The SPHINX Spring May 1943 | Volume 30 | Number 2 194303002 by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

EDUCBTIOnflL numBER Pfc.

John Wycliffe

Cincinnati,

Ohio,

Flemingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Midwestern

Vice-President, entered the armed service March I, 1943.

He is now

stationed at Fort Sill, Okla., with the 571st Ordnance

Ammunition

Company. Wherever he goes, as a soldier in the onward march toward victory, the light of Alphadom will shine the brightest. See Page 2 for Brother Fleming's view on the war crisis.

MAY, 1943

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A L P H A PHI A L P H A FRATERNITY,

Inc.

General Officers ROBERT P. DANIEL

EAYFORD W. LOGAN President Howard University. Washington, D. C. BERT A. McDONALD First Vice-President 319 East 48th St., Los Angeles, Calif. FERDINAND L. ROUSSEVE Second Vice-President 4636 Willow Street, New Orleans, La. JOHN FLEMING Third Vice-President 1532 Linn Street, Cincinnati, Ohio ANDREW R. TYLER Fourth Vice-President 462 West 146th St., New York City JOSEPH H. B. EVANS General Secretary 101 S. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. FARROW h.. ALLEN Treasurer 337 West 138th St., New York City LEWIS O. SWINGLER Editor of the Sphinx 390 Vi Beale Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee H. COUNCILL TRENHOLM Director of Education Alabama State College, Montgomery, Ala. BELFORD V. LAWSON. JR. General Counsel 2001 11th. N. W.. Washington, D. C. LAY MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Edward W. Brooke, 1262 Hamlin Street, N. E„ Washington, D. C . Honorary, Thomas E. Kelley, Wilberforce University, William T. Patrick, Jr.. Clark Hall, Howard University, Washington. D. C ; Chas. D. Proctor, Fisk University. Nashville, Tenn. BELFORD V. LAWSON. JR. Chairman, Chapter Housing Commission 2001 11th St., N. W., Washington, D. C HOWARD II. LONG Chairman, Committee on Public Policy 1112 Girard St., N. W., Washington, D. C. M. G. FERGUSON Chairman, Auditing Committee Citizens Savings & Trust Co., Nashville, Tennessee HENRY L. DICKASON Chairman, Committee on Standards Blueneld State Teachers College. Blueneld, West Virginia

Chairman, Budget Committee Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina CHARLES H. WESLEY Historian Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio KERMIT J. HALL Director, Transportation State Teachers College. Bluefleld, West Va. JEWELS Dr. Henry A. Callls, 2306 E St., N. E„ Washington, D. O.: Nathaniel A. Murray, 150 You Street, N. W., Washington, D. O.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 M. Booker, Prairie View College, Prairie View, Texas: James A. Robinson. 850 East 49th Place, Los Angeles, Calif.; Bernard E. Squires, 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, 13V2 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.; and Thomas A. Center, 54 Mt. Pleasant. North Cambridge, Mass MIDWESTERN JURISDICTION—John W. Fleming, Vice-President; John R. Lawrence, Jr., 947 Iglehart Ave., St. Paul, Minn.; J. R. Lillard, 2547 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City. Mo.; Attorney Charles F. Lane, 417 East 47th Street, Chicago. Illinois.

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1. A L P H A — C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y , I t h a c a , N. Y.; P r e s i d e n t , Dr. G. A. G a l v i n , 216 W. S t a t e S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , Dr. A l b e r t P . J o h n s o n , 216 W . S t a t e S t r e e t . 2. B E T A — H o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C ; President. W i l l i a m T. P a t r i c k ; Cor. S e c r e t a r y , R o l l i n W i l l i a m s , H o w a r d University. 3. G A M M A — V i r g i n i a U n i o n U n i v e r s i t y , R i c h m o n d , Va.; P r e s i d e n t . E. D. M c C r e a r y , Jr.; S e c r e t a r y , Lee A. B a r n e s , Va. Union University. 4. D E L T A — T i l l o t s o n College, A u s t i n , T e x a s ; P r e s i d e n t , S a m u e l F u l l e r ; S e c r e t a r y , J e s s e B e t h e l , T i l l o t s o n College. 5. E P S I L O N — U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n , A n n Arbor, Mich.; P r e s i d e n t , J o h n L. S. H o l l i m a n , J r . ; S e c r e t a r y , H e n r y C. E v e r e t t . 116 V i c t o r C. V a u g h H o u s e , U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n . 6. Z E T A — Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y , New H a v e n , C o n n . ; P r e s i d e n t , C. A. T r i b b e t t , 124 Dlxwell Ave.. S e c r e t a r y ; T . R . P e t t y j o h n , 77 DIckerman Street. 7. E T A — C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , S t . L a w r e n c e , B r o o k l y n C. C , St. J o h n University, Brooklyn, New York City; President, M a c C. Davies, 79 S t . N i c h o l a s A v e n u e , N. Y. C ; S e c r e t a r y , Lloyd C. B e s t , 217 W . 120 N. Y. C. 8. T H E T A — U n i v e r s i t y C h i c a g o , C h i c a g o , 111.; P r e s i d e n t , Clift o n O. D u m m e t t , 311 E. C h i c a g o A v e n u e , Box 158, C h i c a g o , 111.; S e c r e t a r y , F r a n k A. B a n k s , 740 E. M a r q u e t t e R o a d . 9. I O T A — A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a ; T o b e s e t u p . 10. K A P P A — O h i o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , O h i o ; P r e s i d e n t , L i o n e l H. N e w s o m . 51 E a s t 1 1 t h Ave.; S e c r e t a r y , J a m e s K. A n t h o n y , 68 E. 1 1 t h Ave., C o l u m b u s , O h i o . 11. M U — U n i v e r s i t y o( M i n n e s o t a , Minneapolis, Minnesota; P r e s i d e n t , J o h n R. L a w r e n c e , 947 I g l e h a r t Ave., S t . P a u l , M i n n . . S e c r e t a r y * J o h n M. P a t t o n , 954 S t . A n t h o n y Ave., S t . Paul, Minn. 12. N U — L i n c o l n U n i v e r s i t y , Pa.; P r e s i d e n t . C h a r l e s O k e d a s ; S e c r e tary, Robert Frazier, Lincoln University. Pa. 13. X I — W i l b e r f o r c e U n i v e r s i t y , O h i o ; P r e s i d e n t , Everard A. Hughes; Secretary, William B. Shropshire, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. 14. O M I C R O N — P i t t s b u r g h . Pa., P r e s i d e n t , P a u l L. J o n e s , 228 West 14th, Homestead, Pa.; Secretary McDonald Williams, 201 M i c h i g a n A v e n u e , B e t s h o o v e r , P i t t s , P a . 15. P I — W e s t o r n R e s e r v e , C l e v e l a n d , O h i o ; President, Samuel W a d e , 2285 E a s t 8 9 t h S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , J o s e p h D . S m i t h , 2813 C e n t r a l A v e n u e , N. 584. 16. R H O — G r a d u a t e G r o u p , P h i l a d e l p h i a , Pennsylvania; Pres. Dr. W. P . J e r r l c k . 1843 C h r i s t i a n St.; C. Sec. Dr. O. W i l s o n W i n t e r s , 28 C u r r e n A r c a d e ; F . Sec. N o r r i s t o w n , P a . ; F . Sec. D r . P e r c y I . Bowser. 5344 R a c e S t . 17. S I G M A — H a r v a r d University, Boston, Mass.; President. T h o m a s C e n t e r , 12 H u b b a r d Ave., C a m b r i d g e . Mass.; S e c r e t a r y , G. S a m u e l D a r r e l l , 137 H a r o l d St., R o x b u r y , M a s s . 18. T A U — U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s , C h a m p a l g n - U r b a n a , Illinois; P r e s i d e n t N a t h a n i e l B . G r e e n ; 1301 W e s t C l a r k , U r b a n a , 111.; Secretary, Robert Claybrooks. 19. U P S I L O N — U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s , K a n s a s S t a t e Teachers College, E m p o r i a , K a n s a s ; K a n s a s S t a t e College of A g r i c u l t u r e & Applied Science, M a n h a t t a n , Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas; President, R o b e r t N. C l a r k ; S e c r e t a r y , J a m e s D. W a l k e r , 1101 M i s s i s s i p p i S t r e e t , L a w r e n c e , K a n s a s . 20. P H I — O h i o U n i v e r s i t y . A t h e n s , O h i o ; I N A C T I V E 2 1 . C H I — M e h a r r y M e d i c a l College. N a s h v i l l e . T e n n . : P r e s i d e n t . Axel H a n s o n , J r . ; Cor. S e c r e t a r y , E d w a r d L. W i l k e r s o n , M e h a r r y M e d i c a l College. 22. P S I — U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a , T e m p l e U n i v e r s i t y , P h i l a d e l p h i a . Pa.; P r e s i d e n t , F r a n k l i n M o r r i s , 1519 P a g e S t r e e t W e s t : S e c r e t a r y , R o b e r t P o i n d e x t e r , 2128 C h r i s t i a n S t r e e t . 23. A L P H A A L P H A — U n i v e r s i t y of C i n c i n n a t i , C i n c i n n a t i College of P h a r m a c y , Miami University, Cincinnati, Ohio; P r e s i d e n t . J o h n W . F l e m i n g , 1532 L i n n S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , W e b s t e r Posey, 1506 B a y m l l l e r S t r e e t . 24. ALPHA B E T A — T a l l a d e g a College, T a l l a d e g a . Ala.; P r e s i d e n t , H o r a c e J o h n s o n ; S e c r e t a r y , W i l l i a m K i n g , T a l l a d e g a College. 25. ALPHA G A M M A — B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y , P r o v i d e n c e , R h o d e I s land, INACTIVE. 26. ALPHA D E L T A — U n i v e r s i t y of S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a , L o s A n geles. Calif., P r e s i d e n t , H e n r y F e l t e n b e r g . 1286 S. S e r r a n o ; S e c r e t a r y , E d w a r d Y o r k , 1286 S. S e r r a n o A v e n u e . 27. ALPHA E P S I L O N — U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y , C a l i f o r n i a ; P r e s i d e n t , H a r o l d R. J o n e s , 2831 E l l s w o r t h S t r e e t , B e r k e l e y ; S e c r e t a r y , H e n r y J o h n s o n , 1340 8 t h St., O a k l a n d , California.

V i r g i n i a S t a t e College, I n s t i t u t e , W e s t Va., P r e s i d e n t , G r a y t h o r n T. H e a r d ; S e c r e t a r y , Lloyd A W a t t s , W e s t Va. S t a t e College. 29. ALPHA E T A — S t . L o u i s , Mo.; P r e s i d e n t , G e o r g e H. H y r a m 4432 N o r t h M a r k e t St.; Secretary, E a r l W. H u n t e r . 2316 Spruce. 30. ALPHA T H E T A — U n i v e r s i t y of I o w a , I o w a City, I o w a ; P r e s i d e n t , J a m e s P e o p l e s ; S e c r e t a r y , A. Low; C. S e c r e t a r y , G e o r g e R. R a g l a n d , Jr., 818 S o u t h D u b u q u e S t r e e t . 3 1 . ALPHA I O T A — U n i v e r s i t y of C o l o r a d o , D e n v e r , Colo. P r e s i d e n t , H o w a r d J e n k i n s , Jr., 3131 G i l p i n St., S e c r e t a r y J o h n W a l l a r , 2606 G i l p i n S t . 32. ALPHA K A P P A — S p r i n g f i e l d College, A m h e r s t College A m h e r s t , Mass., Springfield, Mass.; I N A C T I V E . 3 3 . ALPHA M U — N o r t h w e s t e r n University, Evanston, IllinoisPresident, Charles Warren; S e c r e t a r y , W i l l i a m C. P y a n t 1930 B r o w n A v e n u e . 34. ALPHA N U — I o w a S t a t e College, D r a k e University, Des M o i n e s , I o w a ; P r e s i d e n t , Virgil D i x o n ; S e c r e t a r y , C h a s . P . H o w a r d , 515 M u l b e r r y St., Des M o i n e s , I o w a . 35. ALPHA X I — U n i v e r s i t y of W a s h i n g t o n , S e a t t l e , W a s h i n g t o n ; P r e s i d e n t , J a m e s P . J o h n s o n , 928 31st St., S e a t t l e , W a s h i n g t o n ; S e c r e t a r v . R o b e r t B . P i t t s , 326 23rd A v e n u e . N o r t h 36. ALPHA O M I C R O N — J o h n C. S m i t h U n i v e r s i t y , C h a r l o t t e-. N. C ; P r e s i d e n t . N a s h V e r n o n S c o t t ; S e c r e t a r y , E d w a r d L . W i l k e r s o n , M e h a r r y M e d i c a l College. 37. ALPHA P I — L o u i s v i l l e M u n i c i p a l College, L o u i s v i l l e . K y , P r e s i d e n t , A n d r e w M o t e n , 2336 W. C h e s t n u t S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , J u l i u s L. G r e e n e , 1810 W. C h e s t n u t S t r e e t . 38. ALPHA R H O — M o r e h o u s e College, Ga.; P r e s i d e n t . B e n j a m i n B u l l o c k , S e c r e t a r y , C l a r e n c e W i l l i a m s , M o r e h o u s e College. 39. ALPHA S I G M A — W i l e y College, B i s h o p College, M a r s h a l l , T e x a s ; P r e s i d e n t , F r e d e r i c k D. S m i t h ; S e c r e t a r y , T. L a n n e t t M a c k , Wiley College. 40. ALPHA T A U — U n i v e r s i t y of A k r o n . O h i o ; P r e s i d e n t , A t t o r ney Artee Fleming, 22 W e s t M a r k e t S t r e e t , A k r o n , OhioS e c r e t a r y , H e r b e r t T. B r a c k e n , 385 W e l l i n g t o n . 4 1 . ALPHA U P S I L O N — C i t y College. D e t r o i t , M i c h . ; P r e s i d e n t , G u s O g l e t r e e , 607 D i v i s i o n ; S e c r e t a r y , William Coleman, 1421 S l o m a n . 42. ALPHA P H I — C l a r k U n i v e r s i t y , Atlanta, Ga.; President. C l a r e n c e D. C o l e m a n ; Cor. S e c r e t a r y ; C h a r l e s A. Davis, C l a r k University. 43. ALPHA C H I — F i s k U n i v e r s i t y , N a s h v i l l e , T e n n e s s e e ; P r e s i d e n t , C h a r l e s D. P r o c t e r ; S e c r e t a r y , C l a r e n c e I. P a y n e , Fisk University. 44. ALPHA P S I — L i n c o l n U n i v e r s i t y , Jefferson City, Mo.; P r e s i d e n t , A l p h o n s e E. Ellis, Allen H a l l , L i n c o l n U n i v e r s i t y ; S e c r e t a r y , W i l l i a m McCoy, A l l e n H a l l . L i n c o l n U n i v e r s i t y . 45. B E T A A L P H A — M o r g a n College, B a l t i m o r e , Md.; P r e s i d e n t , W i n s t o n E m e r s o n B r o w n , 529 C u m b e r l a n d S t r e e t ; S e c r e t a r y , H a r r y A u g u s t u s Coles, 1935 D r u i d Hill Ave. 46. B E T A B E T A — U n i v e r s i t y of N e b r a s k a , C r e i g h t o n U n i v e r s i t y , Municipal University, Lincoln, Nebraska, President, Gaines T. B r a f o r d , 1952 T. S t r e e t , L i n c o l n , N e b r a s k a ; Secretary. H a r o l d B i d d i e x , 2225 S. S t r e e t , L i n c o l n , N e b r a s k a . 47. BETA G A M M A — V i r g i n i a S t a t e College, E t t r i c k , Va.; P r e s i d e n t , R e u b e n K. D a v i s ; S e c r e t a r v , A r t h u r E. Y o u n g . 48. BETA D E L T A — S t a t e College. O r a n g e b u r g . S. C : P r e s i d e n t . R o l a n d J. G e i g e r . 49. BETA E P S I L O N — A g r i c u l t u r a l a n d T e c h n i c a l College, G r e e n s boro, N o r t h Carolina; President, Clinton Etheridge; Secr e t a r y , D u n c a n W i l l i a m s , A. & T. College. 50. B E T A Z E T A — S a m u e l H u s t o n College, A u s t i n . T e x a s : P r e s i d e n t . M a c e o D. P e m b r o k e ; S e c r e t a r y , W e l d o n K. G r o v e s S a m u e l H u s t o n College, A u s t i n . T e x a s . 51. BETA E T A — S o u t h e r n I l l i n o i s T e a c h e r s College, C a r b o n d a l e 111.. P r e s i d e n t , Charle<s E. J o n e s , 211 N. W a l l ; Secretary Gaffney T a v l o r , Colp. I l l i n o i s . 52. B E T A T H E T A — B l u e n e l d S t a t e T e a c h e r s College. P r e s i d e n t W i l l i a m H. N i c h o l s o n ; S e c r e t a r y . .Silas E. C r a f t . S t a t e T e a c h e r s College. 53. B E T A I O T A — W e s t e r n S t a t e T e a c h e r s College. K a l a m a z o o Michigan; INACTIVE. 54. B E T A K A P P A — L a n g s t o n U n i v e r s i t y , L a n g s t o n , O k l a h o m a ; P r e s i d e n t , G e o r g e P e a r s o n ; S e c r e t a r y , Loyal R u c k e r . 55. B E T A M U — K e n t u c k y S t a t e College, F r a n k f o r t , Ky.; P r e s i d e n t . A r t h u r W a l t e r ; S e c r e t a r y , R o b e r t L. C l a r d y . 56. BETA N U — F l o r i d a A. & M. College, T a l l a h a s s e e , F l o r i d a ; P r e s i d e n t , Oliver H. J o n e s ; S e c r e t a r y , J a m e s M. Y o u n g .

