The SPHINX | Spring May 1952 | Volume 38 | Number 2 195203802 by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

INC.

Reclamatian Issue

MAY 1952

Volume 38 Number 2

Inactive Brothers

Active Brothers

Reclaimed since January

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, Inc.

THE

GENERAL OFFICERS

SfiAmx

General President: A. MACEO SMITH, 2011 N. Washington St., Dallas 4, Texas. Southwestern Vice-President: L. H. WILLIAMS, 119 N. Greenwood, Tulsa, Okla. Southern Vice-President: JACOB R. HENDERSON, 668 Fair St.. S. W., Atlanta, Ga. Midwestern Vice-President: WILLIAM A. SMITH. 2537 Madison St., Gary, Ind. Eastern Vice-President: WALTER BOOKER, 1420 Hamlin St., N. E., Washington, D. C. Far Western Vice-President: W. BYRON RUMFORD, 1500 Stuart St., Berkeley 3, Calif.

STAFF

General Secretary: JAMES E. HUGER. 3456 S. State St., Suite 311, Chicago 16. 111. General Treasurer: MEREDITH G. FERGUSON, 925 Eleventh Ave., North, Nashville 8, Tenn.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF W. Barton Beatty. Jr.

Editor-in-Chief, Sphinx: W. BARTON BEATTY, Box 188, Phoebus, Va. Director of Educational Activities: MILTON S. J. WRIGHT, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, O. General Counsel: EDWARL C. M\DDOX, 129 W. Third St., Suite 411, Los Angeles, Calif. Historian: CHARLES H. WESLEY, Cental State College, Wilberforce, Ohio.

FUN EDITOR O. Wilson Winters

LAY MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MIDWESTERN—John P. Ward, North Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. • SOUTHERN —James H. Lovett, Florida A. and M. College, Tallahassee, Fla. • EASTERN—Esham O. Baker, Howard University, Washington, D. C. •

SOUTHWESTERN—Willard

D. Dallas, Langston

University, Langston, Okla. • FAR WESTERN—Borden B. Olive, 3032 Grove Street, Berkeley, Cal. JEWELS Henry A. Callis, 2306 E Street, N. E.. Washington. D. C ; George B. Kelley, 1 - 113th Street, Troy, N. Y.; Nathaniel A. Murray, 2151 West 21st Street, Los Angeles 7, California. DECEASED: Charles H. Chapman, Robert H. Ogle, James H. Morton, Vertner W. Tandy. CHAIRMEN. STANDING COMMITTEES BUDGET—Kermit J. Hall, 5000 Woodland Ave., Philadelphia 43, Penna. AUDITING—W. D. Hawkins, Jr.. Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. PINS AND BADGES—Edward C. Maddox, 129 West 3rd Street, Los Angela, Cal. SEMI-CENTENNIAL Commission—Milton S. J. Wright. Wilberforce Universif. Wilberforce, Ohio. OTHER CHAIRMEN—Chairman for the Election Commission and the following committees will be chosen later during the year: Housing, Programs and Recommendations, Charter Achievements and Awards, and RituaL REGIONAL OFFICERS SOUTHWESTERN JURISDUCTION—L. H. Williams, vice-president. Regional Directors—J. S. Chandler, l l l ' / 2 S. Second Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma, (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado and Kansas); Marion M. Taylor, 416 Karback Block, Omaha, Nebraska (Nebraska, Iowa): L. M. Mitchell, 1193 San Bernard Street, Austin, Texas, (Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico). MIDWESTERN JURISDICTION—W. Alexander Smith, vice-president. Regional Directors— Julius C. Judkins, Jr., 240 Colonial Bldg.. Richmond, Indiana (Ohio); Ollen B. Hinnant, Jr., Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. (West Virginia, Kentucky); J. R. Lillard, 1414 E. 19th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, (Missouri, Wisconsin and Minn.); Lonnie Saunders. 6427 Vinewood Street, Detroit, Mich. (Michigan, Indiana). SOUTHERN JURISDICTION—Jacob R. Henderson, vice-president. Regional Directors—Le-

ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITORS J. Rupert Picott. W. Byron Rumford

roy B. Frasier, 2111 Duncan Street, Durham, N. C. (North Carolina, South Carolina); T. J. Womack, Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee (Mississippi, Tennessee); M. G. Miles, Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Florida, (Florida); H. Lovell Mosley, 1204 First Court West, Birmingham, Alabama, (Alabama). EASTERN JURISDICTION—Walter M. Booker, vice-president. Regional Directors—Gregory Swanson, Martinsville, Virginia, (Virginia); Frank J. Ellis, Baltimore, Maryland (Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia); Andrew Tyler, New York, N. Y. (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania); Robert Levister, Boston, Mass. (New England). FAR WESTERN JURISDICTION — W. Byron Rumford. vice-president. Regional Directors— Edward Addison, 2276V4 W. 26th Street, Los Angeles, Cal. (Southern California and Arizona); Charles P. Furlow, 1418 Carleton St., Berkeley 2. Cal. (Northern California and Oregon Line); Carl Deiz, 9340 N. Portsmouth, Portland, Ore. (Oregon and Washington).

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EDITORIAL DIRECTOR—Milton S. J. Wright. ASSISTANTS—Hugh M. Gloster, Rayford W. Logan. Howard Long. Frank L. Stanley. W. Wesley Whetstone. Thomas W. Young. STAFF EDITORS—Edward W. Brooke. Robert P. Daniel, John Hope Franklin, Jacob R. Henderson, Lionel H. Newsom, J. Saunders Redding. A. Maceo Smith. Charles V. Willie. Stephen J. Wright. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS—Carlton H, Lee. E. E. Alexander. Robert J. An thony. Rufus B. Atwood. Waldo W E. Blanchet, Oscar C. Brown, Archi bald J. Carey. Felton G. Clark. Hen ry M. Collier, Jr.. Edgar Epps. William L. Fitzgerald, Nelson R. Freeman, Rudolph Henderson. George W. Hunter, Nelson C. Jackson. Francis J. Johnson, Francis A. Kornegay. Marcus A. Mahone. Horace W. Melvin. A. J. Polk. Ramon S. Scruggs. Clarence B. Shelton. C. E. Simmons. Jr.. Leroy A. Simmons. Everett Singleton. Robert L. Smith. Walter D. Spann. H. Theo Tatum, J. G. Thornton.

DIRECTORY

Undergraduate Chapters ALPHA—Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. President. Burton A. Pierce, 301 Dryden Rd„ Ithaca, N. Y. BETA—Howard University, Washington, D. C. President, Manuel L. Walker, Cook Hall, Howard University, Washington, D. C ; Secretary, Oliver Gibson, Box 211, Howard University, Washington, D. C. GAMMA—Virginia Union University, Richmond, Va. President, Treadwell O. Phillips, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Va.; Secretary, Willie E. Young, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Va. DELTA—Tillotson College, Austin, Tex. President, Louis L. Davis, Tillotson College, Austin, Tex.; Secretary, Hewil Colin Fernandez, Tillotson College, Austin, Tex. EPSILON—University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. President, John Codwell, Jr., 735 Haven St., Ann Arbor, Mich.; Secretary, Walter D. Webb, 735 Haven St., Ann Arbor. Mich.

ZETA—Yale University, New Haven, Conn. President, George Conquest, 20 St. Mary St., Hamden, Conn.; Secretary, John Harris, 1440 Yale Station, New Haven, Conn. ETA—Columbia University, New York, N. Y. President, David G. Smith, 243 W. 138th St., New York, N. Y.; Secretary, Donald Hinson, 533 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y. THETA—University of Chicago, Chicago, III. President, Wayman W. Ward, 538 E. 34th St., Chicago, 111.; Secretary, L. Newton Wilson, 9408 Calumet Ave., Chicago, 111. IOTA—Morris Brown College, Atlanta. Ga. President, Joel W. Dinkins, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga.; Secretary, Eugene Robinson, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga. KAPPA—Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. President, Andrew J. Jackson, University Station Box 3096, Columbus, Ohio; (Continued on Page 34)

Official

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VOLUME XXXVIII

Alpha

Phi

Alpha

Fraternity,

Incorporated NUMBER 2

MAY, 1952

"IN AN EDITORIAL VEIN":

Reclamation WHEN our reflects upon the early ideals established by the Jewels of Alpha Phi Alpha and the principles followed and developed by the presidents of Alpha Phi Alpha over the past four or five decades, he cannot help but wonder why the brothers who have had the opportunity to become a part of such a noble tradition and such a program of social action can refuse to measure up to the financial responsibilities of the fraternity. It has been said that "voluntary" memberships— those which do not necessarily require a financial delinquent member's being dropped—automatically result in 70 per cent of the membership basking in the glory of an organization while paying nothing for its upkeep and development. Such a conclusion appears warranted by the experience of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. We have approximately 16,000 brothers, and approximately 70 per cent of that number do not fulfill their financial duty to our fraternity. Some of this delinquency in handling of financial obligations to our fraternity is excusable; illness, severe financial obligations in respect to family, and other difficulties that might plague brothers from time to time. On the other hand, however, many of us fall into the category of being delinquent simply because we keep putting off the payment of our annual tax and our financial responsibilities to local chapters. Let us stand up and be counted. If you need to be reclaimed, give your local chapter a chance to do it immediately, or write to the national office of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The great question then arises: Why should the minority member suffer embarrassment or ill feelings, iE only an hour or a day ago he laughed very heartily at stories told about other minorities? Granting that this type of story-telling may be questionable at best, it also carries with it the implication that if we laugh and listen to stories regarding other groups we must also laugh when the story is told with a point that seems to have reference to us. It might be a good idea for those of us who indulge in telling stories of this kind to include in our repertoire some that apply to all of us.

UJou Wlu&n I VV\is$ . . . About Reclamation

By President A. Maceo Smilli From the General Secretary's Desk

Education and Citizenship By Milton S. J. Wright, Director, Educational Activities

Are We Losing Sight of Our Aims?' By Bro. John F. Richardson, Morgan State College

Fraternity Fun B\ Dr. O. Wilson

10 Winters

A New Spirit in Our Land By Bro. J. Rupert Picatt

New Educational Horizons for Alpha By Bro. W. H. Robinson, Hampton Institute

A United Negro College Fund Article />'v Bro. F. D. Patterson, President, Tuskegee Institute

American Council for Human Rights News

PLUS: the Chapter Directory (save this issue; we may not be able to repeat it next time) . . . and plenty of Chapter news. DEADLINE FOR N E X T ISSUE: September 7

Publication Office: 1616 Church Street, Norfolk, Va. Address all news matter to Editor-in Chief: W. BARTON BEATTY, JR. Box 188, Phoebus, Va. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE — $2.00 PER YEAR Published four times a year, in February, May, October, and December. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Norfolk, Virginia, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1102, Act of October 3, 1917. Individual chapters will be billed for cost of engraving pictures submitted and used.

Story Telling TORIES are often told which point out certain shortcomings credited to racial groups or religious affiliations. These stories, when told in segregated or even in mixed racial groups, provoke universal mirth. It is true, however, that such stories can create problems in personal feelings when told to a mixed group, especially when the group includes only one member of the minority which is the butt of the joke. MAY, 1952

About the Cover JL HE cover for the May issue is an invitation for brothers to join the Reclamation Program immediately. We cannot present the type of program that brothers want and are demanding in the areas of education, scholarship, and civic and social matters unless you shoulder your part of the financial burden. PAGE 1

They're Looking! By A. MACEO SMITH, General President The program of reclamation is the foremost program of this administration. Unless we exert ourselves, institute a program of action, and work to bring inactive brothers back into the fold, we will find that Alpha no longer holds the spotlight it has held for so long among progressive American organizations. Brother Jacob Henderson, Southern Regional Vice-President, has been appointed chairman of the Committee on Reclamation to work with the General Secretary and former general secretary, Brother Burt Mayberry. This vigorous program is beginning to show results, which may be seen in the following figures for the period of February 1, 1952 to March 31, 1952. as of as of Total Regions March 31 Jan. 31 1625 1370 204 Southern—Old Members reclaimed 51 New members initiated 1146 973 131 Eastern—Reclaimed 42 Initiated 1248 1096 103 Midwestern—Reclaimed 49 Initiated 683 646 25 Southwestern—Reclaimed 12 Initiated 270 267 0 Far Western—Reclaimed 3 Initiated 30 29 1 General Organization—Reclaimed Total additional members Total as of January 31

621 4381

Total Active Members, March 31 5°02 The Committee on Awards and Achievement is preparing a presentation to be made at the General Convention to the chapter making the most outstanding contribution to the reclamation program. We are making progress, but we are just beginning to see the light. Let us all put our shoulders to the wheel and push-push-push. We will find we can reach great heights if all will work together for the common good.

Secretary's Office Stays In Chicago CHICAGO. 111.—General Secretary James E. Huger has announced that the location of his office at its present Chicago address for the current year has been recommended by the Committee on Place for General Secretary's Office. The executive council has approved the committee's recommendation. The committee considered sites in Washington. D. C.» Kansas City, Mo., and Chicago, it was reported. Determining factors in their selection were centrality of location and accessibility to the greatest number of brothers, rental charges for space, cost of moving and re-establishment of office if located elsewhere, and term of office of the general secretary.

Banquet Honors

President

DALLAS, Tex.—A mammoth banquet honoring Alpha President A. Maceo Smith was held here last month under the auspices of Alpha and the NAACP. The new president was welcomed by about 1.500 persons attending the celebration, which also served as a birthday party for the outstanding Texan. PAGE 2

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.—Alpha Psl Chapter here is looking lor some members—thai is. it wants to get in touch with all of its former members, whom Chapter Secretary James Oliviere has requested to write giving their present addresses. Any person with clear ideas of whereabouts of said vanishing brothers urgently are asked to help Alpha Psi find its lost sheep.

ALPHAS PLUS ANDERSON, DEFEAT "J. C" GREENVILLE, S. C. - One of America's and the world's great concert artists shared an hour of triumph here Monday, January 28, with the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the citizens of this town. Marian Anderson's Sterling High School auditorium concert was something more than the usual "artistic triumph"; Gamma Gamma Lambda Chapter, under the leadership of Brother John T. Wilson, cooperated with the great singer to bring about an audience with a new look—a "checkerboard" look that only an unsegregated audience can have. Not only could Greenville boast such an audience at a public affair for the first time since Reconstruction days, but it could also look with pride —and perhaps some surprise—on the picture of a completely successful interracial reception for Miss Anderson after the concert. The concert itself packed the auditorium to capacity with citizens of Greenville and neighboring communities, responding to the magic of the famous Anderson voice and the equally renowned Anderson personality. As Mrs. Fannie Hurst has said of her, "She has not grown simply great; she has grown great simply." During intermission the AKA Sorority, which made Soror Anderson at home in the community during her stay, presented her with an orchid. Members of the local Alpha chapter are giving major credit for the success of the entire undertaking to Brother R. W. Dockery, whose brainchild it was, and to Brothers H. E. Hill and R. W. Anderson among the others whose persistent efforts helped produce this red-letter day. —From information furnished by BRO. WILLIAM G. HILL,

Gamma Gamma Lambda THE SPHINX

CHICAGO CHAPTERS HONOR GENERAL PRESIDENT Alpha General President A. Maceo Smith is honored by brothers meeting at the Alpha House. Chicago. Left to right, seated are: W. Alexander Smith. Midwestern vice-president; President Smith; lames E. Huger. general secretary. Standing are: Wayman Ward. Theta Chapter president; Luther Peck and Frank V. Plummer ol Xi Lambda Chc-pter. and David L. Daniel. Xi Lambda Chapter president.

Education and Citizenship in Alpha T h e r e is no doubt that the first, the most p r o m i n e n t , a n d the most significant national program of Alpha Phi Alpha was, a n d is. its a n n u a l educational program. Since 1911 our General Conventions have given serious consideration to programs through which Alpha m e n a n d chapters could and would assist in combating the evils of ignorance a n d illiteracy through the promotion and advocacy of "more a n d better education" a m o n g Negroes in particular a n d people in general. T h e fraternity's " G o to H i g h Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Go to College" program a n d campaign, launched on a nation-wide scope shortly after the close of the first W o r l d W a r , was helpful a n d efM A Y , 1952

By M I L T O N S. J. W R I G H T Director of Educational Activities fective in almost every section of the United States. Alpha m e n of ever) chapter joined in the great campaign, urging boys a n d girls, young men and women everywhere to remain in high school until graduation a n d then to enter college a n d complete their courses there. T h e virtues a n d benefits of "more a n d better e d u c a t i o n " were outlined a n d explained to young and old by u n d e r g r a d u a t e a n d graduate members of Alpha Phi Alpha every year. T h o u s a n d s of dollars were spent annually by the general organization

a n d the respective chapters a n d members in the campaigns. Scholarships to college were awarded to worthy students by the fraternity in its efforts to inspire a n d encourage youth to forge ahead educationally. O n e of the earliest slogans or ihemes of the a n n u a l campaign was "A Better Education Means a Better J o b ; A Better Education Means a Richer Life." In the spring of every year conferences were held with high school students (seniors in particular); public mass meetings, forums a n d radio programs in churches, schools, and lodge halls were presented in h u n dreds of villages, towns, a n d cities in (Continued on Page 4) PAGE 3

From the Desk

Keep It Straight!

Of The General Secretary By BROTHER JAMES E. HUGER

Operation of the National

Office

The major function and purpose of the National Office is to render service to the brothers in Alpha. A second function of great importance is to serve as a storehouse of the records and important data that accumulate throughout the years. In order for the office of the General Secretary to serve effectively and efficiently, there must be a clear-cut understanding with the national officers, chairmen of committees, and the chapters concerning its general responsibility as set forth by the constitution, general president, and the Executive Council. The office is the center for detailed activity. The number one problem being initiations, we are listing the steps to be followed to insure efficient operation. Please Allow Fiji ecu Days for the Following Procedure: (1) Initiation forms are sent with grades (undergraduates) and health certificates to the Vice-President. At the same time money is sent with remittance forms to the General Secretary. Please be sure to send correct lees, since this oil ice does not have the authority to issue material to chapters which have balances due. (2) When the Vice-President has approved this initiation, he forwards the forms to the General Secretary for certification that the lees have been paid. The General Secretary certifies same and returns said forms to the Vice-President, who then forwards the approved forms to the chapter to proceed as outlined. (3) The Office of the General Secretary forwards to the chapters pass cards and shingles and places the order for pins and histories to be delivered to the person designated to receive them. If the chapters will follow their part in this procedure, there will be no delay in processing the materia] and the shingles; pass cards and histories will be on hand when the new brothers are made.

Reclamation! T h e program of reclamation is another important project of the General Secretary's office. This year we are fortunate in having former General Secretary Burt Mayberry serving as consultant and working closely with this office in the program of reclaiming inactive brothers. We are all aware of the major objective of the present administrationReclamation. Brother Jacob Henderson, Southern Regional vice-president, is serving as the head of the committee of Reclamation. Elsewhere in this issue is a detailed report of the result of this program. The General Secretary's office, in collaboration with the committee on Reclamation and with Brother Mayberry is to publish a directory of active brothers. The working deadline was set for May 15. It is hoped we can record the greatest number of active Alpha men in our nearly onehalf century of existence.

Reorganization Future plans call for the complete reorganization of the National Office-the setting up of visible chapter files; the sorting, filing and binding of material that has gathered throughout the years; and the collection of pictures and important works of Jewels, past general officers and the displaying of awards, citations and other forms of distinction that have come to Alpha Phi Alpha. This is the office of the Fraternity. Let each brother take an active part in its function, its service and its future.

COULD THIS BE YOU? General Secretary James E. Huger reports that some 800 copies of Charles H. Wesley's "The History of Alpha Phi Alpha—A Development of Negro College Life" have not been distributed to brothers who are entitled to them.

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Upon receipt in the office of the General Secretary. 34S6 South State Street. Suite 311. Chicago, 111. of names, present addresses and initiation dates of brothers not yet supplied, the histories will be mailed.

Before initiation can be approved by the Office of the General Secretary. notice of initiation forms must be received from regional vice-presidents. General Secretary lames E. Huger has announced. When such approval has been received. plus all money on the standard remittance form, including pin orders. the secretary's office will mail pass cards, shingles and histories. The announcement pointed out the importance of transmission of the above information in time to allow shipment before initiation.

