today—young N e gro men and women completing the most important phase of your life's career—and wondering just what step next to take, to join in the great struggle to make yourselves and your race that will follow you in life—a really free people. W e feel that America wants to know the questions that are on your mind as Negro college graduates, that may be at variance with her expressed Democratic purposes and the things that may cause

doubt or distrust in our mind as to

and the progress of society as a whole? O r will he still be told as he has ever since he has shown that he is the equal of other races, that irrespective of the fact that mentally, physically and morally you are the equal of the white race, and in many instances you excel them, you cannot enter this or that field of work, or profession or employment because of your color? In effect, America has said— and we wonder if there will be a c h a n g e : Mr. a n d Miss College Graduate, irrespective of your accomplishments, your bearing, your culture, your genius—you will never be accepted by white America as an equal. We don't want to be fooled any longer—we want the truth about the whole question of race and color and discrimination. Please, America, banish the "Alice in Wonderland" picture of the American Negro. (3) Is America really ready to reevaluate all standards and customs by which it has lived during the past century in order to do its part in mapping and securing a peace that will fit the new pattern called for as a result of this total war, involving all races of the world? W h a t will America's answer be to the victorious Negro soldier when he returns, some wounded, many permanently, from the far flung battlefronts of the world, where he has left thousands of his own race killed and as prisoners, when he seeks a return to employment in the nation's industries in time of peace? Will he again see signs and news ads labelled "Men

Wanted—White Only" "White Skilled

What will America's answer be to the overseas veteran who, returning to the Southland where nine million of his people live—below . the Mason Dixon Line, feels the urge felt everywhere in Negro America today—that he must be represented in the Halls of Congress ? His people are counted out of all chances to vote in the South because of the vicious and heartless Poll tax laws in Southern States and the fraudulent Democratic Primary System in vogue in the South. H e asks—when may his people vote? H e asks—when will the South join the United States and let free people live? The young Negro asks will there arise in America again a man with heart so strong, soul so big, voice so great and powerful in our National life or Government who will proclaim a New Emancipation Proclamation for the Negro, politically, socially and economically. When will there be another Charles Sumner, William Lloyd Garrison, Henry W a r d Beecher, T h a d -

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October, 1942 deus Stevens—and an Abraham Lincoln who will speak out forcefully and courageously as a champion of the N e gro a n d be not afraid to mention the Negro by name and let the country know he means that Democracy must include America's fourteen million N e gro people within its borders. Will not our great and distinguished President—the most liberal and socially minded Executive since the immortal Lincoln, cry out in terms that will leave no doubt t h a t : (a) The Negro, as all other Americans, is giving his life and property freely to his country in a life and death struggle with the forces of Barbarism which threaten the future of free America and the whole world. Mill the President declare, (b) That the spirit that causes men of all races and colors to fight and die together for a common cause is contrary to the spirit which compels Negro men in uniform to be segregated in the Army and refused, until recently, any opportunity to serve in the Marine Corps— and in only a limited capacity in the Navy and Air Corps. Will he declare that (c) The N e groes' willingness to die for a common cause is inconsistent with the spirit which says at the same time that Negro soldiers leaving camps in uniform in the South of our country to return home to see their loved ones must enter railway stations by the rear door— for Negroes only"—use rest rooms "for Negroes only"—and ride in inferior trains in army uniform—segregated and Jimcrowed "For Negroes Only" to their homes from which they willingly left their family and jobs to serve their country. Will he declare (d) T h a t the policy that the Red Cross persists in, in separating the blood of the Negro donors from that of white, which the Red Cross says is done under orders of the W a r Department, is not the spirit of an America, fighting for a united world, but one that succumbs to the racial superiority myths of our enemies when it has been demonstrated by all bi-chemical and biological researches that all human blood, regardless of color, is identical. Will the President s a y : "Therefore, as P r e s ident of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy in time of W a r , I the P r e s i dent, as a war measure, and in order to promote the general welfare of our country, to promote the morale of all its citizens contributing to the war effort, declare an end to all segregation in all branches of the armed