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

NUMBER 2

MAY, 1943

VOLUME 30

THE STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ART EDITORS JAMES D. PARKS Lincoln University Jefferson City, Mo.

LEWIS O. SWINGLER 3901/2 Beale Avenue Memphis, Tennessee Ffc. John W. Fleming

Front Cover

ASSISTANT EDITORS HUGH M. GLOSTER Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia BURT A. MAYBERRY 2446 Harrison Kansas City, Mo. MILTON S. J. WRIGHT Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio WILLIAM H. GRAY, JR. Florida Normal St. Augustine, Florida 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.

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A Viewpoint—The Present War Crisis

Quo Vadis? . . . an Editorial

President Logan's Message

Nashville Brothers Purchase Building

"Egypt and the Middle East"

Educational Implications World War II. — 9 Jim-Crowism and the War

"Miss Victory" to Memphis Brothers

President Clark College

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Minor

Teachers

Bethune-Cookman College President

Hits and Misses

Fraternity Fun

Book Reviews

Voice Of The Sphinx

DR. O. WILSON WINTERS 28 Curren Arcade Norristown, Pa.

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JOHN FLEMING Third-Vice-President Brother Fleming as he appeared in civilian life . . . See front cover.

A VIEWPOINTâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;THE PRESENT WAR CRISIS By P F C . J O H N W Y C L I F F E All of us know that the present crisis has far more implications than the surface indicates. I believe with many others, that we will be in this war a long time before final victory. I also believe that there will be far more social gains for all groups after this war than after any other war in world's history. Some of these gains will just come, but the most deep-seated gains must come through effort, watchfulness and participation. However difficult the injustice we receive, we must all go out for the principles for which our country stands, and back this w a r to final victory and a just

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peace. W e must participate, we must be and remain a vital part of this crisis so that our voice will become stronger and stronger. Then, too, we must not wait for the victory to state our cause, we must do it now. Brother Logan so definitely stated our job at the Louisville Convention and has been following through. Every chapter and every brother has a job. First, to function as an organization; second, to keep continual contact with the National Offices; third, we in the services are making contributions in all capacities from privates to officers; those of us who are on

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i nave no regrets at being in the fight on this end. I shall give my all here, as I did in civilian life, but shall expect to return and find that my Brothers and friends have given theirs and have kept up their end of the fight. I know that we with your backing shall achieve victory here, and feel that victory shall be ours at home. in the quieter atmosphere conducive to a more lasting fellowship. One needs only to turn to Brother Fleming's own chapter, Alpha Alpha, of which he also headed as president, for testimonial to this fact. Alpha Alpha (. bapter in Cincinnati has been consistent in maintaining a large and active membership. Born second in family of eight children at Buford, S. C , J a n u a r y IS, 1910, Brother Fleming moved to Cincinnati with his family during the T u r n to page 5

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EDITORIALS QUO VADIS? By DR. REID E. JACKSON, Editorial Writer HE present juncture in the normal state of afTrue it is that the education of the Negro is fairs, more or less precipitated by the second financed, to large extent, by the dominant group; World War, provides somewhat a tardy excuse for but such funds, usually do not approach a largess. taking inventory of the Negro separate school. True Be this as it may, it. does not necessarily follow that it is that twice, within the decade, THE JOURNAL the donors of education should inevitably define OP NEGRO EDUCATION, has endeavored to asthe entire purpose of education for the group benesess the progress and status of education for the fited. This is just another way of saying that an Negro, within the United States. Such academic educable group could, at least, propose a desired treatises, naturally, have failed of coming to the ataim for its own educative process! Strange as it tention of the mass of Negroes who squirm—somemay seem, Negro teachers as a body politic have times hopelessly—under the impress of a segregatno1 considered greatly the direction which their eded system of education. "Quo Vadis?" (Whither ucational efforts should take. And this is said, in Gfoest Thou?) is an interrogation which can well be face of the fad thai innumerable state teachers asposed, as to the education of the Negro. How, then, sociations and even a national teachers organizacan we answer this question? tion meet faithfully year in and year out. Por what do they meet, you may ask? So, do I ! CogMarjorie MeKenzie, a discerningly intelligent colnizance is taken of the current survey of selected umnist for the Pittsburgh Courier, has recently secondary schools, under the auspices of the Aspenned a plea for a more realistic approach in the sociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools for curriculum of the Negro school, which coincides Negroes. I am willing to wager, though, that if and with the views that your present writer has exwhen findings are made available to all schools, pressed in more formal articles, from time to time. they will be promptly ignored. The point I am tryIn a word, this point of view has designated the deing to make is that, in order for all schools to be velopment of workable techniques necessary to the imbued with a need for educational reform, all fuller integration of the Negro into American Soschools should be involved in some pertinent educiety—a minority-group strategy, if you please— cational experimentation I as the fundamental and pressing task of education .Most schools, some may argue, are not bothered for the Negro, whatever the category! We must about gearing their work to constantly-changing realize, though, that any aim, abstracted from educational needs; and, these critics may not be far the lulling and false security of academic from wrong! Let us take, as an example, typical rigamarole—even without invading the delicate statements of objectives for Negro Colleges. Genarea of Negro-White relationships—is obstructed by erally speaking, these statements fall into three inhospitable reaction. Hostile reception, however, categories: (1) to prepare teachers for the state; is not raison d'etre for eschewing a rigorous and (2) to train Christian men and women; and (3) to persistent effort at achieving a desired goal. educate the individual for useful life ill his comIt should become evident, even to the untutored, munity. Just what this involves and how it is to be that any human activity should be motivated by accomplished is usually left untold. Moreoever, a guiding purpose. To say that education for the these objectives invariably remain ritualistic and Negro lacks a purpose would be somewhat mistakverbalities. Beyond a doubt, if the Negro is to afen; more properly, we should declare that educafect his own salvation, he must be quite clear as to tion for the Negro has been confused by a conflict' the purposes which must undergird his educational in purpose and ideology. Inwardly, though, those ventures. Such purposes, moreover, cannot be left directly responsible for the stewardship of the Neto fortuitous circumstances. The fundamental task, gro separate school have known that the foundathen, which confronts those, engaged in the edution of education for the Negro should be laid upcation of 1 lie Negro, is to formulate a thorough-goon a cornerstone of the inherent worth and funcing and agressivc philosophy upon which all are tional stature of the individual man. Unfortunateimmediately agreed and towards which all will perly, this idea has been rendered innocuous by the sistently work. Any philosophy, perforce, must straddling shadow of James Crow which, mockingseek now towards the resolution, through the most ly angular and sinister, has fashioned a weblike intelligent means, of the Negro's disfavored posiphilosophy of inferior status. Caught midway betion in our present society. tween these contrary poles of opinion, the weary administrator, as well as teacher, is slowly and irOnce clarity in a functional purpose for the eduresistibly brought from a welter of confused valcation of the Negro is achieved, the curriculum of ues to a state of conformity. In substance, then, the Negro separate school could better be scrutian educational philosophy is subtly—sometimes opnized. All too often, Negro schools have prosecuted enly—foisted upon the Negro and his educational a "scissors and p a s t e " curriculum revision amountscheme. ing, in the end, to the addition of courses wholly

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unrelated to the total purpose of the institution. For some reason or other, too, a majority of the Negro schools either have not heard tell of or else have disavowed knowledge of the prevailing conception of an educational curriculum. To them, a curriculum is yet a sequential arrangement of factual subject matter leading towards a predetermined goal of life vocation rather than a series of personal and group experiences, deriving from everyday needs and demanding a solution consistent with the development of the individual's maximum capabilities in adjusting to himself and to his environment. Educational jargon, you may be saying; but, translated into common language, it still means an actual exercise of one's intelligence and ability in resolving immediate and pressing problems of living, through the use of appropriate materials of knowledge and on the basis of scientific intelligence and methodology. What, then, are the pressing problems of the Negro—child, adolescent and adult alike? We all know them, such as: (1) political disfranchisement; C2) job prejudices; (3) civil discrimination; (4) sadistic lynching; (5) inadequate educational opportunities; (6) low economic status; (7) social insecurity; (8) blind justice—just to mention a few. The curriculum of the Negro school must be rooted in these areas of human relationship rather than projected upon a slavish memorization of discrete facts, formulae, and fads. This should not be misconstrued as a plea for lowered standards in the education of the Negro. If anything, standards of learning and material should be rigid. Just like the " k i d " brother, the Negro separate school must emancipate itself from the irksome practice of wearing " b i g " brother's clothes cut down to fit him. In short, the Negro school must develop a program consonant with its own peculiar purposes and needs! Techniques for acquiring the ballot; safeguards for preventing lynching orgies; education for specific technological jobs; procedures for securing promised civil liberties—among others—should become the bill of fare in Negro schools. And, symbolism and memoriter methods, we reiterate, must be displaced with functional activity, in these areas. Mention should be made of the leadership for our educational institutions. Scientific studies are proving that everyone can not be a leader. Our job, then, is to see that the true leaders assume the helm of our schools. Self-appointed leaders, along with those of compromising ilk, must be supplanted! While it is to be conceded that some of our present leaders are well-trained for their posts, one cannot be so sure whether that priceless ingredient of courage is a forte with them. Too often is it. that our leaders "back down'' from a position when the going becomes exceedingly tough. And, many times. the mass which is supporting them is not even aware of this patronizing renegation. Again, this writer insists that the Negro school should cull out its potential leaders (not preachers, teachers, lawyers, and doctors) who will not veer one iota from their chosen path of duty and service to the cause of the

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improved status for the Negro in American society. Summarily, then, the Negro separate school should both train intelligently agressive leaders and possess intelligently aggressive leadership. Even as we speak of educational statesmanship, we must not omit the teacher. Why is it that the teaching profession is the burial ground for all other vocational aspirations? The complaint need not be detailed here! Suffice it to say that teaching is literally a stepping-stone to marriage or a more lucrative career. The cause, of course, is not far to find. The pay for teaching services—particularly Negro—is dirt cheap! Small wonder, then, is it that the turnover in Negro teaching personnel is alarmingly great. But, do teacher salaries have to remain mere pittances? The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is now posing a convincing " N o ! " to this question. And, while on this subject, allow this digression! Negro college teachers should awaken from their lethargy, somewhat as public-school teachers are presently doing, and consolidate their efforts towards a more adequate salary schedule. As matters go now, it will be much more profitable to teach in public schools than in colleges—not that the work on the work of the college level is more important! By any token, though, it is not at all desirable that there would be hardly more than a fifty-dollar range between the highest and the lowest sal aries paid teachers in the Negro Colleges. Reduced to dollars and cents, this does not serve as much incentive for continued professional education and procurement of the penultimate degree. In fact, many Negro college teachers now scoff at the idea of working toward the Pli. D. degree. They say, and rightly so, that there is a diminishing economic return, in their pursuit of the degree (Right here, let me clear myself by saying that I do not intend to invest the Ph. D. degree with any magical halo which presupposes prestige and satisfactory accomplishment. For, indeed, the man must make the degree and not the degree make the man). Similar statements could be made in regard to teaching rank and research. All this points to the fact that teaching should truly be made a profession rather than a stop-gap. This is a challenge for the entire profession—Negro and White alike— which seems to obtain, in somewhat greater degree, for the Negro teacher. The solution for this problem rests with the teacher! To begin with, teacher-training institutions should sort out those who become candidates for a teaching position. Everyone can't be a teacher, simply because of " a love for children". There should be a rigorous selection of teachers, based on more comprehensive criteria of background and personality; and both the institution and the public should demand this! Space precludes mention of other aspects, in the teaching job, which could be upgraded; primary among these would be the attitude of the Negro teacher. Perfunctory regard of the teaching responsibilities Turn to page 30

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EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP MESSAGE By DR. R A Y F O R D W. LOGAN General President

From page 2 spring of 1916. H e attended the Douglas Elementary School, g r a d u ating with h o n o r s ; and Withrow High School where he also excelled in scholarship and athletics as high jumper, sprinter and broad jumper.

To All B r o t h e r s : In constant consultation and cooperation with the Director of our Educational Activities, Brother H. Councill Trenholm, I have continued to devote my major efforts t o the focusing of attention upon the Negro and the Postw a r Society. Our General Secretary, Brother Joseph H. B. Evans, and our General Counsel, Brother Belford V. Lawson, Jr., have particularly shared in these consultations and cooperation, and all the other general officers have given a significant impetus to this particular phase of our educational activities. Brother Swingler has encoui contributors to the Editorial Page to express their views on this vitally important subject. Many chapters have invited me to address public gatherings. Unfortunately, I have not been able to accept all the invitations. These public meetings at periods other than our special Education Week indicate that our chapters are not only talking about a yearround campaign, but are actually carrying out the idea. I have also addressed many gatherings other than those sponsored by our chapters. Among them have been the First Anniversary of the Byrne Street II. S. O. Club in Petersburg, V i r g i n i a ; the Emblem Club in Philadelphia; the Association of Deans and Registrars and the Student Body at Fisk ; the Members of the Honor Society of Hampton ; the Virginia State Teacher? Association; the Y. M. C. A. Forums in Detroit and Voungstown. Addresses have been published in the Virginia State Tea.chers Bulletin. The address at Fisk will shortly be published. I have been appointed chairman of a committee of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools to focus attention on the N e g r o and the PostW a r Problems. On behalf of this Association and of the Legislative Committee (the other two members of which are Brothers H o w a r d H. Long and Henry Lake Dickason) of the American Teachers Association I a p peared before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor to urge the passage of Senate Bill 637. The passage of this bill which would provide up t o $300,000,000 of Federal Funds annually for the support of public education in primary and secondary schools

Vice-President Fleming

DR.

R A Y F O R D W. LOGAN General President

should, we believe, constitute one of our specific objectives.

I earnestly urge

all Brothers to make a careful

study

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my own activities. I have also visited many chapters and plan to visit many others.

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devoted to Education, however. 1 shall mention only one matter of vital importance to our internal

operations.

As a result of numerous inquiries and petitions, T asked our General Secretary to poll the Executive Council on this question: "Do you favor suspending Article VI, Section If. of the Constitution for the "duration" so as to permit the initiation of men who have completed fifteen CIS) semester hours work or the equivalent?" T h e vote thus far received has been unanimously in the affirmative. This communication will serve then as official notice that chapters may initiate candidates who have completed fifteen semester hours' work or the equivalent if the regulations of the college or u n i versity also permit. I cannot close without a renewed greeting to our Brothers with the armed forces and the reiteration of our pledge to continue the fight for democracy on the home front while they are defending it both at home and abroad.

From the University of Cincinnati, Brother Fleming graduated with the B. A. degree in 1935, and the following year with the 11. E degree in Chemistry. He was a three-letter man and winner of h o n o r , in athletics on the track at Cincinnati University. While attendi g College, Brother Fleming worked at Stowe Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library and the Ninth Street Y. M. C. A. He also received a scholarship award from Alpha Phi Alpha in 1933 to I elp further his education. Upon finishing bis college work, Brother Fleming received a Civil Service appointment as Social Interviewer, and after eight months in this field resigned to return to school for graduate work. He has worked as Assistant Boys W o r k Secretary and Physical Education Director, Ninth Street Y. M. C. A., Business Manager and Assistant Camp Director during the camping season, taught in the night school of his city, and finally as teacher at Douglass Junior High School of the Cincinnati Public School System. The latter position he held until his induction March 1st of this year. Fraternally, Brother Fleming has been active since his initiation by Alpha Alpha Chapter in 1931. He served as registrar at the Cincinnati Convention in 1931. chapter secretary, 19321934, Association Editor of the Sphinx. 1935-1937 Financial Secretary. 1937-1939, and in 1940. the same year he became Midwestern VicePresident during the Kansas City T r i Parte Convention, was elected president of his chapter. He held both positions until the date of his entry into the armed service. Brother Fleming is proud of his record of having never been unfinancial with the General Organization since he first saw the light. In civic life, he has held numerous positions, including that of advisor to the Quadres Society, Advisory Committeeman for Selective Service Draft Board 8, Air Raid Warde-n and Instructor in Civilian Defense, Secretary pf the Tenant Council of Laurel T u r n to page 3\

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Captain Hughes A. Robinson

E D I T O R ' S N O T E . . . .Brother Hushes A. Robinson has contributed mans inspirational articles to the Sphinx Magazine during the past twelve years. After a splendid record with the 77th Coast Artillery, (See May, 1941 Sphinx) Brother Robinson, who presently holds rank of Captain, sailed with one of the first contingent of Negro soldiers assigned to overseas duties. His study, personal observations, and work among soldiers, coupled with a fine educational background, add the weight of authority to his writings.