CITIZENSHIP (Continued from Page 3) attempts to make the general populace more conscious of the high rate of illiteracv within the respective communities and the nation at large. Neither time, thought, nor finance was spared in the campaign against those social menaces, ignorance and illiteracy. So effective were those campaigns that prominent citizens—locallv and nationally — educators, churchmen, business and professional men and women, statesmen (even President of the United States) publicly commended Alpha Phi Alpha for its fine and noble program of education. At the General Convention in St. Louis, Missouri in 1933, stimulated by the fraternity's success with its "Go to High School: Go to College" campaigns and convinced that the need for urgency for the type of campaigning carried on in the past was as great now as formerly, the delegates decided to augment and enlarge the scope of the educational program. Now, in addition to its campaigns to urge the youth of the nation to attend and remain in school until they were well prepared to serve society effectively, the fraternity began a campaign to assist in making people conscious of their rights, privileges, and obligations as citizens. Thus was instituted the new slogan and program, "Education for Citizenship," which functioned as a part of the over-all program of the Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation. In line with the current spirit of the times, Alpha Phi Alpha has geared its educational program to focus attention upon both national and international affairs. The theme of the 1952 Education and Citizenship Campaigns is: "More and Better Education for a Greater and Better World!" The back cover of this issue carries material typical of that being used on the posters which are being sent to every city and town in which is a chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. THE SPHINX

PLAN JOINT GREEK-LETTER CONVENTION Attending a meeting in Cleveland March 24 of the National Convention Planning Committee of Alpha Phi Alpha to propose plans for the National Joint Convention of Greek letter organizations are Attorney Robert Decatur, past president of Delta Aloha Lambda Chapter of Cleveland; William Alexander Smith of Gary, Ind.. national Midwest vice-president, chairman of the committee; Harry Lee. Delta Alpha Lambda Chapter; Lowell C. Henry, president of Delta Alpha Lambda and chairman of the Joint Convention Planning Committee; Dr. Bertrand C. Styles. Delta Alpha Lambda Chapter: James Huger. national secretary; Attorney Julius C. Judkins. Jr.. Richmond. Ind., regional director; and Edwin C. Williams, Delta Alpha Lambda, general treasurer of the Joint Convention Planning Committee.

CHAPTER MEMBERS MEET WITH PLANNERS Members of Delta Alpha Lambda Chapter of Cleveland who met with the National Convention Planning Committee in that city are. left to right, front row: Walter Hampton. Melvin Walker. Arnett Woodson. Quinis Embry, Robert Maxwell Richardson. Back row: Dr. Alvin P. Hall, Sidney Thompson, Attorney Roy Rosebro, Attorney William McKnight.

UNESCO Now Seeking Qualified College Graduates NEW YORK - Qualified college graduates interested in overseas positions with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), are being sought bv the National Association of ColMAY, 1952

ored Women, which is compiling a list for the UN organization, it has been announced. UNESCO has not yet completed its personnel panel nor has it decided upon all of the positions which will

be available, it was explained, but is seeking to have a representative list of persons on file so as to be ready to help fill the requested positions of the U. N. organization when they are opened. PAGE 5

Are W e Losi ig Sight of C ur Aims? Fraternities have in them the capacity for a u g m e n t i n g education in a significant way. T h e r e are three ways in which this can be accomplished. First, they may actually become an integral part of the college and not merely appendages on the periphery of the campus. Second, they may choose wisely leaders who will accept a n d carry out responsibilities. Lastly, national leaders w h o speak to the und e r g r a d u a t e with the voice of the supreme being can bring themselves to see the college campus as a community a n d as a part of a larger c o m m u n i ty in which fraternities are an imp o r t a n t part. T h e role that we play in a college c o m m u n i t y may be likened to seasoning. If this seasoning loses its flavor, then it is good for nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and even so with fraternities that lose sight of their objectives. As I have observed, fraternities rise a n d fall a n d rise again in prestige a n d favor. I have come to believe that there are specific reasons why their usefulness is often impaired. T h a n k goodness, however, these faults are not inherent in the fraternity system. Conflict

(This is the manuscript of an address delivered by Brother Richardson at the Initiatory Banquet of the Beta Alpha undergraduate chapter, at Morgan.) by illogical reasoning which attributes benefit to the individual member. This weakness seems to be an error common in our country and in the world at huge. In the attempts to gain prestige, fraternities too often encourage the brothers to spread themselves out like pancakes, that is, p o u r e d thin on the griddle of campus activities. T h e r e used lo be a time when it would make us feel very p r o u d to boast that brother so-and-so is the best student presi-

T h e second fault t h a t leads m e to believe that we are losing sight of o u r objectives is exalting the g r o u p to the d e t r i m e n t of the individual. T h i s , in many instances, is achieved

dent in so many years. Now the cry is that Beta Beta has had five student presidents in a particular period. W h e n we encourage an inexperienced pledgee to spread himself out instead of b u i l d i n g a balanced program a m o n g activities a n d concern ourselves with g r a b b i n g honors, we fail the pledgee and our fraternity. T o o often. James is expected to choose his extracurricular activity not on the basis of his interest or the experiences which will be of some benefit to him in In lure years, but on the fact that Beta Beta needs a member on the C a m p u s Smoke Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;although smoking offers him n o enjoyment. We ought never to think of the maxim u m n u m b e r of offices a fraternity can garner, but rather the m a x i m u m contribution Alpha can make to the campus life a n d the greatest interest it can hold for the development of each individual brother. Juvenile Practices T h e third faulty condition which the fraternity must constantly g u a r d against is the temptation to divorce itsell from the full cultural pattern of its obligation a n d to emphasize the juvenile rather than the m a t u r e . T h e r e are subtle criticisms coming from many directions in regard to the socalled "Hell Week." A n u m b e r of u n f o r t u n a t e incidents have left a bad taste in the m o u t h s of many individuals. T h e rationalizations given for this activity can in n o way serve to justify this regressive behavior, at least, not in the eyes of serious-minded individuals. However, we find that this trend is on the wane. I will have more to say a b o u t this point later.

Objectives

T h e first of these faults is manifested when the objectives of the fraternity are not in h a r m o n y with those ol the institution. T h e r e are fraternal groups which by their action a n d attitude, a n d sometimes by word, p u t their Greek-letter affiliation above their loyalty to the college. T h i s results in a situation where we find a house divided against itself, which in t u r n may lead to disastrous results. More can be d o n e on the campus to bring about i m p r o v e m e n t in the relationship between fraternity a n d institution. I do not say that this fault lies entirely within the fraternal groups. In my observations I have seen administrative action which favors a particular fraternal g r o u p . Occasions will come when decisions favor one a n d offend a n o t h e r or others. If this situation arises, let yourselves be guided by this principal: If you are not persuaded t h a t an administrative decision is for the welfare of all, lift your voices in protest. But if it can b e shown that the action is for the -welfare of all, even t h o u g h it may offend one or m o r e fraternal groups, s u p p o r t it.

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By B R O . J O H N F. R I C H A R D S O N Instructor in Psychology, Morgan Stale College

GREGORY SWANSON A champion of civil rights who received national attention as the first Negro to enter the University of Virginia. Brother Gregory H. Swanson is now serving as Regional Director, supervising 13 chapters in the State of Virginia . . . A native of Danville, Swanson sued the rectors and visitors of the Charlottesville institution, won his case in 1950 and matriculated in the graduate division of the University's law school . . . Holder of an A. B. in political science and a law degree, both from Howard University, Swanson became affiliated in 1948-50 with a Richmond law firm and devoted his energies and legal skill to many civil rights issues throughout Virginia, including the Martinsville rape cases . . . While at the University, he distinguished himself as defense counsel in the trial of the Commonwealth v. Albert Jackson. Jr., a Negro accused of criminally assaulting a white woman.

Some fraternity brothers will deny the charge that there is a concerted indifference to the cultural interests of education a n d intelligent living. It is true that the choice is made unconsciously. T o test this charge all you have to do is check the n u m b e r of fraternity a n d non-fraternity groups at the musical, dramatic a n d lecture programs of the college. Check the leisure reading, both for quantity a n d quality, a n d the t r u t h will show itself before you. T h e rebuttal that fraternity m e n are busy with other things is convincing b u t not satisfying. T h e chief difficulty, I am inclined to believe, is not so m u c h the lack of sufficient time but the traditional indifference of fraternity patterns to cultural interests. By their h a b i t u a l choices, their daily programs a n d their conTHE

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WHO SAID 13 IS UNLUCKY? Pi Lambda Chapter of Little Rock presented these 13 lovely debutantes at the chanter's Christmas d a n c e las! year. Left to righ', s e a t e d are: Misses Janice McCoy, Nedra Ferguson and June Dwellingham. Standing, left to righ', are: Misses Alice Lucille Love, Mary Louise Allen, Mariorie Lowe, Freddie Sue Turner, Rose Burnett, Ruby Grice, Pauline Minton (Pi Lambda Sweetheart), Constance Hollingsworth, Herise Anderson and Doris Vault.

cerns, they give assent or denial to the traditional concept of what a fraternity man is a n d does. T h e conflict with cultural interests is seldom overt and direct. Rather, big Brother soand-so raps for order a n d announces to the poor pledgees, " W e are participating in such and such a program tonight: every pledgee must be there. T w o licks if you don't come. Oh, I have been asked to a n n o u n c e a musical program tonight by so a n d so in the auditorium. II the brothers are not busy they can go if they want to." In each of these faults which I have m e n t i o n e d the fundamental problem is o u r failure to hold the fraternity in proper perspective. Being

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that the u n d e r g r a d u a t e is so often faced with a bewildering choice of good things, and that too often the more important of the good thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more important in the long range of years aheadâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are left unchosen.

"Help Week" Among a n u m b e r of fraternities a metamorphosis has occurred. Wearing silly clothes a n d doing absurd a< is merely to prove themselves worthy of wearing certain fraternity pins has now come to be looked upon as juvenile activity without a purpose so far as others can see. T h e fraternities seem to have been, a n d still are, wasting m a n p o w e r and brains. Hence, many fraternities have changed "Hell Week" to " H e l p Week." These groups have gone out into the community, when there was n o t h i n g to be done on the campus, a n d performed m a n y serious a t t i t u d e a n d formulate a program that is really constructive and

beneficial to a n u m b e r of individuals credible and constructive acts lor the benefit of these communities. (Editor's note: see editorial in December issue ol the SPHINX.)

Attempts have been m a d e to explain this metamorphosis. T h e v sa\ that the veterans w h o brought serious purposes to their respective schools probably are greatly responsible lot this new ail it tide. T h i s may to some extent be true. You cannot convince me however, that you Alpha men. many ol whom have never seen military service, cannot adopt the same both within a n d outside of out campus boundaries. Concerted

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p h a men should not be content merely to follow a movement, but r a t h e r they should be the leaders and set the pare. Not only will you then attract the best students to our fraternity, you will also set an example for other fraternities to follow. You can be sure they will not sit idly by in the face of progress and you will have been responsible. Now, let us for a moment look at sonic of our objectives and see if we are losing sight of t h e m or keeping pace with the changes in our socktx. O n e of our objectives is high scholarship. W e require this of all w h o desire to become o u r brothers. T h e r e are m a m indications that we have deviated somewhat from this objective. It has disturbed me and a n u m b e r of instructors that so many aspirants fall down in their work d u r i n g probation week. I know that you have endeavored to do something about this by r e q u i r i n g study periods, but you must go further. It is your obligation to see that these m e n are not kept u p so late at night that they are no good in their classes the following day. You must see that they attend all of their classes a n d m a i n t a i n the level of scholarship for which you asked before they were accepted. W e must go all the way if we are going to be consistent rather t h a n inconsistent in our objectives. New Leadersliip A n o t h e r objective of Alpha has been a n d is the development of leadership. In this we have d o n e r a t h e r well. But in light of our changing society it is now necessary to change o u r a p p r o a c h to this objective. Alpha should now bend its efforts toward developing a new type of leadership. T h e r e is a definite need not only for scholarly leadership, b u t for m o r a l leadership as well. W e have succeeded in a large measure in developing scholarly leadership, a n d now we must direct o u r attention to the development of scholarly a n d moral leaders. Our race as a whole has a crying need for the p r o p e r type of leadership, for too often o u r leaders do not possess the moral strength which is vital to the progress of a g r o u p , race or nation. You are in the process of developing leaders here in college, b u t it is also your duty to p r e p a r e t h e m as well for the k i n d of leadership which is needed after they leave the hallowed walls of their respective institutions. Integration is coming. Alpha should be t h i n k i n g of developing leadership of a higher quality t h a n that which existed when we were competing only with members of o u r own race. T h e competition will be m u c h keener a n d A l p h a m e n must be ready. It is my PAGE 8

CONGRATULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA Brother Ed Maddox, left, receives congratulatory handshake for his election as general counsel from Samuel P. DeBose. president of Beta Psi Lambda Chapter in Los Angeles.

firm belief that Alpha can and will supply the type of leadership of which I speak. H e r e again I say that you must not let u p in the pursuit of your objectives merely because you are headed in the right direction. Rather, Alpha men all over the world should gird their loins a n d follow the j o b t h r o u g h to its logical end. Keeping Ideals in View I should ask that every chapter have framed on the walls of its meeting room some strong statement of the need a n d the objectives of the fraternity, collectively a n d individually, to struggle constantly for the achievem e n t of those objectives along with the ideals of b r o t h e r h o o d . T h i s , I personally feel, is needed if we are to m a i n t a i n and change o u r objectives, where necessary, a n d if we are not to lose sight of them. I would like to close with a little story. A young m a n h a d just returned from an enjoyable date with his girl friend. H e immediately sat down a n d wrote her a letter, asserting his u n d y i n g devotion. " T h e r e is n o t h i n g I w o u l d not do to reach your side," he wrote. "I would climb the highest m o u n t a i n s , I would cross the trackless desert, I would swim

the widest ocean to be near you, my beloved." T h e n he added: " P . S. I'll see you Saturday night, if it doesn't rain." T h a t is the danger of public speeches. W e may be so entertained, or so enthusiastic about a problem, or so e n a m o u r e d of great, shining generalities that we never do get a r o u n d to take a p p r o p r i a t e action! I sincerely hope that this will not be true of the Alpha m e n assembled here tonight. â&#x20AC;˘

Suffolk Contest S U F F O L K , V a . - G r o w i n g Epsilon Iota L a m b d a Chapter, which has increased its membership from seven to 16 in a short time, recently sponsored a T r i - C o u n t y Musical contest in Suffolk. Five high schools in the area participated in the contest a n d prizes were awarded, the first prize of $30 being won by S o u t h a m p t o n C o u n t y T r a i n i n g School, Courtland, Va. Held to increase u n d e r s t a n d i n g between the three counties involved, the contest helped set the atmosphere for "Education for Citizenship W e e k " observed by the chapter. THE

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VITAL PART IN CIVIC LIFE PLAYED BY ETA LAMBDAS OF ATLANTA A I L A N T A , Ga. - Eta L a m b d a Chapter continues to play a vital part in the civic life of Atlanta. During the first three m o n t h s of 1952, it not only sought to effect wider employment of Negroes in government agencies, but also played an invaluable role in an effort to increase their voting power. In J a n u a r y , Eta L a m b d a a p p o i n t e d a committee to study the possibilities of the employment of more Negroes in governmental agencies in metropolitan Atlanta. This committeecomposed of Brothers Henderson, Coleman, Greenlea, Hale, Burney, and Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;initiated an effective, concentrated program whereby more Negroes would be encouraged to take civil service examinations, and, realizing the importance of a unified movement,

led the way in u r g i n g other organizations to do likewise. Equally i m p o r t a n t was Alpha's role in the registration of Negroes for voting in Atlanta. Eta L a m b d a not only contributed fifty dollars to the Atlanta Voters' League, but d u r i n g March it literally "carried" more than 500 Negroes to the polls. T o eliminate problems of transportation, the services of the Atlanta T a x i C a b Association were procured without cost; the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and the Y.M.C.A. contributed station wagons; and through the kindness of Brother James P. Brawley, president of Clark College, and Brother J. H . Lewis, president of Morris Browii College, college busses were used without charge. In order to advise citizens properly, undergraduate brothers

made door-to-door calls; a n d W E R D , the local Negro-owned radio station, gave its services. Every car-owner was encouraged to display a sticker provided by Eta L a m b d a a n d marked, " W e Are Registered Voters." Very few Negroes in A t l a n t a were not registration-minded.

Boy Scouts Launch Three-Year Program T h e Boy Scouts of America in February launched a three-year program, " F o r w a r d on Liberty's T e a m , " d i n i n g Boy Seoul Week, February 6 12. T h e movement's 2,900,000 boys and leaders are uniting in a practical program that seeks to build a sound citizenship for the future a n d recognizes the need for m a k i n g the concept of liberty and participating citizenship more deeply appreciated.

CAROLINA MOON. START SHINING! Snowbound umbrella men of Beta Epsilon Chapter. Greensboro, N. C , appear to be keeping the lamps of learning aglow at A. & T. College. Left to right, they are: Alfred Morgan, Stephen Howard, Jack Gibson. Abram DeVaughn and Wiley Bowling. Perhaps, as chapter SPHINX editor Charles Nesbit claims, the brothers are "struggling to see the Alpha light in the winter probation" at Beta Epsilon.

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Dr. White Madison Elected to Highest Post In Lodge J E F F E R S O N C I T Y , Mo. Dr. W h i t e H . Madison, m e m b e r and past president of Beta Zeta L a m b d a Chapter of Jefferson City and Sedalia, was unanimously elected grand master of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall ( . r a n d Lodge, F. and A. M. of the State of Missouri a n d its jurisdiction ai I he 85th a n n u a l communication held in St. Joseph. Dr. Madison had previously served as grand secretary of the grand lodge for seven years. U p o n the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of the newly-elected g r a n d master, a contrib u t i o n of $500 was m a d e to flood relief in Kansas and Missouri through the Salvation Army. T h e new grand master lives and practices medicine in Marshall. Mo. Death

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Beta Zeta L a m b d a C h a p t e r is m o u r n i n g the death last Fall of Brother Norval Parker Barksdale, whose position as instructor of French, Lincoln University has been filled by his devoted wife, Mrs. Alyce Barksdale. Brother Barksdale was an ardent civic worker, a W o r l d W a r I veteran, a m e m b e r of the American Legion a n d an active Alpha. His hobbies included French cookery a n d railroads, both m i n i a t u r e a n d full-scale. He served at the university from 1923 u n t i l the s u m m e r of 1951, receiving his Ph.D. degree at the University of Illinois in 1946. One-Man

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A one-man show of the art works of Brother J. D. Parks was held last m o n t h at the Carl Van Vechten Gallery of Art at Fisk University. Brother Nicholas L. Gerren recently was a p p o i n t e d a m e m b e r of the N a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e of the Music Educators N a t i o n a l Conference, '"Music in H i g h e r Education." H e is also a m e m b e r of- the Missouri Music Educators Association Committee on Folk Music. T h e Girl Scouts of the U. S. A., observing their 40th anniversary this year, are giving special emphasis to a series of projects which include rec r u i t m e n t of 500 new professional workers a n d 80,000 volunteer workers t o fill a need for expansion to m a k e room for thousands of would-be members in the scout organization. PAGE

D R . O. W I L S O N W I N T E R S ,

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Dear Faithful Readers: It grieves me very much to have missed a p p e a r i n g here for the first time in twenty-one years. I have been so busy doing things for Alpha that 1 forgot all about the SPHINX deadline (April 7, 1952) until I received a telegram from the boss. Perhaps I wasn't going to write m u c h anyway. I might have told you of my visit to Psi Chapter, University of Pennsylvania, when they had their "Look Set'' day lor Alpha hopefuls. My subject was " W i n d o w Shopping." I most likely would have mentioned the anniversary b a n q u e t ai Delta Pi, Chcyney State Teachers College, where I was the Mastoid of Ceremonies. ( T h a t ' s no printer's error. "Mastoid'' means a pain in tlie neck). It was an inspiring occasion. Pi Delta was one year old and all of the "fairy god-mothers" were there to do h o n o r : Lawson, Booker, Sandiler, Hall, Lockett, et al. 1 had collected some choice gossip

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on its Vernal travels but "deadlines is deadlines." Anyway, this is what I would have whispered to you . . . DR. O. WILSON Overheard at the Bridge Club Watch your language! T h e r e is a great difference between the right word a n d the word right. For instance, you can call a woman a kitten, b u t not but not a rat; a chicken, but not a hen; a duck, b u t not a but not a sight. * * # # N a t u r e seems determined to make us work. comb, the more face we have to wash. * * * *