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forces of this country, and as an additional war measure, that there shall end at once all segregation and Jim Crow or separate accommodation on all the Nation's carriers, by rail, bus and steamship and finally, by this pronouncement, the Red Cross shall cease its policy of discrimination between the blood of white and Negro donors. A Pronouncement such as this will quicken the hearts of fourteen (14) million of America's most loyal and staunchest citizens. All these topics have been debated by the thousands of Negro young men and women in our colleges throughout our great country. But it requires more than debate. It requires work, toil—sacrifice on your part young people to accomplish these results. We are a most patient and hopeful race of people and have been waiting the day when our hopes may be realized and our full energy, ability and capacity may be utilized by white America as those of other free people. But we are tired of the sickening and soul-shattering experiences of the last half-century which has taught us that however well we may act and behave and however much we may achieve in science, art, industry and the professions—we are still Negroes and cannot be equal to white men. W e look forward to and pray some day for the day when white America will look at us without seeing the color of our skin. Let me say in closing, that keeping in mind all the questions—problems, you may wish to call them, that I have discussed above, that the future of the Negro in America—the future of the darker races in the world is h o p e f u l even stronger, in my judgment our position is brighter than it has been any time during the last half century. America, I firmly believe, is developing a new world public opinion based on a new concept of humanism. America, as the center of future world peace and the greatest world power cannot ignore gross inhumanity at home and cry out against it in other parts of the world. If there is to be, as there must be—for all the world is crying out for it—a new world Federation of Nations —there must be a New Declaration of H u m a n Rights for all the people of the world—of all colors and all races. It is our duty—as students, teachers and scholars to see that when war ends—when conferences on terms of peace begin, that the American Negro is represented at all sessions devoted to peace as a fully accredited represen-

Page 39 tive of our race in order that there may be written not an "Atlantic Charter"—nor a "Pacific Charter"—but a New World Magna Charta based on the fundamental human rights of God's entire racial family. For peace depends upon the spiritual unity of the nations that dare plan peace. No real peace can be achieved without spiritual unity—which makes for a common bond of brotherhood in the hearts, in the minds and in the spirit of man. And Peace, written without men of all races—all colors assembled in common, and nations assembling without deep feeling of affection and respect for every other race, and without unity of spirit, cannot and will not survive long.

Brother William H. H a y n e s Passes Brother Attorney William H. Haynes, of Chicago, died July 27th, after six months of ill ness. The noted lawyer was outstanding in civic life of his community, and for many years served as attorney for the National Baptist Convention, Inc. Funeral rites were held from Olivet Baptist church, pastored for years by the late chieftain of the Baptist Convention, Dr. L. K. Williams. Brother Haynes was a trustee of Howard university, director of the Cook County Bar Association, and the Victory Mutual Life Insurance Co. He was active in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, holding membership in Xi Lambda Chapter.

Sphinx Office Visitors (From Page 36) Rev. John Hester, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Associate Sphinx Editor. Pastor of one of the largest Baptist churches in Atlantic City, Mt. Pleasant. Brother Hester came to Memphis as delegate to the National Baptist Convention, U. S. A. H e is a member of Alpha Theta Lambda Chapter. * * * Brother C. C. Dejoie, editor, The Louisiana Weekly, New Orleans, La.,

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while enroute from Chicago to his home. H e was accompanied by his mother. Brother Dejoie, who holds a Master's Degree in Journalism from Michigan University, is a member of Sigma Lambda Chapter.