"EGYPT AND THE MIDDLE EAST" By C H A P L A I N

ROBINSON

H E T I M E may soon arrive when we may be called upon for greater sacrifices than those we are now asked to make. If that time should arrive, I have no doubt that every citizen will stand ready to discharge his duties wherever he may be. I wish to review some of the background and history of the "Valley of the Nile." I can think of no section of the entire world that made greater contributions towards ancient civilization. American soldiers have been engaged in battle in that theater of operations. It is reasonable to believe that some may have lost their lives. It is for this reason that I

call attention to the "Middle E a s t " with special reference to Egypt. When the battle of 1942 swept into Egypt it stirred the dust of centuries. The Eastern section of the Mediterranean Sea, this land of rivers and flood plains, of deserts and oases, this part of the coast, the entire distance from the site of Carthage to the site of Tyre, was a melting pot thousands of years before the discovery of America. Here Western oars made their first a p p e a r a n c e ; here Western sails first took to the sea. The blue inland sea, then as now, casts its waves upon all the coasts, and tempted ancient explorers. Island by island, cape by cape, they sailed westward to the Pillars of Hercules,

PagÂŠ 7 northward to Norway and Iceland, the northermost part of the habitable w o r l d ; eastward and southward, by a canal built thirty centuries ago, down the coast of Africa, into the Indian Ocean, and to the kingdom of India and China, and what has since been called the isles of spice. By land and sea conqueror after conqueror passed over the blue waves of the Mediterranean, and each left a mark that he hoped would never be erased. Behind a single strip of territory on the beach a dozen great warriors passed, made history and went on. The names can still be seen in print, some in Assyrian, some in Latin, some in French, and some in E n g l i s h ; but where are those ancient heroes now? In Egypt the pyramid builders endeavored to immortalize themselves. This they did, but modern students in the class rooms of today read about Rameses, but think of such a man as only a mummy. We forget the deeds of such outstanding characters. Let us remember that the blood and sweat of these lands, and the waters of the Nile and of the Jordan, gave birth to geographers, mathematicians, astronomers, poets, architects, historians, and even physicians. Following in the footsteps of these conquerors, these men of light made their contributions to ancient civilization. Out of these valleys and beaches, down from those hills and mountains, out of the deserts, enlightenment spread, and men of learning and understanding advanced and improved upon ancient ideas and customs, and brought about new inventions from century to century. There was heard the voices of preachers and prophets, and then the words of scholars, and then came the songs of the people. In the "Middle E a s t " there were master nations but no master races. The human richness of this region was the result of the mingling of many different strains of human blood. The Eastern Mediterranean has this record: that from prehistoric times it possessed no absolutely pure breed. â&#x20AC;˘ Behind the Arabs and the Egyptians of the present are the Egyptians of thousands of years spent, the Phoenicians, the Assyrians. T h e Babylonians, and many branches of the Greek and other races not remembered. After many centuries the torch of civilization passed elsewhere to other seas of the thundering surf and majestic T u r n to page 8

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United States is carried in a proces-

The Flag of the United States of America -How to Respect and Display It 1 W h e n flags of states or cities or pennant of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States of America, the latter should always be at the peak. When flown from adjacent staffs the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. 2 When displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, the F l a g of the United States should be on the right (the flag's own right), and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag. 3 When used on a speaker's platform, whether indoors or out. the flag should never be reduced to the role of a mere decoration by being tied into knots or draped over the stand. For this purpose bunting should be used. The flag, if displayed, should be cither on a staff or secured to the wall or back Curtain behind the speaker with the union to the flag's right. 4 When flags of two or more nations are displayed together they should be flown from separate staffs of the same height and the flags should be of approximately equal size. 5 When the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff, it should be displayed Hat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is. to the observer's left. 6 Whenever a number of flags of states or cities or pennants of societies are to be arranged in a group and displayed from staffs with the flag of the United States the latter should he placed at the center of that group and on a staff slightly higher than any of the others. 7 When the flag is displayed in the body of the church, it should be from a staff placed in the position of honor at the congregation's right as they face the clergyman. The service flag, the state flag or other flag should be at the left of the congregation. If in the chancel or on the platform, the flag of the United States should he placed on the clergyman's right as he faces the congregation and the other flags at his left. 8 When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony or front of a building, the union of the flag should go to the

sion in company with other

peak of the staff (unless the Hag is to he displayed at half-staff). Q Whenever the flag of the

Now with the Allied Nations facing their enemies in the "Middle East," the history of Egypt is again revived, or again brought to light. W e still remember the Shepherd Kings who galloped into the merchant cities of ancient E g y p t ; we have not forgotten Napoleon, a great General, who addressed his troops in the shadow of the Pyramids. We have still the record of Allenby, a humble man. who entered Jerusalem on foot. Western Europe, a section which drew so much light from the candles of the N e a r Eastern science, philosophy and religion, now finds itself in fear of darkness radiating from the ghost of the German Dictator. It is this darkness, like that during the time of Moses, that hovers over the land of Egypt. it lias already darkened the Acropolis and Mount Olympus of historic Greece, and the shadow from this same ghost is now seen on route to the Holy City. U r d e r this same fear the people of the Middle East are afraid that the half-gods may again return, and bring with them chaos, without form and void of an understanding. Whatever may be said about the inhabitants of the "Middle East," the spirit of man in that area has not been exhausted. Such a spirit is not to be made darkened for any indefinite period of time. It appears that the defenders of the Allied Nations, including our American soldiers, are assigned the important task of saving the contributions of many generations in the "Middle East", and at the same time making more secure our shipping through the Suez Canal, and over the blue waves of the Mediterranean Sea. These sea routes are essential and necessary for our merchant marines and our great Navy, Such a route must be held in the hands . of the Allied Nations even at the price of blood. Without them we cannot successfully carry much needed supplies and other cargoes to

it of

the center of the line of flags or on the right of the marching line.

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iron I page 7 those closer to the theater of operations than we ourselves. Besides the oil and its strategic location around the Mediterranean Sea, the "Middle E a s t " has an incredible rich past as I have already stated. Out of some six thousand years of written history, we can say that more than one-half of this period of history was made in this part of the world. Religions were cradled in this section; Jewish, Christian, Mohammedan and Zorastrain, all started in this region. The ancient cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia, even though reduced to mounds, are the results of by-gone civilizations that once thrived in the area around the Mediterranean World. The archeologists have discovered many relics which have added to our knowledge of the past, and which have contributed much to Western culture. Through Crete, through Greece and through Rome, the people of these ancient civilizations gave us the calendar, the alphabet, paper, ink, mathematics, medicine and architecture. History tells us that we also received from the same people the checkers, ten-pins, income taxes, dice, liquor and beer. The "Middle E a s t " is the home of a stream of endless conquerors. The Pharaohs trailed their chariots across the dusty Sinai and fought the ancient kings of lower Asia. T h e Greeks came later, and were followed by the Romans. Then came the Moslems and later the Crusaders. In Egypt Napoleon stood beneath the Pyramids and observed that forty centuries were looking down upon him. W i t h all of this history, no nation has been more desirous to gain control of this territory than the German Dictator. The Allies are equally determined that such a glorious heritage shall not fall into enemy hands. Those of our American soldiers who are not assigned to the task of defending territory under fire should consider themselves fortunate. They should be more willing to contribute in every conceivable manner to the jobs to which they have been assigned.

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EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF WORLD WAR II By DR. Wm. H. GRAY, J r . EDITOR'S NOTE: . . . An address delivered on the W i n g s Over J o r d a n program, CBS, by B r o ther Dr. W m . H. Gray, Jr.. president of Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, St. Augustine, Florida. Brother Gray is a Contributing Editor of the Sphinx, and recen'ly accepted the invitation of President Rayford W. Logan to serve as Regional Director in the Southern Jurisdiction. T h e crisis of today presents a challenging demand for basic changes in the fundamental concepts underlying our present educational program. Not only the tenets and philosophies of education are affected but we are faced with the necessity—yea the demand—of propelling our educational dogmas upon a foundation of Christian relationships. Today's struggles and conflicts have wrought changes in our entire social order. In spite of drastic limitations on school programs, there are manv who look with optimism to the future. Were not the words liberty, equalitv and fraternity, symbols of democracy. nurtured in the bloody cradle of the French Revolution? The circumstances of the hour arc establishing new values in educational thinking. Emphasis is being shifted to the importance of informal, self-experienced training as contrasted to vicarious learning. The educational programs which are by-produts of present military organizations suggest spring-boards for tomorrows' schools. Education through travel is being exploited in mobilizing troops and workers. T h e social and moral discipline of army life should prove of inestimable value in developing behavior patterns and establishing cultural controls. Of especial concern to Negroes are trends in areas of thrift, health and illiteracy. The army program of compulsory insurance, systematically providing for dependents, and required saving on the part of enlistees and civilians, will achieve a desirable end in teaching untold lessons of thrift. "Life comes frequently to Negroes and death comes both soon and late." Statistics reveal that there are three times as many deaths per 100,000 N e groes as whites. One must acknowledge the timeliness of the current movements developing consciousness among people for healthful living and personal hygiene.

Today the problem of illiteracy is being met far more squarely than was the practice in normal civilian life. Aside from these factors are the more significant philosophical changes taking place in educational thinking and planning. Many see in this w a r the end of local support and control of education. The recent Vocational Training for Defense W o r k e r s Act of 1940 points unmistakably in this direction. This Act implies a revolutionary trend towards technical training. An unique example of the scope of this program is seen at Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, in historic St. Augustine, where the Department of Vocational Education of Florida, has established a W a r P r o duction Training center for Negroes offering free courses in boat-building, foundry and forging, sheet metal work, electricity, and welding at a cost of over $100,000.00. This vocational emphasis suggests the future importance of terminal education. Increasing demands for youths in industry reveal a need for lowering the minimum age of child labor laws and corresponding:!; the age limit for the completion of public education. The issues of today imply a demand for a new scale of values based on broad social understandings. Democracy implies a freedom of action that military discipline denies. We must not lose sight of those democratic tenets so basic to our well-being. The challenge of the day is the maintenance of a balance in our educational program between the militaristic requirements and social and spiritual needs. Social science for tomorrow's democracy must become concrete and practical. It must teach appreciation for the rule of the m a j o r i t y : and yet, at the same time enable one to recognize the right of the minority. And that minority, be it political or racial, has a right to use every available technique to work constructively toward changing undesirable conditions. Consistent and wholesome solutions to racial difficulties may be met by a program of interpretative education to offset designing exploiters of prejudice of both races who misinterpret and distort facts for political advancement or personal aggrandizement. Prejudice is a by-product of ignorance and invariably points to a need for education. This social philosophy will not be

effective if it is to be void of an intelligent interpretation of Christian principles as a basis for all social action. T h e social engineers of the ages have been guided by the judicious philosophy of Christianity, based upon the ideal of the BrotherContinued on page 19 •*

Loyal

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DR. T H O M A S A.

LANDER

. . . . charter member of Beta Rho Lambda Chapter, Youngstown, Ohio, is one of the fine reasons Alpha Phi Alpha has solid foundation 'in the great State of Ohio. Having made many outstanding accomplishments in the medical field, Brother Lander still keeps close to his Fraternity. He received his scholastic training at Lincoln University, Pa., and later went to H o w a r d University, W a s h i n g ton, D. C , where lie graduated in Medicine. His interneship was completed at Mercer Hospital. Philadelphia, but Brother Lander, in 1924, actually launched his life's work in Youngstown. His record in Youngstown has been unusual. H e has a large, lucrative practice . . . . one of the best in the city. Brother Lander is a member of the Mahoning County Medical Society, Ohio State National Society, American Medical Association, member of the staff of Mahoning County Tuberculosis Hospital, and the adjunct staff of the Youngstown City Hospital. H e recently built and opened his own private hospital. H i s active connection with the Youngstown N. A. A. C. P.. the Y. M. C. A.. Butler Memorial Presbyterian Church, rounds out a full schedule of community activities. Alpha brothers everywhere join Beta Rho Lambda in its salute to Brother Lander.

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First Of Their Race To Be Commissioned In England

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York N V ^ n I E N G L A N D - N e g r o g r a d u a t e s of Officer Candidate School in England. (Left to right) Samuel L. Coleman New York, N. Y , William H. Cox, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Richard W. Davis, Washington, D. C ; William F. Duckery, Philadelphia Pa W H i a n V T Dyson New York, N. Y , Lestor W. Gordon, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Lucius Gibson, Americus, Ga.; E a r n e s t J . H a r r i s , N ptune N J WiUiat' P Pe We. s W I I • GZ;n&IlW° ' C0lUmbUS' ° h i 0 ; J a m C S PWells, Washmgton, D. C , Kenneth E. Wilson, Brooklyn, N. Y..

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' * B I o O M b u i , , P a , Robert L. Terrell, Houston Tex R i c S T These Officers have received their commissions as second ifeutenants.'

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SOLDIERS TRAIN TO HANDLE "SENTINELS OF THE SKIES" P A R I S , Tenn.—Members of the 318th 319th, 320th and 321st Battalions at Camp Tyson, the Barrage Balloon Training Center for the Army, have the distinction of being the first Negro soldiers to serve in this new arm of the Anti-Aircraft Command. These four Battalions activated last December, are now completing their course in handling, operating and maneuvering these "Sentinels of the Skies." The first contingent of troops to arrive at Camp Tyson was a carefully selected group that included a large number of men who had attended the Enlisted Division of the Barrage Balloon School and upon graduation formed the training cadre for the four Battalions named above. As non-commissioned officers, they helped in giving basic training course and the balloon training course to the troops arriving from reception centers to fill up the units. Camp Tyson was expanded, and an entire new area near the main gate was constructed for their balloon sites and headquarters. The four battalions have both white

and Negro officers at present. The most recent graduating classes in the Officer's Division of the Barrage Balloon School, as we'll as the present class, have included a number of Negro lieutenants and captains. These four battalions have run the gamut of balloon training. They have built a majority of (he balloon beds used by them, installed their own balloons at the various sites, laid their own communications systems, and handled their own headquarters problems.

The Barrage Balloon is an innovation of the last war ami has been highly developed since then. It has been found to be the best defense yet devised against dive-bombing and low altitude strafing attacks. The present type of barrage balloon was first used by E n g land following study and experimentation with the old Observation Ballon of that war. A Balloon Barrage's effectiveness is based on the number of planes it keeps from coming into a protected area, rather than the number of planes it brings down. Many pilots fear them more than antiaircraft fire.

The commanding officers of the units a r e : Lieutenant Colonel Walter A. Johnson, 321st Bn.; Lieutenant Colonel Leon J. Reed. 320th Bn.; Major Wilford E. H. Yoehl. 310th Bn.; and Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. McManus, 318th Bn.; all of the Coast Artillery. Under their guidance these battalions h a v e ' w o n the praise of the entire camps. The men have proven themselves good soldiers; they march well, they drill and work hard, and what is more important their enthusiasm is unbounded, All arc eager to learn.

The Barrage Balloon Training Center at Gamp Tyson is the only training center of its kind in the Army and is turning out Barrage Balloon Battalions to protect vital American installations. This western corner of Tennessee was chosen for the site of Camp Tyson because it was off main air-line routes and because of its variable weather conditions. The training program for tactical units is in charge of Brigadier General John B, Maynard, with Lieutenant Colonel William H. Kendall, Coast Artillery, as Plans and T r a i n ing Officers,

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N e w s of Alpha Men On the War Front Brother George R. Currie is now a Second Lieutenant in Aviation Ordinance with the 99th Fighters Squadron, Tuskegee, Ala. His position is unique in that he had served with the Squadron as an enlisted man for a year and two months. Brother Currie hails from Los Angeles, whore lie attended University of California. L. A. He was initiated by Alpha Delta.

* * * Brother Henry S. C. Person, now with Co. 1 49th B. M. R e g t , Fort Bliss, Texas, reports that his outfit is well organized, and adds : "The company I represent has already been given the honor of being one of the best in the camp which I believe is greatly due to the high degree of intelligence, personal character and willingness to cooperate among the men." H e was inducted November 5, 1942, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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Eng. Bn., according to the last communication received from him. He stated that there were four Alpha brothers with the 385th Engineers at the time, and they all were eager to keep in touch with the Fraternity. Brother Williams is particularly anxious that members of Gamma Chapter, Virginia Union University, write him.

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* * * Cpl. Leo L. Woody, Co. " C " 263rd QM. BN. A. P. Q., No. 668 care of Postmaster, New York, N. Y., is serving overseas. His communication to Secretary Evans stated in p a r t : "Just a line to 'say that I arrived safely, and am feeling O. K. I suppose that you received my last letter. I would be very interested to hear from you to hear the latest news." Brother Woody and S. Sgt. Windsor Williams, before sailing, took the necessary steps to become re-instated into the Fraternitv. W h a t loyalty !

* * * Lt. E d w a r d A. Tompkins, an officer in the 598th Ordnance Ammunition Company, Camp Breckenridge, Ky., w-.s accidentally killed at Camp Breckenridge, the Sphinx learned through an article appearing in the Kansas City Call. No details of his Continued on page 29

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LT. W E N D E L L P E T E R S Approximately one hundred race officers, hardened by months of military training, including the rigorous Officers Candidate Course which led to their commissions, are now stationed at Barrage Balloon Training Center, Camp Tyson, Tenn. Among this fine group of service men is Lt. W e n dell Peters, who hails from Denver, Colorado. Lt. Peters is a native of Colorado and until he entered the service had never been in the deep South. He was commissioned at Camp Davis, \ . C , and later transferred to Camp Tyson. He was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity by Alpha Iota Chapter during his college days at Denver University. Situated near Paris, Tenn., in the northern section of the Volunteer State. Camp Tyson is offering these young colored officers special training in balloon manipulations, and an opportunity to study weather conditions. â&#x20AC;˘

Brother Harry Parks Joins Pabst Company

Troops in the South Pacific train for any eventuality. A major p a r t of their training consists of bayonet exercise. This private, first class, in the South Pacific, practices the head blow with the butt of the rifle.