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Love-making hasn't changed in a thousand years. T h e y tell us that Greek maidens used to sit a n d listen to a lyre all evening, too. * * # * A certain brewer sent a sample of his beer to a laboratory to be analyzed. A few days later he received this report from the chemist: "Dear Sir: Your horse has diabetes." * * # * Don't forget to get a b u n c h of bonds, to buy a b u n c h of bombs to b o m b a b u n c h of bums. * # * # J u d g e : "So you say the defendant stole your money from your stocking?" Plaintiff: "Yes, your honor." J u d g e : " T h e n why d i d n ' t you resist"'" Plaintiff (pouting): "Well, how did I know he was after my money?" * * # # Overheard, at the Clinic " H e ' s so clever he could make a living selling u n d e r t h i n g s at a nudist colony." " W h a t k i n d of u n d e r t h i n g s could he sell to nudists?" "Cushions!" * * # * Nurse (to doctor as they left a room in the hospital): "You can never (Continued on Page 12) THE

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Equalityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;UA New Spirit in Our Land W h e n the history of these days is finally compiled, one fact will undoubtedly loom large, because it is the most significant development that has taken place in our nation in the past seventy-five years: namely, the unprecedented initiative now being shown by minority groups for participation in American life. Incidentally, the o p p o r t u n i t y for this sharing on an identical (not racial or religious) basis, according to the fundamental tenets of the democratic p a t t e r n . should have been available all the time. T h i s struggle for educational facilities a n d a new practice of the oftproclaimed recognition of h u m a n dignity has now taken many a new t u r n . Some ot these changes lay simmering in the minds and hearts of people; others, because of the legal efforts directed toward a new way, have become topics appearing on the front pages of newspapers. T h e process is one that d e m a n d s clear a n d decisive thinking. Moreover, there is urgent need for an un-

By B R O . J. R U P E R T P I C O T T Executive Secretary, Virginia Teachers Association dersianding of racial aspirations. Such an understanding must be divorced from sentimentality a n d ante-bellum emotionalisms. If there is one fault that we all seem to share mutually, it is that we don't seem able to think ( a n d I d o mean think) when the question involves a racial issue. It is regrettable that too frequently the most astute, level-headed and sane citizen will use careful consideration a n d sound judgment in most matters except race. I n this area of h u m a n relations we are too often prone to "act solely o n o u r emotions, a n d not think with our heads from the facts." A Look

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Let's take a look at the facts: First. T h e movement to secure integrated educational facilities for all

of the children of the nation is rapidly a p p r o a c h i n g the "high gear" stage. It will not be denied, because of growing n u m b e r of persons are being aroused from their lethargy in this regard a n d are m a k i n g their desires known. It is high time that those of us in education realize this trem e n d o u s potential a n d gear o u r actions accordingly. Second. T h e interest shown by children, as demonstrated in part bv the Farmville, Virgirtia students, is an amazingly c o m m e n d a b l e development. Indeed, when several h u n d r e d high school students of diverse r u r a l backgrounds realize the needs of a situation so keenly that they remain united to a cause for several weeks (without a single a p p a r e n t deviation or breaking of the ranks) something new can be said to have been added to studeni t h i n k i n g a n d acting o n American shores. Unanimity

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Third. T h e minority g r o u p members from the lowest to the highest (if such a separation can be made) live, h o p e a n d pray for the day when the barriers now erected because of race will be completely eradicated. It can be said, too: there is no person anywhere w h o does not get a " l u m p in his t h r o a t " a n d resent the asiniiu a n d unnecessary prohibitions to his riding on a train or a bus. T h e attit u d e a b o u t legal a n d enforced separations on trains a n d buses certainly extends to other areas as well. Make n o mistake: forced acceptance by n o means should be interpreted as "love for" or "agreement w i t h " this situation. T h e citizen obeys the law, b u t seeks to break it down in the true American fashion.

ALPHA CHI CROWNS A QUEEN Miss Rolando Sydnor was crowned Alpha Chi's Chapter Sweetheart for the second consecutive year at Fisk's 1952 semi-formal Coronation Ball, open to the entire student body. Left to right: Miss Jean Crowder. attendant; Miss Sydnor, crowned "Pearl of Pearlsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pearl Eternal"; Miss Elnora Roberson, attendant; and Alpha Chi President lames Cook. Miss Sydnor. senior mathematics major from Roanoke, is president of the Women's Senate.

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Fourth. Minority citizens have acq u i r e d a sense of m a t u r i t y . O n e way to illustrate this is that threats, even Irom high places, n o longer frighten them. J o b security is vital, b u t Patrick Henry's d r a m a t i c words keep ringing "not at the price of chains and slavery!" T h e s e m a t u r e citizens, including teachers, have learned to evaluate such threats to survival in terms of t r u e meanings. Moreover, these m a t u r e citizens remember t h a t pay parity or salary equalization for teachers came the h a r d way. T h e y re(Continued on Page 27) P A G E 11

FRATERNITY FUN (Continued from Page 10) talk to that patieni without her giving you a full recital of her ailments." Doctor: "Yes, you might almost call it an organ recital." At a social gathering in Richmond, a lawyer called a physician aside and said: "I hate to attend these affairs. People are always asking for free advice. Do you have to endure that sort of thing too?" "Why yes, the) do approach me," said the physician, "but I halt them in the midst of their symptoms and tell them, 'Disrobe.' Alter that I really have no trouble." # * # * Beware of lite men who call you "Doc." Rarely do they pay their bills. #

Overheard in the Gutter In his class at school Bobby's teacher had suggested that all the little boys and girls should write friendly letters to the school children of Holland. It would foster international good-will. One day a boy received a reply to one of his letters. It was from a little girl in Amsterdam expressing her gratitude for his good wishes. The boy hurried home and called upstairs to his mother, "Gee, ma, what do ON EXECUTIVE COUNCIL you think? I got a girl in Dutch." Brother J. Harold Love" of Florida A. & M.'s Beta Nu Chapter is one oi the n e w l a y * * * * members to the Executive Council. He is T h e little girl who was frequently reprimanded by her mother for working with Brother A. M. Smith on a reclauntidiness began suddenly to clean her room, and place her toys and books mation program, and is actively e n g a g e d in projects dealing with graduate and unwhere they belonged. dergraduate relations. He w a s coordinator The startled mother sought an explanation. "What has come over you, of the undergraduate panel at the Southern Mildred?" Regional Convention in Miami. "I'm frightened, Mother. I read in last night's paper that two girls were arrested for keeping a disorderly house." CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Instructions Piano lessons in your home to beginners or advanced students. Phone Prof. Bangs. Popular dances taught. Voice Culture.-St. Vitus Studio. Personals I will not be responsible for any bills contracted by my wife.-I. M. Short. WASHINGTON, D. C. - Making Dear Jack, his initial swing around the country, You may come home now. We've got a new district attorney.-Dad. new general president A. Maceo Wanted Smith visited brothers in the WashWanted-Farm mule. Must be reasonable. ington area in February. At a smoker Box 13 given in his honor by Mu Lambda, Middle aged woman wants washing and cleaning two days a week. Beta and Beta Auxiliary Chapters, Job as bartender-Man, honest; will take anything. Classification 4-F. Brother Smith outlined the program For Sale for the year and requested the wholeTwin beds. One as good as n e w - C 12, Goodyear Apts. hearted cooperation of all Alpha men, * * • • particularly in respect to reclaiming He had been in the hospital twenty days and the routine had been the inactive Alpha brothers. In addition same. Twice daily a nurse would appear at his bedside with an orderly to the large attendance of brothers to help lift him in position for his treatment. of the Washington chapters, approxiToday, a knock came on the door. With inquisitive resignation he mately a dozen brothers from a chapasked: "Who goes there; friend or enema?" ter at Morgan State College, Balti• # • * more, were guests at the smoker. The Well, well, well! So he printed this stuff after all, didn't he? Do you salon and drawing room of the Alpha know what happened? Oh, I said to him what the raindrop said when it House in Washington were the scene of the reception given in March by dropped in the speck of dust on the window pane! "O. K. Barton, that settles Brother Howard Jenkins, President of you. Hereafter—your name is mud." Mu Lambda Chapter, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Holmes of Den- cific cruise, complete with hulas, sam- when they see the manner in which they have decorated and furnished the ver. Dr. Holmes has been given the bas and rhumbas. Mu Lambda Chapter has one of the salon and ladies' lounge. During the Charter Day award by Howard Unilargest and probably one of the most winter this group purchased a Grand versity. The Beta Mu Lambda Corporation, active organizations of Alpha wives in piano, thus completing the furnishthe legal entity which manages the the country. Over ninety per cent of ings of the music room. In addition Alpha House, has recently purchased the wives of financial Alpha men par- to their projects in the House, the members of the group participate aca 21-inch television for the club room. ticipate. Visitors to the House are impressed tively in numerous community organiThe theme of the Mu Lambda and Beta ball this year was a South Pa- with the resourcefulness of this group zations and projects.

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WORKING IT OUT Eastern Regional Vice-President Walter Booker and Brother Frederick A. Jackson, chairman of Extensions and Standards, work out preconvention details with the conference chairmen during the recenl Pittsburgh planning meetings. Seated, left to right, are: Brothers Ralph Brown. Robert Ruff in. Frederick A. Jackson, Walter Booker, William A. G. Fisher. George Mason, William K. Leftridge. and Regis Bobonis. Standing are Brothers Theodore White (left) and Howard Hairston. The convention was held May 16-18.

Chapter Was Aid In Staging Meet PITTSBURGH, Penna.-Brothers of Alpha Omicron Lambda played a major part in making a success of the Eastern Regional Convention held in Pittsburgh May 16 through 18. Back in March, convention chairmen of the chapter were meeting with regional officers to plan the variety of programs and social events for the important conclave. The brothers adopted the theme of the problems confronting youth today, and set up workshops in education, military training and the spiritual, social and physical problems of the times and their impact on youth. â&#x20AC;˘ Today, rheumatic disease afflicts five per cent of our national population. Its causes and cure are still almost as obscure as they were at the beginning of time. MAY, 1952

WELCOME TO REGIONAL VP Brother Charles Cuthbert of Omicron Lambda Chapter welcomes Brothers Walter C Booker regional vice-president, and Frederick A. Jackson to the regional planning meeting held in Pittsburgh March 29.

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Sixth Anniversary Of Gamma Delta P I N E 151.IFF. Ark. - Attorney Jackie L. Shopphire, w h o was the Krsl Negro to graduate from the law school of the University of Arkansas, was the main speaker at a March banquet m a r k i n g the sixth anniversary of G a m m a Delia Chapter. T h e program also included chapel services and singing of the Sweetheart Song and the National Alpha Phi Alpha Hymn. G r a d u a t i n g brothers from Arkansas A. M. & N. College w h o a t t e n d e d the celebration were Earl K. Blakley, Raym o n d Stewart, Samuel Kountz, Willie E. Lindscv. Vannette W. Johnson, Jacob I. Johnson, George B. McCall, William Robertson. Ernest Dees, HenIV W. T r e n t , Elliott McKmney, a n d Clarence Lewis.

Freedman's Hospital Clinic Praised As 'Outstanding* W A S H I N G T O N , D. C . - A n outpatient clinic lot the treatment of early cases of arthritis has now been established at Freedmen's Hospital in Washington. 1). ('... and is closely integrated with H o w a r d University Medical School. General George C. Kenney, president ol the Arthritis and R h e u m a t i s m F o u n d a t i o n , hails the clinic as an outstanding example of the work being done in providing clinical services for arthritis victims in connection with litany of the nation's 78 medical schools and their affiliated hospitals. "It is particularly significant," he said, "thai this is the first arthritis clinic connected with a Negro medical school. At a time when we are emphasizing the development of training programs for physicians to avoid

the crippling effects of arthritis a n d to prevent a major d r a i n on the nation's manpower, this is an encouraging step in the right direction." I he physician in charge of the reorganized Freedman's Hospital Arthritis Clinic is Dr. James A. Watson, w h o received assistance from Dr. Darryl C. Crane, president of the Washington, D. C. chapter of the Arthritis a n d R h e u m a t i s m Foundation. Approximately seven and one-hall million people in ihe United States are afflicted with arthritis. T h e disease seems to strike heaviest among people engaged in hard physical laboi and individuals in the lower income group. T h e clinic at Freedman's Hospital is devoted almost exclusively to indigents or low income groups, with a predominance of Negro patients.

OBSERVING SIXTH ANNIVERSARY Members of Gamma Delta and their friends observing the Sixth Annual Founders' Day are. left to right, holding banner: Raymond Stewart, Earl K. Blakley; first row—I. I. Johnson, Nathaniel Morris, Mae Newson, Gwendolyn Whitaker, Junita Davis, Thelma Pauline Minton. Jackie L. Shropshire. Wendell Westbrook. Second row—Willie E. Lindsey. George McCall. James Tuberville, Samuel Ray. William Robertson. James Martin, and Frank Evans. Third row—Darwin Davis. George Watkins, James Campbell, James Strickland, Dan Minor. Steve Goldsberry, Veron McMurray. and Jerry Jewel. Fourth row—Ernest Dees, Arthur Porter, Billye Thompson. Clarence Lewis. Henry Trent. Elliott McKinney. Allen Black. Not shown: Walter Martin, Vannett Johnson, Samuel Kountz, and president, chapter, Hanley Norment. who is succeeding Kountz as student government head.

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SUFFOLK CHAPTER CHRISTMAS PARTY Members of Epsilon Iota Lambda Chapter of Suffolk. Va., and their chapter sweetheart. Dr. Margaret W. Reid, attend a chapter Christmas celebration. Brothers are, seated left to right: S. A. Cook. William P. Johnson. Walter L. Porter, William J. Hopkins. Dr. R H Bland and Leon W. Armstead. Standing: H. M. Bass. George P. Wyche. Alfred P. Godwin, Kenneth H. Pretlow, W, L. Turner, Kennard S Roper II, James H. Townes. Dr. W. P. Richardson, and Robert H. Jackson.

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New Educational Horizons for Alpha I think one may say without fear of contradiction that interracial understanding a n d cooperation is the most important educational goal for Negro Americans today. It is more than a coincidence that this goal is probably the most important for all American education as well. Looking at present educational programs in schools a n d colleges for Negroes, however—and in American institutions of learning in general—one would scarcely arrive at the conclusion that the betterment of racial understanding and cooperation is "a consumation devoutly to be wished." T h e current leaders in American education are literally "fiddling" with such time-worn trivialities as liberal arts versus vocational education, traditional programs versus progressive programs, idealism versus positivism, and the like. Meantime the fiery crosses of the KKK, the homes of workers for minority rights, Catholic churches a n d Jewish synagogues burn—even more literally. Following

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Negro schools a n d colleges, once dedicated to a distinctively u n i q u e function, are now following in the wake of the confusion created by white institutions, with the result that the traditional function of the racial institutions of learning is being lost by default. T h i s is not to say that some efforts M A Y , 1952

By B R O . W I L L I A M H. R O B I N S O N Chairman, Division of Education Hampton Institute are not being m a d e to employ the programs of schools a n d colleges for the betterment of race relations. Actually more is being done in this direction now t h a n at any previous time, but the educational efforts directed toward improving relationships between the races have been mostly sporadic a n d localized, a n d have never gathered the m o m e n t u m of a movement. T h e r e has not been in education a counter-movement to wave after wave of racial misunderstanding and conflict which have dealt democracy defeat after defeat at home a n d brought shame a n d disgrace to our nation abroad. It is high time that something be done on a nationwide scale to focus the attention of the schools a n d colleges on one of their most i m p o r t a n t responsibilities to the American people—interracial and nonracial relationships. Wide

Cooperation

T o sustain a movement aimed at the improvement of race relations through education w o u l d require, of course, the cooperation of many individuals, groups, a n d institutions. W i t h an intelligently a n d imaginatively p l a n n e d program, however, it is possible for one g r o u p to launch such

an undertaking. Both by origin and development, an organization' admirably suited to generate the idea is the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. In 1911, just five years alter tin organization h a d m a d e the transition from a literary society to a secret (week letter fraternity, " A l p h a Chapter began a constructive effort to destroy prejudice at Cornell University,"* the birthplace of the organizan o n . In his address to the 1916 Con vention at Richmond, Virginia. "President H . H . L o n g emphasized the need of an aim for the fraternity a n d urged that education should be the leading one which should be selected."** At the Twelfth A n n u a l Convention of the Fraternity at Chicago, Illinois, in 1919, a commission was organized "to launch a movement toward influencing colored students of the country to go to high school and to college."*** T h e rest of the story is well k n o w n . For the past thirty-odd years, Alpha has expended considerable time and money p r o m o t i n g the now famous and well-established "Go-to-High-School, Co-to-College" program. T h u s Alpha almost from its beginning dedicated Charles H. Wesley, "The History of the Alpha Fraternity," Washington, D . C ; Howard University Press, 1929, p. 98. ** Ibid., p. 145 *** Ibid., p. 174

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itself to the fight against racial prejudice and t h r o u g h o u t most of its history lias regarded education as one of the major concerns of the fraternity. Alpha

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Alpha lias wrought well in the field nl educational activity. T h e movement ii originated a n d sponsored came into being at a time when the need to encourage Negro youth to c o n t i n u e their education was very great indeed. While ii is impossible to calculate exactly how many students embarked upon a high school or college education as the direct result of the stimulus a n d support furnished by the "Co-to-High-School, Co to-College" movement, m u c h good certainly has been done by the brothers in Alpha in this direction t h r o u g h the years. W h e n the p r o g r a m was initiated in 1919. ihere wen: approximately 26,400 Negro youth in the high schools, and scarcely more than 5.000 were enrolled at the collegiate levels in racial institutions of higher education. But in 1950 approximately .11)0.0011 Negro boys and girls were in the high schools a n d close to 70,000 in Negro colleges, practically all of which are of collegiate grade. T h u s in 30 years the n u m b e r of Negroes in high school has increased more t h a n 1,056 per cent, a n d the Negro college p o p u l a t i o n increased 1,300 per cent

while the total Negro p o p u l a t i o n increased only 10 per cent, or from 10 million to 14 million d u r i n g the same period. This is not to say that the task of getting Negro youth to go to high school a n d college has been finished, but it does seem that sufficient progress has been made in this direction for Alpha to shift its educational sights toward new horizons. Spec iiieally now, how can Alpha inaugurate a nation-wide educational movement aimed at improving race relations? W h i l e the details of such a program must be left to a p p r o p r i a t e committees of the organization, the lol lowing general outline should prove helpful in giving direction to the p l a n n i n g . A Nexo

"Week"

"Better Racial Cooperation t h r o u g h Education W e e k " should s u p p l e m e n t the present citizenship week which Alpha conducts annually. Instead of being chiefly racial in outlook, this idea should be introduced in white as well as Negro institutions. Efforts should be made to have local, state, a n d even national governmental officials declare this week dedicated to the improvement of racial u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h r o u g h education. L i t e r a t u r e developed by the fraternity should be sent to a representative sampling of white institutions of higher education t h r o u g h o u t the nation a n d the state

superintendents of public education in the 48 states a n d the District of Columbia. T h e many civic, social, fraternal, a n d workers' organizations should also be furnished with appropriately prepared circulars and bulletins describing the movement. Of course, chapters of Alpha a n d individual brothers would be expected to d o the leg work to p r o m o t e the idea in their particular locale. Aid to

Students

Financial aid should be given to prospective students not alone on scholastic promise, although this must be retained as an inviolable criterion, b u t also on the basis of the degree to which students so helped may make a valuable contribution to the betterment of racial understanding. Negro students should be assisted in pursuing their education in white institutions of the South a n d in schools a n d colleges in other parts of the country where n o Negroes formerly attended, or in those institutions whose disinclination to accept Negroes as students is known. Conversely, white students should be aided in studying in Negro institutions in the South. I should hasten to add that the idea here is not to attempt to create missionaries or propagandists for the cause of better race relations. T h i s would be an unfair obligation to place u p o n beneficiaries of the Fraternity's â&#x20AC;˘ifr'.i-n

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ALPHA PRESIDENT VISITS ST. LOUIS A. Maceo Smith, piesident oi Alpha Phi Alpha, sits front row center at a recent St. Louis expansion conference with Epsilon Lambda chapter members. Left to right, front row. are: Irving A. Williamson, Dr. T. Garrott Benjamin. Smith, Henry von Avery, chapter president and John D. Abrams. Standing are: Paul V. Dobbs. John D. Buckner. Ruges R. Freeman, Dr. Leroy A. Collins. Fred E. Williams and Alfred H. Wilson.