Ready For Action On Every Battle Front

By Stuart Cloete Why should anyone buy W a r Bonds? There is no compulsion to buy them. There is no winter relief no SS man standing outside the door saying, "Buy, or else." Nothing is at stake but the future of the country perhaps of the World. W h a t then is a stamp or bond but a vote of confidence in ourselves? In our capacity to drive on, to break all opposition and then to reconstruct upon a new and better design, a world that will be different. A world of surplus instead of one of scarcity. But a bond is more than this. It is an investment. It is something of a miracle that freedom can be bought and that in addition it should pay a dividend of almost 3 percent. And this is nut all. bonds stand between us and the spiral of inflation which could engulf us more easily than any enemy outside our gates. For the first time in many years, demand backed by money exceeds supply, which normally equals demand, and even stimulates it by advertising and credit purchase plans. Are we to save money against the time when we may need it, or bid for the few consumer goods that are left against ourselves? There is one more reason for buying bonds. The President, who is also the commander in chief, has asked us to do so. Meanwhile while we hesitate while we complain of nominal hardship men die not only fighting men, but women and small children also. They die for a good cause. A good reason for freedom. But we who are not dying must pay in time and money, o r we shall find ourselves dishonored. The time is short. It passes and having passed, is forever lost. Men in France, in Poland, in N o r -

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A M E R I C A N S ON T H E MARCH—Bayonets shouldered, this Negro regiment swings down a Washington street in a demonstration of the might America is readying for battle against the Axis. Already N'egro troops have shown their valor in combat on every field over which the U. S. flag flies. They constitute crucial divisions poised for action in Ireland, in Australia, in New Guinea, and every other sector of the world-wide battlefront. way men all over Europe are res u l t i n g time are s a y i n g : "If only we had known." But we do know. The writing is on the wall. Corregidor, Pearl Harbor, Singapore, Dunkirk, are not dreams. They are evil things that have happened, and now this evil approaches us. It lies in wait off our coasts. Time is money but money cannot buy time, nor bring dead men to life, nor purchase freedom once it is lost. That is why we must buy bonds now

today, and tomorrow, and the day after. Buy bonds until this thing is destroyed utterly because time is not subject to manipulation _ b e c a u s e the past is dead and the future mortgaged because the world cannot live half free and half slave. N'or we, the free, allow the mortgage upon our freedom to be foreclosed. Failing now, we fail forever. Never before could so much be bought for so little. Never so much lost for lack of that little. —U. S. Treasury Department.

U. S. TO HAVE 4,000 ACTIVE CHAPLAINS BY END OF YEAR Washington—By the end of the year some 4,000 chaplains representing all faiths will be ministering to the spiritual needs of the men in the U. S. army. This was revealed in a new pamphlet issued by the joint army and navy committee on welfare and recreation designed to acquaint non-military co-operating organizations with activities provided by the army's special service division. Entitled Services for the American Soldier, the booklet describes the broad program for the welfare, recreation, and education of soldiers in their leisure time (says N'CWC). Chief of Chaplains To Have Own F l a g The Rt. Rev. William A. Arnold, chief of chaplains, has announced that a special flag for the chief of army chaplains has been authorized. The emblem is of dark blue with a cross and star in white.

Use of a new "chaplain's scarf" designed to serve for chaplains of all faiths is being considered by the chief of chaplains' office. Similar to those used in the British and Canadian armies, the scarf will be considered a vestment and thus may be used at will by the individual chaplains. It is also reported that chaplains in the fifth army corps have published a pamphlet explaining how chaplains may administer consolation to the dying of faiths other than their own. Training School F o r Chaplains Is Conducted Los Angeles.—A four-day chaplains' training school under the auspices of the University Religious conference, an inter-faith group connected with Los Angeles colleges, was held here. Representatives of the Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths were scheduled to

speak.

C H A P T E R R O S T E R—C o n t i n u e d 57. BETA XI—LeMoyne College. Memphis, Tennessee; President, James Barber, LeMoyne College; Secretary, Carl C. Poston, LeMoyne, College. .__.,, „ 58. BETA OMICRON—Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tenn.; President, Billy Jones; Secretary, Ira Evans, Tennessee State College 59. BETA PI—Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee; President, LeRoy Suttles; Secretary, William Longdon. 60. BETA RHO—Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C ; President, Claud Whitaker, Jr.; Secretary, Milford Taylor, Shaw UniBETA ' SIGMA—Southern University, Scotlandville, La.; 61. President, Walter Austin; Secretary, Leanard Clark, Southern University. 62. BETA TAU—Xavier University, New Orleans, La.; President, Benjamin Mourning; Secretary, Standford Wright, 3817 Pine Street.