Brother H a r r y Parks, Jr., of Dayton, Ohio, following completion of preliminary training for a position with Pabst Company, has been employed by the firm as market research expert for the Negro Division under William B. Graham, national representative of Pabst. Brother Parks, prior to assuming his present duties with Pabst, was director of the NYA training center of the W a r Manpower Commission at Wilberforce University in Xcnia, O. H e is one of the younger brothers who has become closely identified with the conventional life of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

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JIM-CROWISM AND THE WAR By J O H N

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EDITOR'S NOTES:—The author of this article served as Editor of Fortune Magazine, 1928-36, Assistant Editor, New York Times Book Review, 1928-33, Book Editor, Scribner's Magazine, 1936-38, Book Editor, Harper's Magazine, 1939. He holds numerous degrees; is a ranking Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, and Director of Bureau of Labor-Industrial Relations, Freedom House, New York. The drive for a labor "draft" continues. If a National Service Act is really necessary, as it undoubtedly was in Great Britain after Dunkirk. we should by all means have it. But has any real attempt been made to get the most out of free labor in America? There are 13,000,000 N e groes in this country, many of whom are anxious to work. Yet Negroes are still being turned away from factory doors. Look at some basic statistics. In the population there are ten Negroes to ninety whites; in manufacturing there are seven Negroes to ninetythree whites. In answer to a query sent out in January, 1042, to hundreds of industrialists with war contracts, fifty-one percent answered that they did not and would not employ Negroes. Only twenty-five percent expressed a willingness to hire Negroes with no provisos or qualifications. In the aircraft industries 37.659 out of 64,859 prospective jobs were closed to N e g r o e s ; in electrical machinery, 10.346 out of 20,792; in chemicals. 5,561 of 8,083; in steel, 20,397 of 33,230. The shipyards were an. exception to the general rule: in shipbuilding, out of 64,000 anticipated jobs, less than twenty-eight percent of them were declared closed to N e groes. These figures might argue that employers had had experience with N e groes and decided against them on grounds of efficiency. Yet a survey conducted by the National Industrial Conference Board implies the opposite. The National Industrial Conference Board polled 102 representative firms which employ colored labor. Seventy companies said they rated Negroes and whites equal in ability, thirty-one declared in favor of whites, one answered that Negroes did better work than white men. T h e production of Negroes and whites was rated as equal by eighty-five firms, twelve said that Negroes lagged

behind, five rated the Negroes as faster workers. During the First World W a r , N e groes came north in droves to work in the meat-packing, steel, agricultural machinery and automobile industries. They did their work well. After the war many of them were turned loose on the labor market. Without visible means of support, many of them got an unjust reputation for loafing in the Twenties and the Thirties. The memory of the d e pression period continues to prejudice many employers, who fear that Negroes "cause trouble." A!nd so, while the Middle West industrial triangle cries for labor, the Negroes languish. A number of Chicago and Detroit employers vote against them. Yet International Harvester and H e n r y Ford have gotten excellent work out of them. The picture just doesn't make sense. In Delaware, W o r l d W a r I I defense boom quickly absorbed all the available local white labor. Local unemployed Negroes, however, soon discovered that additional" white help was being sought in out-of-State areas. Foundry jobs in Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Connecticut were filled by combing the country for white labor when local Negroes might easily have been "upgraded" for the work. Out of twenty-four international unions, ten affiliated with the American Federation of Labor exclude Negroes from membership. Even in the new industrial unions, which have no color bars, there have been instances of occasional refusals by white members to work alongside of Negroes. There is, in Washington, a Committee on F a i r Employment Practices which exists to investigate complaints of discrimination. The Committee is directly responsible to the President. While the Committee has no legal power to do anything about a case of discrimination, it has helped to clear the air. But it struggles along on a small budget and a parttime staff. It cannot stop Jim-Crowism. Prohably the ouestion of Negro discrimination will not be tackled head-on during the war. But if the emplovers of the United States fail to hire Negroes when and if they apply, they will be forced to use drafted labor all the sooner. Theoretically a labor draft could fill the factories,

But let no employer who is making won't be income a cry to put him on a good believe thatcolonel's there pay if the drafted men in the shop are forced to work under military discipline, at the industrial equivalent of a private's pay. If there is going to be compulsion and regimentation, it will have to be on the basis of equality of sacrifice. Otherwise the American industrial machine will bog down in the inefficiency that always follows when men are sullen about their circumstances.

Childress- Thomas Brother Chaplain (Captain) Chas. Walker Thomas, on leave of absence from the faculty of West Virginia Si ale College, at a recent wedding ceremony at St. Mark's Episcopal church, Jackson, Miss., exchanged vows with Miss Johnie Mayme 'Childress, of Jackson and Meridian. The bride is a dental hygfenist employed by the State of Mississippi. Brother Thomas, formerly associated with Beta Delta and Beta Iota Lambda Chapters, is now a member in absentia of Alpha Iota Lambda, Charleston, West Va„ and is regimental chaplain of an outfit in a western theatre of operation.

Williams-Walker The marriage of Pfe Jesse Leroy Williams, Fort Dix, N. J., and member of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter, Memphis, Tenn., to MTss Bernice Eleanor Walker, daughter of Mr. Henry Walker, of Bolivar, Tenn., was announced by the bride's father this past March. The wedding was solemnized, however, the previous June 7, 1942. In civilian life. Brother Williams was identified with the U. S. Postal Service in Memphis, having been appointed after making one of the highest grades on record at the local post office during the Civil Service examination. Faithful to the cause of Alpha Phi Alpha, Brother Williams served his chapter fully until the day of his departure. H e attended LeMoyne College and Wilberforce University.

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Brothers of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter, Memphis, Tenn., gave good account of themselves in the "Miss Victory Bond" contest sponsored in the Bluff City by the Memphis chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Their candidate, Miss Mattalyn Coleman, junior at LeMoyiie College, won the coveted title, "Miss Victory", for having reported the largest sales of w a r bonds and stamps. As first prize, Miss Coleman also received a $25.00 war bond. Accompanying picture shows President W . J. H a l e of A. & I. State College, guest of honor at the "Miss Victory Ball",

shortly after crowning the w a r bond queen. T h e prominent educator, before the coronation took place, purchased $1,000.00 worth of war bonds with votes they represented being equally divided among the eight contestants. Total sales during the month-long drive, held in February, came to $98,000 with Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter being r e sponsible for approximately forty-five percent of this total. Brothers A. A. Latting, Hollis F . Price, James G. King, W a l ter W. Guy, Jr., and Lewis O. Swingler served on the committee that steered the c h a p t e r s plan for victory through.

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EUGENE A. CLARK AND THE GROWTH OF MINOR TEACHERS COLLEGE By B R O T H E R J. B. B R O W N I N G History Editor By an Act of Congress, March 3, 1863 Myrtilla Miner's school for Negro youths in the District of Columbia was incorporated into "The Institution for the Education of Colored Youths." Unfortunately Miss Miner did not long survive this governmental recognition. She died December 17, 1864 at the age of forty-nine, one year after the school whose enrollment she had increased from a mere six to forty members was nationally recognized as an educational instituttion. The mantle of Miss Miner fell consecutively on Miss M a r t h a Briggs, Miss Lucy Moton, Mr. Eugene A. Clark and Mr. J. A. Turner. June of this academic year will mark the end of the first ten years of the administration of President Eugene A. Clark as college president. H e is a man with rich experiences as a student and a teacher. H e was well trained in the local schools and in the best institutions of New England and New York and is widely respected for his high moral character and his leadership in religious activities. Moreover, throughout his career he has been most actively engrossed in the worthwhile activities of the community, and is known as a leader of men who prefer to consult, confer, confide, and guide, rather than command. Four landmarks of the Administration of President Clark stand out. He has played a leading part in bringing the college up to the standards of the Association of Teachers Colleges. He has raised the tone of the assembly p r o g r a m s ; modernized the extracurrical activities of the students and enriched them with Greek letter organizations; he has made the faculty meetings interesting and scholarly; sponsored regional conferences; secured government aid for students who would not otherwise have been able to attend college, and has secured the cooperation of the Alumni Association and the vigorous support of distinguished educators. In his relations with his teachers President Clark has fought vigorously and effectively for additions in all divisions of the College. H e has stimulated to an amazing extent the professional growth of the faculty; he has stood ready always to enable his

teachers to secure adequate equipment and he has repeatedly pointed out that the teachers be given equality of opportunity in examinations for higher classifications. President Clark has been able to render invaluable service not only because he has earned the cooperation of the teachers under his immediate supervision, but also because the principals of local schools and their cooperating teachers have rendered noteworthyservices. In the third place the President's relations with the Board of Education have been characterized by close cooperation and high respect for the President as a professional adviser. His soundness of character has made him an ideal budgeting, recording, and reporting officer and he is deeply admired for the decisions he has made in the selection, retention and promotion of teachers. The Board of Education has done its part in a most encouraging way to make possible the realization of President Clark's dreams, and no less significant has been the leadership of Dr. F r a n k Ballou and his eminently superior corps of assistants. Assistant-Superintendents Wilkinson, Long, and Savoy also have united with P r e s ident Clark in putting over numerous aspects of the college program. Finally, the conferences on Elementary, Secondary, and Junior High School instruction and other subjects have brought stimulation to the community; and the president has done a noble job of maintaining proper school-home relationships. Many college sponsored plays, recitals, and athletic activities have increased the popularity of the school. President Eugene A. Clark has raised a framework on the foundation laid by the founders that has met the supreme test of soundness. It survives.

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Brother Dr. George Singleton, editor of the Christian Recorder, official publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with headquarters in Philadelphia, Pa. Brother Singleton served as History Editor of the Sphinx during the editorship of Brother Oscar Brown and Brother P. Bernard Young. He is noted as a writer, orator, teacher, and presently is one of the leading aspirants to the Bishopric of the A. M. E. Church. * * * Bro. Glenn L. Fowlkes, Kappa Chapter, Ohio State, now Staff Sergeant with

May, 1943 the 512th QM Truck Regiment, Headquarters Detachment, Camp Van Dorn, -Miss. He was in Memphis on a ten-day furlough visiting his mother, Mrs. Lucy <J. Fowlkes, city teacher. Sergeant Fowlkes did his undergraduate work at Lincoln University. Pa., and "crossed the burning sands" into Alphadom via Nu Chapter. However, he had become affiliated with Kappa, Ohio State, while doing graduate studies at that institution. He was called for military service from Ohio State.

* * * Brother William H. Hale, Acting Registrar, Langston University, Oklahoma, made a brief stop by the office while returning from Nashville where he attended the Annual Conference of Registrars and Deans at Fisk University. A sketch of Brother Hale's career appeared in the Pictorial Edition of the Sphinx, 1942.

* * * Brother Richard M. Hughes, Company A 512th QM T r . Camp Dorn, Miss. During his visit to the Sphinx Office. Brother Hughes became reinstated and is now on the active list of the General Organization. He was initiated by Nu Chapter, Lincoln University, P a .

* * * Brother D r s . Roscoe C. Bryant, president Alpha Tau Lambda Chapter, and W a r r e n N. Bowser, also of Alpha Tau Lambda, Tulsa, Oklahoma, paused for a few minutes during their trip to Nashville, Term., and Tuskegee Institute for the annual John A. Andrew Medical Clinic. The Tulsa brothers were accompanied by Mrs. Roscoe V. Bryant, wife of Dr. Bryant. The Bryants are parents of Brother R. C. Bryant, Jr., Fisk graduate, and presently a medical student at Meharry Medical College.

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Brother Charles Greene, of Atlanta, Ga., former Southern Vice President of Alpha Phi Alpha, and one of the officials of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. He's a member of Eta Lambda.

* * * Brother Clifford E. Minton, Urban League Secretary, Little Rock, Arkansas. H e represented the National Urban League during funeral rites for the Late Prof. Lucien J. Searcy, executive secretary of the Community Welfare League, Memphis, Tenn. Energetic and forward in his Urban League program in Little Rock, young Brother Minton is columnist for Arkansas' greatest daily, the Arkansas Democrat. His daily column, T H E N E G R O C O M M U N I T Y , is widely read by both white and colored people of the Tri-State, and is having healthful effects in the promotion of inter-racial understanding.

* * * Brother Captain Lee M. C , Fort Meade, Maryland. Brother Lee took a special medical course at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine provided by the U. S. Army Medical Corps. While in Memphis, he was guest of Brother W. W. Gibson, science instructor at LeMoyne College, and a life-long friend of the Captain.

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BETHUNE-COOKMAN COLLEGE P R E S I D E N T Colston was born July 27, 1909. He has spent the greatest proportion of his life in the Smith except for graduate work at Columbia University, New York. He did his undergraduate work it Morehouse College and post work for the Master's Degree at Atlanta University, holding the B. S. and M. A. Degrees from these institutions respectively. His Master's thesis was "A S t u d ; of the Relationship Between Intelligent and Motor Learning Ability." (An experiment in educational psychology.)

J A M E S A. C O L S T O N Selection of Brother James A. Colston, native Floridan, as president of Bethune-Cookman College, Uaytona Beach, Fla., adds another well known name to an already illustrious list of educational institutions headed by Alpha men in the field of educational administration. In the case of Brother Colston, not yet thirty-five, his election to the presidency of Bethune-Cuokman College carries with it a rare honor . . , an honor exceeded only by the responsibility it imposes as successor of the beloved founder of this great school, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethunc. Dr. Bethune, during her long years of service, at Bethune-Cookman College, and more recently as head of the N e gro Division of the National Youth Administration, has exemplified an unshakable faith in the Negro youth. That she has entrusted the future of • her institution to the guiding hand of youthful James A. Colston testifies to this fact. Even at the high tide of life . . . when she could content herself with reflections upon one outstanding accomplishment after another, Dr. Bethune continues to look toward the rising sun. Yet Brother Colston not only has the vigor, optimistic outlook, and ambition of youth, but a rich background of experience and training that eminently prepares him for his present position. He is also Director of Ballard School, a private institution situated at Macon, Georgia, and under sponsorship of American Missionary Association. A native of Quincy, Florida, Brother

In 1932, Brother Colston became an instructor at E. P. Johnson School, Atlanta, Ga., and after one year took over the principalship of Rigby Junior High School at Ormond, Fla. His work at Ribgy gave him the opportunity of proving his administrative ability during the four years spent there, and in 1938, Brother Colston accepted the directorship of Ballard School, a position he still retains. Other work has included instruction [it Atlanta University Summer School as a W o r k Shop Consultant, two s u m m e r s ; and direction of the E x tension Branch of the Hampton Institute Summer School, conducted in Jacksonville, Florida. The young college administrator is president of the District Teachers Association, which includes sections of Florida and Georgia, District Chairman, Central Georgia Council, Boy Scouts of America, Chairman, Macon Defense Recreation Committee, Director of Activities for the Georgia High School Principals' Conference, and for two years served on the Georgia Curriculum Committee for the Improvement of Instruction, and as Director of Program Committee, Florida State Teachers Association. Brother Colston was initiated into the Fraternity by Alpha I\ho Chapter, Morehouse College, where he took an active part in many campus programs, notably, the Science and Mathematics Club, the Glee Club and Orchestra for which he served as manager for two years. His wife is the former Miss W i l helmina White. The couple has one child, Jean Alliecc, daughter.

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Brother Wesley Addresses Ohio Legislature hollowing closely behind a request to the Ohio State legislature for a budget of $1,190,861 for the year 1943, a portion of which is to be ear-marked for post-war building construction, Brother Dr. Charles H. Wesley, president of Wilberforce University, was invited to deliver an address before the law-makers of Ohio. This was the first time a Negro had been accorded such an' honor in many years, according to press releases. Ill-other Dr. Wesley is a Past President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. having resigned after serving ten years in that office. He is also author of the Fraternity History. Wilberforce recently observedj its 86th Anniversary. •

Hampton Honored On 75th Birthday Congratulations on achieving its 75th birthday were extended at Hampton Institute last month by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who, in a letter addressed to Acting President R. O ' H a r a Lanier of the college, commended the Institute "for the vigor and effectiveness with which it has pursued its objectives," and stated that the "achievements of Hampton are a part of the imperishable record of the nation." The college observed the 75th anniversary of its founding April 8-12, at the same time that the annual commencement exercises were held. Brother Dr. Charles H. Wesley gave the commencement address.

Brother Gloster Gets His Ph. D. Congratulations go to Brother Hugh M. Gloster, professor of English at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., who was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in English by New York Uni-

Page 16 versify February 23rd. The young educator, who won his Master's Degree with a straight "A" average at Atlanta University, continued his superior scholastic work throughout his studies at New York University. T h e research for his thesis, entitled American Negro Fiction from Charles W . Chestnutt to Richard Wright, was made possible by a grant-iu-aid-ofresearch fund awarded Dr. Gloster by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Educational Fund, then under Brother Dr. Rayford W. Logan, as Director of E d u cation. Dr. Gloster has maintained liis interest in Alpha Phi Alpha since the days of his undergraduate work a.t Morehouse College. An "initiate" of Alpha Rho Chapter, he has served successively since then as a member of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter, Memphis, Tenn., and E t a Lambda Chapter, Atlanta, Ga. H e was president of the Memphis graduate chapter for nearly two years, and presently serves as president of E t a Lambda. Dr. Gloster is also Assistant

Well, Brothers : To use the expression made famous in the movie, "Gentleman Jim," you are feasting from the pen of the hand that .-hook the hand of the 'Lord.' As yet it is still preserved. You guessed it, I suppose, but during the past feu days our own town (Memphis, Tenn.) was visited by Lord and Lady Halifax during their good will tour of the South. Of course he made his appearance before the 'dusty elite' of our town and in the mad scramble, ducking in and out of secret service men, I was privileged to touch the hem of his garment. Lord Halifax, as you are no doubt aware, is the British Ambassador to the United States. It was somewhat amusing to me to see how some of our "Little Shots"

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Editor of the Sphinx, a position he has held since 1936. In this capacity, he has contributed editorials and other timely articles to the official organ. His wife, the former Miss Louise Torrence, is also a graduate of Atlanta University, holding the Masters' Degree. They have one child, a daughter.