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GAMMA IOTA POTENTIALS Pledges of Gamma Iota Chapter at Hampton Institute are. left to right, front row: James Simmons, Coleman Davis, Wilmer Andrews, Marsh Wallace. Jr., Stephen Bostic and Earl Batts. Back row: Prince Simmons. Edwardo Maillard. Willie Saulters. Harold Adams. William Moss. Donald Waldon, Charlie Young, Robert Jones and John Henderson.

financial aid. Attention is called to the General Education Board grants which set forth as one of their criteria the likelihood that the recipient will return to the South and make some contribution to the educational and cultural development of that part of the country. Whatever the predictive techniques employed by this foundation, Alpha could certainly devise equally reliable bases with reference to students whose education might help the cause of race relations. Use of Mass Media The several media of mass communication should be used both for the purpose of publicizing the program and as agencies of education. The outstanding dailies of the nation and representative state and city newspapers should be furnished with appropriate copy; Special articles should be placed in the leading weekly and monthly magazines and the journals of the teaching profession as wellâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the official organs of nation-wide organizations such as the NEA Journal, School and Society, Education, and the MAY, 1952

[ike, Stale teachers' bulletins and publications of colleges and universities should likewise be furnished with information about the movement. Of course, the Negro dailies, weeklies, and monthly publications should be furnished with descriptions of the program, as well as the liberal white issues which originate in the South. Special

Recognition

It would be strategic to have annual awards or other means of special recognition given by Alpha to the individuals, organizations and institutions which make the most important contribution to the improvement of racial cooperation through education during the course of each year. What has been presented here is only the broad outline of a plan for Alpha's future educational emphasis. Of course, much more might be said, but the direction which the movement might take has been described or implied. If this program is properly initiated, Alpha will not find itself working alone very long. Many individuals,

groups, and institutions will rally quickly to the support of this idea once it is clearly understood. There are many people today who wish to help promote the cause ol demot raq at home but are at a loss as to howbest go about it. Particularly is this true of the teaching profession. Most of the movements which have been attempted or which are now on foot are not the kind to which the public school and college teachers and administrators can easily give support, even if they want to do so. By using the media with which their profession is concerned, their participation will be made natural and effective. This scheme is grand but not grandiose. It is certainly an ambitious undertaking. T h e stakes are high and success will bring the greatest reward which a fraternity, or any organization for that matter, might seek. It is therefore worthy of Alpha, which might well ignite a lasting "light to the world" in bringing the races closer together by the most effective and lasting means known to mankind â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through education. PAGE 17

times yearly in local churches. Brothers A r t h u r Green a n d Alfred Luke head the program. Officers

Installed

Officers lor the year recently installcd by the chapter a t e H a r o l d R. [ones, president; J. Oscar Williams, vicepresident; Edward J. Wilson, corresponding secretary; A r t h u r Green, financial secretary; T h o m a s C. Walker, recording secretary; James Hatchett, treasurer: William C. Burnett, editor to I I I I

SPHINX; John E. Jackson, cus-

todian: Charles Fin low, sergeant-atarms; William Dixon, parliamentarian; Albert McKee, historian; Isaiah Fletcher, chaplain; Leonard [ones. auditor; a n d C. T o l a n d Draper, dean dl pledges.

NEW BETA GAMMA LAMBDA OFFICERS Newly elected officers of Beta Gamma Lambda Chapter at Richmond. Va. are: seated. left to right, David A. Graves, financial secretary; Roland D. Ealey, president; Harvey O. Freeman, secretary. Standingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Dr. R. H. Harrington, treasurer; J. H. Ziegler, chaplain; Herbert H. Allen, sergeant-at-arms (in background) William D. Resse. editor to the SPHINX and Sidney S. Parker, vice-president.

Covention Over, Berkeley Reviews Distinguished Year B E R K E L E Y , C a l i f . - " T h e shouting a n d the t u m u l t have died; t h e captains a n d the kings have departed, a n d G a m m a Phi L a m b d a Chapter, after e n t e r t a i n i n g Alpha delegates at t h e ">7tli annua] ((invention, looks back with p a r d o n a b l e pride at t h e activities of the old year while keeping an alert eye cocked for t h e new. T r i b u t e is paid by t h e chapter to those of its members w h o p u t aside their everyday pursuits to perform yeoman service in the great effort needed to make t h e convention a success. T h e r e was n o " L e t George d o it" as t h e members d u g into the hard a n d mostly u n g l a m o r o u s work involved in the project. N o r was the convention p r o g r a m the only achievement of the chapter d u r i n g t h e year. "Education for citizenship" is n o t a one-day or a oneweek affair with G a m m a P h i L a m b d a , b u t a year-around project. Recent a n d c o n t i n u i n g distinctions of chapter m e n a r e many. Brother Byron R u m f o r d was returned to t h e post of vice-president of t h e Far Western Jurisdiction. Brother Charles F'urlow was selected a regional director of t h e F a r Western Jurisdiction. I n t h e professional world, Brother P A G E 18

Joseph (.let, head of the radiation research laboratory at the I'Diversity of California, m a d e contributions in the field of radiation which included invention of a thermal gauge. A r t h u r Green received the Monarch Award from t h e Golden State Insurance C o m p a n y for all-around achievement. In charge of a laboratory at Perm a n e n t e F o u n d a t i o n Hospital, Fowler Beckford is doing special kidney research. Dr. T h o m a s W . Browne was recently appointed Resident at Children's Hospital of t h e East Bay. T h i s app o i n t m e n t , like his internship at t h e H i g h l a n d Alameda County Hospital, was a racial "first." The chapter's work includes sponsoring, with other groups, the Vocational Institute of O a k l a n d . O n e of 12 Alpha m e n participating prominently in the institute in February, chapter president H a r o l d Jones was c h a i r m a n of the Evaluation Sub-committee a n d compiled a brochure, "Helpful H i n t s to t h e Young J o b seeker," c o m p a r i n g favorably with a thesis for a higher degree. T o w a r d the same goal of community citizenship, a panel discussion, "Alp h a M e n T a l k It Over," is held 14

G a m m a Phi Lambda feels that it has done credit to itself a n d the fraternity by taking into the chapter the following m e n : Joseph T h o m a s , graduate of H a m p ton. class of 12, in business administration; supervisor of the San Francisco office of the (.olden State Mutual Life Insurance Company; William J. Russell, graduate of Philander Smith College, class of '33, University of Arizona post-graduate student, now a Golden State Company life underwriter; Lionel J. Wilson, University of California '39, Hastings Law School, '49, now a practicing attorney in Berkeley a n d O a k l a n d . - B R O . W . C. BURN K I T

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Richmond Chapter Elects R. A. Ealey R I C H M O N D , Va. - Beta G a m m a L a m b d a C h a p t e r met in March to elect a slate of officers for 1952-53 a n d to take u p other chapter business. Attorney R o l a n d D. Ealey was named president. O t h e r officers are Harvey O. Freeman, secretary; D r . R. H . H a r r i n g t o n , treasurer; J. H . Ziegler, chaplain; H e r b e r t H . Allen, sergeantat-arms; William D. Reese, editor to the SPHINX a n d Sidney S. Parker, vicepresident. T h e other business included planning for a formal spring dance; app o i n t m e n t of Frank W . R e n d e r as chairman of a committee o n the form a t i o n of a n Alpha Wives Auxiliary; a p p o i n t m e n t of B. A. Cephas, Jr., as c h a i r m a n of a housing committee; a n d S. S. Parker's presentation of t h e Executive C o m m i t t e e report, which r e c o m m e n d e d contributions to the U n i t e d Negro College F u n d , the C o m m u n i t y F u n d , a n d t h e American R e d Cross. THE

SPHINX

Achieve Transition From Segregated Branch of School L O U I S V I L L E , Ky. - Alpha Pi Chapter, formerly at Louisville Muni cipal College, has now m a d e the transition from that segregated branch of the University of Louisville to the main campus of the University. T h e core of the chapter is formed of the brothers from Municipal College, with such noteworthy additions as Brothers Willie Fleming and Joseph Alexander from Alpha Chi Chapter at Fisk, in Law and Medical Schools respectively; and Brother Aldred Van Calloway from Gamma Iota C h a p t e r al H a m p t o n Institute, in the School of Law. T h e chapter has m a d e its influence felt in all campus activities. Brother Milton Young is its representative to the Pan-Hellenic Council and Brother Melvin Tolbert represented Alpha as a candidate lor Mr. T h o r o u g h b r e d at the a n n u a l T h o r o u g h b r e d Coronation Ball, which is held to crown the King and Queen of the yearbook, The Thoroughbred. Newly elected officers are: Milton Young, president; Melvin T o l b e r t , vice-president; Clark Grain, secretary; Houston Brooks, corresponding secretary; James Smith, chaplain; and Edward Faye, dean of pledgees. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; B R O . W I L L I A M R.

TRIBUTE DUE AT TOUGALOO Brothers of Gamma Upsilon Chapter of Tougaloo College, Tougaloo. Miss., earned the highest chapter scholastic a v e r a g e of all Greek letter organizations at the college for the iirst semester of 1951-52. Left to right, front row, are Charles D. Beale. Joseph Jones, Jr., Douglas Darris, and Frank Jones. Second row, Edward Barnes. Thomas C. Almore. and l a m e s Luckett, Jr. Third row: William Collins, Thomas D. Barnes and Chris Young. Not pictured are Ross Simms and William Harvey.

Beta Omicron Moving Forward In

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Mobile's Civic and Political Life Labor Assistant Welfare Work

N E W Y O R K , X. Y . - M o r e than 50,000 representatives of organized labor are now participating as board members in the work of the nation's C o m m u n i t y Chests a n d Councils, it was reported at a recent meeting of the labor participation committee of C o m m u n i t y Chests a n d Councils, Incorporated, a n d the U n i t e d Defense F u n d , Inc. A t t e n d e d by Negro a n d white leaders a n d b o t h major organized labor groups, the session m a r k e d the fifth anniversary of the operation of a nation-wide program to further cooperation between labor representatives a n d social workers in health a n d welfare p l a n n i n g a n d local federated fund-raising efforts affiliated with the nation's 1500 C o m m u n i t y Chests a n d Councils. M A Y , 1952

M O B I L E , Ala.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Down here in this historic yet isolated, fabulous yet sometimes forgotten, but always beautiful Mobile, Alpha moves forward. For the first time in several years, almost the entire g r o u p of officers has been changed. At a recent meeting Brother Dr. P. W. Goode installed the following: Nathaniel Russell, principal of Cleveland School, president; W a l k e r LeFlore, instructor of Science, County T r a i n i n g School, vice-president; William L. Dutch, instructor of English, County T r a i n i n g School, recording secretary; J o h n L. Copeland, instructor of Foreign Languages, Alab a m a State College Branch, assistant secretary; W. O. Jones, instructor of Agriculture, Baldwin C o u n t y T r a i n ing School, financial secretary; Dr. J. A. Franklin, physician, treasurer; Horace T . W a r d , instructor in Political Science, Alabama State College

Branch, chaplain; a n d A. L. Lacey, instructor in Physical Sciences. Alabama Sent- College Branch, associate editor to the SPHINX. All officers except Brothers Franklin and Jones are post-World W a r I I graduates and should add zest a n d vigor to Alpha's local program. Lead

in Civic

Affairs

I n civic affairs Beta O m i c r o n has been notably representative. In the recent campaign to solicit Negro voters Brothers J o h n L. Copeland and A. L. Lacey were a m o n g the first to play " G u i n e a P i g " a n d take the new voters' qualification tests to h e l p to determine its true effects on keeping Negroes from the poll. Both brothers passed the test with ease a n d gave evaluative criteria on all requested instances. At the local b r a n c h of the Alabama (Continued on Page 24) P A G E 19

Dr. Joseph M. Walker Elected Fellow In American College of Surgeons

BRO. J. M. WALKER

Scholastic Feats, Leadership Mark Gamma Chapter TUSKEGEE INST., Ala.-Gamma Phi Chapter marked its fourth anniversary here April 15. During the four years, Alpha men have excelled in scholastic achievements and leadership in traditional Alpha style. Of the 30 charter members initiated, only one, Brother Leonard V. Butcher, senior in the School of Veterinary Medicine, remains in the chapter. "Education for Citizenship Week" was climaxed by a program co-sponsored Alpha Nu Lambda Chapter at the regular vesper hour on Sunday, March 23. The speaker was Brother Hollis P. Price, president of Lemoyne College, Memphis, Tennessee. The following brothers of Gamma Phi Chapter will be graduated this month: Edward T. Braye, Willie R. Bray, Charles Brown, Jr., Dwight Burgess, Leonard V. Butcher, John W. Harris, Thomas J. Hill, George M. Kelley, Nicholas R. Newman, Percy J. Penn, Thcron L. Quarterman, Sherman M. Todd, Harry T. Waters, Leon A. Wilson and Bringier H. Barker. The Sphinx Club has eight members who are aspiring to cross the "burning sands." They have high scholastic averages and hold positions of responsibility and leadership in several student organizations. The president, Cedric C. Thompson, is listed in the 1951-1952 edition of "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities." â&#x20AC;&#x201D;BRO. WILLIE R. BRAY

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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. - Dr. Joseph M. Walker, Jr., an outstanding member of Alpha Pi Lambda chapter, recently received one of the highest honors of his profession when he was eli (ted a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Walker is the first North Carolina surgeon to cross this particular racial frontier. The election of Dr. Walker was marked lis the presentation of an enscribed plaque by the local chapter of Omega l'si l'hi Fraternity in its annual Achievement Week program, and by a smokei in his honor given by his friends and brothers. A native of Augusta, Georgia, Dr. Walker received his B. S. and M. D. degrees Eroro the University of Illinois and interned al Homer G. Phillips Hospital, St. Louis. He began practice in Winston-Salem in 1938 and was the first surgeon to perform a major operation al the Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital. Dr. Walker is president of the Twin

Cit\ Medical Society and of the Homer G. Phillips Alumni Association and a pasl Alpha Pi Lambda president.

Ladies "Invade" Ne w Fra t Ho use NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Wives and sweethearts of Tan Lambda Chapter had their first look at the chapter's fraternity house recently when that sanctum was the setting of a Valentine party. It was the first imitation the ladies had received to visit the brothers' domain. The patty was highlighted by a buffet, Valentine souvenirs for the guests, and a discussion period concerning "The Future of Sororities and Fraternities When Integration

(lomes." â&#x20AC;&#x201D;BRO. J. R. ANDERSON

EPSILON EPSILON LAMBDA GROWS Five new members of Epsilon Epsilon Lambda Chapter of Waco, Texas stand at "right shoulder, paddle" behind four of their chapter brothers. Standing, left to right, are: J. W. Yancy, II, F. A. Wynn, L. F. Chaney. J. W. Echols and C. L. Wilburn. Seated, left to right are: I. B. Isaacs, H. L. Burks, L. D. Bennett and E. C. Gibson.

THE SPHINX

Buffalo Honors Brother W. L Evans For Tireless Service to Public In recognition of his tireless efforts to make Buffalo a better city for all citizens, Brother William L. Evans of R h o L a m b d a C h a p t e r recently received several civic honors. In December, 1951, he was presented a citation by the Buffalo City Council for distinguished m e m b e r s h i p on the Public Expenditures Committee and for generally o u t s t a n d i n g public service. A m o n t h later Brother Evans received a Buffalo Evening News award as one of the 12 top citizens of the community for 1951. I n February. 1952, the Buffalo C h a p t e r of the N a t i o n a l Conference of Christians and Jews presented him a citation as one of eight persons w h o have m a d e an o u t s t a n d i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n to h u m a n relations. Brother Evans received the A. B. degree from Fisk University in 1909, did advanced study at Columbia University in 1910 a n d 1911, a n d received the M. \. degree from the University of Buffalo in 1930. H e was initiated into Alpha L a m b d a C h a p t e r in 1911. H e taught elementary architecture as well as machine a n d furni-

ture design at Central H i g h School in Louisville. Kentucky, from 1911 to 1916, when he left to become a j u n i o r p a r t n e r in Plato a n d Evans Architectural Engineers. H e served as industrial secretary of the Chicago U r b a n League from 1919 to 1923. I n 1927 Brother Evans became the first executive secretary of the Buffalo U r b a n League, Inc., a position which still holds. Brother Evans is a m e m b e r of the following organizations: the Buffalo Commission of the New York State Commission Against Discrimination, the American Association of Social Workers, the American Association for the Study of G r o u p Work, the New York Conference of Social Workers, the Board of C o m m u n i t y Relations, the Committee on Capital Expenditures and Priorities of the Buffalo City Council. Brother Evans is a u t h o r of the following works: "Federal Housing Brings Racial Segregation to Buffalo": "Race, Fear, a n d Housing"; " T h e Negro Community in 1948"; a n d " T h e Buffalo Inventor."

MEMBERS OF NEW CHAPTER Charter members of recently established Epsilon Pi Lambda Chapter at Ocala. Florida are, left to right: C. H. Jones, secretary; R. F. McGee, chaplain: J. W. Anderson, financial secretary: R. J. Starker, editor to the SPHINX; H. Jones, parliamentarian; G. T. Cooke. treasurer; B. F. Miller. W. E. Jackson, president. Not pictured are Hugh Mills and Leon Watts . . . Brother M. G. Miles, regional director, and Brother Nixon. Tallahassee, were on hand to install the chapter and give other assistance.

M A Y , 1952

BRO. WILLIAM EVANS

Many '52 Grads At Morehouse Are Alpha Rhos A T L A N T A , G a . - T h e 1952 graduating class of Morehouse College will contain the following 16 A l p h a R h o brothers, who constitute the largest n u m b e r of Alphas to receive their degrees al a Morehouse commencement in years: Calvin A. Brown, Jr., John W. Carten, William II. Carter, Charles Forbes Cohen, R a l p h a S. G r a h a m . Fred T . Guy, Ernest H o p k i n s , Calvin W. Jackson, William P. King, W a r n e r E. Meadows, R o b e r t L. Perkins, E d w a r d Bruce Phillips, fames Richey, Edgar Smith, Samuel j . Tucker, a n d W e n d e l l I'. W h a l u m . Of these brothers, ten are majors in biology. Ml of the g r a d u a t i n g brothers have participated in one or more of such campus organizations as The Maroon Tiger, The Torch Yearbook, the band. the Glee C l u b , the orchestra, Beta K a p p a Chi H o n o r a r y Scientific Society, the Student ' Council, the N. A. A. C. P., a n d the Y. M. C. A. In his junior year, Brother Ralpha G r a h a m of Dayton, O h i o , was an exchange student at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Brother G r a h a m was the first Morehouse student selected as an ex< hange student. Alpha R h o also h a d five brothers on the H o n o r Roll or Dean's List for the first semester 1951-52, as follows: (Continued on Page 29) P A G E 21

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Distinguished Slate of Officers Installed by Washington Chapter W A S H I N G T O N , D. C. The brothers of Mu L a m b d a , with their wives and sweethearts, gathered in the beautiful d i n i n g room of Baldwin Hall, H o w a r d University, in J a n u a r y for their a n n u a l installation b a n q u e t . Toastmaster tor the occasion was Dr. Vernon French. Dr. W a l t e r Booker, Eastern VicePresident, Alpha Phi Alpha, a n d Prolessor of Anatomy, H o w a r d University, was must speaker. O t h e r distinguished guests at the speaker's table, in addition to the newly elected president, Atty. H o w a r d Jenkins, were the Rev. Dr. Daniel Hill, Dean of the Chapel, H o w a r d University, w h o installed the new chapter officers; a n d Atty. Belford Lawson, past N a t i o n a l President of A l p h a P h i Alpha. T h e following brothers were installed as officers of M u L a m b d a for 1952: H o w a r d Jenkins, president; Aubrey Robinson, vice-president; George P A G E 22

Windsor, recording secretary; Verdie Robinson, corresponding secretary; C. C. House, financial secretary; Dr. Norris Atkins, treasurer, the Rev. L. Mayn a r d Catchings, chaplain, and Cmdr. John C. Eason, associate editor of SPHINX.

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Brother Jenkins is professor of law at H o w a r d University. H e received his A. B. Degree in 19S6 and LL.B. Degree in 1941 from Denver University. In addition to his professional duties, Brother J e n k i n s devotes considerable time to c o m m u n i t y activities, especially those which involve civil rights, gove r n m e n t litigations a n d labor problems. Brother Aubrey R o b i n s o n is a junior law p a r t n e r in the firm of Lawson, McKenzie a n d Robinson. The m e m b e r s of this firm are particularly noted for their participation in a number of successful civil rights cases before the U n i t e d States Supreme C o u r t .