63. BETA UPSILON—State Teachers College, Montgomery, Alabama; President, Lindsay Fields; Secretary, William Kim ber. 64. BETA PHI—Dillard University, New Orleans, La.; President, Harold Lucien; Secretary, Robert S. Scarborough. 65. BETA CHI—Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas; President, Tullis E. V. Freeman; Secretary, Theadore Walters. 66. BETA PSI CHAPTER—Oxford, Cambridge, London Universities, London, England; President, Dr. C. B. Clarke, Belfleld House, New Barnet, England; Secretary, N. A. Fadlpe, 43 Calthorpe Street, London, England. 67. GAMMA ALPHA—Tyler, Texas, Pres., Stratford 8. HUllaid; Secretary, James M. Thompson, Texas College. 68. GAMMA BETA—Durham, North Carolina; President. Leon Creed; Secretary, Theodore L. Bell, Box 626, North Carolina College.

CHAPTER ROSTER—Graduate Chapters

101. ALPHA LAMBDA—Louisville, Kentucky; President C. Milton Young, 818 S. 6th Street; Secretary, Louis J. Harper, 1753 W. Omsby -Street. BETA LAMBDA—Kansas City, Mo., President, J. R. Lillard. 102. 2547 Tracy; Corresponding Secretary, James Alfred Jeffress, 1824 Paseo St 103. GAMMA LAMBDA—Detroit, Michigan; President, Dr. Walter Harmon, 210 E. Davidson; Secretary, Grover D. Lange, 607 Adams Avenue, E. 104. DELTA LAMBDA—Baltimore, Md.; President, James H. Murphy, 828 N. Carey; Secretary, Elson W. Higginbotham, 304 Robert Street. __ ,, 105. EPSILON LAMBDA—St. Louis, Missouri; President, Arnold B Walker, 3017 Delmar Street; Secretary, Dr. William Smiley, 4204 W. Cote Brllliante. =-„„ 106. ZETA LAMBDA—Newport News, Va.; President, T Roger Thompson, 641 Hampton Avenue; Secretary, Fernando Brown, 2411 Jefferson Ave. __ . . , , _ . . „ Dv..i 107. THETA LAMBDA—Dayton, Ohio; President,, Lloyd G. Phillips, 617 Randolph Street; Secretary, Walter C. Blount, Jr., ^ 108. 417 S. Euclid Avenue. ETA LAMBDA—Atlanta, Georgia; President, A. G. Moran, 673 Greensferry Avenue; Secretary, Leroy Carter, University 109. Homes, Fair Street, Southwest. »„,„,., n IOTA LAMBDA—Indianapolis, Ind.; President, Arnold O. Banister, Jr. Senate Avenue Branch YMCA; Secretary, John 110. Mansfield, 724 Blake Street, No. 114. KAPPA LAMBDA—Greensboro, N. C , Pres., William E. Beav111. er; Sec, Benjamin H. Crutcher, A. & T. College. MU LAMBDA—Washington, D. C ; President, George W. Peterson, 604 D. Street, N. W.; Secretary, G. Frederick Stan112. ton, 611 Irving Street, N. W. _ ^ _, , „ , , , NU LAMBDA—Virginia State College, Etterick, Virginia, President, Harry W. Roberts; Secretary, Charles J. Wart113. man, Jr. XI LAMBDA—Chicago, 111., President, Dr. E. K. McDonald, S. State Street; Secretary, Alton M. Childs, II, 3653 114. 5624 Calumet Avenue. OMICRON LAMBDA—Birmingham, Alabama; President, H. Lovelle Mosely, 1204 First Court, W.; Secretary, Charle3 115. Shepard, 13-10th Avenue. Phone: 6-8429. PI LAMBDA—Little Rock.. Ark., President, I. T. Gillam, 1211 116. Pulaski Street; Secretary, C. Franklin Brown. 1019 Cross St. RHO LAMBDA—Buffalo, N. Y.; President, Robert W. Ed117. wards, 310 Purdy; Secretary, H. Daniel Long, 131 Spruce. SIGMA LAMBDA—New Orleans, La., President. Benson M. Boutte, 2536 S. Galvez St.; Secretary, Walter E. Morial, 1433 118. Touro Street. TAU LAMBDA—Nashville, Tennnessee; President, C. H. Webster, 1000 Villa Place; Secretary, Alfred C. Galloway, 119. 