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Brother W. H. Gray Regional Director Brother Dr. W. H . Gray, Jr., president of Florida Normal Institute, St. Augustine, Fla., has accepted the Regional Directorship for Region No. 3, and will work with Southern Vice President Ferdinand L. Rousseve in that capacity. "I feel honored to receive this a p pointment and I pledge to you and Brother Rousseve my best in promoting the ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha in this region," Brother Gray wrote President Rayford W . Logan. H e will direct activities of chapters in Georgia, and Florida. Region 3 is

who want to appear "Big S n o t s ' jumping around. However, it was a pleasant few moments we had in the company of the "Lord" and as usual Alpha Phi Alpha was represented on the program. Brother B. T. Hunt, principal of Booker T. Washington high school of Memphis, summed up the entire w a r situation in his invocation.

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The last edition of the Sphinx found me behind in getting my material together, due to rationing and other selected bits of diversions. This 'cjuib' is being written between periods of chats with Brother Charles W. Greene, former Southern Vice-president of Alpha Phi A l p h a ; and Brother R. Dan (B'obo) Miller, of Helena, Arkansas. Brother

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Lwemphis district of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. during several periods of the year, and of course it is always a source of inspiration to see him. Yet, I find that he often looks in the same direction as I do whenever he visits in the Bluff City. 'Can't blame him from being strickened with "matticosis" because it is very contagious. Recall I mentioned "Matticosis" the last time. Big 'Bobo' Miller, of Helena, was also interested in knowing who the cashier at the Supreme Liberty's Memphis office was, whom she belongs to, and why? Well, I was so befuddled myself until I couldn't answer him. I am still living in hopes though. Continued on page 17

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THE VOICE OF THE NILE Dedicated Entirely to Alpha Servicemen

Questions 1. Dear Rameses, I am a naval officer, not particularly handsome, but J noticed that a girl of the Norfolk U. S. O. Center was very kind to me and hovered around me all during my visit there. Why did that happen? Signed O. C. Moore, Chief Petty Officer, U. S. Navy.

* * * 2. Dear Rameses, The new recruit was sent to a nearby creek by the sergeant to get a pail of water. But he stood an hour gazing at the flowing stream instead. what was he waiting for? S . . B . M. 3. Dear Rameses, . At our camp we have a very mean sergeant. \\ hen he passes by the soldiers as they line up for inspection most e v e n man mumbles something I cannot make out. Are they quoting •.nine military code? T. C. D. •4. Dear Rameses, We eat in grand style at our camp. A clean napkin is at our. plate at every meal. Why do we get such service ? E. B. J. 5. Dear Rameses. Why do they issue those little kits to us when we go on furloughs. Does that keep up our morale? M. L. D. 6. Dear Rameses, Hearing that we would be stationed at our camp for a long time, I set out some onions and got settled for a full summer of scullion joy. One month later 1 was sent overseas. What happened? H. T. B. 7. Dear Rameses, I attended an initiation at a college near our camp. The fellows were very brutal, unnecessarily so. Did they get any satisfaction out of that sort of behavior? T. S. C. 8. Dear Rameses, I am the sexton of the little church near Camp Croft. Lots of soldiers and the local girls frequent the picnic grove adjoining the church. I cannot complain of their behavior but I sus-

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H o w can I be sure? I. R. M.

9. Dear Rameses, I am a candidate for Officers* T r a i n ing School and am trying to impress my superiors with my presence of mind and general intelligence. The barracks caught fire last week. \\ hat order should 1 have given? M. T. B. 10. Dear Rameses, What did your draft board say when you told them you were a Short Story Writer? C. W. D. 11. Dear Rameses, Why does the Navy to carry lead of any clothing?

forbid its men kind in their J. A. B.

12. Dear Rameses, What three stories do you recommend lor service men this month? B. U. M.

Answers 1. She thought you were the Chief Petting Officer. 2. h e didn't see a pailful he liked. 3. No, they were tracing his canine lineage. 4. There is an abandoned diaper laundry next door. 5. No, they protect your morals. 6. You were caught with your plants down. 7. No, it was satisfaction. 8. Walk up on them suddenly and yell, "As you were I" 9. Cease fire. 10. " H e r e today—gun tomorrow." 11. "Confidentially, it sinks." 12. (a) T h e colored soldier had been peeling potatoes until his hands ached. T u r n i n g to a fellow K. P. hesaid, " W h a t dat sergeant mean when he call us K. P . ? " "Ah dunno," replied his co-worker, "but from the look on his face, ah think he means "Keep peeling.'" (b) Discussing the fascinating problem of what's going to happen in the industrial picture when all the men come hack and find women occupying their jobs, George Kauffman is said to have epiipped: "Oh they can stay home again and raise families. All the boys will need to go into production is a small amount of re-tooling." (c) A sight-seeing bus was making a tour of Hollywood. "On your right is the Davies H o m e " bawled the

guide. An interested soldier on furlough but with an unsatiahle curiosity called out, " \ o u mean Marion Davies?" "No, Henry Davies," replied the guide. A little later, he announced that the structure in the distance was the Rogers home." Again the curious soldier asked, "Buddy Rogers ?" "No, was the guide's scathing answer, "Will Rogers. I here was silence, broken by the guiue who explained, "We are now approaching the hirst Church of Christ, Scientists." t h e curious soldier kept quiet Finally an interested passenger nudged him, "Go ahead and ask him if it is Jesus Christ. You can't he wrong all the time!'' So speaketh and so endeth the voice of Rameses X I I I .

Hits And Misses Continued from page 16 Right here, I want to pay my respects to the widow oi the late Brother Louis L Gray, of Little Rock, Ark., who passed into Omega Chapter last Christinas Day. 1 shall miss him and his hue fellowship whenever 1 am in Little Rock. To the family, we commend to Him who does all things well ! Alpha has lost a grand son.

* * * And while Little Rock is still on my mind, it naturally carries me back to Olga. Quite inspiring as ever, although I understand she is thinking very seriously of joining the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. I hope I can see her soon. Maybe I can change her mind. And to Caroline Brown, be on the lookout for me. I'll be there sooner than you expect. ' H a d the fright of my life the other evening when 1 went home rather late, picked up the mail from the table. There was one of those small cards from my draft board. 1 thought for a few seconds that the long arm of Uncle Sam had reached right down from Capitol Hill in Washington for me. It turned out to be a notice from the tire rationing board instead. So it looks as though I shall be around for a few more days, barring draft for farm labor. I wish that I could visualize events like my good Brother Dr. O. Wilson Winters of the F r a t Fun Column. 11, can sit in a corner and picture some ideal situation. He really goes to town. Wh en and if I am able to bounce my little son upon my knee, I Continued

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By James B. Browning History Editor

PATTERNS OF NEGRO SEGREGATION By CHARLES S. J O H N S O N Harper and Brothers (1943, P p . 332. Price

Publishers. $3.50.)

The author, Charles S. Johnson, who is head of the department of S o cial Science at Fisk University, has made abundant contributions to that field. As a student of P a r k and Burgess, Dr. Johnson made an enviable record. It was under his guidance that the Opportunity Magazine reached the acme of success. H e has lent time and influence in aiding the inter-racial movement to make notable progress. Dr. Johnson's views and vast knowledge may be read in the many sociological books which he has written. Many of these treatises have been widely praised for their objectivity, scholarship, and pleasing style. This account purports to set forth objectively the historical evolution of and varying patterns of N e g r o segregation. The book is divided into two parts. P a r t one describes the various rules of conduct which tend to divide folks into groups and the social mechanism which causes the groups to become fixities. Secondly, an attempt is made to describe the legal status of the Negro, and, thirdly, an attempt is made to describe the manifold unwritten laws which bind the Negro to his position of inferiority. In part two, the reader is given eye witness accounts which describe the reaction of the Negro to segregation and discrimination " . . . .their personal behavior in varying types of interpersonal relations with whites, and some of the psychopathological phenomena resulting from the efforts

of Negroes to make satisfactory individual racial adjustment." Dr. Johnson's book is no pioneer work because during the past decade an ever-increasing amount of attention has been paid to the Negro in the United States. Moreover, a fair proportion of this literature has dealt with the gripping experiences of N e groes in a society widely advertised as democratic but both undemocratic and unchristian. More than a dozen years ago, the late Dr. Moten gave to the thinking public his stimulating work entitled. W h a t The Negro Thinks. Subsequently, scholarly and popular literature has contained many accounts bearing on the pattern of segregation. The unique contribution of P a t t e r n s of Negro Segregation" is that here for the first time the entire story is told in a tremendously scholarly, interesting and objective style. Equally significant is the fact that Dr. Johnson faces those in the dominant group courageously and points out that there should be a new deal (of Federal control and guidance) in race relations to develop side-by-side with greater Federal control of things economic. T h e student of such measures as the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments and the civil rights acts knows all too well that these federal acts have failed miserably to achieve the lofty aims of their framers, and therefore may question seriously Dr. Johnson's thesis that segregation can be legislated out of existence or appreciably curtailed by Federal law. However, the same students will have to admit that the wave of New Deal legislation has profoundly improved the condition of the common man and may if combined

with education quite possibly (History to the contrary) improve the lot of the Negro. Interesting also is the sad but true observation of Dr. Johnson that the most militant Negro opponents of segregation a r e the black proletariat rather than the occasionally vigorous and almost apologetic black bourgeois. This book will be a stimulating treat for those with a desire to understand the complexities and vicious inequalities of life. T h e variations in different geographical areas will prove shocking to those who generalize from limited experience. And all sincere believers in democracy and the teachings of Christ can not fail to close the book with the profound conviction that here is a problem which should be attacked immediately and vigorously.

Hits And Misses Continued from page 17 shall also have all those thoughts of what the boys are doing outside. Right now I kinda' want that life more than anything else. Here's hoping.

* * * Brother President Charles H. W e s ley of Wilberforce University was very adept in his radio address over "Wings Over J o r d a n " during his address on occasion of 86th Anniversary of the founding of Wilberforce, my old Alma Mater. I am looking forward to big things being done during his administration. In fact, many fine accomplishments have already been made. However, I didn't hear from the institution during Founder's Month. W h a t ' s the matter, T h e l m a ? * * * Well, we have had to do a lot of jumping around this office. It looked Continued

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Page 19 fiance of my dear Uncle Sam, I leave you to don the uniform of the United States Coast Guard, Manhattan Island T r a i n i n g Station, New York, N Y. Because I am hoping that this war will bring to all of us, and especially to our posterity, a better world to live in, better chances to earn a livelihood, better opportunities to seek equal educations, better chances to compete with other men on the strength of what we know rather than what the color of our skin is, and, finally, a chance to pursue the normal desires of life in an orderly, unrestrained and unprejudiced manner. . . . . I feel that I am not leaving you in vain. I feel that somehow our God in Heaven has caused this war to be upon u s ; that we are more and more coming into our own as free, normal human beings. The activities of the great organizations such as the N. A. A. C. P., and the National Urban League somehow have seemingly faded into the past, and something beyond our control has taken place to cause a new day for our people. Because I feel this way I shall not attempt to bid you farewell, for I shall be coming back sooner than you think, and I will bear greetings to you in your and my new world . . . a world in which you and I can live as free men and pursue normal lives as human beings,

DR. R O Z I E R E A R L B L A N D , 70S Medical Sanitary Company, Ft. Dix, New Jersey, was recently promoted from the rank of First Lieutenant to that of Captain. H e is commanding officer of his company, the first and only race physician from the South to be stationed on the eastern shore, in command. A graduate of Morehouse and Meharry Medical College, Captain Bland has made a most remarkable record in his profession. H e severed many connection's in Memphis to serve his country as a member of the U. S. Army Medical Corps. Captain Bland not only had a wide practice in the tri-states, but headed the citycontrolled Wellington Clinic. He is former president of the Bluff City Medical Society, and chairman of the insurance section of the National Medical Association. Initiated into the Fraternity by Alpha Rho, Captain Bland has held membership in Chi, and more recently in Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter.

I SHALL NOT SAY GOOD-BYE By BROTHER A. P. MARSHALL Alpha Pi Lambda In a parting message to his chapter, Alpha Pi Lambda, WinstonSalem, N. C , Brother Albert P. M a r shall, now in the armed forces of the nation, penned the following inspir-

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Dear Brothers in A l p h a : H a v i n g been called on March 17th to take up arms against the enemies of our country, and having sense enough, at least, to do nothing in de-

1 leave you joyfully, for I am convinced that one must make the best of every situation. If at any time I am given a thought in your meetings. please do not feel sorry for me, for I shall be happy to be making my contribution to that new world for which we are striving . . . that world which from the beginning has been the chief objective of our fraternity.

Educational Implications of World War II. Continued from page 9 hood of Man, and that all embracing thought that God is love. Education is being called upon to furnish the inner resources for meeting innumerable challenges for tomorrow's democracy. A barren secular education cannot meet the issues in this crisis. Only a balanced program founded on the ideals and faith so vital to C h r i s tian living can hasten the coming of the Prince of Peace.

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Brother Hollis F. Price Lemoyne's New President Brother Hollis F . Price, after serving for two years as Dean of LeMoyne College, has been elected the first Negro president of that institution, tin- Sphinx learned at press time. The announcement was first made through the Memphis World by Dr. Fred L. Brownlee, General Secretary of the American Missionary Association, with office in New York City. LeMoyne, only Grade A college for the education of tin- Negro >n the Midsouth, was founded seventy-three years ago as an institution for the training of teachers. Throughout this m a r l y three quarters of century, LeMoyne has been under guidance of die American Missionary Association. Its president-elect is a native of Virginia, and received his early t r a i n ing at the mission school at Capahosic where his father was principal for forty years. From there he went to WilliSton Academy at East Hampton, Mass., Amherst College, and Columbia University at which institutions he earned the B. A. and xMaster of Arts Degrees. Me has completed all work for the Doctorate except for writing his thesis. For seven years, Brother Price taught Economics at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. His father was graduated from Hampton Institute when that school was under the direction of the late General Samuel Chapman Armstrong. its founder, and was a fellow-student of Booker T. Washington and Major Robert Moton, the first and second principals of Tuskegee Institute. Dr. Brownlee, who has served LeMoyne as president during the past three years, will continue his relationship with the institution in his capacity as General Secretary of the A. M. A. and as one of its trustees.

HITS AND MISSES Continued from page 18 as though our editor of the Sphinx was about to be called. In fact, he was called and it was just a matter of hours before he received a postponement of his induction. So he will be with us at least through this edition of the Sphinx.

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T o all the b o y s ; and especially the brothers in service, on behalf of the staff, we wish you God's speed.

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SPHINX DISPLAYED AT PRESS EXHIBITION

Honors were divided among the three publications displayed in the Press Both at Negro Trade-Week Exhibition, Memphis, Tenn., recently. The accompanying picture shows copies of the Sphinx, the Memphis World, and the Pittsburgh Courier on display at the well-appointed "press room" which brought many favorable comments from exhibition visitors. . Mrs. Freddie Greene Wesley, secretary at the Sphinx office, is seen in the press booth.

PICTORIAL EDITION DEADLINE NOTICE

THE next edition of the Sphinx will be published in October, 1943. It is the PICTORIAL NUMBER. Deadline date for this edition is set for SEPTEMBER 5th Associate Editors and regular members of the staff are asked to remain in close touch with the Sphinx office during the summer months. The war crisis is bringing about many and rapid changes which may alter our program of operation. This office will be glad to keep all associate editors posted relative to last minute changes if summer addresses are available.

LEWIS 0. SWINGLER 390 Vz Beale Avenue

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VOICE OF THE SPHINX Alpha Upsilon Holds Installation

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Alpha Upsilon brothers and their escorts pictured just before dinner was served during the chapter's Annual tion Banquet, Detroit, Michigan.

ALPHA UPSILON CHAPTER Detroit, Michigan By NOAH B. T U R N E R Installation ceremonies held by members of Alpha Upsilon Chapter, Detroit, Michigan, represented one of the social triumphs of our chapter program during the first period of the year. Officers for 1943 were installed. The affair, given at the Fraternity House, also represented a dedication of the service flag. Alpha Upsilon now has sixteen brothers in the service. . . F o r m e r President Lloyd Richards made an impressive talk as he pre-

sented the new president, Gus Ogletree, with the gavel. Other newly elected officers are B r o t h e r s : Wilbur Hughes, vice-president; William Coleman, Jr., secretary; Robert Ball, treasurer; Lloyd Richards, parliamentarian; Porter Dillard, corresponding secretary; Noah Turner, chapter editor; Floyd Jones, chaplain. Cocktails and socializing occupied the time preceding the dinner, and dancing following dinner. The host brothers complimented their lady guests by presented them with gold bows as tokens. Each bow bore the emblem of the Fraternity. Miss M a r garet Wells, for her splendid representation as "Miss Alpha Phi Alpha",

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was given a beautifully engraved compact. Among special guests present were Drs. W a l t e r Harmon and Boynton Milton, past and president president, respectively, of Gamma Lambda chapter.