Initiated in Alpha C h a p t e r in 1940, Brother Robinson received his A. B. Degree in 1942 a n d LL.B. Degree in 1947 from Cornell University. H e is the national representative of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on the American Council of H u m a n Rights. Government

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Brother George W i n d s o r is a successful government attorney, at present connected with the Office of Price Stabilization, Washington. A graduate of Bates College in Maine, 1938, and H a r v a r d Law School in Boston, 1941, he was initiated in Sigma Chapter in 1938. Brother Verdie Robinson, a native son of Washington, was initiated in Iota Chapter, Syracuse University, in 1927 a n d received his A. B. Degree from H o w a r d University in 1930. Besides being M u L a m b d a representative on the Pan-Hellenic Council, he is a career official of the Post Office Department. Brother C. C. House, reelected to an office which h e has successfully held for a n u m b e r of years, is a n instructor in business administration at Cardozo H i g h School, W a s h i n g t o n . A g r a d u a t e of the School of Business Administration, University of Kansas, THE

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and Howard University and a public accountant, Brother House is consultant to various firms in Washington. Xi Chapter Initiate Brother Norris Atkins was initiated in Xi Chapter in 1924. A graduate of the College of Dentistry, Howard University, he has been reelected to the office of treasurer for six consecutive years. Brother L. Maynard Catchings is a neophyte in Alpha, having been initiated by Mu Lambda in 1951. A graduate of Perry View College, Texas, in 1935 and the School of Religion, Howard University, he is the very successful minister of the Plymouth Congregational Church. Brother John C. Eason, principal program officer for Division of International Health, United States Public Health Service, is a graduate of Virginia Union University and Howard University. An officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service since 1943, he was initialed in Gamma in 1931. • Traced back to Neanderthal man, who lived thousands of years ago, arthritis and rheumatism are the oldest chronic diseases known to mankind. MAY, 1952

Dedication of Dairy Barn Honors Late Agriculturist TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-A new dairy barn of the Agriculture Department at Florida A. and M. College recently was dedicated to the honor and memory ol (lharles Henry Chapman, an Alpha who devoted the later years of his life to teaching agriculture at the college. Instrumental in establishment of the first Alpha chapter in Florida, the late Brother Chapman received the following tribute in dedicatory exercises opening the new building: "Born in 1876, Charles Henry Chapman received his education at Howard and Cornell Universities, Michigan State College and Hampton Institute. During his eleven years-1923-1934as dairyman on the agricultural staff of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College, he was instrumental in organizing the work in animal husbandry on the college level. He brought about improvement in the quality and size of the dairy herd and devoted much of his time and energy

to the construction of the old dairy building. "He was a sincere lover of animals and he worked tirelessly to instill this characteristic into his students. Although hank in his opinions and firm in his convictions, he nevertheless can•!ull\ respected the rights of others and thus won the high esteem of his stuck ins, his colleagues, and others. "He died in the service of this college on November 17, 1934 and is buried in Tallahassee, Florida." All Alpha men in the area are proud ol the posthumous honor of their late brother. • At Fairleigh-Dickinson College in New Jersey a shapely coed, who wore her sweaters much tighter than necessary, was called up to the front of the room to give a report. But the uproarious GIs in the class never gave her a chance to get beyond her opening words: "Now there are just two points I'd like to bring out . . ." —The Reader's Digest PAGE 23

AT BETHUNE COOKMAN Four Alpha stalwarts look into the status of the fraternity at Bethune-Cookman College. Left to right: Judge William N. Lovelace, Cincinnati. Ohio: Dr. Richard V. Moore, president of Bethune-Cookman College; Alpha General President A. Maceo Smith; and Dr. F. D. Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute.

Human Rights Council Leads Fight for Housing Equality WASHINGTON, D. C. - T h e American Council on Human Rights, which includes Alpha Phi Alpha among its six member fraternities and sororities re-elected James E. Scott as board president at a March annual dir e tors' meeting in Washington. Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., general counsel, an Alpha, and the other incumbent officers also were re-elected. Reviewing the work of the council during 1951, the board of directors decided to expand into the field of international affairs, recognizing the close relationship between the domestic struggle for equal rights and the whole world situation. The council will work through the United Nations to further its objectives. On the domestic side, the council was active last year in the fight for civil rights. A major project concerned the Federal Government's Slum Clearance and Redevelopment program and the effort, through the Housing and Home Finance Agency of the government, to seek inclusion of a non-discrimination provision in the public housing bill. The council has been in close touch with the agency throughout the legisPAGE 24

lative action concerning the housing for some time. In a letter to Raymond M. Foley, agency administrator, council director Elmer W. Henderson summed up the efforts of the council to secure aid in having safeguarding amendments written into housing legislation. Particular reference was made to a Baltimore project which Henderson described as confirming "the worst fears of those who sought to place specific safeguards against racial discrimination in the basic legislation." ". . . we felt that even though we did not obtain agency support for safeguarding legislative amendments that the practical operation of the legislation under your guidance would result in the ends we all desired," Henderson continued in his letter of January 14. "In the light of all this we are indeed perplexed that the Baltimore project could be approved in its present form and that your legal counsel could interpret your discretion in such a limited manner," the letter added. Henderson requested adoption of three "fair and reasonable" proposals: reconsideration of the administra-

tor's approval of the Baltimore project; conducting of policy and procedures of the program so that all racial groups participate on a basis of strict equality and that Federal funds will not be used to support a discriminatory local development as planned in Baltimore; and that approval of any redevelopment plan be dependent on either admission of eligible families of all racial groups in the newly constructed housing or barring of no group of families occupying a site selected for clearance if they are otherwise eligible, or both. In his annual report to the ACHR board at its meeting, Henderson attacked inaction on civil rights legislation in general and placed blame on "an open and notorious alliance between Dixiecrats and Congress and a majority of Republicans in the Senate." Fraternity and sorority leaders from several cities joined with board members in a workshop discussion of the ACHR program, held in the Alpha Phi Fraternity house in Washington. •

BETA OMICRON (Continued from Page 19) State College, Brother H. T . Ward is doing a most excellent job to enhance political consciousness. In addition to acquainting the student body and other interested persons with voting techniques and methods of evaluating candidates, he obtained a voting machine from the Board of Registrars and supervised mock elections. Brothers of Beta Omicron Lambda have also taken notable leads in the following charitable drives: the Community Chest, the March of Dimes, and the Red Cross. Brother LeFlore remains distinguished as a local N.A.A.C.P. leader. Beta Omicron Lambda has reasons to feel proud of its absent brothers. Brother Billy Goode recently received the M. D. degree from Meharry Medical College, and Brother Claude Odom won a commission in the Air Force. Brother S. T. Calloway also reports great progress from his base in Seattle, Washington. With the new year well under way and the program of the new officers taking hold, Beta Omicron Lambda looks forward to greater achievements in all fields. —BRO. ARCHIE L. LACEY

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Chicago Brother Honored at Joint Banquet CHICAGO, 111. - The combined membership of Xi Lambda and Theta chapters honored Xi Lambda brother Luther S. Peck at a banquet held in February. With more than 100 brothers looking on, Brother Belmont Haydel presented a scroll bearing the signatures of members of both chapters to Brother Peck. Initiated in 1912, the honored brother has spearheaded every movement undertaken since that time and has attended every national convention since 1933. Well known to many Alphas throughout the country, Peck recently played a prominent part in the "kick-off" of Chicago's reclamation program. Brother Charles P. Lane made an address eulogizing Brother Peck's services, Brother Oscar C. Brown was emcee, and Midwest Regional Vice-President William A. Smith installed Theta-Xi Lambda Foundation officers for 1952. Other program participants were David L. Daniel, Xi-Lambda Chapter president; W. Wayman Ward, Theta Chapter president; Leonard R. Jewell and Vernon S. Gordon, 1951 and 1952 Foundation presidents, respectively; Othello Ellis, E. K. McDonald, Sidney A. Jones, and Richard A. Harewood. â&#x20AC;˘

Scholarship Drive Program is Held AUGUSTA, Ga.-Alpha Chi Lambda Chapter recently presented the Album of Faith Singers of Allen University in connection with the chapter's annual scholarship drive. The program featured the crowning of Mrs. Janie Ruth Crawford, popular Ursula Collins School teacher, as Miss Alpha of 1952. At the annual meeting of the Georgia teachers of the Fifth Region, Brother Charles L. Butler was elected president of the Fifth Region Association, numbering more than 1,000 teachers. Brother Butler, a civic and religious leader and school principal, edits the Augusta Chronicle's Negro page, a daily feature of the newspaper. MAY, 1952

PLANNING SOUTHERN REGIONAL Five brothers confer at Bethune-Cookman College on plans for Southern Regional Conference held last month in Miami. Left to right are: Dr. Moses G. Miles. Florida A. and M. College, state director: Dr. Richard V. Moore, president of Bethune-Cookman College; Southern vice-president J. R. Henderson, of Atlanta; Dr. George W. Gore, president of Florida A. and M.; and Herman Lee of Delta Beta Chapter of Bethune-Cookman.

Jaycees Honor J. H. Johnson As "Outstanding Young Man" CHICAGO, 111. - Members of Xi can Legion commander, were presentLambda Chapter are justly proud of ed JCC plaques and keys at a dinner famous Brother John H. Johnson, attended by more than 800 members publisher of Ebony and three other and guests. magazines, who is one of "America's â&#x20AC;˘ 10 Outstanding Young Men" of 1951 selected by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. The ten young men, ranging in age from 27 to 35, were feted in January at a two-day meeting in Dayton, Ohio, COLUMBUS, Ohio-Brothers of which commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the Jaycees' founding. Alpha Rho Lambda chapter have exChosen from a field of many nomi- tended greetings to out-of-town Alnees, they were selected for "their ex- phas, many of whom the chapter memceptional contributions to their own bers met at the 1946 general convenprofessions and to the general wel- tion held in Columbus. New acquaintances will be made fare." and old ones renewed at this year's Johnson, 34, was described as "The Nation's leading Negro publisher." He convention in Cleveland, the brothers began his publishing firm nine years feel. In the meantime, Alpha Rho Lambago in a back room on a loan of $500. Today, Ebony and the other three da has been carrying out an interestmagazines he publishes boast a coming chapter program, now listing 25 bined circulation of almost a million. financial brothers yearly in chapter acIn editorials and speeches, he con- tivity and more than 75 brothers parstantly emphasizes Negro progress. Re- ticipating in some chapter activity. cently he set up an annual four-year Brother Arthur Richardson is the scholarship for Negro students at the current president, and monthly meetUniversity of Chicago. ings are held in his home. Johnson and the other nine young Members were looking forward to men, whose number included another a Spring formal on the Ohio State journalist, two doctors, two business University campus, sponsored by Kapleaders, a scientist, a legislator, a jet pa chapter, and to sharing in plancombat pilot, and the national Ameri- ning for the general convention.

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"Sentinels of Democracy" Need UNCF Support By B R O T H E R F. D. P A T T E R S O N President. United Negro College Fund For nearly o n e h u n d r e d years, t h e private Negro colleges have provided m u c h of the education a n d developed most of t h e leadership for Negro m e n a n d women. O u t of these colleges have come t h e spirit of u n d e r s t a n d i n g , the ideas a n d ideals, the knowledge a n d techniques, necessary for m e n to live effectively in a free society. T h e graduates of these colleges through the years have faced a n often hostile world resolutely a n d with intelligence, perspective, a n d foresight. O n so doing, they have fostered the growth of freedom and democracy in American society. But their work has scarcely begun. N o brief is here necessary to establish t h e fact that America and the world, generally, have b u t begun the establishment of a truly dcmo( ratM society. If this great a n d idealistic endeavor is to prosper, the private college must continue to g r a d u a t e men and women w h o are able a n d disposed to transform society, to direct social growth, a n d to foster political developmt tit toward this end. The

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agency, is peculiarly fit to d o this crucial task. It is relatively free from t h e influence of fluctuating political opinion a n d major political change. It alone can pursue a chartered course over long periods a n d thus accomplish the experimentation so vital to democratic progress. T h e private college is (he sentinel of democracy. I n t h e above relationships, the private colleges along with the state-supported institutions provide balance a n d scope for the total program of higher education in America. As integration progresses, there need be no fear ot the fate of t h e Negro college. Located as it is, largely in the South where educational growth has been u n t i l recently very slow, there will be the need for every available, soundly conceived a n d operated educational agency. T h e private colleges included in the U N C F are among the best in the legion, without regard to race. T h e i r services will be greatly needed whatever t h e state of progress toward integration may be. T h e U N C F has helped these colleges to keep going. It has consolidated and modernized their methods of appealing for funds. U n d e r the lead-

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Ch ap ter Presiden t Seeks City Post W A C O , Tex.—A general p r o g r a m of culture a n d progress including a variety of educational a n d social activities is being initiated by Epsilon Epsilon L a m b d a Chapter. O n t h e social side, t h e chapter's Spring Dance was held last m o n t h in Walker's A u d i t o r i u m , Waco, a n d members are enjoying a new chapter lounge a n d meeting room. T h e lounge, constructed by Brother J. W . Yancey, I I , boasts decorations of art a n d photographs a n d a piano. T h e following officers were installed d u r i n g J a n u a r y : E. C. Gibson, president; M . A. T r u e s d a l e , vice-president; G. L. Burks, secretary; L. D. Bennett, treasurer; J. W. Yancy, I I , assistant treasurer; L. F. Chaney, chaplain; R u p e r t Ewing, sergeant-at-arms: J. A. Butler, editor to T H E SPHINX a n d J. B. Issacs, d e a n

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ership of U N C F , the c o m b i n e d income for current expense has increased seven-fold. Unfortunately, educational costs have risen tremendously also. Nevertheless, despite h a r d times, great progress has been made. W i t h out U N C F a n d with gifts for c u r r e n t expense coming in at t h e o l d rate, t h e work of these colleges would have been greatly retarded a n d some might even have closed their doors. U N C F is, therefore, not simply a ray of h o p e ; it is a beacon light of security. As t h e pioneer in cooperative educational fund raising, it is being copied rapidly a n d successfully by groups of white colleges in several areas. T h a t its primacy is often n o t acknowledged by these groups is further proof of the value of the idea.

of pledges. T h e new president has a n n o u n c e d his candidacy for election as City Ald e r m a n of Waco. New c h a p t e r members are Brothers Yancy a n d Chaney a n d F. A. W y n n , J. W . Echols a n d C. L. W i l b u r n . — B R O . J A M E S A L F H E U S BUTLER

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EQUALITY(Continued from Page 11) m e m b e r well the threats that were made then, which were not fulfilled. Four Cases in Courts Fifth. At the time this article is prepared, there are lour cases in the courts attacking the issue of segregation in schools per se. (1) The Topeka Cos,' (Brown, et al v. Hoard of Education of T o peka. Shawnee County, Kansas, el al.) is now pending on appeal to the Supreme Court. T h i s case involves segregation in the first six grades of the public elementary schools as provided by the Kansas School laws permitting such option by local school Division Boards (2) The Clarendon. South Carolina Case (Briggs, et al. v. Elliott, et al.) was appealed to the U. S. Supreme Court on that portion of the District C o u r t s decree denying an injunction against segregation. T h e Supreme Court vacated the District Court's judgment a n d rem a n d e d the case to the original court. T h e District Court on March 13 h a n d e d down a second decision, which according to attorneys for plaintiffs, will be appealed to the U. S. Supreme Court. (3) The Wilmington, Delaware Case (Beulah, et al v. Gebhart, et al.) involves segregation on both the elementary and secondary school levels. T r i a l has been heard before a Delaware State Court, a n d that Court's decision is now awaited. If the State Court upholds segregation in the schools, the plaintiffs in the case are expected to appeal to the U n i t e d States Supreme Court. (4) The Farmville Case (Davis, et al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, et al.) was heard in the District Courts. T h e court, while admitting that the county's secondary schools for the races were u n e q u a l . refused to grant the sought-for injunction against segregation. Appeal papers are now in the process of being prepared, and the case will be submitted to the U n i t e d States Supreme Court. H o p e beats eternal in the h u m a n breast, a n d all racial minorities look to the Supreme Court a n d its decisions on these cases. It should be added that should there be failure in these four cases the other cases (such as Atlanta, Georgia) now in the process of preparation are expected to take their places before America's highest tribunal. M A Y , 1952

YOU PUSH THE MIDDLE VALVE DOWN Brother Johnny Hurs* demonstrates the fine points of a brand-new TV model to Brothers Lloyd Cofer and Raymond Scruggs, partners in the management of Brewster Home Appliances Co.. which they founded five years ago with a capital outlay of $500.00. Today the business has a book value of S250,000.00. Brother Hurst, like the others a member of Detroit's Gamma Lambda Chapter, is one of several salesmen employed by the company.

Sixth. Although in some sections of the country very little that is tangible has been done in the entire area of h u m a n relations betterment except by court action or the threat of it, there is a b u n d a n t evidence that thousands of members of the majority g r o u p are ashamed of the "poor reputation of the r e a l m " in this category. These persons, including leaders in their communities, are ready and willing to support the effort to make democracy functional for all citizens. T h e n u m b e r of men and women of such good-will even in the South a n d Southwest will surprise some of the most conservative a m o n g us. T h a t the D-day for the establishment of a solid beach-head for better living will come is now an indisputable fact. Seventh. T h e majority of American citizens respect the laws of the land as they now exist, a n d they will respect them as they may he changed in the future. It is in that ingrained respect a n d obedience to the law that true democratic progress can a n d will be made in public education and every other facet of community living. Citizens know that the millenium will never come at a single blow, b u t the

walls ol separation will never come t u m b l i n g down unless those whom these walls imprison themselves take the first action. Opportunity Here Now O u r s is the o p p o r t u n i t y to grasp the (ompetencies, to identify the experiences, and to set the standards of hum a n relations behavior by and in which America is now manifesting a real awakening of confidence and a renaissance of belief. We already know how to separate the chaff from the wheat. W e boldly agree on the integration guarantees that must be provided. Living in the I tit tire will not be for the meek of heart, but will offer great reward for those of vision a n d courage. There is no room for the defeatist, the weary, tin despondent or the cynic. America a n d the world need and we can give firmness w i t h o u t bitterness, vision w i t h o u t day-dreams, confidence without brashness a n d courage stripped of vanity. It is in the spirit of faith in the future a n d respect for the inherent worth of the individual personality that o u r society of free men will achieve its intended destiny. P A G E 27

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N A S H V I L L E , T e n n . - Alpha C h i C h a p t e r is carrying o u t a full program a n d trying to set high standards at Fisk University this semester. O n March 8 t h e chapter sponsored a skating party at Paradise Roller Rink which was well a t t e n d e d by University students a n d financially successful for the chapter. O n March 14 a coronation ball was held o n campus recrowning "Pearl of Pearlsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Pearl Eternal," Miss R o l a n d a Sydnor, a mathematics major from R o a n o k e , Va. a n d a m e m b e r of A l p h a K a p p a Alpha Sorority, Alpha Chi sweetheart for the second straight year. In May Alpha C h i is presenting a library display on various aspects of the fraternity a n d is holding its A n n u a l Spring Formal. T h i s year Alpha C h i boasts a membership of 24 brothers a n d a Sphinx C l u b of nine. T h e present chapter officers are James Cook, president; Richard Williams, vice-president; Cyril Packwood, recording secretary. Garland W h i t e , corresponding secretary; Alton Roberson, treasurer; William Stephens, dean of pledges; Robci t Brooks, chaplain; T h o m a s Henderson, p a r l i a m e n t a r i a n ; James Bolden, seraeant-at-arms; Lotus Jones, editor to the SPHINX a n d historian.

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COUNCIL DIRECTOR Herbert T. Miller, former executive secretary of the Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association, has been named associate director of the Protestant Council of Churches of New York City. Miller, a social worker for 30 years, has been described as "America's Most Outstanding Layman."