2018 Clifton Road. UPSILON LAMBDA—Jacksonville, Florida; President, George W. Cabanius, 2033 Louisiana Street; Secretary, Charles Sim120. mons, Jr., 434 W. Ashby. PHI LAMBDA—Raleigh, N. C ; President, John Percy Bond, 13 >; East Hargett St.; Secretary, Louis Roberts, Saint 121. Augustine's College, Raleigh, N. C. CHI LAMBDA—Raleigh, N. C ; President, Raymond O. Dickerson; Secretary, Clarence Harvey Mills, Sr., Wilberforce 122. University, Wilberforce, Ohio. PSI LAMBDA—Chattanooga, Tennessee; President. L. L. Patton, 425 V2 East 9th Street; Secretary, J. M. Bynes. 123. 430'/, E. 9th Street. ALPHA ALPHA LAMBDA—Newark, N. J.; President, Lawrence Willette, 137 Stevens Street, Belleville, N. J.; Secretary, Arthur Williams, 136 Lincoln, Montclair, N. J. 124. ALPHA BETA LAMBDA—Lexington, Ky.; President, F. L. Baker. 629 N. Upper St., Secretary, Dr. H. A. Merchants, 126 St. 125. DeWeese ALPHA GAMMA LAMBDA—New York, N. Y.; President, Frank A. Walker, 450 St. Nicholas Avenue: Secretary, Vester G. Fowlkes, 2816 Eighth Avenue. 126. ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA—Memphis, Tennessee; President, C M. Roulhac, 810 E. McLemorc; Secretary, Abner S. Owen, Jr., 598 Williams Avenue. _ 127. ALPHA EPSILON LAMBDA—Jackson, Miss., Pres., Everett R. Lawrence, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Miss.; Sec, Alan T. Busby, 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% 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. Virginia; President, Thomas E. Posey, Institute, W. Virginia; Secretary, Kermit J. Hall, 308-B Elizabeth Street, Charleston, W. Virginia. 132. ALPHA KAPPA LAMBDA—Roanoke, Virginia; President, Dr. George A. Moore, 106 Wells Avenue, N. W.; Secretary, Dr. L. C. Downing, 804 7th Street. 133. ALPHA MU LAMBDA—Knoxville, Tennessee; President, N. A. Henderson, 123 E. Vine Avenue; Secretary, M. D. Senter, 2134 E. Vine Ave., Knoxville, Tennessee. 134. ALPHA NU LAMBDA—Tuskegee Institute, Ala.; President, I. A. Derbigny; Secretary, Harry J. Romm. 135. ALPHA XI LAMBDA—Toledo, Ohio; President, Leo V. English, 614 Tecumseh St., Secretary, Charles Peoples, 858 , „ „ ... .. _ 136. Avondale Avenue. 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 ; 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, Oklahoma; President, Dr R. C. Bryant, 360 N. Frankfort Place; Secretary, J. Tyler Smith, 124 N. Greenwood Street. 141. ALPHA UPSILON LAMBDA—Montgomery, Alabama; President, C. T. Simpson; Secretary, J. M. Reynolds, State Teachers College. 142. ALPHA PHI LAMBDA—Norfolk, Virginia; President, Joseph L. Jones, Currituck County Training School, Snowden, N. C : Secretary, Thomas W. Young, 721 Chapel Street, Norfolk, Virginia. 143. ALPHA CHI LAMBDA—Augusta, Georgia; President, L. D. Perry, 2033 Milledgeville Road; Secretary, John M. Tutt, 1108 Phillips Street. 144. ALPHA PSI LAMBDA—Columbia, S. C ; President, Dr Robert W. Mance, 1429 Pine Street; Secretary, Frederick H Dedmond, Allen University. 