BETA TAU CHAPTER Xavier University Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha, Greetings from Beta T a u : The opening of 1943 found Beta T a u raising the curtains on the initiation of thirteen Sphinxmen into the fold of Alpha Phi Alpha, twelve of which have already been sworn into

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Upha Upsilon Chapter officers, their wives and sweethearts, caught by the cameraman in this festive mood during the Formal Installation Ceremonies, Detroit, Michigan. Front row, seated from left: Helen Greer, Wilbur Hughes,

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Roberta Greenidge, Gus Ogletree. and Margaret Bradley. Standing, left to r i g h t : Robert Ball, H a r o l d Perry, Doris Bell, William Coleman, Ellen Wheeler, Mrs. Mildred Gardena, Dr. and Mrs. Milton, Dr. and Mrs. Harmon, Lloyd Richards, Marijorie Dunbar, P o r t e r Dillard, and Noah Turner.

the United States Army Reserve Corps. They are as follows: James llayiUn. Jack Forte, Benjamin Franklin, Clyde Hatch, Samuel Felton, Cornelius Wilson, Wallace Murine. Warren Welters, Charles Younge, Robert Outtz, Isidore Lamothe and Fred Cuthrell, These young men wherever they go may be depended upon to carry high the name of Alpha Phi Alpha.

the service for our great country. W e are also grateful to Beta Delta for their hospitality extended to our basketball players on their tour. I remain your Association Editor, CORNELIUS WILSON. And "GOD B L E S S A M E R I C A . "

Beta T a u also elected its officers for the year of 1043, who are as foll o w s : John Holden, president; J o seph Boyer, secretary; Cornelius Wilson, E d i t o r to Sphinx.

Since St. Louis has become a major w a r material production and soldier (raining center, Epsilon Lambda's meetings are the mecca for many brothers assigned to this area, as well as passing through. Resplendent in

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EPSILON LAMBDA St. Louis, Missouri Greetings:

their uniforms they give a distinctly military atmosphere to our recent gatherings which have been held at the Alliance Lounge. Some of these visitors were Bro. Sgt. N. Walter Gions, MU, 46 Aviation Squadron. Scott Field; Bro. John Talbcrt. Beta; Bro. Raymond Hill, Beta Xi, instructors, Scott Field; Bro. Dr. II. A Merchant, Alpha Beta Lambda, resident physician, People's Hospital: Bro. Dr. Henry F. Shorter, interne, Homer Phillips Hospital ; Bro. W a l ter Price, Beta Eta, Swift Packing Co.; Bro. John W. Buckncr, president. Alpha Eta. T h e chapter donated $10.00 to the

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current N A A C P drive. Brothers A r nold W a l k e r and Sidney Redmond were appointed to represent the chapter at the hearing of the Civil Rights Bill. On J a n u a r y 24th, Bro. Dan W . Bowles presented Epsilon Lambda's award to the People's Art Center contest. On J a n u a r y 29, at T a n d y Center Alpha opened the fraternity basketball season in a game with Stowc College. Brothers Jodie Bailey, Fred. Williams, Bill Pollard, L a m a r Smith and Geo. Thompson and W a l t e r Johnson played in their usual stellar fashion. Bro. J. Q. Blache and wife announced the birth of a girl. May the little income tax deductions troop in like soldiers. Our closed social evening on F e b ruary 19 was an occasion of such gaiety that the most dignified of us gave ourselves a flingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what witli the captivating ladies and the tantalizing music, the joy was unconfined. Yet there was sadness because this marked the official departure of Bro. Pres. Arnold Walker for Cincinnati where he has become the Director of Negro Welfare. Bro. Walker's unfaltering zeal and ever-present good humor placed Epsilon Lambda on a high standard of efficiency. As a token of appreciation, on behalf of the chapter, Bro. Robert P. W a t t s presented Bro. W a l k e r with a handsome portfolio. The orchestra dedicated " P r a i s e the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" to Bin. Craig who was inducted into the army three days later. With weary feet but high spirits we went out to greet the dawn. R O B E R T P. W A T T S , Asst. Editor. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

KAPPA CHAPTER Ohio State Greetings from the men of

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Realizing that the present situation calls for ever more brotherly spirit among all men, we are prone to personify the attitude manifested in the "Fraternal Bends." Each of us here at Ohio State is being affected by the war, and surely our University and our own chapter are feeling its pangs. But here, as elsewhere, we are attempting to carry o n ; not in spite of the war, but in connection with the tasks we expect to face. After 33 years at Ohio State University, Kappa chapter is weathering its second period of war. Despite the depradation upon college enrollment, the chapter found enough men for an initiation. The men were selected out of twenty-nine, who, we felt, were

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qualified to carry the aims and ideals of our renown Alpha Phi Alpha out into the many walks of life. We here at Kappa feel that if the spirit that we have can be more prevalent in the post-war period, that once again this world of ours can walk in majesty. in righteousness, and in justice. Kappa is carrying on its social life. Following initiation ceremonies, Kappa and Alpha Rho Lambda Chapters held an elaborate banquet in honor of the new brothers at the Spring Street Branch Y. M. C. A. This proved to be one of the most inspiring events that the two chapters have ever attempted. Brother Lionel H . Nevvsom, President of K a p pa Chapter, spoke on "Alpha and the War." Every brother present was stirred as Brother Newsom called on all Alpha men to unite so that not only the light of Alpha Phi Alpha, but the light of the entire world will forever be held aloft. Among those present were Brother N. V. Allen, Executive Secretary of the V a n g u a r d L e a g u e ; Brother Leo B. Marsh, Executive Secretary of the Spring Street Branch Y. M. C. A.: Brother A. D. V. Crosby, President of Alpha Lambda chapter; Brother A. V. Crawley, who is w o r k i r g on h i s doctorate degree at Ohio State in Mathematics. Ten men initiated were: Brothers Austin Allen, Fred Johnson, Linwood Walker, Carl Slaughter, of Columbus, Ohio.; William Edward Williams, Paul Lewis, Edward Gentry, of Cleveland, O h i o ; Kfchard Gordon, of Mansfield; Henry F. Smith, of Lexington, Kentucky; and Ernest LeRoy Savory, of Lynn, Mass. . In athletics Kappa is reluctant to state t h a t they lost two games to the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, but is proud to boast of the magnificent game of basketball ar. shown by B r o thers Savory. Harvey, Butler, Albritton, Newsom, and Lowery. On the Koada team, the Negro Pan-Hellenic organization at Ohio State, Kappa is taking an active part. Representing us are Brothers Newsom, Savory, Thomas, Lowery and E d w a r d Gentry. In the recent election, the following brothers were elected to office: Lionel H . Newsom, unanimously reelected P r e s i d e n t ; Erwin G. Lowery, Vice-president; H e n r y F . Smith, Secretary and Editor to the Sphinx ; W i l liam E d w a r d Williams, T r e a s u r e r : William F. Johnson, Sergcant-ata r m s ; Jack Mitchell, Parliamentarian : Ralph Pearson, Chaplain; James K.

Page 23 Anthony, re-elected Dean of pledges. Brother Newsom heads the Boys' Department at the Spring Street Y. M. C. A., succeeding Brother Harold Strickland, who is in charge of the Boys' Department at the Cedar Avenue Y. M. C. A. of Cleveland, Ohio. Kappa wishes to extend farewell and God-speed to the following brot h e r s : William Jenkins, who goes to the Air Corps at Tuskegee, A l a . ; Lloyd Crable, in the a r m y ; Prof. Anthony B. Crawley, head of the Mathematics department at West Virginia State College, and working on his Ph. D. at Ohio State, leaves for Northwestern University. Kappa's graduates are: Tracy Parks, who will enter Ohio State's Medical School; and John Clark, who will enter H o w a r d ' s Medical School in June. Fraternally, H E N R Y F. SMITH, Editor to the Sphinx.

BETA PHI CHAPTER Dillard University Greetings, Brothers, both far and near : Beta Phi is still doing all that is in its power to hold ever aloft those noble ideals and aims of our fraternity. Thus far we have been fortunate in not having lost one brother to the army. However, we are expecting a mass exodus to the army in the near future. In view of this fact the brothers are working diligently with the neophytes and the Sphinx Club with hopes that they will not be called for a long time. By the time yoii read this column we shall have passed the following initiates over the burning s a n d s : Carlyle C. Hithe, Owen Mathieu, and Lionel Desbonles. Last quarter we pledged the following p e r s o n s : Wilfred Stewart, Bryant, T e x a s ; Albert H a r r i s , New Orleans, Louisiana; Fred Wilkins, Vicksburg, Mississippi; and Louis Bernard, New Orleans, Louisiana. On February 16th, the brothers gave a farewell party for Brother Benjamin E. Amnions who was scheduled to leave for the army. In the midst of the party Brother Amnions received a telegram deferring his induction to a later date. All the brothers were quite elated over the outcome of the party. The Sphinx Club has lost little brothers E d g a r A r m s t r o n g and James Ramsay to the army. Sphinxman Ramsay was fortunate enough to complete this studies before being

Page 24 called and will receive his degree in the field of Social Studies. Beta Phi along with Beta T a u and Sigma Lambda are working diligently on a skit for the Jabberwock of the local chapters of Delta Sigma Tlieta Sorority with the hope of carrying away the first prize. We have also planned our Education For Citizenship program which will be in the order of a panel discussion, The subject "ill be "The Negro and the Aftermath of World W a r II." The speakers will be Bros. Dr. Benjamin Quarlcs, Dr. W . R. Warns, and Vernon Winslow. We are planning a banquet that will serve two purposes. The primary purpose is to honor the neophytes of our coming initiation, the other to bid fare well to those brothers who are climaxing the undergraduate work. The possible recipients of A. B. degrees in June are Bros. Elmore Dennis. Social S t u d i e s ; lohn R. Powe, Social Studies; H a r o l d W. l.ueieu. Chemistry; Clarence Barre, Mathematics; Robert Johnson, Music; Benjamin E. Amnions, H o r t i culture: John V. Holmes, E n g l i s h ; and Charles Terry. I l l , Biology. Bros. K hen S. Scarbough, Jr., Science, ,,â&#x20AC;&#x17E;l Oliver Hart, Jr., Horticulture, anticipate the completion of their work in August at the close of the summer session, We are grateful to Sigma Lambda for the splendid repast given for the three local chapters at the home of Dr. Talbert. This affair did much in the way of helping the members of the three chapters become better acquainted with each other. We look forward to more such meetings. To you brothers who are serving your country in the armed forces we wish you all God's speed; and in the meanwhile we will do our best to keep our dear fraternity active so that you will find it easy to adjust yourself into its network. Remember all visiting brothers are welcome at Beta Phi. To you brothers on the home front, let's give the brothers in the army plenty of letters to read. Until we meet again, I remain Fraternally yours, OT.JVER H A R T , JR., Associate Editor to Sphinx.

GAMMA ALPHA CHAPTER Texas College Greetings, Brothers of A l p h a - d o m : The third annual Founders' Day Program was very successful, due to its departure from the usual type of

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Founders' programs on the campus. The speaker for the occasion was the Reverend Norris S. Curry, pastor of the St. James C. M. E. Church. His address embodied the ideals of Alpha Phi A l p h a : First of all, Servant of all, we shall transcend all. The Sphinx Club was given a smoker at the beginning of the third quarter to further acquaint the Sphinx-men with the relations that hind them to the Fraternity. Refreshments were served and games were played. A short talk was made by Brother James Sheppard, Dean of the Sphinxinem on Brotherhood in the Sphinx Club. Some twenty odd Sphiuxmen were present. Officers are Little Brothers Johnny Hines, President; Wesley Young, Vicepresident; John Sheppard, Secretary; Otis Collier, T r e a s u r e r ; Abram Lewis. Sgt.-at-arms. Several Alpha men of high rank in the armed forces visited us on their waj to m a n e u v e r s : Brother Lt. L a w son of Washington and Brother W a l lace of Hcnsley Field were among them. Brother Odell Douglas' recent return to the campus added talent to the Texas College Collegians, as he has been declared the greatest trombone player on the campus. W e are happy to report having heard from the following brothers: Clarence Nix. All-American quarterback of the famous Texas Steers, who is now in the Coast Guard in Kentucky; Henry Denson, honor man and football player, at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona; William Lathen, notable sociology scholar, also in the service of his country; Lt. James Patrick, honor man, talented musician, and Corporal James McThompson, honor student, and talented musician. Pvt. Stratford S. Hilliard, also a graduate of T e x a s College and the first President of Gamma Alpha Chapter, is now serving Uncle Sam in the Medical Division and is stationed at Kearns Field, Utah, 103 nd Tech. School Squadron, Flight 119 Medical. Brothers Weldon B e r r y and W a y land McClellan, charter members of Gamma Alpha, are serving respectively in the armed forces and government service. Gamma Alpha greets all Alpha men in the armed forces and bids them God-speed in their dark as well as their bright honor. Fraternally yours, L U T H E R C. S I M O N D , Associate Editor.

May, 1943 BETA GAMMA CHAPTER Va. State College Greetings Brothers in Alpha: The long veil of silence that has enshrouded the portly realms of Beta Gamma has now been lifted, and once again we can proudly communicate to our brothers the noble deeds which we arc now carrying on. Although our ranks have been sorely depleted by the call to active duty of many of our brothers, the remaining members of our chapter are carrying on the program with vigor and courage. Our program this year includes a state-wide education for citizenship program headed by Brother Kennit Cockrell, head of the education committee. This program was climaxed the first week in May with our annual chapel service presented on the campus. Beta Gamma is proud of its scholastic achievements in that for the past four years we have led all other Greek letter organizations on the campus in scholarship. This year the following hrothers are still boosting the chapter by being on the honor roll: Brothers John Lee. Reuben Davis, Henry F'ulford, Noel Torres, Curtis blood, and C. Gray. The plans for our annual spring formal have been set for May 21 ; an occasion at which many graduate brothers will again return to the scenes of many happy college days. Last January a palatial banquet was held in the spacious lounge of Jones Hall in honor of the neophyte members. The affair was a gala one in which the 'neophyte members 'are welcomed into the folds of Alphadom by Brother l.uther FI. Foster of Nu Lambda, acting president of the college; and Brother Roscoe C. Howard. president of Nu Lambda Chapter. The event was closed by remarks from Brother John M. Gandy of Nu L a m b da and president-emeritus of the college. W e are sorry to lose many of our brothers to the armed forces, but we are sure that wherever they may go they will carry the spirit of Alpha with them. Those who left the chapter this year for active duty are : Brothers William Kyle, Reuben Davis, A r t h u r Young, Robert Lewis, H e n r y Fulford, Robert Alexander, Noel T o r res, and E a r l Allen. Since many of our brothers have been inducted into the army, we have found it necessary to elect the following members as officers for the y e a r :

tHE Brother Aurelius King, president; Kermit Cockrell, vice-president; John Harris, recording secretary; John Lee, corresponding secretary; E d w a r d Hall, t r e a s u r e r ; James Jackson, serg e a n t - a t - a r m s ; Moses Poles, dean of Sphinxmen; and George White, editor to the Sphinx. Although we are only a mere handful in number, we do solemnly promise to carry on our duties as true Alpha men. Fraternally yours, BRO. GEO. E. W H I T E . Editor to the Sphinx.

BETA DELTA CHAPTER S. C. State College Beta Delta feels that the continued publication of the Sphinx for the remainder of this year was a very wise and timely movement, for which we are grateful to our General President and the Executive Council. Our effort for 1943 went off with a bang when we dedicated our initial program of the year to the men in the armed forces. After the program was opened by the singing of the National Negro Anthem, Bro. Fuller gave scripture and invocation. Bro. Reese then introduced the program, followed by the musical recitation of Rudyard Kiping's "If" by Bro. Gibbs. Bro. Becknell introduced Bro. Emmett A. P a u lin, of Beta Delta, as speaker for the occasion. Highlights of Bro. Paulin's address were his constant stressings of the fact that "we too, are A M E R I C A N S , " and are entitled to the rights and privileges accorded other groups in a democracy; and that our devotion to the United States and the cause of the United Nations is shared only by our uncompromising devotion to the black race, its dignity, welfare and progress. "But," said the speaker, "we are nevertheless in the front line of action where men worthy of their salt always stand." Bro. Paulin further stated, "war can teach us to live for the Nation instead of ourselves. W e can begin to give instead of receive: to seek God's will instead of our own way. The sooner we grow up as a nation, the sooner we shall win this war. But more than this, we shall win the peace and we shall build the foundations of that freedom for which men in every age have died. For this free world more of us must be willing to live. Yes, all of us are Americans. I am an American. I am an American

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in the heart of George Washington Carver as a scientist. I am an American in the heart of Marian Ai derson as a vocalist. I am an American in the heart of Mary McLeod Bethune as an educator. I am an American in the heart of Miller F. Whittaker (president of State College) as an architect I am an American in the heart of Dorie Miller, the hero of Pearl H a r b o r Yea, we are all Americans." Bro. Paulin then ended his speech by reciting Bro. J. Farley Kagland's poem, "Americans All." Bro. Paulin is 18 years of age, a Neophyte of Alpha Phi Alpha, and a Junior in the Department of Business Administration. Following the speaker Bro. Bradford, also a Neophyte Brother, rendered a selection, "Smiling T h r o u g h " on the saxophone. The program ended with our N a tional Anthem on the console, to the Alpha Men in the Armed Forces. Mis:,- Lenora Hull was at the console. It is not a habit of Beta Delta to end a day with one program, so ours carried on into the evening in the form of a banquet. This get-together, to which the brothers invited guests, was held in honor of the brothers who are expecting to go to the armed forces in the near future. Dining and dancing were the feature attractions of the evening. A short program was also arranged in which Bro. Reese welcomed the guest. Miss Jennie Mulligan, guest soloist, sang "Every Night About This Time", after which Bro. Ander-

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son gave an instrumental s >lo, "Concerto for Two." These renditions were highly enjoyed by all. All the brothers then assembled in a circle and sang the Alpha Phi Alpha National Hymn. As a closing gesture to tho:.e about to enter the armed services, Bro. Paulin suggested that everyone join in singing Auld Lang Syne. Everyone reported a gay affair. Beta Delta continues to strive to keep in touch with her sons in the armed forces. Bro. James B. Linn. private at Camp 'Claiborne, La., is in charge of the publicity of the 390th Engineers and has the title, "Assistant to the Special Service Officer.'' Bros. McRussell Flynt aid Daniel Lawrence were inducted into the armed services early in March. Bro. H o w a r d Jordan has recently received his commission as Second Lieutenant. H e also took the vows with Miss Ruth Menafee of Denmark, S. C , shortly after receiving his commission. Corp. E d w a r d Jones was a recent visitor at the chapter. Bro. Joseph Jackson has received his third stripe in the Medical Detachment of the Army. Most of our Brothers in the army are cooperating with us wonderfully. but we still send out the request to our Brothers in the armed forces to keep in touch with their particular chapter. As a gesture of goodwill the brothers of Beta Delta entertained the entire basketball squad of Xavier University whom the State College

Page 26 five defeated in a scries of two games. Bros, on the visiting team joined in with the spirit of dear Alpha Phi Alpha and the affair was carried over in grand style. As a climax to a most enjoyed evening the brothers present joined hands and sang the Alpha's National Hymn. Those Brothers chosen to direct the destiny of Beta Delta this year a r e : Clyde Reese, president; James P.ecknell, vice-president; Roland J. Geiger, corresponding secretary; Willie Gaston. financial secretary; Samuel Anderson, t r e a s u r e r ; Carl Green, exofficio officer; Edward Fuller, editor to the Sphinx. I'ro. Gaston is the new manager of the "State Theatre", a position that was formerly held by Bro. Isaac Annstcad. We are making extensive preparations for our Spring Offensive, Education for Citizenship Week. We feel that our efforts here as well as those of other chapters will be successful in this movement. Beta Delta says, "So long, and may God bless all of you." Fraternally, EDWARD FULLER, Editor to Sphinx.