Council Results From Conclave In St. Louis ST. L O U I S , M o . - B r o t h e r s William Pearson a n d A r t h u r Visor of Alpha Eta C h a p t e r represented A l p h a at a n inicr-fraternal discussion held during March at Harris Teachers College. As a result of the discussion of the part fraternal organizations play in improving h u m a n relations a n d public welfare conditions in school a n d community, a n inter-school Pan-Hellenic Council was formed to carry o u t the ideas presented. Four of t h e six m e n w h o m a d e Dean's Roll at Stowe Teachers College in March were Alphas L u t h e r Conley, C o m m o d o r e Jones, William Pearson a n d A r t h u r Visor Newly elected chapter officers are George Rochester, president; William Pearson, vice-president; Lee Blount a n d J o e Isom, secretaries; A r t h u r Visor, treasurer; a n d C o m m o d o r e Jones, Sphinx master. T e n newly-initiated A l p h a Eta members are Phillip Banks, Franklin Woods, Joseph Williams, Clarence Dudley, L o n n i e Farmer, J o n a t h a n T u r n e r , R a y m o n d Jackson, E m a n u e l Buren, Daniel Estes, a n d James Hollingsworth. THE

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TEATIME AT BETA EPSILON Miss Lois Martin serves at a chapter tea at Nor'h Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in honor ol the young ladies at Morrison Others pictured are. left to right: James Evans, Miss Gwendolyn Holt. Miss Ressie Curry. Melvin Ritter. Miss Hall and their guests. Sylvia Coleman, and Clair Davison.

Qualified Negroes Needed In U. S. Mobilization Program Charles E. Wilson, former Director of Defense Mobilization, before his recent resignation, advised Elmer W. Henderson, director of the American Council on Human Rights, that qualified and competent Negroes are needed to fill posts in various government offices where the mobilization program is being administered. Wilson requested that special attention be given this problem by the appropriate individuals within those agencies. Wilson, former chairman of the President's Committee on Civil Rights and president of the General Electric Company, wrote Henderson, "I realize that it is the responsibility of those charged with the duty of recruiting to exert within reasonable limits every effort to find not only qualified Negroes but a cross-section of Americans representative of the whole economy. I assure you of our continued effort in this regard and of our sincerity of purpose." Henderson, along with other organizational representatives, has been pressing high government officials to include qualified Negroes in all brackets of the mobilization program. MAY, 1952

Lawyers, economists and persons experienced in labor relations are those most likely to have the necessary backgrounds, although the mobilization program employs a wide variety of skills and professions. The Wilson letter to Henderson was the culmination of many conferences and much correspondence going back a year ago to a White House meeting of twelve Negro leaders with President Harry S. Truman.

MANY GRADS (Continued from Page 21) Ralpha Graham, Jacob Lamar, Louis Sullivan, Myron Watkinsand Wendall Whalum. The chapter officers elected in December, 1951, are Jacob V. Lamar, president; George A. Key, Jr., vicepresident; Alphonso Whitfield, Jr., kins, corresponding secretary; James O. Webb, Jr., treasurer; JosephThompson, recording secretary; Myron H. Watson, chaplain; Kenneth Pollard, associate editor to the SPHINX; and Louis Sullivan, parliamentarian. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;BRO. MYRON H. WATKINS

Alpha Chi Chapter (Continued from Page 28) Club: Brother Theodore Jennings, president. Newman Club: Brother Garland White, treasurer. Fisk University Stagecrafters: Brother Roger Askew, president; Brother William Stephens, vice-president; Brothers active in this year's productions, Ernest Freeman, Phelon Peters, and Clarence Williams. Student C h r i s t i a n Association: Brother Cyril Packwood, treasurer; Brother Arnett Counts, business manager. University Choir: Brother Theodore Jennings, vice-president; Brother James Bolden, assistant librarian. Jubilee Singers: Brothers Hubert Bryant and James Shane. Last, but not least, the following brothers played on the Fisk Bulldog football team: Alton Robinson, Leo Sharkey and Richard Williams. The following brothers will be graduated in June: Hubert Bryant, Theodore Jennings, Henry McKinney, John Moland, Phelon Peters, James Shane, Robert White. Here at Fisk only seniors are eligible to make Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges, and the brothers of Alpha Chi are very proud that Brother [anies Shane was so honored. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;BROS. CYRIL PACKWOOD, LOTUS JONES

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Pay Off for Cincy Chapter C I N C I N N A T I , O h i o - O n e of the main projects submitted by Brothei [amis W. Muii, Delta G a m m a Lambda's recently elected president, is the intensive reclamation of inactive Alpha brothers. In order to pursue the program vigorously, the chapter decided to sponsor a well-balanced social program vigorously, the chapter has decided to sponsor a well-balanced social program to implemeni the fundamental ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha as intended by the founding fewels. ["he social phase of the chapter has been entrusted to the capable hands ol Brothers Walter Houston. Mathew Hines, George Cromwell, Brent Pendleton, John Fleming, "Sky" Johnson, a n d Fred W. T h o m a s . T h e following events on the social agenda have been held: first, a joint graduate and u n d e r g r a d u a t e meeting at the Manse Hotel, with Brothei Theodore Berry as the main speaker; second. an affair in the comfortable rath skeller of Brother Mathew Hines,

where Brother John Fleming presented a movie depicting Cincinnati's traffic development and future expressway plans; third, a social meeting at the home of Brother Harris, where Brother Walter Houston presented the assistant F. B. I. chief of Cincinnati as guest speaker; and, finally a social meeting at the home of Brother Pied \V. T h o m a s , where Regional Director Julius C. [utkins, ol R i c h m o n d , Indiana, spoke on national activities ol Alpha Phi Alpha and the importance ol maintaining strong u n d e r g r a d u a t e < hapiers. Several brothers tiave been reinstated and others are expressing keen interest in Alpha activities—tangible evidence of the response to President |ames A. Muir's plans for a progressive chapter. The Cincinnati Times-Star, a leading daily paper, recently lauded Brother William N. Lovelace, assistant county prosecutor, as the first Negro from Hamilton County in 70 years io serve as an alternate delegate-atlarge to the R e p u b l i c a n National Convention. —BRO. ANDREW G.

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• "Were there an) powder marks on the body of the deceased man? asked the coroner. "Certainly there were powder marks," replied the wife, "that's why I shot him."

Brother Redding Writes Textbook Of Composition Brother f. Saunders Redding, professor of English at H a m p t o n Institute, is co-author of " R e a d i n g a n d W r i t i n g , " a new textbook in English composition. Published in March by the R o n a l d Press Company, the book will be used in freshman and sophomore composition classes at H o w a r d and other universities next fall. T h e book's co-author is [van E. Taylor, head of the H o w a r d D e p a r t m e n t of English. Planned to answer effectively the chronic complaint, " W h a t can I write about?", the new textbook groups its selections in lour main areas: T h e Process of Learning, Literature a n d Life, Ideas and Authors, and People and Places. Authors whose works are used r u n the gamut from Benjamin Franklin to Ernie Pyle, Henry T h o r e a u to [antes T h u r b c r . John Donne to W. E. B. DuBois. • If exercise will remove fat, how in the world does a woman gel a double chin?

THEY'RE FROM MISSOURI Brothers oi Beta Zeta Lambda. Jefferson City and Sedalia, Mo., gather for a chapter occasion. President J. B. Hylick (seated, third from left) was delegate to the 1951-52 Berkeley National Convention.

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THE DISCUSSION IS "TABLED" Members of Aloha Chi Lambda Chaoler. Augusta. Ga.. seem to have been enjoying a hearty meal. They are. leit to right, seated: Rine Bonnet Ta'mes Jones I M Tutt. Dr. R. W. White. A. C. Griggs (chapter president). L. K. Reese. Dr. R. L. Lockett. H. L. Thompson. H V LaMar Standing- A M Carter. H. L. Evans. S. M. Jenkins. Not pictured are brothers William Self, R. E. Blakeney. J. Floyd. H. N! Stinson. O. H. Brown. V. Williams, G. Hickson. D. M. Scott. Y. N. Myers. F. Summerfield. C. Francis, and Charles Butler.

Buffalo Chapter Proposes Plans to Mark 50th Anniversary BUFFALO, N. Y.-Two plans to mark the celebration of Alpha Phi Alpha's approaching 50th birthday have been proposed by members of Rho Lambda Chapter and recently were outlined in an open letter from the chapter to other Eastern Region chapters. The first plan calls for "Jewel" scholarships. It proposes a $1 in-

Psi Chapter Sees Brother on TV PHILADELPHIA, Penna.-Several social affairs and the appearance of a brother on television highlighted the activities of Psi Chapter during March and April. A Sweetheart Dance and a rushing smoker were held in March, and April's big event for the chapter was the annual Relay Prom held in the Town Hall with the theme "An Evening in Paris" setting the mood for the occasion. Brother Flolton Hackett appeared on TV and, with another outstanding local singer, presented a duet from "Porgy and Bess." MAY, 1952

crease in the grand tax, with the funds so collected to be set aside to provide scholarships to Cornell University. One undergraduate student per region and two graduate students per region would be eligible for the grants. The two graduates would be selected from among the outstanding men doing graduate work at Cornell.

The second plan is for the establishment of a "Founder's Memorial." A fund to furnish a memorial to commemorate Alpha's maturity at the semi-centennial mark would be raised, under the plan, by SI per year from all Alpha men excepting Jewels. The memorial might be a house, an endowed scholarship at Cornell, or any other monument which might be agreed upon by the fraternity. Both plans were to be presented for discussion by Rho Lambda during the Eastern regional convention in Pittsburgh.

Yes, Things Are Under Control. . . ALCORN, Miss.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;It's not a large chapter, but it seems to have the campus pretty well under control, at that. We refer, of course, to Delta Kappa, at Alcorn A. & M. Chapter President Joseph Travillan could read of his roll of "Little Brothers" something like this: "Burnell Coleman, councilman, Science Club, choir; Eugene Grice, business club, Y.M.C.A.; Reely Harrison; Roy Huddleston, president of band and Dramatic Club, drum major; Theodore Johnson, Y.M.C.A. secretary, president of sophomore class, member of choir, football team; Leon D. Lemons, choir president, councilman." Officers besides Travillan are Coleman, vice-president; Frank Crump. Jr., treasurer; Lemons, secretary; Huddleston, dean of pledges; Grice, business manager; Harrison, parliamentarian; T. L. Johnson, SPHINX associate editor.

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IN MEMORIAM . . . Officers and members of Alpha Kappa Lambda Chapter, Roanoke, Virginia stand "in memoriam" honoring the late Brother M. A. Santa Cruz. M. D., during the presentation of their Scholarship Benefit Musicale. High above the others at the podium is Troy Gorum, program chairman, and seated in the audience in the background is Honorable R. L. Webber. Mayor of the City of Roanoke. Standing, left to right are: Brothers W. C. Thomas. W. H. Ross. J. W. Nabors. A. L. Fulford. R. A. Coleman. I. B. Claytor (Sr.). W. R. Brown, R. R. Anderson, H. Cooper. R. K. Clark (vice-president). J. F. Banks (president), E. D. Downing, J. M. Brooks, J. C. Commander. F. W. Claytor, T. D. Pawley, H. Williams and D. F. Jackson.

Alpha Deltas Initiate Eleven LOS A N G E L E S , C a l i f . - A l p h a Delta C h a p t e r last fall e m b a r k e d u p o n another successful year with a membership increased by the following eleven newly initiated brothers: J o h n Barber. James W. Brown. Ulysses Brown. Clarence D. Hargrave, H a l Kitnbal, Jr., Curlee Ross, Alfonzo Smally, Arnold L. Stanchmore, Abraham T h o m a s , James M. Whitfield, a n d H o w a r d N . Willis. Alpha Delta's c u r r e n t roster of officers includes the following: T h o m a s Robinson, president; J o s e p h A. J a n uary, vice-president a n d dean of pledgees; Curlee Ross, recording secretary; Clarence D. Hargrave, corresponding secretary; A r n o l d L. Stanchmore, treasurer; Edward Day, p a r l i a m e n t a r i a n ; Shelby L. Robinson, sergeant-at-arms; A b r a h a m T h o m a s , chaplain; and James M. Whitfield, associate editor to the

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the Alpha team in this city's Annual Interfraternity Basketball Tournament. Alpha at the present finds itsell in a tie for second place with the Kappas, while first a n d last positions are held by the Omegas a n d Sigmas, respectively. W i t h four games remaining to be played, the Alphas are hoping to make the c h a m p i o n s h i p playoil game. Lending the A l p h a team their abilities and spirit are J o h n Barber, Charles Bell, Pete Brown, James Gibbs, Ed Henderson, H u g o a n d Kenneth Hill, Ike Jones, James Jones, l i e d Kennedy, Clayton Moore, J o e Olivar, Alfonzo Smally, Al T a b o r , and Jardine Wilson. T h e team is coached by J u l i u s H i b l e r and managed by William L. Brown, with the assistance of Brother Art Lewis. A l p h a Delta C h a p t e r arranges a n u m b e r of after-game parties at the A l p h a H o u s e and at the homes of many brothers. T h e slate of activities for 1952 calls for a s u m m e r formal a n d the producing a n d staging of " M i k a d o " by Alpha Delta's president, Brother T h o m as Robinson. —BRO. J A M E S M.

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• A Miss in the cat is worth two in the engine.

Chapter to Honor Presiden t of Fisk B U F F A L O , New Y o r k - U n d e r the leadership of Brother R o b e r t Edwards, R h o L a m b d a C h a p t e r is moving toward a n o t h e r b a n n e r year. Plans have been made to h o n o r Brother Charles S. J o h n s o n , president of Fisk University, w h o is to address the Annual U r b a n League Banquet. The spring social season will begin with R h o L a m b d a ' s formal in May. T h e education committee is looking forw a r d to a n o t h e r of its worthwhile c o m m u n i t y projects in June. Brother H o o p e r Council has formulated a plan which R h o L a m b d a will submit to the Eastern Regional Convention. T h i s p l a n suggests a means by which a p e r m a n e n t memorial to A l p h a may be p e r p e t u a t e d at Cornell University, a n d also proposes the erection of a fraternity house commensurate with the high standing of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. — B R O . B. F.

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Gamma Lamdas End Active Year DETROIT, Mich.—Gamma Lambda Chapter has just completed the most active year in its history. Under a new administration, chapter activities have included an open house for the National Newspaper Publishers Association, an open house for Dr. Charming H. Tobias, a Monte-Carlo party, and a golf clinic. After each regular meeting, time is alloted for discussion of a topic of vital interest. Recently, for example, State Senator Charles C. Diggs, Jr., gave an interesting talk on pending legislation and the qualifications of a good legislator. Edward Davis, along with Brothers John Dancy and Haley Bell, were recent guests of the Navy Department as observers of naval operations. Their report of this experience, complete with motion picture illustration, was a highlight of the last regular meeting of the chapter. •

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Beta Nu Adopts Help "Week Idea" TALLAHASSEE, Fla. "Help Week," the new idea for probation which is attracting nationwide support (see December SPHINX), was adopted this year by Beta Nu Chapter, which carried out many valuable projects during the initiation of the eight candidates under the direction of Brother Rupert Seals, ritual chairman. •

Alpha Appointed Editor of "Meter" NASHVILLE, T e n n . - F o r the third consecutive year, a Beta Omicron Chapter brother has been appointed editor of T H E METER, student newspaper of Tennessee A. and I. State University. Walter J. Walker, a junior history major, assumes the office next Fall. Retiring editor Henry H. Lindsay was elected representative of the State of Tennessee to the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at the association's 28th annual convention held in March in New York City. Beta Omicron will lose 13 graduates this year—John Crawford, Robert Wheeler, Charles Flippen, Harold H. Osborne, Aubrey Turner, Edward L. Smith, Lloyd Fletcher, Emerson Able, MAY, 1952

4 2 v o M*t*inmmsM**Y MWKt » € » ¥ SCOUTS €»F AMERICA Charles Bolen, Ernest L. Young, Anderson Brodges, Lewis T. Harding and limmuir Cotton, a graduate student who is receiving his Master of Arts

degree. Twenty-two men were accepted in the Sphinx club. —BRO. J. HAROLD LOVETT

Big Citizenship Campaign Slated The 228 chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha conducted their first annual Education Campaign last month as part of the overall plan of the "New Look" for the fraternity. Milton S. J. Wright, director of educational activities, organized the campaign. Through the years Alpha has offered scholarships and fellowships to interested and worthy students. Heretofore, the education project has been combined with a citizenship campaign each year. This year a Fall campaign will be held to emphasize the citizenship aspects, thus dividing the project into two parts, with the education campaign falling at the time of high school graduations and the citizenship campaign geared to the season of important elections. The 1952 Education Campaign, held April 20-27, featured enthusiastic participation by prominent Alphas and members of their communties.

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CHAPTER DIRECTORY-UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS (Continued irom Inside Front Cover) Secretary, Madison Alford, University Station, Box 3069, Columbus, Ohio. MU—University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. Secretary, Maurice O. Howell, 2706 E. 32nd St., Minneapolis 4, Minn. NU—Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pa. President, William A. Minter, Lincoln University, Pa.; Secretary, Charles Carter, Lincoln University, Pa. XI—State College, Wilberforce, Ohio. President, Vinton Anderson, Wilberforce University. Wilberforce, Ohio; Secretary, Ulysses Todd, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. OMICRON—Pittsburgh, Pa. President, William E. Green, 544 Herron Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Secretary. Henry L. Heins, Jr., 810 Gearing Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. PI—Cleveland, Ohio. President, Douglas H. Martenia, 9107 Folsom Ave., Cleveland, Ohio; Secretary. Lon G. Brown, 2287 E. 103 St., Cleveland, Ohio. RHO—Philadelphia. Pa. President, Walter F. Jerrick, 1843 Christian St., Philadelphia. Pa.; Secretary, R. Allen Durrant, 4500 Brown St., Philadelphia, Pa. SIGMA—Boston, Mass. President, Baron H. Martin, 1114 Wabon St., Dorchester, Mass.; Secretary, Gerald Thomas, 12 Hubbard St., Boston, Mass. TAU—University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. President, James C. Brown, 1301 W. Clark St., Urbana, 111.; Secretary, Lucius A. Williams, Jr.. 1301 W. Clark St., Urbana, 111. UPSILON—University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. President, Alvin A. White. 1101 Mississippi, Lawrence, Kans.; Secretary, Chester I. Lewis, Jr., 1101 Mississippi, Lawrence, Kans. PHI—Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. President, Albert B. Smith, P. O. Box 148, Athens, Ohio; Secretary, Henry W. Young, P. O. Box 151, Athens, Ohio. CHI—Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn. President, William E. Finlayson, 1222 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn.; Secretary, Thomas Green, 1222 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn. PSI—University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. President, Russell L. Brown, 430 N. 52nd St., Philadelphia. Pa.; Secretary, Hugo Marcos, 3843 N. Sidenham, Philadelphia, Pa. ALPHA ALPHA—University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati. Ohio. President. Henry L. Walters, 3463 Hawey, Cincinnati, Ohio; Secretary, John R. Queen. 636 W. 9th St., Cincinnati 3, Ohio. ALPHA BETA—Talladega College, Talladega, Ala. President, Paul L. Puryear, P. O. Box 202, Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.; Secretary, Roland J. Yates, P. O. Box 280, Talladega College, Talladega, Ala: ALPHA GAMMA—Brown University, Providence, R. I. President, Dr. Ulysses T. Carter, Jr., 357 Westminister St., Providence, R. I. ALPHA DELTA—University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal. President, Thomas W. Robinson, 2329 W. 25th St., Los Angeles, Cal.; Secretary, Curlee Ross, 2329 W. 25th St., Los Angeles, Cal. ALPHA EPSILON—University of California. Berkeley, Cal. President, Richard Alexander, 604 27th St., Oakland, Cal.; Secretary. Herman Lewis, 2804 Stanton St., Berkeley, Cal. ALPHA ZETA—West Virginia State College, Institute, W. Va. President, Thomas Murphy, Box 189, Institute, W. Va.; Secretary, John McLaughlin, Box 189, Institute, W. Va. ALPHA ETA—St. Louis, Mo. President, J. Count Isom, 5115 Kensington Ave., St. Louis 8, Mo.; Secretary, Ben C. Isom, Jr., 5115 Kensington Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