145. BETA ALPHA LAMBDA—Jersey City, N. J.; President John B. Frazier, 57>/•> 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, Robert Haith, Jr., 1025 N. W. 2nd Avenue; Secretary, Leo A Lucas 6306 Northwest 14th Avenue. 147. BETA GAMMA LAMBDA—Richmond, Virginia; President Welton H. Henderson, 609 N. 5th Street; Secretary, David A. Graves, 2204 Northnumberland Avenue. 148. BETA PELTA LAMBDA—Daytona Beach, Fla„ President Charles J. Greene, P. O. Box 1789; Secretary, Dr. H. Ernest Hartley, 624 2nd Ave. 149. BETA EPSILON LAMBDA—Wewoka, Oklahoma; President, I. T. Anderson, Wetumka, Oklahoma; Secretary, L. G. Ashley, Boley, Oklahoma. .150. BETA ZETA LAMBDA—Jefferson City, Missouri; President, H. Hadley Hartshorn, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri; Secretary, Dr. Walter R. Talbot, Lincolr University, Jefferson City, Missouri. 151. BETA ETA LAMBDA—Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; President, Lee Edward Lewis, 918 N. E. 6th Street; Secretary, William W. Johnson. 2506 N. E. 15th Street. 152. BETA THETA LAMBDA—Durham, N. C ; President, James T. Taylor, 2106 Fayetteville Street; Secretary (Acting), J o h n E. Payne, 1204 Fayetteville Street. 153. BETA IOTA LAMBDA—Baton Rouge, La.; President, Dr. B. V. Baronco, Jr., P. O. Box 2005; Secretary, R. M. Ampey, P. O. Box 2005. 154. BETA KAPPA LAMBDA—Charleston, S. C ; President. Dr. A. G. Purvis; 52 Anson Street; Secretary, E. D. Burroughs, ' M. D., 180 Coming Street. 155. BETA MU LAMBDA—Salisbury, Statesville, N. C ; President, Dr. H. A. Day, 225 '.2 E. Fisher Street, Salisbury, N. O.J Secretary, Rev. W. Q. Welch, 624 W. Monroe St., Salisbury. N. C. 156. BETA NU LAMBDA—Charlotte, N. C ; President, Secretary, Clinton L. Blake, 423 E. 1st St., Financial Secretary, G. F. Woodson, Jr., 2112 W. Trade Street. 157. BETA XI LAMBDA—Omaha, Nebraska; President, R. R. Brown, 2213 Lake Street: Secretary, George A. Stams 1119 ' N. 21st Street, Omaha, Nebraska. 158. 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, H B Gibson, Sr., 409 Belmont Avenue; Secretary, H. B. Gibson Jr., 409 Belmont Avenue. 161. BETA SIGMA LAMBDA^-Hartford, - Conn.; President Dr Joseph M. Bullock, 30 Mahl 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.; President, Percy M. Caruthers; Secretary. Chester Kirkendoll, Lane College 164. BETA PHI LAMBDA—Savannah, Georgia; President, M ' G Haynes, Industrial College, Georgia; Secretary, W. S Scott Jr., 212 E. Walburg, Savannah, Georgia. 165. BETA CHI LAMBDA—Muskogee, Oklahoma, President, I, C Burr. Taft. Oklahoma; Secretary, Harry M. Hodge 808 Fondulae Street. 166. BETA PSI LAMBDA—Los Angeles, California, President Dr Howard Allen, 3453 McKinley Ave.; Secretary, Rufus S Norman, 708 E. 48th Street. 167. GAMMA ALPHA LAMBDA—Charlottesville, Va.; President, Leander J. Shaw. 215 Massie Street, Lexington, VirginiaSecretary, A. R. Ware, Jr., 409 N. Augusta Street,' Staunton Virginia. 168. GAMMA BETA LAMBDA—Kentucky State College Frankfort, Kentucky; President, Arthur Walters; Secretary Robert L. Clardy. 169. GAMMA GAMMA LAMBDA—Greenville, S. C ; President R W. Anderson, 125 Fall St., Office No. 5: Secretary J i W R Edwards, Jr.. 107 Wardlaw St. • »• " * "•

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