« ALPHA BETA CHAPTER Talladega College Greetings Brothers : Alpha Beta is happy again to speak through the Sphinx. The following brothers were elected officers for the coining y e a r : Horace Johnson. president; Frank Richards, vice-president ; William King, secrel.ii j : George McCIain, corresponding secretary; Edward Ray, t r e a s u r e r ; Lee Otis Miller, chaplain; Clark A r rington, advisor to the Sphinxmcn ; James Caple, sergeant-at-arms. On Sunday, March 21, 1943, Alpha Beta presented Tourgee Debose in a piano recital. Brother Debose is considered one of the best pianists in America. He has studied at Fisk, Oberlin, and in Paris. H e has given recitals at various universities all over the country, including Notre Dame, Howard and Fisk universities. Among the numbers included in the recital w e r e : Beethoven's "Sonata Appassionate, Op. 57," Chopin's "Scherzo in C Sharp Minor," Rawel's "Ondine," and Liszt's "Polonaise in E". Following the recital, a reception was given by Alpha Beta Chapter in honor of Brother Debose. On the achievements of the year was the contribution of a Chapter

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Hymn by neophyte Brothers Leonard Williams and Charles Scott. At present, we are planning our program for the National Education Week. The chapter lost Brothers Herman Daves, James Morris, and William Morse to the Armed Forces. W e are proud of these men and we feel certain that they will bear the colors of true Alpha men. We also welcome little Brother Maynard V. Foster into the fold of Alphadom. "The bands of Brotherhood arc far-reaching", so in order to keep intact the ties of Alphadom, and at the same time make their contribution towards maintaining the high morale of the members of our Armed Forces, the members of Alpha Beta are in constant contact with their Brothers in the services. Despite the tumults of the world about us, we rededicate ourselves under the banner of Alpha to carry on, Fraternally yours, G E O R G E McCLAIN, Corresponding Secretary.

ALPHA THETA Iowa University Once again Alpha Theta Chapter extends greetings and best wishes to the Brothers throughout the country. ,ni I to all Brothers in the armed forces wherever they are serving. Like all chapters, Alpha Theta is experiencing all the hardships of a country at w a r ; and one by one we have seen our brothers inducted into the armed forces. Members of Alpha Theta Chapter now serving our country arc as follows: Sergeant Joseph F. Tandy, Jr., now serving in H a w a i i ; Captain John Manly, in the Medical Corps, now serving in Africa; Brother Abishi Cunningham; Brother Inman Perkins, stationed at Tucson, Arizona; and Brother Bennie Drew Brown is now U. S. O. Director in Tacoma, Washington. In spite of the depletions which the war has made in our membership, Alpha Theta is earring on in true Alpha Phi Alpha spirit. On March 5, two new1 members crossed the burning sands and werg welcomed into Alphadom. The neophytes are—Brothers Landry E. Burgess, Ph. D. candidate in the department of zoology, and Richard L Sykes, a junior in pharmacy. On the following evening, March 6, a formal dinner was held in the private dining room of the Iowa Memorial Union in

May, 1943 honor of the new initiates and of the founders of Alpha Theta Chapter. Among those present w e r e : Brothers George S. Meadows, Jr., President; Clifton R. Jones, Secretary; Ardis P Graves, T r e a s u r e r ; James D. Parks, T o a s t m a s t e r ; Landry E. Burgess, and Richard L. Sykes. Our charming guests included Mesdames Evelyn Mi Daniel, Helen Lemme, and Lois Towles McNeely; Misses Francis Mills and Sophia White. Following the dinner there was a party held at the domicile of Mrs. Lemme which lasted until the wee hours, and was climaxed by an early breakfast of bacon, eggs, rolls and coffee—Brother "One-y" Jones and Mrs. McNeely doing the honors. On March 15, at 7:30 a. m. Brother ( o a v e s became the proud father of an eight-pound baby girl, and immediately Brother Graves began to pass around the cigars. Not to be outdone, the very next day Brother Meadors became the proud father of a six-pound son, and a future Ape. Mothers and children are doing nicely; fathers are suffering from a slight case of "swelled chest." Neither dares wear his vest any more. Until the next time I remain, your correspondent. CLIFTON R "ONE-Y" JONES.

GAMMA GAMMA LAMBDA Greenville, South Carolina Greetings Brothers, here and 'over t h e r e ' : From the foot of the hills in the Palmetto State, Gamma Gamma Lambda releases this resume of 'Chapter activities for the recent past and for the immediate future. Our regular fall initiation brought into the fold of Alpha Phi Alpha lb ree stalwart brothers. These were Brothers Dr. W a r r e n Cooper, one of our leading dentists in the upper piedment He has popularized himself in this section as being one of unusual friendliness as well as a master in his profession. Professor J. Wilbur Walker, who is doing a "bang of a job" as Supervising P r i n cipal of Gower, Union and Oscar Streets Schools in Greenville; and of course, Professor J. T. W. Mims, who is a popular figure over this and adjacent states in the field of Secondary Education. H e is principal of Bell Street, Clinton, S. C , and is president of the Palmetto State Teachers' Association. Gamma Gamma Lambda takes pride in welcoming

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At our first meeting following initiation, our chapter held its regular election of officers and formulated plans for the year. Officers elected and re-elected follow: Brother R. W. Anderson, who has served as president since the setting up of our chapter, was re-elected president. Brother H. E. Hill, of Seneca, who was charter president of Alpha Chi Lambda, Augusta, Ga., and who since h i s established a thriving business of Pharmacy in Seneca, was elected Vice-president. He succeeded Brother Dr. H. S. Smiley, who was a pioneer in the establishment of the chapter and was charter vice-president. Brother E G. Grimes, Supervisor of Elementary Schools, Anderson, S. C ,

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was re-elected Secretary. He had previously filled the vacancy created by Brother Giles R. Edwards, who entered the Defense Industry in Ohio. Brother Dr. L. W. Long, Union, S. C., was re-elected Treasurer. Brother Long is rated one of the top flight among the physicians as well as among his clientele in South Carolina. H e is also founder and Superintendent of Union 'Community Hospital. Brother Dr. J. C. Anderson, technician in dentistry, was elected Chaplain; Brother Frank Hall, a promising business man of Greenville, serves as our As iociate Editor to the S p h i n x ; Brother Dr. W a r r e n Cooper, Serg e a n t - a t - a r m s ; Brother Ezra Whittenburg, charter member of Beta Delta at S. C. State College, serves as a pivot man for the plannings and

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doings of Gamma Gamma Lambda. H e relinquished his work as teacher, for the duration, to accept a nearby defense position. During the past year, we list the following brothers, either to the Army. defense industry, or positions elsewhere: Brother Roscoe Singleton, a position in Washington; Brother E d wards, a position at Canton, Ohio; Brother Douglass Greene, defense position on the E a s t Coast; Brother G. A. Anderson, a position in Florence, S. C. More recently we lost Brother Dr. R. W. Dockery, who was commissioned for Army Service in the Medical Corps; and Brother C. A. Williams, an inductee in Army service. F o r reason of war-time necessity, we have set our meetings for every

Page 28 other month in the year and rotate meetings from one nearby city to others. Our plans for the year also include observance of our annual E d u cational Campaign to be featured over the N. B. C. network and the observance of our Chapters' Anniversary Sunday in August. Until the Sphinx speaks again, Gamma Gamma Lambda signs off, bidding you smooth sailing and happy returns. Fraternally, FRANK HALL, Associate Editor.

SIGMA LAMBDA CHAPTER New Orleans, La. Sigma Lambda in the heart of the old South, the Crescent City, sends greetings to brothers throughout Alphadnm. The chapter is under the ablfl leadership of Brother Benson M. Boutte, who is now serving his second term. D u r i n g the month of December three crossed the burning sands into dear old Alpha at Sigma Lambda. These new brothers areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Allegretto F. Alexander, Dr. Robert E. Fullilove, and Dr. Raoul M. Perez. Brother Alexander is instructor in Band and Orchestra at Xavier University and is a promising young composer. B r o ther Fullilove was formerly a Rosenwald fellow and is now the Urologist at Flint-Goodridge Hospital. Brother Perez is Associate Professor of Romance Languages at Xavier. He was recently awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. Sigma Lambda has lost several brothers to the armed services. W e are proud to have listed Brothers Captain James Felton Brown, Sergeant Peter W . Clark, who is author of Arrows of Gold, Sergeant Marcus Neustadter and J. Edwin Wilkins. Our own Brother William R. Adams is President of the Staff of the Flint Goodridge Hospital, while Brother J. L. Procope is the Superintendent. Brother Wesley Segree is D i rector of the School of Mid-wifery at the same institution. Brother A. P. T u r e a d together with Brother Thurgood Marshall represented the local teachers as counsel in the recent successful salary-equalization suit. Brothers Ferdinand L. Rousseve and Percy B. Creuzot served on an Advisory Citizens Committee in directing the suit. W e list in our midst Brother Orland Moss, who was recently elected

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to the Board of Directors of the People's Life Insurance Company, one of the oldest and largest in the state. We count, too, another Alpha man in the local Public School System, in the person of Brother Lester M. Braden. Brother Braden is instructor in Physical Education at Booker T. Washington Comprehensive High School. While speaking of the School System, another brother was elevate! to the principalship of the Rosenwald School. H e is Brother Charles B. Rousseve. Brother Rousseve is president of the Teachers Credit Union which he helped to organize. H e is aided in this work by our chapter secretary, Brother W a l t e r E. Morial. who is the T r e a s u r e r and Manager. Brother Morial is also secretary of the local Teachers' Association. We were glad to welcome back to oar fold Brother Leonard James, who was very ill at the beginning of September. Brother James is instructor in Economics at Dillard, where Brother Rudolph Moses is Dean of the College and Professor of English. On New Year's Eve the brothers from the local chapters, Beta Tau and Beta Phi, sponsored a gala formal banquet at which the affable Brother "Billie" Adams was toastmaster. Recently Sigma Lambda was the host to the undergraduate brothers at a Smoker al the residence of Brother George Talbert. Brother Talbert's basement has been called Alpha Headquarters. Mention must be made here of Brother Francis Hammond who is a candidate fur the Ph. I), at the University of Laval in Canada. Brother Hammond holds two of his d e grees fr m the University of Louvain. H e is instructor in Philosophy at Xavier. Sigma Lambda sends greetings to all brothers serving our country here and "over there P' Fraternally, W A L T E R E. M O R I A L , Chapter Secretary.

OMICRON LAMBDA Birmingham, Alabama Omicron Lambda extends greetings and best wishes on the battlefields and on the home fronts: W e are going about our work in the old Alpha way. Our chapter personnel has not been bothered thus far in 1943 by the selective service system. However, since this global w a r has been in progress the follow-

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brothers have gone to do their for their country: Brothers W i l L. Crenshaw, Tilford J. Ford, N. S. Purifoy.

Our last social function came in early April. It was "The Great Greek Gathering.'' All the members of the other fraternities and sororities were invited to come and bring their sweethearts, wives or husbands. The committee in charge of this social was headed by Brother Wayman Matherson. The chapter is endeavoring to stress patriot! m all over the city. Many of the Brothers are investing in W a r Bonds and Stamps. Congratulations are in order for three Brothers. They areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brother and Mrs. Major A. Brown, proud parents of a baby boy; Brother and Mrs. Charles O. Webb, proud parents of a darling g i r l ; and Brother and Mrs. C. H. Haywood, parents of a tine boy. Brother W. E. Shortridge, one of the "Magic City's" most progressive morticians, is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Negro Funeral Directors Association for the Advancement of Colored People for the Birmingham district. We predict that Brother Hollins with his civic influence will increase the membership, and make the organization even more functional for the benefit of the race. Brother 'C. L. Shepherd, professor at Miles Memorial College, is also employed by the War Training Branch of the University of Alabama. The courses offered are in Engineering. Science and Management. Brother Shepherd is instructing a class in Foremansbip and Supervision. Brother Frederick A. Curtis, civic and social worker of this city, made a recent business trip to Memphis, Tennessee. Brother H. Lovell Mosely is president of the G r e i t e r Birmingham Inter-scholastic Athletic Conference which recently sponsored a citycounty high school basketball tournament. The officiating was done by Brother B. A. (Yack) Collins. All officers of last year were reelected to carry on the program of Omicron Lambda in an even better manner than in 1942. Omicron Lambda wishes for Alpha men throughout the world unlimited progress, so that when the "Lights Go On Again" Alpha men will again resume their places in the world and

May, 1943 help to make life more enjoyable for those who are to come after us. Fraternally yours, W m . E. ( P E T E ) P E T E R S O N , Associate Editor.

GAMMA BETA CHAPTER North Carolina College Greetings B r o t h e r s : Gamma Beta Chapter had lost almost a chapter quota to Uncle Sam this year. On January 16th however, five neophytes, Brothers Paul Edwards, James Hayes, Curtis Higginbotham, Samuel Hill and John Matthews were duly initiated. T h e new members are each experts in their respective fields. Alpha is leading this campus as is true in all colleges with Alpha chapters. Each month an "Hour of Music" to which faculty members, members of the Pan Hellenic Council and others were invited to separate programs was sponsored. The music on record has been the masterpieces of the Masters. W e are well on our way to our Education For Citizenship program. Success to you all in the gluriiication of Alpha Phi Alpha. Fraternally yours, W. S. P A R H A M .

BETA RHO LAMBDA Youngstown, Ohio Brothers in Alpha Phi A l p h a : The brothers of Beta Rho Lambda Chapter extend greetings and best wishes to all chapters and brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha. Here's hope for a most successful year. Our chapter membership has been greatly decreased because of the Army and others have gone to distant cities to find employment. W e are still carrying on in spite of these losses. Men of Beta Rho Lambda have had the privilege of fraternizing with three of its most outstanding brothers in person of b r o t h e r s : Dr. Charles H. Wesley, president of Wilberforce University: Dr. Akiki Nyabonogo of South Africa and brother Dr. Channing H. Tobias of New York City. These brothers were feted with a smoker and dinner with President Brother S. S. Booker, acting as host. The chapter is very hopeful of a promising Sphinx Club this spring, which we hope in the near future will strengthen our memberbership. Brothers in Alpha are doing a splendid job in genuine service to our fellowmen wherever there is a chance for service. Fraternally yours, CURTIS HOLLAND, Acting Editor.

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four campus fraternities, have passed into Alpha during the past year. Brothers John Cooper, Raymond Butler, James Patterson. Lenard H a r r i s , Ralph Brown, O. Brown, William Jenkins, Robert Hackney, Thomas Jenkins, William Lightfoot, Albert Black, Fitzalbert Ma rius, Harold Pierce, Alphonzo Jordan, Charles Huchings, Robert Hawkins, Wilbur Douglass, Jesse Barber, Orrington Hall, James Nelson, and Myles Washington.

Beta Delta Chapter, State College, Orangeburg, S. C , admitted ten new brothers into the fold. They a r e : H e r m a n 'Big T r a i n ' Davis, of Savannah, Ga., captain of the 1942 football t e a m ; Alfred 'Toney' Holmes, New York City, outstanding premedical student; Everett 'Cactus' Spillman, E a s t St. Louis, Illinois, business student and manager of football and basketball teams; John 'Mask' LaSaine, Charleston, S. C. Architectural Designing student; Charles 'Porkey' Manning, Columbia, S. C , basketball player; George 'Gup' Thompson, Greenville, S. C , licensed embalmer and funeral home director; George 'Little Cheese' Jackson, Charleston, S. C , vocalist; Henry 'Mice' Holden, Toledo, Ohio, one of the main cogs in the wheels of our championship S. C. basketball team and voted the most outstanding player in the S. I. A. C basketball tournament; Charles 'Cherry' Penn, of T o ledo, Ohio, one of the iron-constitutioned men on our practically fiveman team.

Alpha Men On War Front! Continued from page 11 death were given, but his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Tompkins, of Kansas City, Mo., received a wire stating that his death was due to an accidental gunshot wound. Brother Tompkins received his Second Lieutenant Commission in October at the Ordnance Officer Candidate school at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. Before going to the (>. C S.. I.t. Tompkins was a member of the <>th Calvary when it was stationed at Camp Funston, (Cans. He was a native Kansas, graduate ot Lincoln high school, Kansas City, Mo., and attended the University of Iowa for three and a half years.

* * * NU CHAPTER Lincoln U. (Pa.) Greetings, B r o t h e r s : The following officers were elected to direct the chapter for the current year: Brothers Charles Okedas, president; Gayraud Wilmore, vice president; and Dean of Pledgees; William Jenkins, recording secretary; Robert Frazier, corresponding secretary; Wilbur Douglass, t r e a s u r e r ; L. H a r r i s , parliam e n t a r i a n ; Jesse Barber, chaplain; John Cooper, s e r g e a n t - a t - a r m s ; Thomas Jenkins, editor to the S p h i n x ; and Robert Hackney, Co-Dean of Pledgees. Brother President Paul Scott welcomed the neophyte brothers attending their initial chapter meeting. The following men, representing the largest group of honor students in any of the

Brother Dr. Channing H. Tobias, of New York, has been made a member of the Board of Directors of the N a tional W a r Fund, which will undertake to raise and distribute adequate funds to meet the reasonable requirements of all approved war-related appeals, except the American Red Cross, through coordinated campaigns to be held next fall.

* * * Brother Norman M. Perkins, of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduate of Cincinnati University, was commissioned as Second Lieutenant at the graduation exercises of the Adjutant General's School, F o r t Washington, Md. He was a staff sergeant in the Infantry when he entered the school. Brother Jenkins holds the A. B., B. S. and Master's degrees from Cincinnati University. He holds membership in the Foreign Policy Association. American Historial Association and National Education Association. When he was inducted into service, Brother Perkins was teaching in the public schools of Cincinnati.

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What About Our Undergraduate Chapters? BY. REID E. JACKSON

I N C E , at the present rate of induction of college youth—particularly the Enlisted Reserve Corps—into the armed forces, the rosters of undergraduate chapter in our Greek-Letter organizations are being alarmingly depleted, it should become incumbent upon the parent body to perfect some realistically intelligent program to cope with this situation. And, for the time, the vi n expediency of the present state of affairs should dissipate any intrenched patterns or sentimentalities, ill cognizance of the universal idea that the "organization must keep going!" It is in the light of tins that your columnist broaches the following proposal to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. (He only wishes that someone would tell him how a paper proposal of this sort could be translated into effective action. In other words, what is the proper procedure to effect the reality of this particular plan, if it appears to have feasibility? Perhaps, a general officer will pen an answer;)

In bare outline form, this is our suggested plan. The Executive Council, through temporary enactment, (night direct that it become obligatory for all graduate chapters located in close proximity to an undergraduate chapter or chapters to consolidate the activities of these chapters, under the sponsorship and control of the graduate chapter. As a natural consequence of such organic union, there would be a single corps of officers and a combined program of activity, stemming from the original areas of service for the chapters now absorbed into the new unit. It should be understood, however, that local initiative and need would, in the final analysis, determine the full extent of the temporary units thus created. On the other hand, all forms for initial action should be developed by the E x e cutive Council or its duly authorized representative and such forms, in turn, should receive the final approval of the Executive Council or its duly authorized representative. A complete and changing roll of these units, as they become established, could be published in T H E S P H I N X . What is said here merely represents the spawning of an idea, in its most embryonic stage. I am sure, though, that, if the proposal has any merit whatsoever, the fertile minds of all

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Brother Tourgee DeBose, pianist, head of the Department of Music a t Talladega College, was recently presented in a recital by Brothers of Alpha Beta Chapter, Talladega College, T a l ladega, Alabama. His program, inclusive of compositions by Chopin, Debussy, and Liszt, gave essence of an unusual combination of romantic style with a dash of fire rarely associated with the tendered moods. Though his early advantages were quite meager, he was something of a prodigy, performing a Mendelssohn l oncerto when only fifteen. In later years he had had the advantage of both German and French tradition in piano playing. His study with Carl Friedburg was particularly fortunate and when through the Rosenwald Foundation he spent a year with Cortot in Paris, he became an adherent of the

polished French style. Consequently his playing of Chopin and the modern French school is quite distinctive. He has performed at all of the important colored colleges and several white universities. More recently he was something of a sensation at the University of Notre Dame. Musical America, the famous weekly musical journal, recounts five pianists worthy of mention and names Tourgee De Bose near the top of the list. Brother DeBose was affiliated with Alpha Phi Alpha through Eta Lambda Chapter located at Atlanta, Georgia. In spite of the fact that there is no graduate chapter in his immediate vicinity Brother DeBose, as an affiliate of Alpha Phi Alpha, has not become laxed for he is a staunch supporter of the Brothers of Alpha Beta in all of their activities.

brothc rs in Alpha Phi Alpha could seize upon the essential details and expand them in a flowering form that would accord fully with the exigency which has prompted the proposal. F o r those who might demand justification as to the worth of the plan might I say t h a t the survival of Alpha Phi Alpha, or any other fraternal group, lies in the hands of those youth who now face an uncertain future and, hecause of this, are now being rendered emotionally unstable to guide their normal affairs—even when they are left on the campus ! Now, then, is the time to demonstrate true brotherhood and give ballast to the befuddled movements of our younger brothers. If any other argument is needed, none would hardly gainsay the advantage at least of safeguarding and maintaining the existence of the undergraduate chapters through these crucial days. And, if a final argument is necessary, the graduate chapters, for the most part, have been culpable, in the past, in their interest and relationship to the undergraduate chapter; in fact, they have operated as "in different worlds." Should I remind you now that, even despite a war, Alpha Phi Alpha is one organization!

a round of inspection. T o the e a r n est teacher, the gigantic problem has been that of motivation. How can we stimulate the pupil to study and display real interest and activity in the assignment? In the opinion of this writer, it is much a matter of attitude. 'Consequently, the problem should be "dumped" squarely in the laps of students, since this is largely their own responsibility. T h a t students have attitudes is a foregone conclusion! Thev do not like the food in the dining hall! They do not like long and difficult assignments! They do not like to make " D " grades, even without study! They want more dances! They want more holidays! They want student government! These grievances may be variously classified as either real or i m a g i n a r y ; but, what is more essential, how valid are they?

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Sad to relate, Negro College students—at least, the majority—do not seem to exhibit a genuine concern in the fuller purpose and significance of their participation in present society. The narrow problems of one's own selfishly personal satisfaction loom unnecessarily large, for the typical college student. Movies and social affairs are patronized in large numbers, while scientific lectures and forum discussions seem banned. Greek letter organizations are desiderata, but religious groups and student chapters of such liberal organizations as the N. A. A. C. P. and N e gro Youth Congress go begging for members. To put it mildly, it is of

May, 1943 more than passing significance that there is no well-defined youth movement among both Negro and white students in America, which would cause them to voluntarily rise en masse and fight for their country and its ideals, like corresponding German and South American students. Some go so far to claim that an esprit de corp3 is lacking among American college students, no matter what the race. About this, we are not so s u r e ! Yes • there is a type of esprit de corps—a questionable sense of justice and fair play, which compacts the typical student body into a "clannish" group that will harbor no "tattle-tales" and thus shields any and all culprits, regardless of the magnitude and the consequence of the misdemeanor. A true democracy should not shelter criminals. Rather, it should endeavor, through self-discipline, to reorient the individual, in his attitude and relationship toward society. Here, then, is the crux of the controversy over student government. While it is true that those who do not favor granting the opportunity of self-government to students may have some cause for their belief, it is equally true that student government must be progressively achieved, through a demonstration of worth by the student. This means that the student should manifest a proper interest in the balance of everyday affairs—academic and otherwise—to the point that his own proficiency will constitute the best argument for his assumption of self-government. From another point of view, the Negro student does not seem to be interested in longterm values. It is always a question of "what am I getting out of this n o w ? " rather than "what will be the ultimate good of this activity to my permanent development and s t a t u s ? " You, no doubt, may be able to fill in whatever gaps are evident. Any analysis of a school cannot omit consideration of the community which it serves. Sometimes. this community provides financial support for the school. But. even if the community does not finance the school, it is possible for the community to proffer other forms of support. Why is it that a Negro College is usually unpopular in the very community where it is located? And. why is it that community residents seem to derive satanic glee in "knocking" the school in their community? Have you ever played the game of "Truth and

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Consequence?" T h e general fdea is to whisper a sentence into the ear of the person next to you and direct, in turn, that this message be passed on around the circle. By the time this statement has gone the rounds, it is badly garbled and distorted, from its original context. To put it briefly, this is the method of gossip. Good word, likewise, might be guilty of exaggeration and glossing; but the best service is rendered to an institution when the honest word is circulated. It is best, in this way, that a sound basis for improvement can be erected. W h a t I am saying is that the community should survey the services and needs of its school and dispassionately and, at all times, turn its every resource to the continued betterment of that school. Is it not just as easy for the townspeople to use that same energy for castigation in well-deserved praise? Of course, it is to be admitted that many schools and colleges, for N e groes, do not have a well-developed program of publicity and public relations. So, the community often is unaware of what is going on in the institution which it surrounds. Even though it is apropos that the community should inspect the school constantly, it is also advisable that the school should deliberately solicit the attention of the community; and we do not have in mind public programs for dress parade I T h e school, in short, must interpret its whole program to the community and this must not be left to chancel As Alpha Phi Alpha enters into this annual "Education for Citizenship" program, considerable care must be exercised that the event will not degenerate into still alnother occasion for platitudinous preachments from the platform. T o offset this, we must, at first, disabuse ourselves of any notion for publicity. As a matter of fact, this is or should be one aspect of an overall program for the education of the Negro, designed according to those specifications which have been detailed above. The sooner, in our opinion, the Negro realizes that his salvation is to be had in a realistic program of education, which grapples face-to-face with the problems of minority status, and the sooner that every activity of the Negro be projected upon an intelligent educational basis, and the sooner that all phases of Negro life become integrated into a unitarily functioning mechanism of purpose, spirit, and intelligent action

Page 31 —not until then, will he be able to supersede the begging query "Quo V a d i s ? " with the positive assertion that "We Are Marching On The Road To Democracy I"

Vice-President Fleming From page 5 Homes, member of "Jobs for N e groes" •Committee, member of Schoolmen's Club of Greater Cincinnati, and member of Committee of Management of the Ninth Street Y. M. Q A. Brother Fleming, in church life, was active on the membership roll of Bethel Baptist Church.

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h is a privilege for Mu Chapter to extend greetings to all brothers throughout Alpha Phi Alpha. Mu has held very successful meetings at the homes of Brothers E a r l Weber, Henry Thomas, Claiborne Hill, and William Casshis. We decided to meet only once a month after many of our brothers entered the armed forces, but so much enthusiasm developed that the brothers voted to return to the system of bi-monthly meetings. W e were glad to receive word from brother Archie James, who is taking Officer Training at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Candidate Brother Robert Gardner corresponds with regularity. Brother Gardner is located at Miami Beach, Florida. Best wishes to you Bob, and to all Alpha men in the services. Brother C. W. Washington, secretary of the Minneapolis Urban League, had a very fine and well attended annual meeting of the League on March 23rd at the Minneapolis Y. W. C. A. Judge William Hastie addressed the meeting. April 12th marked the thirty-first birthday of Mu. No doubt many minds thought of the last birthday celebration which will stand for a long time in the memories of the brothers and the people of the Twin Cities. W e had a social at the home o( Brother and Mrs. Earl Weber for the brothers and wives or company, on April 30th. This was our anniversary celebration. Fraternally yours, J O H N R. L A W R E N C E , J r .

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GAMMA BETA CHAPTER N. C. College W e have suffered a severe attack of "draftosis," at N. 'C. College, as is Inn- at most campuses. Our membership which was small last school year, was decreased by three-fourths in this attack. Our small number has not proved handicapping in all respects. W e organized without delay and began working. A smoker was given for all male freshmen and new students. Dr. Alphonse Henninberg, of Beta Theta Lambda, delivered in an informal way, a talk on The N e gro After the W a r . Brother Henninburg preferred not to use the platform for his talk, but the bays gathered around him while he advised them of the best ways we could contribute to our racial progress after the war. The punch and chicken salad sandwiches topped the evening. Until you hear from us again, Fraternally yours, WARD PARHAM.

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dent, Brother Thomas E. Posey. At the initial meeting of the year the following roster of officers was elected: President, Leonard Barnett, principal of Washington High School, London, West V i r g i n i a ; Vice-president, Felix W a r r e n , of the faculty of the State Deaf and Blind School, Institute, West V i r g i n i a ; Secretary, Andrew H. Calloway, Aassistant Superintendent of Public Schools, Kanawha County, Charleston, West Virginia; Assistant Secretary, Lawrence V. J o r dan, Principal Teacher Training High School, West Virginia State College, Institute, West V i r g i n i a ; Treasurer, David Scott, Charleston, West Virg i n i a ; Reporter to Sphinx, John F. Matheus, head Romance Language D e -

partment, West Virginia State College, Institute, West Virginia. Honor guests at this time were First Lieutenant Samuel Evans, of the R. O. T. C , West Virginia State College; Second Lieutenant James Kidd, Engineer Corps; Second Lieutenant Paul Waller, Quartermaster Corps; Brother Richard Hopson, recently a navy recruit. Brother J. A. Pittman, of the Department of Mathematics, West Virginia State, was also introduced. At subsequent meetings at the homes of several brothers, the chapter has committed its deliberations to promoting activities of local and national racial benefit. Efforts were made to get the State Legislature to appropriate money for the building of a Vocational High School for Negro students. The just participation of N e groes in the war efforts has been the concern of President Barnett and his corps of officers.

,-, , ., f r a t e r n a l l y yours, J O H N F . M A T H E U S , Reporter.

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57. BETA XI—LeMoyne College, Memphis, Tenn.; President. James A. Barber, 1597 Davis St.; Cor. Secretary, Carl C. Poston; 1829 Kerr Street. 58. BETA OMICRON—Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tenn.; President, Edward W. Reed; Secretary, Jesse W. Miller, Tennessee State College. 69. BETA PI—Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee; President, LeRoy Suttles; Secretary, William Longdon. 60. BETA RHO—Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C ; President, Claud Whltaker, Jr.; Secretary, Milford Taylor, Shaw University. 61. BETA SIGMA—Southern University, Scotlandville. La.; President, Huel D. Perkins; Secretary, James L. Robinson, 'Southern University. 62. BETA TAU—Xavler, New Orleans, La.; President, John Holton, 7249 Dixon Street; Secretary, Joseph Boyer, 1126 North Roberson.

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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. Fadlne. 43 Calthorpe Street, London, England. 67. GAMMA ALPHA—Texas College, Tyler, Texas; President, Travis L. Carr, II; Secretary, Thomas Quails, Texas College. 68. GAMMA BETA—North Carolina College. Durham N C • President, J. E. Chaplin: Secretary, M. W. Akins North Carolina College.

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to 8 f 8 M s D f i ^ L ^ U v l \ U!l e «S e cKr ee ?t at rU ( * y : President C. Milton W O m s b y Street y - Louis J - Harper. 1753 102. BETA LAMBDA—'Greater Kansas City, Mo.-Kas.; President, Elmer Jackson, 359 Greely, Kansas City, Kas.- Secretary aecTe James A. Jeffress, 1824 Paseo, Kansas City Mo ™ry' 103. GAMMA LAMBDA—Detroit, Michigan; President, Dr Walter Harmon, 210 E. Davidson; Secretary, ,Grover DLanee 607 Adams Avenue, E. *' J X O V e r u- ^ange, 104. DELTA LAMBDA—Baltimore, Md.; President j»mK H ^rRhoD'e^8StreetCarey; * « " « * • * ™ W ? i S g t f 5 S K ^ : '

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136. ALPHA OMICRON LAMBDA—Pittsburgh, Pa.; President Dr Robert C. Bclden, 3539 Butler Street; Secretary'Wilbur C Douglass. 518 Fourth Ave. 137. ALPHA PI LAMBDA—Winston-Salem, North Carolina- President. J. Monroe Walker, Jr.; 800 Cameron Ave.; SecretaryDelbert H. Banks, 614 W. 24 1-2 St 138. ALPHA RHO LAMBDA—Columbus, Ohio; President A DeV Crosby, 265 N. 22nd Street; Secretary, Begagy T. Benton 246 Clarendon Ave. 139. ALPHA SIGMA n LAMBDA—Dallas. Texas; President H I &t ?J?}l £- ?, 9 1 3Ave. T o m a s A v e n u e . Secretary, S. W. Hudson, Jr^ 5211 Keating 140. ALPHA TAU LAMBDA—Tulsa, Oklahoma; President Dr R C. Bryant, 360 N. Frankfort Place; Secretary, j Tvler 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>/2 Jewett Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.; Secretary ,„« D ,?Ji a . n d 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. ^ucas, 147. BETA GAMMA LAMBDA—Richmond, Va.; President, John W. Riley. Virginia Union University; Secretary, Curtis Crocker, 214 E. Clay Street. 148. BETA DELTA LAMBDA—Daytona Beach, Fla., President Charles J Greene, P. o . Box 1789; Secretary, Dr H Ernest Hartley, 624 2nd Ave. '" *-rnest 149. BETA EPSILON LAMBDA—Wewoka, Oklahoma- President I Bole; d OkTa n riomf U m k a ' ° k l a h o m a ^ S e c r e t a r T ^ Ashley;

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