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ALPHA THETA—University of Iowa, Iowa City, la. President, Russell A. Brown, 603 Capitol, Iowa City, la.; Secretary, George Ragland, 603 Capitol, Iowa City, la. ALPHA IOTA—University of Denver, Denver, Colo. President, Irving Andrews, 3223 Gilpin, Denver 5, Colo.; Secretary, Leslie Berry, 1023 E. 23rd, Denver, Colo. ALPHA KAPPA—Inactive ALPHA MU—Northwestern University. Evanston, 111. President, Andrew L. Johnson, Jr., Hinman House 315, Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.; Secretary, William C. Pyant. 1930 Brown, Evanston, 111. ALPHA NU—Iowa State College. Drake University, Des Moines, la. President, Virgil F. Dixon, 1109 14th St., Des Moines. la.; Secretary, Hobart D. Williams, 1131 11th St., Des Moines, la. ALPHA XI—University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. President, Felix B. Cooper. 1238 17th Ave., N., Seattle, Wash.; Secretary, Gordon A. McHenry, 100 27th Ave., Seattle. Wash. ALPHA OMICRON—Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C. President, John E. Locke, Jr., U. P. O. Box 62, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte 6, N. C ; Secretary, Robert D. Gary, U. P. O. Box 56, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte 6, N. C. ALPHA PI—Louisville Municipal College, Louisville, Ky. President, James H. Hansford. Ill, 760C Merchant Ct., Louisville 3, Ky.; Secretary, Melvin Talbott, 522 E. Kentucky. Louisville, Ky. ALPHA RHO—Morehouse College. Atlanta, Ga. President, Jacob V. Lamar, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga.; Secretary, Myron H. Watkins, 235 Griffin St., N. W., Atlanta, Ga. ALPHA SIGMA—Wiley College, Marshall, Tex. President, Robert L. Prince, Jr., Wiley College, Marshall Tex.; Secretary, Jardine Wilson, Wiley College, Marshall, Tex. ALPHA TAU—Akron University, Akron, Ohio. President. Clarence Thomas, 1204 7th Ave., Akron 6, Ohio; Secretary, Jacques Eberhardt, 654 Easter Ave., Akron 7, Ohio. ALPHA UPSILON—Wayne University, Detroit, Mich. President. Jerry L. Blocker, 17905 McDougall St.. Detroit, Mich.; Secretary, Richard O. Brown, 438 Hague St., Detroit 2, Mich. ALPHA PHI—Clark College. Atlanta, Ga. President, Edward C. McCray, Clark College, Atlanta, Ga.; Secretary, Harry M. Thompson, Box 75, Clark College, Atlanta, Ga. ALPHA CHI—Fisk University. Nashville, Tenn. President. James A. Cook, Jr., P. O. Box 284, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.; Secretary, Clarence D. Williams, 1512 Meharry Boulevard, Nashville, Tenn. ALPHA PSI—Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo. President, Otha M. Green. 208 Allen Hall, Jefferson City, Mo.; Secretary, Joseph W. Trigg, Jr., 734 Clark Ave.. Jefferson City. Mo. BETA ALPHA—Morgan State College, Baltimore, Md. President, Liston A. George, 722 Fulton, Baltimore 17, Md.; Secretary, Milton B. Stanley, Morgan State College, Baltimore, Md. BETA BETA—University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. President, Maurice L. Russell. 1971 S St., Lincoln, Neb.; Secretary, Lynwood Parker, 2030 T St., Lincoln, Neb. BETA GAMMA—Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. President, Richard G. Gilmore, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va.; Secretary, Frederick E. Swanson, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. BETA DELTA—State A. and M. College, Orangeburg, S. C. President, Lawrence Willis, State A. and M. College, Orangeburg,

S. C ; Secretary, Leroy Irvin, State A. and M. College, Orangeburg, 3. C. BETA EPSILON—A. & T. College, Greensboro, N. C. President, Stanley Cook, A. & T. College, Greensboro, N. C ; Secretary, John W. Royster. A. & T. College, Greensboro, N. C. BETA ZETA—Samuel Houston College, Austin, Tex. President, Wilford F. Collins, Box 8. Samuel Houston College, Austin, Tex.; Secretary, Eddie Freeman, Box 8, Samuel Houston College, Austin, Tex. BETA ETA—Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. 111. President, Lee A. Stewart, 308 E. Jackson St., Carbondale, 111. BETA THETA—Bluefield State Colleqe, Bluefield, W. Va. President, Paul A. Lee, Box 38, Bluefield State College, Bluefield, W. Va.; Secretary, James Hairston, Box 38, Bluefield State College, Bluefield, W. Va. BETA IOTA—Winston-Salem Teachers College, Winston-Salem, N. C. President, Dan Spikes, Winston-Salem Teachers College, WinstonSalem, N. C ; Secretary, William Henderson, Winston-Salem Teachers College, WinstonSalem, N. C. BETA KAPPA—Langston University, Langston. Okla. President, Rudolph B. Smith, Langston University, Langston, Okla.; Secretary, Vernon Coffee, Langston University, Langston, Okla. BETA MU—Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. President. OUen B. Hinnant, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky.; Secretary, Livy T. Wilson, Kentucky State College. Frankfort, Ky. BETA NU—Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Fla. President, Allen Orr, Sampson Hall, Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Fla.; Secretary, Wendell Austin, N. B. Young Hall, Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Fla. BETA XI—LeMoyne College. Memphis, Tenn. President, John Arnett, Jr., 768 Josephine St., Memphis, Tenn.; Secretary, Wallace Wilburn, Jr., 541 Dutro St., Memphis, Tenn. BETA OMICRON—Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tenn. President, Charles Smith, East Dormitory, Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tenn.; Secretary. William Franklin, Veterans' Single Dormitory, Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tenn. BETA PI—Lane College, Jackson, Tenn. President, John W. Trailer, Box 26, Lane College, Jackson, Tenn.; Secretary, Bobby Earl James. Box 26, Lane College, Jackson, Tenn. BETA RHO—Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C. President, Jasper Jones, Bloodworth Street YMCA, Raleigh, N. C ; Secretary, John J. Williams, Box 55, Shaw University, Raleigh. N. C. BETA SIGMA—Southern University, Baton Rouge, La. President. James J. Prestage, Jr., Southern Br. P. O. Box 9617, Baton Rouge, La.; Secretary, Anderson, Southern Br. P. O. Box 9647, Baton Rouge, La. BETA TAU—Xavier University, New Orleans, La. President, Ronals J. Rousseve, 1327 Columbus St., New Orleans, La.; Secretary, Stanley J. Brue, Xavier University, New Orleans, La. BETA UPSILON—Alabama State College, Montgomery, Ala. President, Spencer Thomas, Alabama State College, Montgomery. Ala.; Secretary. Japheth Hall Jr.. Alabama State College, Montgomery, Ala. BETA PHI—Dillard University, New Orleans, La. President, Dallas Williamson, Dillard University, New Orleans, La.; Secretary, Charles E. Davis, Dillard University, New Orleans, La. BETA CHI—Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Ark. President, Varnell Norman, Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Ark.;

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Secretary, Calvin Jones, Philander Smith College, Little Hock, Ark. BETA PSI—University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. President, W. Elbert Johnston, Jr., 118 Sederstrom Hall, Eugene, Ore.; Secretary, Theodore Burger, 110 Nester Hall, Eugene, Ore. GAMMA ALPHA—Texas College, Tyler, Tex. President, Aldridge McCurdy. Texas College, Tyler, Texas; Secretary, Same Wallace, Texas College, Tyler, Tex. GAMMA BETA—North Carolina College, Durham, N. C. President, Ivery C. Brandon, North Carolina College, P. O. 996, Durham, N. C ; Secretary, George Bacon, North Carolina College, P. O. 996, Durham, N. C. GAMMA GAMMA—Allen University, Columbia, S. C. President, John R. Stevenson, Allen University, Columbia, S. C ; Secretary. Calvin C. Rubens, Allen University, Columbia, S. C. GAMMA DELTA—A.M. & N. College, Pine Blufi. Ark. President, Hanley J. Norment, A.M. & N. College, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Secretary, James Campbell, A.M. & N. College, Pine Bluff, Ark. GAMMA EPSILON—University of Winconsin, Madison, Wis. President, Richard E. Tatum, 740 Langdon St., Madison, Wis.; Secretary, Jay Gilmer, 207% N. Francis St., Madison. Wis. GAMMA ZETA—Fort Valley State College, Fort Valley, Ga. President, Charles O. Logan, P. O. Box 142, Milledgeville, Ga.; Secretary, Aytch Wooden, Jr., Route 5, Buena Vista, Ga. GAMMA ETA—University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind. President, Melvin G. Matthews. 410 E. 8th St., Bloomingtsn, Ind., Secretary. Archie T. Clark, 410 E. 8th St., Bloomington, Ind. GAMMA THETA—University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. President, John E. Moore, 1331 Swisher St., Dayton, Ohio; Secretary, Samuel Fisher, 1012 Holler Ave., Dayton, Ohio. GAMMA IOTA—Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. President, W. Vincine Payne, P. O. 63, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; Secretary, Jasper C. Home, P. O. 63, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Vc. GAMMA KAPPA—Miles College, Birmingham, Ala. President, Iva B. Williams, 13 - 6th Ave. S., Birmingham, Ala.; Secretary, Elmore Hill, 821 Center PI., S. W., Birmingham 5. Ala. GAMMA MU—Livingstone College, Salisbury. N. C. President, S. Conaster Love, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C ; Secretary, Franklin A. Stewart, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C. GAMMA NU—Pennsylvania State College, Pa. President, Chandoise H. Johnson, P. O. Box 151, State College, Pa.; Secretary, Clarence R. Carter, P. O. Box 151, State College, Pa. GAMMA XI—University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. President, Robert E. House, 642 E. 28th St., Los Angeles 11. Calif.; Secretary, Peas A. Griffin, 805 Sunset Ave., Pasadena 3, Calif. GAMMA OMICRON—Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. President, William Gillespie, 720 Malery Ave., Knoxville, Term.; Secretary, Edward O. Hill, 249 York Ave.. Knoxville, Tenn. GAMMA PI—Benedict College, Columbia, S. C. President, Thomas Smith, Benedict College, Columbia, S. C ; Secretary, Clem Seaton, Benedict College, Columbia, S. C. GAMMA RHO—Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. President, Charles Semmes, 418 S. 16th St., Lafayette, Ind.; Secretary, Chester L. French, 40 N. Salisbury St., W. Lafayette, Ind. GAMMA SIGMA—Delaware State College, Dover, Del. President, Iley W. Murfree, Delaware State College, Dover, Del.; Secretary, John E. Bush, Delaware State College, Dover, Del.

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GAMMA TAU—Michigan State College, East Lansing, Mich. President, David Thomas Duncan, Snyder Hall, Michigan State College, East Lansing, Mich.; Secretary, William Lafayette Doss, West Shaw Hall, Michigan State College, East Lansing, Mich. GAMMA UPSILON—Tougaloo College, Tougaloo. Miss. President, Hubert L. Wallace, P. O. Box 73. Louise, Miss.: Secretary, Arvarh Strickland, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Miss. GAMMA PHI—Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. President, Walter R. Mebane, P. O. Box 785, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.; Secretary, Thomas J. Hill, P. O. Box 785, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. GAMMA CHI—Pittsburg, Kans. President. Alonzo Robinson, 1801 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, Kans.; Secretary, Russell Henderson, 1008 N. Joplin, Pittsburg, Kans. GAMMA PSI—St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, N. C. President, Franklin DeLaine, St. Augustine College, Raleigh, N. C ; Secretary, John W. Hairston, St. Augustine College, Raleigh, N. C. DELTA ALPHA—Claflin University, Orangeburg, S. C. President, Ernest A. Finney, II, Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C ; Secretary, Hayward Reid, Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C. DELTA BETA—Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla. President, Herman R. Lee, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Secretary, Ben W. Graham, BethuneCookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla. DELTA GAMMA—Albany State College, Albany, Ga. President, James T. Scott, Albany State College, Albany, Ga. DELTA EPSILON—University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y. President, Gilbert Coffey, 479 Veterans Drive, Buffalo 14, N. Y.; Secretary, Theodore D. Duke, 28 Harlow Place, Buffalo 8, N. Y. DELTA ZETA—Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. President, Leroy Collins, 417 Universi-

ty Place, Syracuse 10, N. Y.; Secretary, Ced Lambert, 417 University Place, Syracuse 10, N. Y. DELTA ETA—Savannah State College, Savannah, Ga. President, John Watkins, 626 W. 40th St., Savannah, Ga.; Secretary, John Felder, 210 E. Park Ave., Savannah, Ga. DELTA THETA—Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex. President. Joe Williams, 4619 Buck St., Houston 10, Tex.; Secretary, Elva K. Steward, 3200 Truxillo Ave., Houston 4, Tex. DELTA IOTA—Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J. President, Wilbur Washington, Box 175, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J.; Secretary, William L. Reid, 12 Jennings Court, New Brunswick, N. J. DELTA KAPPA—Alcorn College, Alcorn, Miss. President, Jesse Woodson Whitfield, Alcorn A. & M. College, Alcorn, Miss.; Secretary, Charles James Wilkins, Alcorn A. & M. College, Alcorn, Miss. DELTA MU—University of Wichita. Wichita. Kans. President, Bill T. Ridgeway, 812 Mathewson, Wichita, Kans.; Secretary, Wendell Looney, 1024 Minnesota N., Wichita, Kans. DELTA NU—Maryland State College. Princess Anne, Md. President, Louis Kane, Maryland State College, Princess Anne, Md.; Secretary, Donald Brown. Maryland State College, Princess Anne, Md. DELTA XI—State College, Wilberforce. Ohio. President, Maurice E. Morgan, State College, Wilberforce, Ohio; Secretary, Nathaniel King, State College, Wilberforce, Ohio. DELTA OMICRON—Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal. President, Wilmot Sweeney, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal. DELTA PI—State Teachers College, Cheyney, Pa. President, William Hoxter, 5829 Knox St., Philadelphia, Pa. DELTA RHO—Rockhurst University and Kansas City, Mo. President, George E. Walter, Jr.. 1141 Everett Ave., Kansas City, Kans.

GRADUATE CHAPTERS ALPHA LAMBDA—Louisville, Ky. President, J. Wayman Hackett, 1910 Walnut St., Louisville, Ky.; Secretary, Robert A. Stout, 629 S. 20th St., Louisville, Ky. BETA LAMBDA—Kansas City. Mo. President, Beltron L. Orme, 815 Washington Boulevard, Kansas City, Kans.; Secretary, James A. Jeffress, 1824 Pasee, Kansas City, Kans. GAMMA LAMBDA—Detroit, Mich. President, William F. Goins, 3400 McDougall St., Detroit 7, Mich.; Secretary, Grover D. Lange. 571 Alger Ave., Detroit 2, Mich. DELTA LAMBDA—Baltimore, Md. President, Clifton R. Jones, 716 N. Arlington Ave., Baltimore, Md.; Secretary, Arthur Spencer, 2560 Harlem Ave., Baltimore, Md. EPSILON LAMBDA—St. Louis, Mo. President, John D. Buckner, 4246 W. North Market, St. Louis, Mo. ZETA LAMBDA—Newport News, Va. President, Frank D. Jackson, 2615 Parish Ave., Newport News, Va.; Secretary, John J. Cottrell, 3003 Roanoke Ave., Newport News, Va. THETA LAMBDA—Dayton, Ohio. President, James H. McGhee, 625 Vi S. Summit St., Dayton 7, Ohio; Secretary, Avery Watson, 1330 Home Ave., Dayton 7, Ohio. ETA LAMBDA—Atlanta, Ga. President, I. H. Burney, 186 Auburn Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga.; Secretary, William M. Nix, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. IOTA LAMBDA—Indianapolis, Ind. President, Clifton V. Scott, 4071 Bryam St., Indianapolis, Ind.; Secretary, Charles J. Thomas, 304 W. 39th St., Indianapolis, Ind. KAPPA LAMBDA—Greensboro, N. C. President. Hobart S. Jarrett, Bennett College, Greensboro, N. C ; Secretary, Samuel E. Burford, 1408 Kivett Drive, High Point, N. C.

MU LAMBDA—Washington, D. C. President, Clifton S. Hardy, 2824 12th St., N. E., Washington 17, D. C ; Secretary, Verdie L. Robinson, 1352 Spring Road, N. W., Washington, 10, D. C. NU LAMBDA—Petersburg, Va. President, Lawrence N. Jones, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va.; Secretary, Clarence C. Gray, III, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. XI LAMBDA—Chicago, 111. President, David L. Daniel, 5839 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 37, 111.; Secretary, Ahmed A. Rayner, Jr., 4141 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago 15, IU. OMICRON LAMBDA—Birmingham, Ala. President, C. A. Howze, 1000 4th St., N., Birmingham, Ala.; Secretary, W. Wesley Whetstone, 319 11 Ave., N. Birmingham, Ala. PI LAMBDA—Little Rock. Ark. President C. Franklin Brown, 1019 Cross St., Little Rock, Ark.; Secretary, A. A. Arnold, 2224 Rock St., Little Rock, Ark. RHO LAMBDA—Buffalo, N. Y. President, Kenneth L. Brown, 95 Sycamore Ave., Buffalo 3, N. Y.; Secretary, Russell N. Service, 125 Glenwood Ave., Buffalo 8, N. Y. SIGMA LAMBDA—New Orleans, La. President, Dr. Wesley N. Segre, 2336 Upperline St., New Orleans, La.; Secretary, Marcus Neustadter, Jr.. 1766 N. Miro St., New Orleans, La. TAU LAMBDA—Nashville, Tenn. President, George W. Harvey, 1227 Villa Place, Nashville, Tenn.; Secretary, N. H. Williams. Jr., 1405 S St., Nashville. Tenn. UPSILON LAMBDA—Jacksonville, Ha. President, Charles E. Simmons, 640 W. 8th St., Jacksonville, Fla.; Secretary, William T. Harper, 1198 W. 10th St., Jacksonville, Fla. PHI LAMBDA—Raleigh, N. C. President. J. W.

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Eaton, 123 S. Tarboro St., Raleigh, N. C : Secretary, R. T. Young, 424 S. Bloodworth St., Raleigh, N. C. CHI LAMBDA—Wilberforce, Ohio. President Murdoch M. Williams, 310 N. High St., Yellow Springs, Ohio; Secretary, Thomas E. Kelley, Box 132, Wilberforce, Ohio. PSI LAMBDA— Chattanooga, Tenn. President. Albert M. Miller, 1103 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, Term.; Secretary Burnell Davis, Jr., 1816 Ivy St., Chattanooga, Tenn. ALPHA ALPHA LAMBDA—Newark, N. J. President, Harry Hazelwood, Jr., 160 Hunterdon St., Newark 3, N. J.; Secretary, Arthur C. Williams, 158 Lincoln St., Montclair, N. J. ALPHA BETA LAMBDA—Lexington. Ky. President. W. Taylor Seals, R.F.D. 7, Box 18A. Lexington, Ky.; Secretary, Carl I. Lynem, 411 N. Upper St., Lexington, Ky. ALPHA GAMMA LAMBDA—New York, N. Y. President, Marvin N. Riley, Harlem Boys Club, 28 W. 134th St., New York, N. Y. Secretary, Emory L. Russell, 940 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, N. Y. ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA—Memphis, Tenn. President, E. M. Wilkins, 1003 Leath, Memphis, Tenn.; Secretary, Torris J. Toney, 607 Mississippi, Memphis, Tenn. ALPHA EPSILON LAMBDA—Jackson, Miss. President, James H. Owens, Tougaloo College. Tougaloo, Miss.; Secretary. R. W. Harrison. Jr.. 229 Vi Main St., Yazoo City, Miss. ALPHA ZETA LAMBDA—Bluefield, W. Va. President, Theodore Mahaffey, Bluefield State College, Bluefield. W. Va.; Secretary, E. W. Browne, Bluefield State College, Bluefield, W. Va. ALPHA ETA LAMBDA—Houston, Tex. President, J. G. Osbome, 1013 Cleveland, Houston 3. Tex.; Secretary, Ernest D. Smith, 3445 Lydia. Houston 21. Tex. ALPHA THETA LAMBDA—Atlantic City. N. J. President, Edwin J. Martin, 312 S. New Road, Pleasantville, N. J.; Secretary, Chester C. Sutton, 1011 N. Ohio Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. ALPHA IOTA LAMBDA—Charleston, W. Va. President, W. J. Wallace, Institute, W. Va.; Secretary, E. R. Armstead, Institute, W. Va. ALPHA KAPPA LAMBDA—Roanoke, Va. President, J. F. Banks, Christiansburg Institute, Cambria, Va.; Secretary, Ellwood D. Downing 36 Center Ave., N. W., Roanoke, Va. ALPHA MU LAMBDA—Knoxville, Tenn. President, Lewis S. Sinclair. Knoxville, Tenn.; Secretary, J. Claude Woods, Jr., 223 Deaderick Ave., Knoxville 16, Tenn. ALPHA NU LAMBDA—Tuskegee. Ala. President, William C. Ross, Tuskegee Institute. Tuskegee, Ala.; Secretary, Cecil W. Clift, P. O. Box 262, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. ALPHA XI LAMBDA—Toledo, Ohio. President, Charles H. Peoples, Jr., 618 Palmwood Ave.. Toledo, Ohio; Secretary, Howard D. Palmer, 703 Palmwood Ave., Toledo, Ohio. ALPHA OMICRON LAMBDA—Pittsburgh, Pa. President, Charles H. Cuthbert, 2621 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh 19, Pa.; Secretary, Wilbur C. Douglass, 412 Bakewell Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa. ALPHA PI LAMBDA—Winston-Salem, N. C. President, Clarence Sawyer, 2030 Lincoln Drive, Wisnton-Salem, N. C ; Secretary, James T. Diggs, 911 N. Graham Ave., Winston-Salem, N. C. ALPHA RHO LAMBDA—Columbus, Ohio. President. Charles E. Frye, 1050 E. Long St.. Columbus, Ohio; Secretary, Robert J. Randle, 825 E. Long St., Columbus, Ohio. ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA—Dalla, Tex. President, Thomas Tolbert, 3305 Holmes St., Dallas, Tex.; Secretary, B. E. Dade, 2711 Lawrence St., Dallas, Tex. ALPHA TAU LAMBDA—Tulsa, Okla. President, Robert L. Fairchild. 2119 N. Quincy, Tulsa. Okla.; Secretary, C. H. Johnson, 1207 N. Iroqois St., Tulsa, Okla.

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.ALPHA UPSILON LAMBDA — Montgomery, Ala. President, R. E. Tisdale, Alabama State College, Montgomery 1, Ala.; Secretary, W. E. Thompson, Alabama State College, Montgomery 1, Ala. ALPHA PHI LAMBDA—Norfolk, Va. President, John S. Selden, Jr., 1320 Bolton St., Norfolk, Va.; Secretary, Thomas W. Young, 721 Chapel St., Norfolk, Va. ALPHA CHI LAMBDA—Augusta, Ga. President, J. M. Tutt, 1108 Phillips, Augusta, Ga.; Secretary, H. L. Thompson, 917 9th St., Augusta, Ga. ALPHA PSI LAMBDA—Columbia, S. C. President, L. Raymond Bailey, 1407 Park St., Columbia, S. C ; Secretary, Henry W. Webber, 2014 Gervais St., Columbia, S. C. BETA ALPHA LAMBDA—Jersey City, N. J. President, Huerta C. Neals, 130 Atlantic St., Jersey City, N. J.; Secretary, William N. Johnson, 117 Atlantic St., Jersey City, N. J. BETA BETA LAMBDA—Miami, Fla. President, David H. Dobbs, 1545 N. W. 68th St., Miami, Fla.; Secretary. Carl A. Williams. 3000 N. W. 50th St.. Miami, Fla. BETA GAMMA LAMBDA — Richmond, Va. President, Roland D. Ealey, 1503 N. 25th St., Richmond, Va.; Secretary, Harvey O. Freeman, 2806 Griffin Ave., Richmond, Va. BETA DELTA LAMBDA—Daytona Beach, Fla. President, George H. Starke. Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Secretary, Clarence L. Barber, Box 104, BethuneCookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla. BETA EPSILON LAMBDA—Boley. Okla. President, Wayne C. Chandler, Lima, Okla.; Secretary, L. G. Ashley, Box 247, Boley, Okla. BETA ZETA LAMBDA—Jefferson City, Mo. President, J. B. Hylick, Hubbard High School, Sedalia, Mo.; Secretary, A. P. Marshall 929A E. Dunklin, Jefferson, Citv. Mo. BETA ETA LAMBDA—Oklahoma City, Okla. President, Meredith Matthews, 2508 N. E. 17th St., Oklahoma City, Okla.; Secretary, Kenneth Hudson, 805 N. Jordan, Oklahoma City 4, Okla. BETA THETA LAMBDA—Durham, N. C. President, J. J. Sansom. 2008 Fayetteville St., Durham, N. C ; Secretary, L. B. Frasier, 2111 Duncan St.. Durham, N. C. BETA IOTA LAMBDA—Baton Rouge, La. President, J. L. Hunt, Southern Br. P. O., Baton Rouge, La.; Secretary, Russell M. Ampey, Southern Br. P. O., Baton Rouge, La. BETA KAPPA LAMBDA — Charleston, S. C. President, T. M. McCottry, 42 Morris St., Charleston 15, S. C ; Secretary, E. B. Burroughs, 35 Morris St., Charleston 15, S. C. BETA MU LAMBDA—Salisbury, N. C. President, S. W. Lancaster, 702 W. Monroe St., Salisbury, N. C ; Secretary, Maxwell R. Brooks, 924 W. Monroe St., Salisbury, N. C. BETA NU LAMBDA—Charlotte, N. C. President, Clinton L. Blake, 423 E. First St., Charlotte, N. C ; Sceretary, Calvin O. Atchison, 300 Flint St., Charlotte, N. C. BETA XI LAMBDA—Omaha, Neb. President, Marion M. Taylor, 2112 N. 27th St., Omaha 10, Neb.; Secretary, Alfonso Smith, 2219 Ohio St., Omaha 10, Neb. BETA OMICRON LAMBDA—Mobile, Ala. President, Nathaniel Russell, 508 English St., Mobile, Ala.; Secretary, William L. Dutch, 613 Maple St., Mobile, Ala. BETA PI LAMBDA—Albany, N. Y. President, Ernest Bouey, 1048 Wendell Ave., Schenectady, N. Y.; Secretary, George A. Poyer, 54 First St., Albany 10. N. Y. BETA RHO LAMBDA — Youngstown, Ohio. President, Lymon Alexander, 342 Kenmore Ave., Youngstown, Ohio; Secretary, James E. Smith, 2953 Karl St., Youngstown, Ohio. BETA SIGMA LAMBDA—Hartford, Conn. President, William D. Graham, 71 Rohde St.. Hartford, Conn.; Secretary, Jarvis H. Arms, 13 Rohde St., Hartford, Conn. BETA TAU LAMBDA—Fort Worth. Tex. President. Kerven W. Carver, Jr., 5736 Diaz St.,

Fort Worth, Tex.; Secretary, Henry H. Denson, 957 New York Ave., Fort Worth, Tex. BETA UPSILON LAMBDA — Jackson, Tenn. President, Virgil J. Gilmore, 400 Laconta St., Jackson, Tenn.; Secretary, Herman Stone. Lane College, Jackson, Tenn. BETA PHI LAMBDA — Savannah, Ga. President, L. D. Perry, 524 E. Henry, Savannah, Ga.; Secretary, J. B. Clemmons, Georgia State College, Savannah, Ga. BETA CHI LAMBDA—Muskogee, Okla. President, Jesse S. Chandler, 2229 Findley, Muskogee, Okla.; Secretary, Charles A. Barnes, 806 Market St., Muskogee. Okla. BETA PSI LAMBDA—Los Angeles, Cal. President, Samuel P. DeBose, 4415 W. 30th St., Los Angeles 16, Cal.; Secretary, Eddie Henderson, 4914 W. 23rd St., Los Angeles 16. Cal. GAMMA ALPHA LAMBDA — Charlottesville, Va. President. M. T. Garrett. 320 W. Main St., Charlottesville, Va.; Secretary, B. T. Reaves, 755 Ridge St., Charlottesville, Va. GAMMA BETA LAMBDA—Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. President, Sheley F. Lynem, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky.; Secretary, Arnold W. Wright, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. GAMMA GAMMA LAMBDA—Greenville, S. C. President, John T. Wilson, P. O. Box 87, Due West, S. C ; Secretary, R. W. Anderson, P. O. Box 441, Greenville, S. C. GAMMA DELTA LAMBDA—Beckley, W. Va. President, Martin K. Austin, Box 21, East Beckley, W. Va.; Secretary, Robert Redd. 729 S. Fayette, Beckley, W. Va. GAMMA EPSILON LAMBDA — HopkinsviUe. Ky. President, Robert L. Banks, 209 Elm St., HopkinsviUe, Ky.; Secretary, William Snorton, 1101 Younglove, HopkinsviUe, Ky. GAMMA ZETA LAMBDA—Tampa. Fla. President. The Rev. Father Francis Johnson. 3508 Lindell Ave., Tampa, Fla.; Secretary, Samuel C. Nixon, Jr.. E. O. Douglass Vocational School. Sebring, Fla. GAMMA ETA LAMBDA—Austin, Tex. President, L. M. Mitchell, 1193 San Bernard, Austin 2, Tex.; Secretary, Roscoe S. Brown, 1214 E. 7th, Austin 2, Tex. GAMMA THETA LAMBDA—Wilmington, Del. President, William Goens, 503 E. 10th St., Wilmington, Del.; Secretary, Robert Nelson, 509 E. 10th St.. Wilmington, Del. GAMMA IOTA LAMBDA — Brooklyn. N. Y. President, William G. Holly, 8737 118th St.. Richmond Hill 18. L. I., N. Y.; Secretary, Albert Edwards, 657 Macon St., Brooklyn, N. Y. GAMMA KAPPA LAMBDA—Wilminaton, N. C. President, H. A. Eaton, 1406 Orange St., Wilmington, N. C ; Secretary, B. T. Washington, 306 N. 6th St., Wilmington, N. C. GAMMA MU LAMBDA — Tallahassee, Fla. President, J. E. Matthews, Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Fla.; Secretary, M. G. Miles, Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Fla. GAMMA NU LAMBDA — Lynchburg, Va. President. J. L. Mitchell, 606 Monroe St.. Lynchburg, Va.; Secretary, James H. Taylor, Jr., 317 S. Bridge St., Bedford, Va. GAMMA XI LAMBDA—St. Paul, Minn. President, N. Walter Goins, 1729 E. County Road D, St. Paul 10, Minn.; Secretary, Jesse W. Miller, 674 St. Anthony Ave., St. Paul 4. Minn. GAMMA OMICRON LAMBDA—Albany, Ga. President, William H. Dennis, Jr., Albany State College, Albany, Ga.; Secretary, t. R. Taylor, 420 Lincoln Ave., Albany, Ga. GAMMA PI LAMBDA—Galveston, Tex. President, Mack J. Moseley, 32 11th Ave. N., Galveston, Tex.; Secretary, Fleming Huff, 4110 Ave. I, Galveston, Tex. GAMMA RHO LAMBDA—Gary, Ind. President. Jasper Sykes, 538 W. 22nd Place, Gary. Ind.; Secretary. Clement C. Watkins. 2412 Madison St., Gary, Ind. GAMMA SIGMA LAMBDA—Macon, Fort Val-

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ley, Ga. President, Raymond J. Pitts, Fort Valley State College, Fort Valley, Ga.: Secretary, Stanley E. Rutland, Fort Valley State College, Fort Valley, Ga. GAMMA TAU LAMBDA — Beaumont, Tex. President, J. B. Matthews, 535 W. 13th St., Port Arthur, Tex.; Secretary, W. G. Garrison, 3370 Anderson St., Beaumont, Tex. GAMMA UPSILON LAMBDA—Marshall, Tex. President, N. H. Anderson, 1302 University, Marshall, Tex.; Secretary, Tenolia J. Guioe, 1007 W. Grand, Marshall, Tex. GAMMA PHI LAMBDA—Berkeley, Cal. President, Harold R. Jones, 1820 Ward St., Berkeley 3, Cal.; Secretary, Edward Wilson, 1136 8th St., Oakland, Cal. GAMMA CHI LAMBDA—San Francisco, Cal. President, Kenneth F. Smith, 1805 Fillmore St., San Francisco 15, Cal.; Secretary, Grandville Jackson, 1031 Buchanan St., San Francisco, Cal. GAMMA PSI LAMBDA—Asheville, N. C. President, W. Frank Hammond, 79 Congress St., Asheville, N. C ; Secretary, Willie B. Burton, 2 Ridge St., Asheville, N. C. DELTA ALPHA LAMBDA—Cleveland, Ohio. President, Lowell A. Henry, 3732 E. 144th St., Cleveland 20, Ohio. Secretary, Henry C. Crawford, 10708 Hampden Ave., Cleveland 8, Ohio. DELTA BETA LAMBDA—Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. President, Clifford B. Howlette, 101 W. Kelly Ave., Phoebus, Va.; Secretary, Waverly Johnson, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. DELTA GAMMA LAMBDA—Cincinnati, Ohio. President, James M. Muir, 5325 Whetsel Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio; Secretary, Spencer E. Turner, 900 Prairie Ave., Cincinnati 15, Ohio. DELTA DELTA LAMBDA—West Palm Beach, Fla. President, St. Elmo A. Greaux, 638 6th St., W. Palm Beach, Fla. DELTA EPSILON LAMBDA—East St. Louis, 111. President, Billy Jones, 1433a East Broadway, E. St. Louis, 111.; Secretary, Harold Thomas, 333 N. Summit, Collinsville, 111. DELTA ZETA LAMBDA—Orangeburg, S. C. President, Benner C. Turner, State College, Orangeburg, S. C ; Secretary, Emest A. Finney, Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C. DELTA ETA LAMBDA—Topeka. Kans. President, G. Robert Cotton, Kansas Vocational School, Topeka, Kans.; Secretary, P. A. Townsend, 416 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kans. DELTA THETA LAMBDA — Huntsville, Ala. President, George H. Hobson, A. & M. College, Normal, Ala.; Secretary, Ernest Wright, A. & M. College, Normal, Ala. DELTA IOTA LAMBDA—Columbus, Ga. President, Richard M. Haskins, 516 18th St., Columbus, Ga.; Secretary, James A. Huling, 1729 7th Ave., Columbus, Ga. DELTA KAPPA LAMBDA — Florence, S. C. President, Clyde L. Reese, 307 N. Sanborn St., Florence, S. C ; Secretary, H. S. Person, P. O. Box 288, Florence, S. C. DELTA MU LAMBDA—Montclair, N. J. President, Ferdinand D. Williams, 191 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, N. J.; Secretary, George A. Phillips, Sr., 74 Elm St., Montclair, N. J. DELTA NU LAMBDA—Danville, Va. President, J. Luck, Jr., 310 S. Main St., Danville, Va.; Secretary, Wesley H. Motley, 1271 W. Stokes, Danville, Va. DELTA XI LAMBDA — Kingston, Jamaica, Inactive. DELTA OMICRON LAMBDA—Princess Anne, Md. President, W. A. Low, Maryland State College, Princess Anne, Md.; Secretary, F. H. Harris, Maryland State College, Princess Anne, Md. DELTA PI LAMBDA—Selma, Ala. President, A. C. Peoples, Camden Academy, Camden, Ala.; Secretary, A. J. Durgan, 1417 Tremont St., Selma, Ala. DELTA RHO LAMBDA — San Antonio, Tex. President, U. J. Andrews, P. O. Drawer 1598, San Antonio, Tex.; Secretary, James E. Taylor, 115 Gibbs, San Antonio 2, Tex. DELTA SIGMA LAMBDA—Pine Bluff, Ark.

President, Horace W. Melvin, A. M. & N. College, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Secretary, Charles L. Shepard, A. M. & N. College, Pine Bluff, Ark. DELTA TAU LAMBDA—Phoenix, Ariz. President, William M. Corbin, 308 B W. Hadley, Phoenix, Ariz.; Secretary, Aldridge C. Keith, 1117 E. Washington, Phoenix, Ariz. DELTA UPSILON LAMBDA—Shreveport, La. President, C. O. Simpkins, 1508 Gary, Shreveport, La.; Secretary, Walter C. Walker, 1956 Weinstock Ave., Shreveport, La. DELTA PHI LAMBDA—Tuscaloosa, Ala. President, James L. Collins, 1424 9th St., Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Secretary, L. V. Coleman, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Ala. DELTA CHI LAMBDA—Milwaukee, Wis. President, Fred D. Bobo, 2009 10th St., Milwaukee 10, Wis.; Secretary, Stanley P. Hebert, 2031 N. 5th St., Milwaukee 12, Wis. DELTA PSI LAMBDA—Denver, Colo. President, C. Lester Nelson, 2260 Downing St., Denver, Colo.; Secretary, Earl M. West, 2519 Gilpin St., Denver 5, Colo. EPSILON ALPHA LAMBDA — Tyler, Texas. President, R. W. Puryear, Butler College, Tyler, Tex.; Secretary, William A. Warren, 1304 Whitten, Tyler. Tex. EPSILON BETA LAMBDA—Macon, Ga. President, Cassandra Sellers, 115 Spring St., Macon, Ga.; Secretary, Charles H. Hutchings, 523 Monroe St., Macon, Ga. EPSILON GAMMA LAMBDA—Roxbury, Mass. President, Robert O. Phillips, 26 Gaston St., Roxbury 21, Mass.; Secretary, F. Irving Gray, 610 Columbus Ave., Roxbury 18, Mass. EPSILON DELTA LAMBDA—Talladega, Ala. President, Robert E. Lawson, Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.; Secretary, Leo H. Clayton, Talladega College, Talladega, Ala. EPSILON EPSILON LAMBDA — Waco, Tex. President, E. C. Gibson, 115 Church St.,

Waco, Tex.; Secretary, H. L. Burks, Paul Quinn College, Waco, Tex. EPSILON ZETA LAMBDA — Portland. Ore. President, William McCoy, Jr., 3017 N. Union Ave., Portland 12, Ore.; Secretary, Herbert F. Williams, 2403 N. E. 7th St., Portland 10, Ore. EPSILON ETA LAMBDA — Charleston, Mo. President, Elmore W. Nelson, 311 S. Elm St.. Charleston, Mo.; Secretary, Jeremiah G. Gilchrist, 311 S. Elm St., Charleston, Mo. EPSILON THETA LAMBDA—Hamilton, Bermuda. President, Callingwood Burch, Wilberforce Cottage, Wellington S. George, Bermuda.; Secretary, Winton T. Williams, Hill Top, North Shore, Pembroke East, Bermuda. EPSILON IOTA LAMBDA—Suffolk, Va. President, W. Lovell Turner, 604 Adams St., Suffolk, Va.; Secretary, H. M. Bass, P. O. Box 605, Suffolk, Va. EPSILON KAPPA LAMBDA—Grambling, La. President, Spencer H. Newsome, Grambling College, Grambling, La.; Secretary, Roy Bernard Moss, Grambling College, Grambling, La. EPSILON MU LAMBDA—Pensacola, Fla. President, Theodore DuBose, Secretary, Leroy Anderson, 622 N. Coyle, Pensacola. Fla. EPSILON NU LAMBDA—Portsmouth. Va. President, Hugo A. Owens, 621 Effingham St., Portsmouth, Va. EPSILON XI LAMBDA—Mound Bayou, Miss. President, B. T. Johnson, Mound Bayou, Miss.; Secretary, B. H. Cooper, Box 1000, Clarksdale, Miss. EPSILON OMICRON LAMBDA-Lawrenceville, Va. President, James B. Cooley, Cochran Rd., Lawrenceville, Va.; Secretary, Ford T. Johnson, 111 Church St., Lawrenceville Va EPSILON PI LAMBDA-Ocala, Fla. President. William E. Jackson, 420 W. Washington St., Ocala, Fla.; Secretary. Oliver H. Jones, Williston Vocational School, Williston, Fla.

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Endorsements ". . . Alpha Phi Alpha's National Education and Citizenship Campaign theme for 1952: 'More and Better Education for a Greater and Better Wi *'d'—is certainly in the American tradition and efforts direc *d towards realizing this objective merit support." —ANNA M. ROSENBERG Assistant Secretary of Defense Wa-'-'ngton, D. C "It has come to my attention that Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is conducting a campaign . . . urging the citizenry of our country to obtain greater and better education . . . It is for that reason that I commend you for the campaign . . ." —FRANK J. LAUSCHE Governor of Ohio ". . . I congratulate the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on its efforts and trust that its Annual National Education and Citizenship Campaign will be as fruitful in 1952 as in previous years." —EARL J. McGRATH U. S. Commissioner of Education

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" . . . I am happy to endorse the efforts of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to bring about 'More and Better Education for a Greater and Better World'." —JOHN W. DAVIS, President West Virginia State College "I would like to congratulate the members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on the admirable aims set for your 1952 National Education and Citizenship Campaign. We need alert, responsible and civic-minded citizens today to build and insure a .Greater a n d Betfer Wor,d- toinorrow." MARGARET CHASE SMITH U_ g_ Senator from Maine "Your theme . . . is not only a most worthy one, but also an extremely crucial one in these tense times." " . . . no American should be deprived of his educational opportunities because of his religion, his color, his national origin. I am pleased that Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity realizes the importance of this point by having its membership opened to students regardless of their race or faith." —HERBERT H. LEHMAN U. S. Senator from New York

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, Inc. Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio