The SPHINX | Spring May 1955 | Volume 41 | Number 2 195504102

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Alphas at Knoxville Conclave Eastern Regional Great Success Alpha's Prexy Gets Testimonial Dinner

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, Inc. GENERAL OFFICERS G e n e r a l P r e s i d e n t : FRANK L. STANLEY, SR., Box 1558, Louisville Defender, Louisville 1, Ky. W e s t e r n Vice-President: SAMUEL P. DeBOSE, 2671 L a c u e s t a Drive, Hollywood 46, Calif.

S o u t h w e s t Vice-President: J. S. CHANDLER, 111V4 South Second Street, M u s k o g e e , O k l a .

M i d w e s t e r n Vice-President: JULIUS C. JUDKINS, JR., 240 Colonial Building, Richmond, Ind. E a s t e r n Vice-President: J. RUPERT PICOTT, C l a y Street a t Fourth, Richmond 19, Virginia.

S o u t h e r n Vice-President: LEWIS O . SWINGLER, 546 B e a l e A v e n u e , M e m p h i s , T e n n e s s e e .

G e n e r a l S e c r e t a r y : JAMES E. HUGER, 4432 South P a r k w a y , C h i c a g o 15, Illinois.

G e n e r a l T r e a s u r e r : MEREDITH G. FERGUSON, 925 Eleventh A v e n u e , North, N a s h v i l l e 8, Tenn.

Editor-in-Chief. THE SPHINX: W . BARTON BEATTY, JR., Box 352, P h o e b u s , Virginia Director of E d u c a t i o n a l Activities: WILLIAM H. HALE, Clark College, A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a .

G e n e r a l C o u n s e l : BILLY JONES, 342A East B r o a d w a y , East St. Louis, Illinois.

Historian: CHARLES H. WESLEY, Central State College, Wilberforce, O h i o .

C h a i r m a n , Audit Committee: W . D. HAWKINS, JR., Fisk University, N a s h v i l l e , T e n n e s s e e .

C h a i r m a n , Budget Committee: KERMIT J. HALL, 5000 W o o d l a n d A v e n u e , P h i l a d e l p h i a 43, P a .

ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENTS WESTERN—Carlton A . A . Dias, 947 Broderick Street, S a n F r a n c i s c o , California • SOUTHERN— Brodes H. H a r t l e y , Jr.. Florida A . a n d M. University, T a l l a h a s s e e , Florida • EASTERN—Jerome W . L i n d s a y , H o w a r d University, W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. • SOUTHWEST—H. Rudolph Sims, Box 9414, Southern University, Baton R o u g e , L o u i s i a n a • MIDWEST—Alvin H. Townsel, 293 Eliot Street, Detroit, M i c h i g a n .

JEWELS H e n r y A. Callis. 2306 E. Street, N. E., W a s h ington, D. C ; G e o r g e B. Kelley, 1 - 1 1 3 t h Street. Troy, N. Y.; N a t h a n i e l A. M u r r a y , 2151 W e s t 21st Street, Los A n g e l e s 18, Calif.

O M E G A : C h a r l e s H. C h a p m a n , Robert H. O g l e , Vertner W . T a n d y , E u g e n e Kinckle Jones.

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CHAIRMEN. STANDING COMMITTEES BUDGET—Kermit J. Hall. 5000 W o o d l a n d A v e . , P h i l a d e l p h i a 43, P e n n a .

ALPHAS 1955 FOUR POINT PROGRAM Pay for National Headquarters.

Reclaim Brothers.

Pay National Tax. Register and Vote.

SPHINX STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF W . Barton Beatty, Jr. ASSISTANT M A N A G I N G EDITORS J. Rupert Picott, W . Byron Rumford FUN EDITOR O . Wilson W i n t e r s EDITORIAL DIRECTOR—Milton S. J. W r i g h t . ASSISTANTS—Hugh M. Gloster, Rayford W . L o g a n . H o w a r d Long, F r a n k L. S t a n l e y , W . W e s l e y Whetstone, T h o m a s W . Y o u n g .

STAFF EDITORS—Ldward W . Brooke, Robert P. Daniel. John H o p e Franklin, J a c o b R. H e n d e r s o n , Lionel H. N e w som, J. S a u n d e r s R e d d i n g , A. M a c e o Smith. C h a r l e s V. Willie. S t e p h e n J. Wright.

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS—Carlton H. Lee, E. E. A l e x a n d e r , Robert J. Anthony, Rufus B. A t w o o d , W a l d o W .

E. Blanchet. O s c a r C. Brown, Archib a l d J. C a r e y , Felton G. Clark, Henr y M. Collier. Jr.. E d g a r E p p s . William L. Fitzgerald, Nelson R. Freem a n , Rudolph H e n d e r s o n , G e o r g e W .

Hunter, Nelson C. Jackson, F r a n c i s J. Johnson, F r a n c i s A. K o r n e g a y , Marc u s A . M a h o n e , H o r a c e W . Melvin, A. J. Polk. R a m o n S. S c r u g g s , C l a r e n c e B. Shelton, C. E. Simmons, Jr., Leroy A . Simmons. Everett Singleton, Robert L. Smith. W a l t e r D. S p a n n , H. Theo Tatum. J. G. Thornton.

AUDITING—W. D. H a w k i n s , Jr., Fisk University, N a s h v i l l e , Tenn.

GENERAL COUNSEL—Billy Jones, 342A East B r o a d w a y , E a s t St. Louis, 111.

OTHER C H A I R M E N — C h a i r m a n for t h e Election Commission a n d the following committ e e s will b e c h o s e n l a t e r d u r i n g the y e a r : Housing, Programs a n d Recommendations, Charter Achievements a n d Awards, a n d Ritual.

CHAPTER DIRECTORY INTERMEDIATE CHAPTERS 500. OMICRON LAMBDA ALPHA—B. Olu Adebonoio (CS). Rox 31. Howard University.

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501. OMICRON LAMBDA BETA—Livy T. Wilson (P). 410 E. Church St., Champaign. 111.

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ALPHA—Edwin W. Johnson (P), 206 Linden Ave., Ithaca, N. Y. BETA—Braxton F. Cain (S), Box 211, Howard University. Washington, D. C. GAMMA—Claude L. Franklin, Jr. (S). Virginia Union University, Richmond 20, Va. DELTA—Otis Lee, Jr., 1310 Chicon St.. Austin, Texas.

EPSILON—Mike Wahls (RS), 735 Haven St., Ann Arbor, Mich.

7.ETA—Hamilton D. Smith (S), 17 Ball Rd..

North Haven, Conn.

ETA—Leonard Dawson (S), 938 St. Nicholas Ave.. New York 32, N. Y. THETA—Clarence P. Brown. 517 W. 57th St., Chicago, 111.

IOTA—William Duncan (S), Morris Brown College, Atlanta. Ga. KAPPA—Edward Sullivan, 68 E. 11th Ave., Columbus 10, Ohio.

MU—Maurice O. Howell (S), 2708 E. 32nd St.. Minneapolis, Minn.

NU—L»wis Downing (P), Box 222, Lincoln University. Lincoln University, Pa. XI—W. Melvin Campbell (P). Wilberforce University, Wilberforce. Ohio.

OMICRON—Robert P. Smith (P), 3046 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh 19, Pa. PI—Burton D. Ct-mmons (P), 3668 E. 143rd St., Cleveland. Ohio.

RHO—Turner C. Johnson, 1218 North 59th St.. Philadelphia 19, Pa. SIGMA—George O. Walker (P), 115 Arlington St., Medford, Mass.

TAU—Abel L. Smith, 1301 W. Clark St., Urbana, 111.

UPSILON—Churby C. Clowers (S), 1101 Mississippi St., Lawrence, Kan. PHI—Sylvester Davis (P), 366 Atkinson Hall, O. U., Athens, Ohio.

CHI—T. Wendell Williams, 1222 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn.

22. PSI—HUQO Marcos (S). 3843 N. Sydenham St.. Philadelphia 40, Pa. 23. ALPHA ALPHA—John R. Queen (S), 232 H'arne Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.

24. ALPHA BETA—Mason Davis (P). Talladega College, Talladega, Ala. 25. ALPHA GAMMA—(Inactive) — Providence, R. I. 26. ALPHA DELTA—Alvis Andrews (S). 2116 S. Western Ave.. Los Angeles 18, Calif.

27. ALPHA EPSILON—Bobby Cooper (P), 1104 30th St.. Oakland, Calif.

28. ALPHA ZETA—Russell Washington (P), W. Va. State College, Institute, W. Va. 29. ALPHA ETA—Arthur L. Visor (S), 2615 Pendleton Ave.. St. Louis, Mo. 30. ALPHA THETA—(Inactive) — Iowa City, Iowa.

31. ALPHA IOTA—Gl-nn C. Harris (P). 2717 LaFayette St., Denver 5, Colorado.

32. ALPHA KAPPA—(Inactive) — Springfield, Mass.

33. ALPHA NU—Charles M. Smith (S), 2142 Dewey Ave., Evanston, III. 34. ALPHA NU—(Inactive) — D-s Moines, Iowa.

35. ALPHA XI—Cleophas W. Miller. Ill, 531 26th Ave., Seattle 22, Wash.

36. ALPHA OMICRON—Felix Baubv. Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte 8, N. C. 37. ALPHA PI—Melvin E. Talbott (P), 522 E. Kentucky, Louisville, Ky. 38. ALPHA RHO—Otis T. Hammonds, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. 39. ALPHA SIGMA—James B. Bryant, Jr., Wiley College. Marshall, Texas.

40. ALPHA TAU—Allen D. Jackson (S), 735 St. Clair St., Akron 7, Ohio.

41. ALPHA UPSILON—Billy Patton, 5744 Iroquois, Detroit 13, Mich.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—In recognition of Brother Greene's unselfish service to Alphadom, the Southern Jurisdiction is issuing the CHARLES W. GREENE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT to be awarded to chapters making the best all-round record for the year. Reclamation will be one of the major points of requirements but other points are being worked out to be announced at the regional conference in Knoxville. Copies of the certificates will also be distributed in Knoxville to chapters in their area in accordance with stipulated qualifications chapters are required to meet.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Vice-president Swingler is glad to report that he has had the opportunity of being in closest touch with the newly elected General President, and has observed the fine response he is receiving as the head of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Brother Stanley made his first official visit to Memphis, Tennessee to participate in brief ceremonies marking the transition of the office of Southern Vice-president from Jackson, Mississippi to Memphis. Then he came again to deposit in the Tri-State Bank of Memphis the Fraternity's check in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to join with other national organizations in financially aiding "Economic Freeze" victims of Mississippi. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity again was the First of the college Greekletter societies to rally to the cause of Negro leaders (Continued on Page 8)

OUR COVER We were so excited over the picture submitted by the' Alpha Psi Chapter, Lincoln University, Mo., that we decided to use the picture on our cover for two reasons. 1. In order for a chapter to duplicate the picture, you must increase your membership. 2. Just a darn good idea. The brothers are: A—Left to right: Brothers Jesse Coleman, Joseph Ray, Keener Tippins, Andrew Simpson, John Price, Odell Dean, Joseph Jenkins, George Howard, Richard Timmons. Forming the A bar are Brothers Harold Manson and Walter Franklin.

P—Left to right: Brothers Warren Swindell, Lawrence Cayce, Willie Scott, Charles Alexander, Gurnic Gunter, Carl Smith, Roland Ragland, Ernest Anderson, James Pickins, Martin Carrington. Forming the O bar are Brothers S. M. Talley, Sponsor; Arthur Truss, Robert Wyatt, Robert Reid, Carl Jason, Erskin Ryan and O. W. Montgomery.

A—Left to right: Brothers Abraham Bolden, Bobby Daniels, Forest Price, Richard Billingslea, Thomas Brooks, William Tipper, Isaac Farris, Norman Chambers, George Enlow. Forming the A Bar are Brothers Melvin Streator and John Cutts.

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CONTENTS Here and There With Alpha About the Cover From the General Secretary's Desk Common Cry — I Did Not Get My SPHINX! New Brothers at Nu Alphas at Knoxville Conclave Express Hope Brother Shaw Gets Vital Post Suffolk Fraternity Wives Organize .

Eastern Regional — A Great Success Sweethearts Galore Tougaloo Tops in Mississippi Alphas Give National President a Testimonial Dinner A Grand Year of Program Planning Beta Chapter's Coronation Court of 1955 Members of Delta Xi Lambda Dr. Haskins Speaks at Education for Citizenship Week Brother Dixon Draws a First Beta Eta Features Queen Beta Chapter's Highlights Chicago Preparing for '55 Convention Biother Advances Cause of Journalism Beta Upsilon Chapter — Beehive of Activity Gamma Rho Excels Chapter Cooperation — Undergrad and Grad Beta Zeta Lambda Chapter on the March Epsilon Iota Lambda Scholarship Contestant Completes Pharmacy Course Guy Wins Award Alpha Omicron Lambda and Omicron Cooperate Beta Kappa Chapter Has National Officers Gamma Sigma Rededicates Xi Wins Interfraternal Championship Educational Activities Rumbling From Delta Iota Lambda Delta Chapter Moves Forward A and T. Alphas Roll On Delta Phi Lambda Conducts Observance Alpha Trio Buoys Aggie Track Hopes Beta Rho Chapter Welcomes New Members Delta Gamma at a Glance Midwestern Delegates to Study Alpha's Role in Desegregation News of Gamma Mu Lambda Chapter Integration In the Armed Services Fraternity Fun Kansas City Brother Wins First Prize In Book Contest

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NEXT DEADLINE SEPTEMBER I, 1955 Publication Office: 522 East Bute Street, Norfolk 10, Va. Address all news matter to Editor-in-Chief: W. BARTON BEATTY, JR. Box 352, 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.

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^J~rom. the Ljeneral Brothers in Alpha: We have mailed the Minutes of the 40th General Convention to the Chapter Secretaries with the hope that each brother will have access to the deliberations and conclusion of the Convention in session. Additional copies may be obtained for 25 cents each from this office.

Regional Conventions The Vice-Presidents have sent information and programs of the Regional Conventions to the respective chapters. It is our sincere hope that all Chapters will make a special effort to have representation at the Regional Conventions listed below— SOUTHERN — April 8. 9, 10 — Knoxville, Tennessee — Guest speakers: General President Frank L. Stanley; Miss Roberta Church and Dr. Richard V. Moore.

EASTERN — April 8. 9, 10 — Boston, Massachusetts — Guest speakers — General President Frank L. Stanley, Brothers Belford V. Lawson, James C. Evans, James Gibbs, Myles A. Paige and many others.

SOUTHWESTERN — April 22, 23, 24 — Marshall, Texas.

MIDWESTERN — May 20, 21 — Toledo, Ohio.

WESTERN — May 27, 28, 29, 30 — Los Angeles, Calif.

Candidates for General President Ballots will be mailed on April 1, 1955 to all financial members to be returned to Brother Henry L. Dickason in the self addressed envelope enclosed. Information concerning the candidates was printed in the SPHINX. Additional data will be printed later.

Brothers Walter M. Booker and Walter H. Williams, Sr., have withdrawn from the ballot leaving the following brothers: Myles A. Paige, and Frank L. Stanley, Sr. Constitutional Amendments The report of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments is listed on pages 17- 18 and 19 of the Minutes of the 40th General Convention. $75.00 Maximum Initiation Fee The 40th General Convention established the maximum fee chargeable to any person being initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha through an UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTER at $75.00.

This Amendment does not establish the fee at $75.00 but slates the amount charged cannot EXCEED the limit of $75.00.

There was no reference to Graduate Chapters in this amendment.

Important Note to Undergraduate Chapters A very alarming situation in regards to our Undergraduate Chapters is upon us—For some reason our Undergraduate Chapters are not conforming to the rules and regulations of either the General Organization or the various School Administrations.

This fact is evident in the action of several schools that have suspended chapter activities.

In one instance the school officials are definite in saying that Fraternities will not be allowed on the campus and that their students cannot participate in fraternal activities of the other chapter in the city.

This is an evil that is with us—We simply must put our house in order or we are going to find that more and more this action will be taken.

Vice-Presidents, Assistant Vice-Presidents, Regional Directors and Chapter Advisors are urged to give closer supervision, help and encouragement to undergraduate chapters in order that they might be effective, healthy additions to the college family of activities.

Pan-Hellenic Councils Undergraduate Chapters are urged to affiliate with the lnterfraternal Councils or the Pan-Hellenic Councils operating in their respective schools.

National Education and Citizenship Campaigns The National Educational Campaign will be held April 24th - May 1st. Theme: "Knowledge—The Basis of Freedom."

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The National Citizenship Campaign will be held October 23rd - October 30th. Theme: "Citizenship Ignored Means Citizenship Lost."

All chapters are urged to participate in these programs for such activities will help you and your communities.

Reclamation We are proud to note that the Vice-Presidents are hard at work on the problem of the unfinancial brother. Reclamation, in all of its aspects, is the fundamental basis for our activity for without the active support of all our brothers the program of Alpha will be non-effective.

REMEMBER OUR GOAL — 10,000 ACTIVE MEMBERS BY AUGUST 1956.

41st General Convention The Brothers in the Chicago Area are going all out to make make the 41st General Convention the "greatest ever."

Many new ideas will be featured and the social program will "be out of this world" states Brother Charles F. Lane, President of Xi Lambda Chapter and Chairman of the Convention Committee.

Information concerning housing will be sent to the chapters within a very short while. The dates of the convention are December 27-30, 1955.

50th Anniversary Celebration A recent meeting of the 50th Anniversary Committee with the General President in Buffalo revealed that this celebration will really mark an important phase of our fraternal life.

As the General President said "We will recount the activities of Alpha over the past 50 years and project our thinking for the next 50 years." Plans are underway to have national TV and Radio coverage of the program and to present some of the most outstanding personalities in our American life.

The headquarters will be Hotel Statler — The dates — August 7-11, 1956.

Acts of Brotherhood Brother Charles Greene of Atlanta, Georgia, former Southern Vice-President for about 20 years, is seriously ill and is hospitalized at Tuskegee. Brother Lewis O. Swingler, Southern Vice-President, is heading a drive to render financial assistance to Brother Greene. Chapters are urged to send an "expression of brotherhood" to Brother Greene in care of Brother Swingler, 546 Beale Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.

We have sent information to the chapters on the case of Brother Booker T. McGraw. It is our sincere hope that chapters and individuals will continue to write President Eisenhower to consider the appointment of Dr. Booker Tanner McGraw to a vacancy on the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

Brother McGraw, a Ph.D., from Harvard University, with an excellent record of action in the Federal Housing Agencies, would give us the type representation on a Board that controls a vital factor in our lives — housing — that we so badly need.

Rituals Chapter secretaries are again urged to send in the old Ritual in order that we might send the Revised Edition.

IMPORTANT 1. Let us continue to work in the area of reclamation.

2. Undergraduates—please examine your program and watch your conduct.

3. Brothers who made pledges to the National Headquarters are urged to fulfill them.

4. Let us have full representation at the Regional Conventions so that we may discuss fully the program and problems of Alpha.

Good Luck, JIMMY HUGER

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O R the past few years the Editor of the SPHINX magazine, the General President, a n d the General Secretary have been b o m b a r d e d as well as every other officer in the fraternity with the question, " W h v is it that I do not get my SPHINX magazine?"

W e are n o t in a position yet to state all of the reasons that might keep you from receiving your copy.

However, beginning with the 1955 SPHINX, the General .Secretary's office a n d the SPHINX office decided to make a little survey so that the question could be answered in part. I regret, as editor of the magazine, to tell you that seventy-five per cent of the difficulty arises from negligence on the part of your chapter's secretary. Another ten per cent is because of the scrambled writing that comes from your chapter, a n d the other fifteen per cent, I am willing to share with the added problems confronting Post Offices in the h a n d l i n g of bulk mail.

If you would insist u p o n records being sent in first class order with correct spelling a n d legible writing (typing preferred), a n d correct addresses, you would be surprised with what ease the magazine could be delivered. just for the fun of it, I a m taking a few pages from my survey. T h e y include insufficient addresses, no such Post Office, no individual addresses sent by your chapter, moved, left n o address, a n d u n k n o w n or n o t i o u n d . I a m p r i n t i n g these several oiiegories, first of all to see if the brothers car be located, a n d secondly lo give you a n idea how u n f o r t u n a t e h a n d l i n g of chapter records can cause a financial b r o t h e r t o miss worthwhile correspondence from the national headquarters a n d , of course, the fact that the b r o t h e r does not receive i IK-

POST OFFICE NOTICES RECEIVED CONCERNING THESE BROTHERS AS "UNKNOWN" OR "NOT FOUND" David Lyons Rt. 1, Box 307 Little Rock, Ark. Lionel Cade 419 Amason St. San Francisco. Calif.

J. Daniel Fisher 225 S. 58th St. Dover 36, Del. John Gilmore 7239 Pascall Ave. Dover 42. Del. Lee Clark Glenn 1338 S. 16th St. Dover 46, Del. R. Henry Jiles 482 E. St., S. W. Dover 24, Del. Ellis Miller 423 N. W. 21st Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Felton A. Johnson Route 2, Box 655 Orlando, Fla. Dr. Orian T. Ayers 9481/2 2nd Ave. St. Petersburg, Fla. Lewis A. Jones Sanford, Fla.

Charles Johnson 367 Woodland Ave. E. Orange, N . J. John Moses 785 Camden St. Newark, N. J. James E. Brown 46 E. 132nd St., Apt. 21 New York, N. Y. Samuel E. Burford 1408 Kivett Dr. Greensboro, N. C. Dr. H. H. Croft 120 Underhill Ave. Greensboro, N. C. Dr. Perry P. Little 721 y 2 E. Washington St. Greensboro, N. C. Charles E. Morris 1116 Kivett Dr. Greensboro, N. C. Dr. W. Carson Parks 410 Harrison St. Greensboro. N. C. Dr. W. C. Shanks 606 Rawhut St. Greensboro, N. C. Willie Scott Tull Hall Lincoln University. Pa. D. R. Greene Carl Smith Tull Hal I 525 Hancock Ave., N. W. Lincoln University, Pa. Atlanta, Ga. John W. Burwell William Tipper Tull Hall 427 Wainslow Ave. Lincoln University, Pa. Chicago, 111.

Robert Willis Kermit K. Hall 525 S. 25th St. 100 Fairview Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. Louisville 12, Ky. John H. Winder N.Uhaniel Irving 1939 West Lanvale Orangeburg, S. C. Baltimore, Md. A. B. Levison John Werthing Clarksdale, Miss.

Lane Ave. Jackson, Tenn.

Jesse Jefferies 267 S. Clinton St. E. Orange, N. J.

Clifford D. Fields 1018 N. 18th St. Lafayette, Ind.

Harold O. Cox 454 Belmont Ave. Newark 3, N. J.

Earl S. Britt 1810 N. Fulton Ave. Baltimore 17, Md.

H. Richard Allen Central State College Wilberforce, Ohio

Omar Doali Morgan State College Baltimore, Md.

Amos Gregory Central State College Wilberforce, Ohio

Eslon W. Higginbotham 304 Robert St. Baltimore 17, Md.

Mr. Jeffrey Jones 5418 " B " Chestnut St. Philadelphia, Pa.

Edward Cochron Greenwood, Miss.

William Nicholson 2621 Centre Ave. Pittsburgh 19, Pa.

Morris Hatchett 4570 McMillan St. Louis, Mo,

THESE PLATES WERE CUT FROM LIST THAT SHOWED NO INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSES—ALL PLATES WERE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY U. B. Broadneaux 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

James Lvle 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

Dr. B. A. Coles 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

Dr. A. W. Pleasants, Jr. 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

Dr. Marshall T. Garrett 2624 W. Beverley St. Stanton, Va.

William Smith 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

W. N. P. Harris 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

Rev. Dogan Williams 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

A. N. Jackson 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

C. M. Wood 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

Dr. Walt?r W. Johnson 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

Harry W. Wood 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va.

Walter N. Atkinson 2624 W. Beverley St. Staunton, Va. INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS M. L. Wilson Charlotte, N. C.

Robert E. Wood Statesville Ave. Charlotte, N. C.

NO SUCH POST OFFICE Maurice Moyer 465 Morehouse Dr. Dunleith. Del.

Philip G. Sadler ?A4 Rogers Rd. Dunleith, Del.

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Incidentally, we have changed o u r procedure as it relates t o addressing the magazine. Since February 1955 all financial brothers now have an individual plate carrying his name a n d address. I t is really u p to the chapter to keep the General Secretary's office informed of changes in addresses.

• O n e of the richest deposits of titaniu m , discovered in Mexico, has been proved to average 20 percent t i t a n i u m oxide. * M A Y , 1955

NEW BROTHERS AT NU Probates recently initiated into Nu Chapter, at Lincoln University, Pa., left to right, are: Brothers Thomas Mills (Wilmington, North Carolina), Ernest Levister (New York, N e w York).

Richard Young (Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania), James A. Bronner (Louisville, Ky.), Lewis Luchie (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Edward Terry (Atlantic City, N. J.), and James Brame (Philadelphia. Pennsylvania).

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Alphas at Knoxville Conclave Hope Court Will Step Up Integration KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, holding its Southern Regional Conference here on Easter week-end just prior to the openings of hearings by the U. S. Supreme Court relative to ways for implementing t h e history-making May 17th decision outlawing racial segregation in the public schools, went on record fully endorsing the recommendations of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the U. S. Attorney General that the verdict of the highest tribunal be made effective not later than the close of the 195556 academic year.

The two-day conference, held on the campus of Knoxville College, was presided over by Lewis O. Swingler, Memphis newspaper editor of the Tri-State Defender, and veteran leader in Alpha Phi Alpha circles. His keynote address, "Alpha's Unfinished Task in the South," set the stage for two days of deliberation by delegates and visiting brothers from over the seven states comprising the southern jurisdiction.

Dr. Richard V. Moore, president of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytonna Beach, Fla., headed an interesting workshop Friday afternoon, April 9th, in a discussion on the conference theme, "Alpha's Crusade for Complete Freedom."

After the series of discussion, Dr. William H. Hale, of Clark College, Atlanta, Ga., Alpha's national director of Education, gave an analysis on the several ways the fraternity could be effective in accelerating steps toward integration of Negroes into the public school system of the nation.

Other participants on the workshop included Dean P. R. Shy of Lane College, Jackson, Tenn.; Dr. Miles Carey of the University of Tennessee; Attorney Carl A. Cowen, and Harry Stanns, both prominent Knoxville lawyers and civic leaders; Rev. H. McDonald Nelson, pastor of St. James A. M. E. Church, Memphis, and candidate for the A. M. E. Bishopric; Walter Washington of Jackson, Miss.; R. W. Anderson of Columbia, S. C ; N. H. Bennett, Jr. of Durham, S. C ; Cecil Boston of Orlando, Fla.; PAGE 4

Wesley Whetstone of Birmingham, Ala.; George W. James of Chattanooga, Tenn.; and A. W. Hubert, of Savannah, Ga., the latter seven participants having served as regional directors of the Southern Jurisdiction.

Other Prominent Speakers Publisher Frank L. Stanley, of the Louisville (Ky.) Defender, newly elected General President of Alpha, headed the list of several other outstanding leaders who spoke at the regional conference. Giving major addressee also were Miiss Roberta Church, Consultant for Minority Groups, U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C , who spoke on Employment Opportunities; Attorney Charles W. Anderson, former member of the Kentucky State Legislature, who appeared at the closed banquet for the fraters; and Mayor George Dempster, Knoxville's congenial Chief Executive.

"Alpha Phi Alpha has a tradition, a philosophy, a passion, and a program," declared President Stanley.

"As benefactors, we are obligated each in his own way, each to his own audience, to ever labor in behalf of decency and right . . . Let no Alpha hold his peace. For ours is one of the great decisions of this fateful period and what we do now will shape the destiny of mankind."

Miss Church, speaking particularly to the young people, said "If you reach a place of authority and responsibility in your life's work, or, if you have only your daily contacis to think about, you have no fear when you have established an integrity of your own based on principles of good. You act and think in terms of kindness, understanding, justice and fairness to all; for "As a man thinkcth, so is he."

Attorney Anderson eloquently pointed up many of the citizenship gains Alpha men have been responsible for . . . from the first of the civil rights case involving Donald Murray of Maryland to the Elmer Henderson versus the Southern Railroad Dining Car Case. The prominent lawyer declared that Alpha sponsored directly many of the legal fights that have

"brought us closer to first-class citizenship," and has poured thousands of dollars into other cases backed by the NAACP. "Within a month after the original appeal went out from the NAACP headquarters to business, fraternal, civic and religious organizations to make deposits in the Tri-State Bank of Memphis in order to expand the lending capacity of that institution," Vice-President Swingler recalled in his message, "Alpha Phi Fraternity became the first of the college Greekletter societies to respond to the call.

O u r General President, already well known for his courageous fights as a leading editor in a border state, ushered in his administration here in the South when he came to Memphis to deposit the Fraternity's check in the amount of $5,000.00."

"The Role of the Undergraduate Brother" was the topic of another workshop led by Harold Whalum, who is one of four Negro students enrolled at the University of Tennessee. His panel of speakers also included Brodes Hartly, Jr. of Florida A. and M. University, assistant vicepresident of the SOUTHERN JURISDICTION; Cameron Brackney, Jr., Harvey Sproul, Preston Brown, and P. B. J. Campbell.

Informal talks came from Dr. C. A. Colston, president of Knoxville College, and one of the host brothers; W. H. Duke Williams of Jackson, Miss., who turned over the gavel of leadership of Vice-President as his immediate successor in opening session ceremonies; M. G. Ferguson, General Treasurer of Alpha; and W. D. Hawkins, Auditor, both of Nashville; Attorney Billy Jones of East St. Louis, 111., General Counsel; James H. Harper, president of Alpha Mu Lambda, host graduate chapter; Tillman Jackson, president of Gamine Omicron, host undergraduate chapter; Robert Jacox of Ripley, Tenn., who gave response to greetings.

Joseph L. Roberts, brilliant junior of Knoxville College, and president of the institution's Student Body, delivered an electrifying undergraduate address at the banquet program.

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nooga, was the engaging toastmaster at the reception.

Members of the Alpha Wives Hostess Committee, under leadership of Mrs. Gertrude Holt, Chairman, carried out a brilliant social calendar for the entertainment of visiting wives and other female guests of the conference. The agenda included a Coffee Hour at the home of Mrs. Beulah Sinclair; Coffee and sandwiches, prepared through the courtesy of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Coke Bar, set up by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority; a sight-seeing tour and box luncheon, a Mixer through the courtesy of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Other courtesies were extended by Mrs. Nora Jackson, Mrs. Henrietta Harper, and the Knoxville Branch of Union Protective Assurance Company, a Stag Smoker. The two host chapters climaxed the social schedule with their closed formal at Payne Avenue Recreation Center.

Committee chairmen carrying out details of the conference under general direction of Vice-President Swingler were Attorney Rudolph V. McKamey, chairman, coordinating committee; Prof. Monroe D. Senter, well known educator, and retiring president of Tennessee Education Associa-

tion, chairman of the program committee; William H. Holt, secretary of the conference committee; Harold L. Hodges, housing; Lewis Sinclair. social; Walter Kennedy, advertising and souvenir brochure; Jack Johnson, escort committee, and Alfred Coleman, registration.

Approximately 300 Alpha brothers and visiting delegates were on hand for the conference.

The 1950 Southern Regional Conference will meet Easter week-end at Durham, N. C. with Gamma Beta at North Carolina State College, and Beta Theta Lambda serving as the official host chapters. Vice-President dent Swingler, re-nominated unanimously for reelection, was given a rising vote of thanks for carrying out a most succesful conference at Knoxville. • The Port of New York is to have a new bridge from Brooklyn to Staten Island, which will be, until the Messina Straits Bridge is built, the longest suspension bridge in the world. # # * * Fiberglas bodies, long awaited for automobiles, are ready to make their appearance on children's pedal cars.

Brother Shaw Gets Vital Campus Post GREENSBORO, N. C. — The A. and T. College Student Council announced recently that Brother Robert D. Shaw, a junior majoring in Biological Science, has been named campus coordinator of the National Student Association.

Shaw's duties embody the circulating of NSA material throughout the A. and T. College student body, setting up, and administering campus versions of the various NSA projects, and coordination of college and NSA functions.

Secretary of the A. and T. College Student Council, Shaw was briefed for his appointment during a February meeting of the VirginiaCarolinas Region of the NSA, held at Chapel HiU, N. C. A native of Lumberton, N. C , he is quite active on the campus, listing among his activities affiliation with the college newspaper, membership in the Officers Club, Pan-Hellenic Council, and Scott Hall Senate, commands the AFROTC Drill Team, and is campus representative for Chesterfield cigarettes.

FRATERNITY WIVES ORGANIZE AUXILIARY The brothers of Epsilon Iota Lambda Chapter of Suffolk. Va.. are happy to announce the organization of the wives of Epsilon into an auxiliary . . . This group (the auxiliary) was quite instrumental in helping the chapter to be quite successful in presenting its annual musical concert at various high schools in its surrounding area. From one of the participating high schools a student will merit the right to receive a scholarship from the chapter which we hope will start him or her on a college career . . . From left to right, front row: Mrs. Delia Cooke, vice-president. Mrs. Gladys Turner. Dr. Margaret Reid, Mrs. Evelyn Jackson, chaplain. Mrs. Dorothy Armstead. Mrs. Marion Townes . . . Back row, standing, left to right: Mrs. Virginia Boone. Mrs. Katie Bass, treasurer. Mrs. Mary Davis. Mrs. Thelma Richardson. president. Mrs. Juanita Barnes, Mrs. Marie Sykes. and Mrs. Vivian Pretlow, corresponding secretary and reporter.

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EASTERN REGIONAL^A GREAT SUCCESS J . H E Eastern Regional Convention of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. convened in Boston, Massachusetts on April 8, 9 a n d 10, 1955, at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel located on the beautiful Copley Square of downtown Boston, the beginning a n d end ol all highways to Boston. Boston, tlie historic capital city of New England, rich in the traditions of more than three centuries, and progressive in its approach to the problems of today, provided the sophisticated atmosphere and dignity for the Eastern Regional Convention proceedings and activities. T h e host chapters—Sigma a n d F.psilon G a m m a L a m b d a - g r a ciously entertained the convention delegates in the style of true brotherhood a n d fellowship.

T h e General T h e m e of the Convention was "Alpha Meets the Challenge of C h a n g i n g Concepts."

The Host Committee consisted of Brothers George Walker, President, Sigma C h a p t e r ; E d w a r d G o u r d i n , President, F.psilon G a m m a L a m b d a Chapter; James A. Gibbs, General C h a i r m a n ; Elbert Alston, Registration; Edward Brooke, E n t e r t a i n m e n t ; Victor C. Bynoe, Program Booklet; Robert O. Phillips, Dance; Morris Taylor, Publicity: and R o b e r t L. Levister, Lionel Lindsev, Jr., Frank Morris, Emerson Pierce, J u l i a n Rainey a n d Ken Simmons. T r u l y , the host chapters gave the Eastern Region one of the greatest conventions in the history of Alp h a P h i Alpha.

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T h e big day was Saturday, April 9th. T h e day started with a breakfast tendered by the City of Boston's Mayor, J o h n B. Hynes, for the officers of the Eastern Region Staff. Mr. Jack Brown, representative of the Mavor, was toastmaster. H e extended hearty greetings of welcome to o u r organization a n d presented the Eastern Vice-President, Brother J. R u p e r t Picott, with the official brochure, now used instead of the key.

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T h e first General Session was called to order by Brother J a m e s A. Gibbs, General C h a i r m a n of the BosIon Convention Committee. W a r m greetings of welcome to Boston were extended to the Convention delegates

by Brother George Walker, President, Sigma C h a p t e r a n d Brother Edward Gourdin.

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the Convention delegates.

Brother Picott recognized the presence of the immediate past Eastern Vice-President, Brother W a l t e r M. Booker; past General President, Brother Bedford Lawson; nominee for General President, Brother Myles A. Paige; National Officer, Brother Kermit H a l l ; Comptroller, National Convention Parliamentarian, Brother O. Wilson W i n t e r s : Sergeant-at-arms, Brother Frank Atwater; Assistant Vice-President. Brother J e r o m e Lindsey; General Secretary, Brother James H u g e r ; a n d Regional Program C h a i r m a n , Brother R o l a n d D. Ealey.

T h e first address to the Convention was given by Brother R o b e r t Levister, an attorney of Stamford, Connecticut. H e addressed the Convention on the topic, -"Making the Eastern Region a More Potent Force I n O u r N a t i o n a l Organization."

H e stated first we, the Eastern Region should lead the way to r e t u r n to o u r original and fundamental concent out of which Alpha Phi Aloha '"as born—Brotherhood a n d Fellowshin. H e asserted, o u r history is filled •"'ifh evidence that o u r early Conventions were joyful a n d pleasant occasions at which good will and harmonious fellowship a b o u n d e d ; while the Conventions of recent vintage, have come to be n o m o r e than political arenas in which the contestants for offices fight the final rounds of battles waged t h r o u g h the whole year.

H e continued to e x p o u n d that we dallv in plah'tudious slogans and Convention themes, and the Esprit TV Fraternite rock asunder by enmities and pettv differences.

He pleaded for the r e t u r n to true Brotherhood a n d Fellowship.

Secondly, h e said, we must come f i r t h with a definite program.

He cited the earlv programs of the fraternity . . . " G o to H i g h School—Go to College" a n d "Education for Citizenship" a n d stated that now n o proc r a m recently has been vital a n d strong e n o u g h to have continuity t h r o u g h m o r e t h a n one administration.

H e suggested that in the field of integration a n d desegregation, is the area in which we can play our greatest role. W e can be present at the Supreme C o u r t h e a r i n g a n d formulate follow-up programs of action in mihlic housing, public accommodations, recreational facilities and, etc.

Finally, be declared, only when the Eastern Region b a n d together, initiate a n d establish a sustaining pro-

gram designed to carry the ball of integration to its complete and ultim a t e goal, can we sing with meaningful pride: T h e Fraternity H y m n .

A r o u n d of applause was given Brother Joseph Mitchell of Boston, as the oldest delegate in membership, as of 1914.

T h e second Convention address was given by Brother Marvin Riley of New York City. H e gave a philosophical approach to the topic " T o day's Challenge, T o m o r r o w ' s Opportunity."

Brother Riley called o u r attention to the legacy a n d challenge of o u r beloved founders, dedicated in service tor h u m a n b e t t e r m e n t . H e stated that we have a vast reservoir of potentiality in A l p h a yet u n t o p p e d a n d channeled to flow in the sea of community endeavors. H e asserted that the t r u e values a n d achievements of our fraternity will be rated by the degree in which, we are able to project its influence in the life of the community, a n d we must broaden o u r social horizon, sphere of activities a n d penetrate the clouds of despair a n d confusion with knowledge, wisdom a n d a definite course of action.

H e cited the recent challenge of the Supreme C o u r t Decision of May 17, 1954, a n d q u o t e d the ten articles of Mr. Rockefeller's faith, "Learned at His Mother's Knee." In addition, he m e n t i o n e d the current challenge of the increasing rise of social disorder among our youths, and called upon the fraternity to give some thought a n d consideration to ways a n d means by which we can assume a more positive approach towards helping alleviate this great social scourage which is gradually destroying o u r youths.

In dosing, he cited this verse: Success is found in the soul of youth, And not in the realm of luck.

T h e world will provide work to do, But we must provide the pluck.

Greetings were extended to the Convention delegates by Brother Belford Lawson, Past General President a n d Brother M. Booker, I m m e d i a t e Past Eastern Vice-President.

Annual Luncheon T h e A n n u a l Convention Luncheon was held at 12:30 P. M. in the Sheraton Plaza H o t e l .

Brother Edward G o u r d i n , presided at the luncheon.

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ance be given high school prospects by the graduate brothers.

2. That chapters encourage more vouth awards and youth meetings.

3. That chapters send more material to the SPHINX. 4. That chapters should use local media in publicizing Alpha men and Alpha activities.

5. That joint meetings of chapters, at least once a year, be encouraged under supervision of the Regional Director.

6. That the Eastern Regional Paper be reactivated, so that ideas may be dispersed.

The report of the Citizenship and Education Committees was given by Brother fawn Sandifcr. The following recommendations were offered and adopted by the Convention: 1. That the Education and Citizenship Program be combined as one, and a new slogan be selected by the National Organization.

2. That all chapters be encouraged to participate in the Education and Citizenship Program, and the Founder's Day Observance.

3. That this Committee be a continuing Committee whose func-

tion would be to further study the program and present a vital and effective plan of action.

The address of the hour was an 'unfinished speech" by Brother fames C. Evans, Civilian Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, former President of Sigma ( liapter, and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He spoke on the topic, "Alpha and Eden." His profound interpretation and discourse filled the hearts of the delegates with great joy and their minds with great knowledge, as he expounded this topic. He carried us back historically, to the Garden of Eden and brought us to the present civilization of high learning and scientific achievements. He reviewed some of the outstanding accomplishments of the integration procedures in the Armed Forces, and asserted emphatically, "What can be done in uniform can be done outside the Army."

He declared that the patterns of integration in the Armed Service can be successful in civilian life if properly implemented. He closed his "unfinished speech," outside the Garden of Eden where lay the economic facie >rs of life.

Upon the motion of Brother Ro-

land Ealey and second by Brother Robert Curtis, Brother f. Rupert Picott was nominated as Eastern Vice-President for the coming year; and Brother Jerome Lindsey as Eastern Assistant Vice-President.

With no further business, Brother Picott closed the business proceedings with these words, "let thoughts of Alpha and Eden ring in your ears."

Formal Dance On Saturday night the formal Alpha Dance was held in the exquisite and huge Sheraton Plaza Ballroom.

The Alpha wives, sweethearts and hostesses were like flowers of the Garden with their radiant beauty and charming personalities. This was the climax to the great 1955 Eastern Regional Convention.

Public Meeting Many of the delegates were on their way to their respective cities, when the public meeting was held on Sunday at 2:30 P. M., in the State Suite of the Sheraton Plaza Hotel. For those of us who attended, it was another great event. Brother Lionel Lindsay, )r., presided. Two great speeches Were given, one by our General President, Brother Frank Stanley, and the other by Brother Myles Paige.

HERE AND THERE WITH ALPHAS (Continued from Page 1) who are courageously fighting in Mississippi to implement the U. S. Supreme Court Decision, guaranteeing their children equalization in the field of education. Then to Little Rock, Arkansas, Jackson, Mississippi, and to Louisville, Kentucky on successive missions to be with our General President on occasions that marked new landmarks of Alpha progress.

This office acknowledges with sincerest gratitude, the visit of our General Secretary, James (Jimmy) Huger, who actually got out the first news letter to you during his trip to Memphis. A real secretary with a bounce and enthusiasm for service. A grateful acknowledgment to our former Vice-president W. H. "Duke" Williams, of Jackson, Mississippi who personally came to Memphis to transfer important fraternity papers to his successor.

Such cooperation!

In that spirit Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is moving ahead . . . faithful to its glorious past, but keeping its rendezvous with the Living Present. The Southern Jurisdiction, therefore, can be counted upon to offer its full share of good will and bolster our social order with mora! and intellectual re-enforcement.

WASHINGTON, D. C—Mr. Cobb, an 1899 graduate of the School of Law, is the senior partner of the law firm of Cobb, Howard, and Hayes of Washington.

He received the Master of Laws degree at Howard in 1900, and was admitted to practice in the District of Columbia the following year.

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the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, he supervised the enforcement of the then recently enacted Pure Food and Drugs Law. His success in prosecuting cases involving this Act gained him a national reputation as an expert in this field.

In 1926 President Calvin Coolidge appointed Mr. Cobb judge of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, a position which he held through 1936.

Mr. Cobb, who formerly served as judge of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, cited the University's School of Law for its contributions in recent cases involving civil rights, mentioning the part played

by Howard law graduates and teachers in school segregation and D. C. civil rights litigation. "In my opinion Howard University is one of the greatest universities of the world," he said, "and when history is properly written, it will be in the vanguard of all because she has stood steadily for "All men up and not some men down."

Declaring that Howard is needed today more than it has ever been needed before, Mr. Cobb said that the problems now facing this country involve the very fabric on which the Government is based. "There is a popular misconception which seems to reach even some of the lawmakers of this country, that the implication of the Fifth Amendment by a citizen for his or her protection is misconduct," he asserted. "Such is in derrogation of the Constitution.

"Howard University, along with the other great universities of this country, has and is resisting any such interpretation and abuse of the citizens' rights of this country." he added.

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SWEETHEARTS GALORE Currently warming the hearts of all Psi Brothers is this delightful assemblage of some of the most beautiful coeds in the Philadelphia area.

Shown here is the recently crowned 1955 Sweetheart of Psi Chap'er. Yvonne McGhee. a junior at Cheyney State Teachers College. The equally lovely court surrounding Miss McGhee are as follows: (seated lefl) Irene Archer, (seated right) Fannie Carter, (standing left to right) Winona Landry. Janet Gray Dempsey (1954 Sweetheart), Elaine Vance, Mary Redd and loan Washington.

Tougaloo Tops In Mississippi T O U G A L O O , Miss. - It is with a great deal of brotherly pride that G a m m a Upsilon salutes a n d warmly welcomes its newly initiated members who went the "Last scorching mile" in November. It is they, the "Mystic S p h i n x m e n " , w h o were transformed into noble Alpha men. W e are prom o t i n g the aims of the national program of Alpha Phi Alpha. In doing so, we have sent delegates to the Regional a n d the National Convention.

We also have helped the c o m m u n i t y by giving boxes on T h a n k s g i v i n g to the needy families.

T h e Chapter consists of seventeen members; namely, Seniors Alfred Carr — Major, Chemistry; minor, Biology; future plans, Medical Librarian, University of Illinois, Basketball.

J o h n Hendricks — Major, ChemisM A Y , 1955

try; minor, Mathematics; future plans, Army. T r e a s u r e r of G a m m a Upsilon a n d Dramatics.

Shirley Aaron — Major, Chemistry; minor. Biology; future plans, Meharry Medical School. Pan Hellenic Council.

Edgar Smith — Major, Chemistry; minor, Biology—Mathematics; future plans, P u r d u e . President, Pan-Hellenic Council; Vice-president of senior class; U.N.C.F. delegate: A. K. Mu; Choir; Dean Pledgees; Student Asst. in Chemistry; Y.M.C.A. Leroy Vinson — Major, Mathematics; minor, Chemistry; future plans, University of 111., Y.M.C.A., T r a c k ; Basketball; delegate, N a t i o n a l Convention; Student assistant in Mathematis.

Vandon W h i t e — Major Chemistry; minor Mathematic, Biology. F u t u r e plans, P u r d u e . President of Y.M.C.A.; Student Asst. in Chemistry; M e m b e r of A. K. M u ; President of G a m m a Upsilon.

WardeH Wilson — Major, Biology; minor, Psychology; F u t u r e plans, the

University of 111. Y. M. C. A. Juniors Fred Fielder — Major, Chemistry; President of J u n i o r Class; Vice-President of G a m m a Upsilon; C h o i r a n d Band.

Sam H a w k i n s — Major, Sociology; T r e a s u r e r of J u n i o r Class; President of A u d i o Visual.

C. B. Lawyer — Major, Chemistry; Sec'y of G a m m a Upsilon, Choir, Y. M. C. A. a n d Band.

Sophomores Charles McNair — Major, Biology; Football, T r a c k , a n d Y. M. C. A. Leonard Battle — Choir, Dramatics, Band.

Hozey Burnestine — Football, Delegate National Convention. President of the Sophomore Class, Dramatics.

Robert Christmon — Boxer a n d Mathematics Club.

T h e o d o r e Rollins — Student Asst. in Mathematics.

Wilbert Smith — Mathematics Club. Y. M. C. A. T o m Sutton — Choir a n d College Council.

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Alphas Give National President A Testimonial Dinner

BROTHER DOWDAL DAVIS. EDITOR OF THE KANSAS CITY CALL Brother Dowdal Davis, editor oi the Kansas City Call and life-time friend of Prexy Stanley. gave the main address during the testimonial banquet. Brother Davis is shown delivering his address in his usual eloquence. Seated to his right is Brother Stanley, our industrious and energetic president.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky-Brothers from Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and many other states flocked to a testimonial banquet given in honor of a native son, Brother Frank Stanley, our national president. The Brothers were accompanied by their beautiful wives and sweethearts.

Among some of the many Brothers from the different states were Brothers George Cromwell, Cincinnati, Ohio, Midwest vice-president, Julius Judkins, Richmond, Indiana, Maceo Hill, Columbus, Ohio, and General PAGE 10

Secretary, James E. Huger, Chicago, Illinois.

The host chapter sponsoring this most momentous occasion, in behalf of the national president, was the Alpha Lambda Chapter of Louisville, Kentucky. The toastmaster for the banquet was Brother Robert T .

Downs.

One of the highlights of the occasion was the remark made by Brother Clarence Muse of Beta Mu Chapter.

He wondered why it took other brothers so long to recognize Brother Stan-

ley as presidential timber, when we of Kentucky have seen the handwriting on the wall for some time.

The lovely wives and sweethearts were toasted handsomely by Brother J. M. Jason from Lexington, Kentucky, and a wonderful response was lorthcoming from Mrs. Carolyn Blanton.

Another highlight of the night was a ceremonial tribute paid to the Jewels, carried out with the aid of seven brothers lighting four black candles for the four deceased Jewels and the lighting of three gold candles for the surviving Jewels.

Brother Dowdal Davis delivered the key address. He gave a short sketch of how and why Alpha Phi Alpha was founded; the progress of Alpha throughout the years; the overcoming of the obstacles and all types of stumbling blocks: and finally the occurrences before Brother Stanley was elected president.

Making the introduction of the guest of honor was Brother Atty. C. W. Anderson, who delivered the eloquent speech for the nomination of Brother Stanley at the Miami Convention. His deliverance here was just as emphatic and eloquent as at the convention.

Our national president's remarks were brief and to the point. Among some of the things that Brother Stanley brought out were that we can not rest on our oars and expect to achieve anything worthwhile. We must move ahead and accomplish some of the things Alpha Phi Alpha stands for.

Brother Stanley was presented the key to the city on behalf of Mayor Broaddus, by Mrs. Hortense Young.

The moving spirit behind this banquet was Brother Stenson Broaddus.

Without his drive and spirit for Alpha all the visiting brothers and guests would not have had all the fun and fellowship that the occasion offered.

Music was furnished by members of Beta Mu Chapter.

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LOUISVILLE ALPHAS TOAST GENERAL PRESIDENT Brothers in the bond of Alpha Phi Alpha from all over the nation attended a testimonial banquet in the honor of Brother Frank L. Stanley, our National President. Brother Stenson Broaddus served as Chairman of the banquet . . . The SPHINX was successful in getting several pictures during the evening. The top picture, left to right: Brother and Mrs. L. C. Bell, Brother and Mrs. Stenson Broaddus, Brother and Mrs. H. J. Richardson of Indianapolis, Ind.. Brother Maceo Hill of Columbus. Ohio, and Miss Juanita Brown . . . The center picture. left to right: Brother and Mrs. C. W. Anderson. Brother Tally Harris, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Miss Mae Street Kidd, Brother Lewis Swingler, Memphis. Tenn., and Vice-President of the Southern Region, and Brother L. H. Williams, past Vice-President of the Southwest Region . . .

The bottom picture, left to right: Brother and Mrs. lulius ludkins. Richmond, Ind., and Vice-President of the Midwest Region, Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Hutchinson. President of the Alpha Phi Alpha Chapter, Louisville. Ky., Brother William D. Hawkins, Auditor, Nashville, Tenn.. Mrs. Minerva H. Johnson, Nashville, Tenn., and Brother and Mrs. N. G. Fergerson. Nashville, Tenn. Brother Fergerson is Grand Treasurer of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

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A GRAND YEAR OF PROGRAM PLANNING E A S T S T . L O U I S , M o . - D e l t a Epsilon L a m b d a sends a resume of the activities accomplished d u r i n g the past year.

Each year the chapter has an a n n u a l picnic, last June it was held at the G r a n d Marias State Park, just outside of East St. Louis.

All the brothers attended, their wives, girl friends, children a n d guests. J. C. Caroline a n d Abe Woodson, football stars at the University of Illinois a n d T h e o d o r e Savage, the freshm a n flash in basketball, of the University of Illinois were the outstanding guests at the picnic.

Even t h o u g h meetings were not held d u r i n g the s u m m e r m o n t h s , a baseball trip was a r r a n g e d for over 100 boys, t h r o u g h the hospitality of the St. Louis Cards' m a n a g e m e n t ; providing very good recreation for these lads u n d e r the supervision of Brother J. Higgins, M. T h o m a s , Joe Perry a n d G. Q u i n n . T h e boys were very happy in their status' as a result of seeing the Brooklyn Dodgers

make things very interesting for the Cards, that day back in last July. In writing a letter to Harry Caray about o u r program of taking interest in civic projects of all kinds a n d for all vouths, this famous sports a n n o u n c e r read o u r letter, a n d with comments, that were very commendable.

In the m o n t h of December our C h a p t e r sponsored a b a n q u e t for the Lincoln H i g h School football team, a n d in conjunction o u r Founder's Day observance was held. For many years the Lincoln H i g h School, u p to this time, a n d most recently was the only school in town that the football team did not have a sponsor for its athletes.

Brother Charles Proctor, instructor at Loyola Univesrity, Chicago, Illinois, was the principal speaker.

O u r delegate, Brother Billy Jones, to the 40th General Convention, held at Miami, Florida, was honored by the Alpha Phi Alpha delegates, as General Counsel. We, the Delta Ep-

silon L a m b d a C h a p t e r members, send o u r appreciations to the brothers everywhere for giving our president that signal honor.

O u r C h a p t e r has gone on record, in this city, as participating in the program, as many other organizations are doing, in m a k i n g the town a better place for the people, all the citizens, to live in. T h e C h a p t e r has Brothers Booker T . Blackwell a n d William Williams as representative to the Social P l a n n i n g Council. T h e Council in East St. Louis has as its purpose: the aim to m a k e this city a most interesting place in which to live. And in this same category, Brother Frank T . Lyerson has been chosen to the Mississippi Valley Boy Scouts Council as a member.

O n St. Valentine Day, in the evening, a party was given in h o n o r of the wives and sweethearts at the Annette Center.

Brother James Loveless, the chairman of the sponsoring

BETA CHAPTER'S CORONATION COURT OF 1955 With the shield of Alpha serving as background—part of an Olde English setting at Beta Chapter's Annual Coronation Ball at Howard University, we find Miss Peggy Jones immediately after she was crowned Sweetheart of Beta Chapter and her court. The court includes Mrs. Mayme Y. Foster, recently named as Beta Chapter's Fraternity Mother. The young ladies reading from left to right (front row) Misses Sylvia West. Irma Wright, Alicia Clarke. Joan Foster, Doris Daniels and Dorothy Gray. Second row includes (left to right) Misses Jeanne Hunter. Edith Blue. Faye Dashiells, Jeanne Sharpe, Vivian Johnson, and Patricia Stevens. That's Mrs. Foster standing and Miss Jones in the rear of the picture.

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MEMBERS OF DELTA XI LAMBDA. ORLANDO. FLORIDA Members of Delta Xi Lambda are justly proud of their accomplishments since their beginning. Seated from left to right are: Brothers George L. Speight, Herndon G. Harrison. Secretary. Felton A. Johnson. Editor to the SPHINX, George P. Schanck. Carter C. Beverly, Historian . . . Standing: Cecil W. Boston. Parliamentarian. Leonidae A. Braboy. John A. Lawson. Vice-President. S. A. Cousin, Chaplain.

William Scales, Isaac S. Manning, President. Freddie A. Smith, I. S. Hankins. Treasurer. Members not on picture: Edward Clark, George L. Stark. George H. Stark. Harold B. Whitehurst. Lewis A. Jones. Thomas E. Lias, J. W. Williams.

committee, provided a very interesting evening for over fifty guests and brothers.

The Spring Formal dance was held Friday evening, May 6. This is one event that fits in the social season very well, and each year we

have many favorable comments coming as a results of our guests attending the affair.

We of the Delta Epsilon Lambda Chapter, go on record as favoring the 1955 Program of Alpha Phi Alpha, in its entirety. We will incorporate it in our every activities.

Dr. Haskins Speaks at Alphas Education for Citizenship Week TUSKEGEE, Ala. - Brother Dr. R. M. Haskins, of Columbus, Georgia delivered a very important message to a gathering of some two-thousand students and community leaders at Tuskegee Institute, March 13, 1955.

The message which was delivered in connection with Gamma Phi's annual "Education For Citizenship Week" was a timely and very inspiring one.

Dr. Haskin's subject was on "Citizenship". He gave the following statement as a definition for citizenMAY, 1955

ship: A citizen is a recognized member of a country who owes his individual allegiance to that country and in return receives protection and privileges which others cannot claim . . .

He stated that citizenship is a twofold proposition. In addition to being granted full citizenship, the Negro in America must accept responsibilities. He must participate in civic affairs such as: community chest, red cross, clubs, etc.

He stated that we no longer have a problem of equal rights. The Supreme Court has granted those in

declaring segregation in p u b l i c schools to be unconstitutional. The task which we have before us at present is the association in the future.

We must now take advantage of our opportunities. We have been so busy getting equal rights, we have not taken time out to take on the responsibilities which go with these rights.

An interpretation of the preceding statement is this: When we are given opportunities, a great many of us do not take advantage of them, and as a result, the conditions remain the same. Rather than just sit back and remain timid, we must come forward and make ourselves known. Don't let a few carry the load alone.

Dr. Haskins ended his message by saying; for every right there is a corresponding duty, for every benefit there is a corresponding service, and for every privilege there is a corresponding responsibility.

We, here at Tuskegee took Dr. Haskins' message in earnest and with sincerity. We believe that evervone who comes in contact with similar experiences will analyze himself and see just where does he fit into this integration pattern and what he is contributing toward its growth.

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Dedmond, head of Morgan State College's department of romance languages, will conduct a seminar on Mexican culture as part of the summer session. T h e course will include a two-week trip to Mexico.

DELTA LAMBDA CHAPTER. BALTIMORE HEAVILY LADEN WITH PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS Shown here are: I. Bradshaw Higgins. Henry C. Welcome. Simon H. Carter, J. Douglas Sheppard. Leroy Berry. Maurice Adams. Charles R. Campbell, Bruce Alleynez and Maurice Doles.

Brother Dixon Draws A First BALTIMORE, Md. - In keeping with Alpha tradition of being first, a brother of Delta Lambda Chapter, Walter A. Dixon, on March 1, became the first member of his race nominated on the Democratic ticket for a seat in the Baltimore City Council.

T h e nomination in the past has been tantamount to election. Brother Dixon will represent the Fourth District, which last November sent its first colored senator, Harry A. Cole, also a brother of Delta Lambda, to the legislature.

Brother Cole, shortly after taking his oath, lost no time in introducing a bill, which would have made it illegal for any owner of a hotel, restaurant or other place of public accommodation to refuse the patronage of any person because of his race, religion or color.

The measure, voted out of the Judiciary Committee, was defeated when all of the Republicans joined Democrats from the rural counties in opposition. A past president of Delta Lambda, Brother-Doctor W. Berkley Butler, has been appointed president of the Provident Hospital medical stall, which is heavily weighted with Alphas.

Other medical and dental brothers were: I. Bradshaw Higgins, Henry C. Welcome, Simon H. Carter, J. Douglass Sheppard, Leroy Berry, Maurice Adams, Charles R. Campbell, Bruce Alleynez, and Maurice Doles.

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timore Chapter, Committee on Racial Equality, accepted the 1955 Achievement Award of the National Council of CORE. The award was in recognition of the campaign conducted to open public eating facilities to all people regardless of race.

Brothers Robert T. Watts and Emerson Brown, Jr., have been appointed justices of the peace by Governor T. R. McKeldin. Brother Watts is e x a c t e d to be named a police magistrate in May . . . Brother Frederick

Brother Furman L. Templeton, Urban League secretary, has been named to the Planning Committee for the Maryland Conference which precedes the White House Conference on Education. Brother Templeton was also selected a member of the Board of Baltimore Community Educational Television.

Brother Carl Murphy was given a S500 life NAACP membership by the Baltimore branch in recognition of his work as chairman of the legal 11 dress committee . . . Brother George Taliaferro, star of the Baltimore Colts pro football team, is selling cars in the off season. His teammate, Brother Claude "Buddy" Young, sells bread. Buddy made a guest appearance on the weekly television program conducted by Brother Tom Hawkins, president of Delta Lambda.

Delta Lambda Chapter is protesting the action of the Morgan State College faculty in suspending all Greek-letter activities on the campus until February, 1956. A committee headed by Brother J. Douglass Shepperd was appointed to investigate infractions of rules, if any, committed by members of the undergraduate Alpha Chapter. Other members of the committee include Brothers Hiram Butler, C. C. Jackson, Robert Watts and Cliff W. Mackay.

BETA ETA FEATURES QUEEN AT CARBONDALE. ILL. A picture taken at our Sweetheart Ball here in Carbondale. Ours is the Beta Eta Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and is located at Southern Illinois University in this city. As the photo pictures, our Miss A Phi A has just been crowned ior the year 1955 . . .

Left to right: Sphinxman Ronald Brown. Dorothy Coleman. Sphinxman Cecil King. Magdalene Tisdale. Mary Hughes. '54 Queen. Her Majesty, Hilda Ferguson, Brother Leo Wilson. President; Pat Shoiiner, Lois Crim, Sphinxman Howard Branch, and Brother Melvin Brown.

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OUTSTANDING SCHOLARS Beta Chapter's most recent contribution to the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. Reading from left to right, are: Brothers Daniel Hall and Thomas Weaver, who come from Philadelphia. Pennsylvania and Brother William Pitts from Arlington. Virginia . . . So far. five Brothers from Beta Chapter have been named to this outstanding organization of National Honorary Societies—since Phi Beta Kappa was established at Howard University, the spring of 1953.

BETA CHAPTER'S HIGHLIGHTS WASHINGTON, D. C.-Although from all sections of the United States. entered the land of Alpha while he Beta Chapter missed the last issue of There are for example, Brothers matriculated at Fisk.

The SPHINX as far as the written word Charles Elder from San Diego, CaliThe second great event occurring was concerned, we brothers here feel fornia and James Thompson from in February here at Beta Chapter was that we were adequately represented Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Brothers the naming of Chapter Sweetheart. in that February issue in terms of the Earl Griffin and Frank DeCosta come On the evening of February 25th, to many pictures made of our own Beta from South Carolina—Saluda and the melodic strains of "Pomp and Brother J. Wilborn Lindsay. Brother Orangeburg respectively.

There is Circumstance," Miss Peggy Jones Lindsay, as the story goes, now serves new Brother Walter Greene from Chi- ascended the throne of Beta Chapas the Eastern Region's Undergradu- cago, Illinois. Brothers Lewis Thax- ter's Fraternity Sweetheart. The ocate Vice-President. Quite an accom- ton and Renaldo Jensen from Asbury casion was our Annual Coronation plishment for a man who has only Park, New Jersey and the Bronx, re- Ball, the opening formal affair at been a Brother in Alpha a year—this spectively. Brothers Kenneth Scott Howard University. Peggy, a young past April. Beta is very proud of and Horace Stephens came to Beta lovely from New York City, has Lindsay; he certainly deserves the Chapter from New York City and achieved quite a record while at Howhonor of being part of Alpha's of- Woodbury, New Jersey, respectively. ard University. She has previously ficial family. In addition to this sig- There is Brother Clyde Parker from served as Sphinx Sweetheart. She is nal honor, Brother Lindsay is an High Point, North Carolina, and also reigning as the Co-ed Colonel outstanding student in Howard Uni- Brother Karl Young from Detroit, of the R.O.T.C. unit here. Then to versity's School of Engineering and Michigan. And from the state of top it off, she was named to the Architecture. He is the top ranking Texas by way of Beaumont is Brother 1954-55 edition of Who's Who Among man in his class, being awarded entry David White. While from outside Students in American Universities and into his school's Honor Society. He these United States comes the fine Colleges. is also the Junior Class' representa- Brother Eric Murray from Port AnYes, Peggy Jones will be a true tive on the Student Council of his tonio, Jamaica, which is part of the source of inspiration for all Alpha school. In addition, Brother Lindsay British West Indies. All good m e n - men, while she reigns as Beta Chapis senior member and President of the all Alpha Land should be proud of ter's Sweetheart.

Freshman Tutorial and Advisory our new brothers.

Turning now to academic pursuits, Staff—the third year he has been Two great events occurred during more honor came to Beta Chapter — named to that select body. Yes, all the month of February here at Beta to which all Alpha can claim with Beta is proud of our Brother J. Wil- Chapter. First, Mrs. Mayme U. Fos- pride—when Brothers Thomas Weavborn Lindsay. ter, head of Women's Dormitories er and William Pitts were named to Much news has been made here at here at Howard University, was nam- the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Howard University by Beta Chapter. ed chapter mother, succeeding the re- Society. They joined Brother DanPrior to the Christmas holiday, thir- tiring and beloved Mother Nathalie iel Hall who has been a member of teen new brothers crossed the burn- Day. Before coming to Howard — this distinctive society since 1954. ing sands into Alpha-Land, adding Mother Foster was Dean of Women Brothers Weaver and Hall are from new life to our chapter. They come at Fisk University. One of her sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while MAY, 1955

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Brother Pitts comes to us from Arlington, Virginia. All three brothers are q u i t e active in Beta Chapter's undertaking, Brother H a l l serving as Financial Secretary, while Brothers Pitts and Weaver, c h a i r m a n outstanding committees. All Alpha hail these scholarly brothers. I cannot fail to m e n t i o n that Brother A r t h u r Clement was n a m e d to the 1954-55 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Brother Clement serves as Beta Chapter's associate editor to the SPHINX.

R e g a r d i n g athletic endeavors here at H o w a r d University, Brother Nelson Brown was a spark p l u g on the Bisons—the University Basketball team.

In the I n t r a - m u r a l League.

Beta C h a p t e r captured the Intra-Fraterna] T o u c h Football Championship, W e also "swept to consolation honors in the eight-team Universitywide I n t r a m u r a l Basketball T o u r n a m e n t . Brothers Frank Silva a n d Frank De Costa distinguished themselves by being named to the AllT o u r n a m e n t Team. W h e n the AllGreek Basketball team met the University All-Stars on the evening of March 26th, Alpha m e n distinguished themselves in victory. Four Brothers were n a m e d to the All-Greek team — three playing stellar roles in the 69-61 victory over the All-Stars.

In fact. Brother William Clement, who captained the All-Greeks, topped all scorers with nineteen points.

Brothers De Costa a n d Silva scored thirteen and fourteen points, respectively. By the way, Brother Alvin H e n r y w h o serves as the Dean of Pledgees at Beta—coached the AllGreeks to victory.

T h e n too, Brother R i c h a r d Gee champion performer in C.I.A.A. swimming competition, prepares his charges to defend the I n t r a m u r a l Swimming C h a m p i o n s h i p which Beta C h a p t e r won in 1954.

In other types of competition, not of the athletic variety, Beta C h a p t e r finds itself excelling. She seeks to retire p e r m a n e n t l y the trophy emblematic of o u t s t a n d i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n to the C a m p u s C o m m u n i t y Chest Drive —a H o w a r d University innovation, on the order of a " R e d Feather Drive."

H a v i n g won the trophy in 1953 a n d 1954, Beta needs only repeat in 1955 to retain the trophy permanently. As the drive gets u n d e r w a y d u r i n g the m o n t h of March, we trust that all A l p h a is b e h i n d Beta Chapter.

T u r n i n g now to o t h e r spheres of endeavor here at Floward University, Brother Geddes H a n s o n who serves as editor-in-chief of the campus student publication, The Hilltop, was PAGE

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Chicago Preparing For '55 Convention All Brothers In Alpha Should Plan to Attend the 1955 Convention in Chicago December 27th thru 30th, 1955 T h e brothers in Chicago are enthusiastically preparing for the 1955 Convention. T h e wives of the members have been organized to entertain visiting wives and sweethearts. The sons and daughters of Chicago Alphas are planning to entertain the undergraduate Brothers. Details of all social events will be published in the next issue of the S P H I N X .

The names and address of Convention Committee Chairmen are as follows: General Convention Chairman Atty. Charles F. Lane 417 E. 47th Street, Chicago 15, Illinois Registration Mr. A. A. Raynor, Jr. 4141 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago 15, Illinois Closed Dance Mr. William A. Roberson 69 East 35th Street, Chicago 15, Illinois Open House Atty. Oscar C. Brown 4649 Cottage Grove, Chicago 15, Illinois Open Dance Mr. William H. Browne, III 220 E. Garfield Boulevard, Chicago 15, Illinois Banquet Atty. Sidney A. Jones 100 N. La Salle Street, Chicago 2, Illinois Public Meeting _ Mr. David Daniel 5839 South Michigan, Apt. 3, Chicago 37, Illinois Souvenir Program Mr. Lewis A. H. Caldwell 6518 S. Minerva Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois Housing Mr. Bennie D. Brown 9427 S. Vernon Avenue, Chicago 19, Illinois Hospitality Mr. Harold D. Langrum 5225 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago 15, Illinois Publicity Mr. Chuck Davis c/o Chicago Defender, 3435 S. Indiana Ave., Chicago 16, Illinois Transportation Mr. Herbert King 4432 South Parkway, Chicago 15, Illinois Place Atty. Archibald T. Le Cesne 4639 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago 15, Illinois Picture Dr. Paul V. Campbell 302 East 51st Street, Chicago 15, Illinois Smoker Mr. Judge I. Jones 6017 S. St. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois Ladies Affairs Atty. Sydney P. Brown 417 East 47th Street, Chicago 15, Illinois Committee Secretary Mr. Othello Ellis c/o Wabash Y.M.C.A., 3763 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago 15, Illinois Assistant Secretary Mr. Charles E. Johnson 4432 South Parkway, Chicago 15, Illinois Committee Treasurer Mr. Vernon S. Gordon 4649 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago 15, Illinois General Secretary Mr. James E. Huger 4432 South Parkway, Chicago 15, Illinois

n a m e d to represent the g r a d u a t i n g class of 1955 o n the University's Founders' Day Committee — an outstanding honor.

Yes, Beta C h a p t e r corttinues to lead the way in academic, social a n d athletic life here at H o w a r d University. She also furnishes o u t s t a n d i n g

service to the campus community. Indeed, Beta held sway u n d e r the outstanding leadership of Brother Presid e n t George C. Davis, a n d will cont i n u e to shine in the great Alpha light that beckons t h r o u g h o u t the world.

—ARTHUR J. H O W A R D C L E M E N T ,

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With such a terrific demand on the part of the intelligent reader these days to know not only what is happening, but why it is happening, and how such transpires and fits into the general political and social pattern, it is no small wonder why the Louisiana Weekly has withstood the challenge of a host of Negro newspapers and still remains the largest circulating weekly in Louisiana.

Much of the success which this New Orleans-born newspaper enjoys can be rightfully attributed to the farsighted vision and clever ingenuity of C. C. Dejoie, Jr., who has done a dynamic job of following in his father's footsteps during the past 15 years as the "chief."

Affectionately referred to as "Connie," by those who hold him in high esteem, Mr. Dejoie had a penchant for writing from early youth despite his being brought up in a "printer's ink" surrounding. Upon his graduation from Talladega in 1937, he had worked in practically every department of his lather's newspaper. Later, he received his masters degree in journalism from the University of Michigan.

A retiring man of few words, Mr. Dejoie has wielded more power and influence through his editorial columns than any newspaperman on the New Orleans scene. Many of his prize-winning editorials have won him high acclaim. During his tenure as "chief," he has displayed sterling ability in putting into practice many of the countless theoretical skills he learned while at the University of Michigan.

Unlike most newspaper executives, Mr. Dejoie takes personal command in the editorial department. And on numerous occasions substitutes as managing editor, reads copy, makes page layouts, writes headlines and works like a ball of fire when pushed for time. He has an uncanny knack for keeping a personal touch on the news as it develops, besides offering impeccable suggestions to staff members.

It is sometimes almost unbelievable that he is able to find his way through a clutter of stacked correspondence and stories which have piled on his desk from varied national points in time to meet that ever-pressing front page deadline on Tuesday night.

A devoted family man, Mr. Dejoie MAY, 1955

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is able to salvage enough time for home life. He married his college sweetheart, the former Miss Julia S. Belden of Wilmington, N. C. They have one child, a boy, Michael Charles.

A crowning achievement befitting his long years of devotion to duty and service occurred last June when he was elected president of the National Negro Publishers Association. In spite of his already crowded schedules, he had done a credible job in this capacity, only recently by staging a successful workshop at Hampton Institute in Virginia.

Always a believer that all work and no play makes "Connie" a dull boy, Mr. Dejoie loves nothing better than

golf, golf and more golf. He constantly dreams of the day when he will get out of the high 80's and move into the select 70's.

He has been active in civic, religious and social affairs for years. A member of the Central Congregational Church, Mr. Dejoie holds memberships in the NAACP, YMCA and of course, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, as well as, serves on the Community Chest Board, YMCA Board and Urban League Board. • A new solvent useful in industry and as a household spot remover is claimed to be nontoxic, and can be breathed in considerable concentrations without risk.

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Gamma Rho Excels

WINTER PROBATES AT BETA UPSILON. ALABAMA STATE COLLEGE. MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA Kneeling left lo right: Sam Grace. Pugh Young. Leonard Hall. Robert Cummings, McDonald Comer. Columbus Sanders. Lawrence Driver. Enorris Harvey, and Donald Mosley. Standing, left to right: Luther Jordan. Carl Western. Percy Bullard. Frank Brown. Ervin Thompson. John Foster, Morris Berry. Charles Bowling, and Alexander Davis. Not shown here. James Carter, Jr.

BETA UPSILON CHAPTER BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Down in the Capital City of Alabama, the brothers of Beta Upsilon strive to make our chapter a living example of the true ideas of our beloved fraternity.

On February 4 we welcomed nineteen (19) aspiring leaders into Alphadom. They were: Morris Berry, Charles Bowling, Frank Brown, Percy Bullard, James Carter, Jr., McDonald Comer, Robert Cummings, Alexander Davis, Lawrence Driver, John R. Foster, Sam Frank Grace, Leonard Hall, Enorris Harvey, Luther Jordan, Wilbert Donald Mosley, Columbus Sanders, Ervin Thompson, Carl Western and Pugh Young.

Among these brothers; Charles Bowling of Durham, North Carolina holds the position as president of Campus Society of Musicians; he is also a very talented band leader and choir member. John Foster of Birmingham, Alabama hails as a special-gifted organist, pianist and choir member. Football stars were: Luther "Florida Slim" Jordan of Pahokee, Florida, a four-letter man; Ervin Thompson of Cleveland, Ohio, a two-letter man, and Frank "Gatemouth" Brown of Demopolis, Alabama, a one-letter man.

Some of the major activities of the year include: the Annual Observance of Founders Day with Brother E. A. Toppins, Assistant Professor of HisPAGE 18

tory at our College, as guest contributor; the usual March of Dimes theater and street solicitation campaign; the observance of our National Education Campaign Week with programs at the following high schools of the city: Alabama State Laboratory High; Booker T . Washington High; George W. Carver High; St. Jude Educational Institute; and St. Mary of (Continued on Page 31)

LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Gamma Rho Chapter is honored in having two of its graduate m e m b e r s , Brothers George W. Franklin and James S. Peters, elected to the Purdue University chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi, an organization which encourages original investigation in the pure and applied sciences.

Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University in 1886, and its membership is composed of men and women who are devoted to scientific research.

The Purdue chapter which was formed in 1909 is one of more than onehundred chapters established in leading universities and technical institutions in the United States and Canada.

Brother Franklin and Brother Peters are candidates for the Ph.D. degree in psychology here at Purdue.

Brother Franklin is on leave from his position as chief counseling psychologist of the Veterans' Administration Hospital, Tuskegee, Alabama. Brother Peters was formerly a member of the counseling psychology staff, Veterans' Administration H o s p i t a l , Hines, Illinois. He has been a research assistant with the Division of Educational Reference at Purdue for the past two years.

Gamma Rho Chapter takes pleasure in saluting these two brothers who have been an inspiration to all of the undergraduate brothers. They have given unselfishly of their time and energy to the cause of brotherly love.

GAMMA RHO PREXY CONGRATULATES Brother President Harold R. Harris of Gamma Rho Chapter (Purdue University), greater Lafayette, Indiana, to the left, is shown congratulating Brother George W. Franklin, second from left, and Brother lames S. Peters on their recent election to the Society of the Sigma Xi. Purdue University.

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Chapter Cooperation —Undergrad and Grad JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Alpha Psi, in coordination with Beta Zeta Lambda chapter, points with pride to its coming 25 th Silver Anniversary at Lincoln University May 14-19.

A week prior to the anniversary program, Alpha Psi will hold a Mother's Day ceremony May 8. Scheduled for the graduating brothers has been a senior smoker on the first evening <>l the anniversary occasion which will commence the activities.

On May 20, the observance will be highlighted with the annual Black and White Ball, the most outstanding spring formal on the campus. The two chapters have arranged for a vesper service to be conducted in a local church May 22. Monday evening, May 23, the entire body will serenade the campus and the affair will be concluded the next day with a convocation program and a closed Founder's Day Banquet.

This anniversary will climax the spring agenda for Alpha Psi. While these plans are being set in motion, the undergraduate brothers have continued to march onward and upward toward the light. Elected to represent Lincoln U. in the capacity of student senators were two Sphinxmen, Clark Ward and Shelley Bowers.

They introduced two bills on the floor during the Missouri State Legislative Conference in the state capital March 26. Brothers Melvin Streator and Joseph Jenkins were named to an 11 man committee to serve as house members in this conference.

The department of military science and tactics recently awarded the following promotions to Alpha Psi members in the advanced corps of the R. O. T. C : Capt. Gurnie Gunter to Major and he is now Battalion Commander; 1st Lt. Ronald Ragland to Captain and he is Company Commander of A company; 1st Lt. George Enlow to Captain and he is in charge of operations; 1st Lt. Irvin Kennedy (Sphinx-man) to Captain and he maintains his position as commandant of the honor guard, C a p tain Kennedy is the only charter member in the drill team; 2nd Lt. Harold Manson to 1st Lt.; Cadet Dick Billingslea to 2nd Lt. The above named promotions were made during the week March 11-18.

Alpha Psi also took active part in a two night stage production titled (Continued on Page 32) MAY, 1955

BETA ZETA LAMBDA HONORS NEW BROTHERS Members of Beta Zeta Lambda Chapter, Jefferson City. Missouri, pose with their new brother, Beverly R. Foster (second from right, seated), following a social meeting in March. The brothers are (left to right, seated): Dr. A. R. Maddox, Dr. Armisted S. Pride, Dr. James N. Freeman, James A. Saunders, Harry Browder, Foster, and Cyrus B. Taylor. (Standing): Dr. Waite H. Madison. Albert P. Marshall. Arthur E. Pullam. Jr., Spurgeon M Talley, George H. Williams. Alan T. Busby, and Charles H Leake. Not on the picture are Brothers Dr. Sherman D. Scruggs. Dr. Thomas D. Pawley. and James D. Parks.

BETA ZETA LAMBDA CHAPTER MARCHES ON JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The brothers of Beta Zeta Lambda, though absent from these pages for some time, have not been absent in spirit.

Not only have the brothers contributed to the program of Alpha and to the chapter, but in their several individual ways have carried out the spirit of Alpha by contributing to the growth of mankind.

For the National Citizenship Campaign, sponsored in the Fall, Beta Zeta Lambda presented citations to two prominent citizens who have given much to better human relations in the city. Mr. C. G. Hammond, chairman of the Mayor's Commission on Human Relations and Mr. Ned Cole, Jr., pastor of the Grace Episcopal Church, who ministers the only Protestant church to openly invite Negroes to membership. Also cited for significant contributions to the state and nation as well as to the local community was Brother Dr. Sherman D. Scruggs, president of Lincoln University. Brother Scruggs is currently ill, having been stricken

while returning from a Middle Eastern Seminar last September. He is expected to return to his office in the near future.

Individual members of Beta Zeta Lambda paid memberships in a group to the Community Center Association, becoming the first to support that organization one hundred percent.

Several brothers are actively engaged in promoting such organizations as the boy scouts, the N A A C P, UNESCO, and other similar organizations. Brothers Dr. James N. Freeman, Cyrus B. Taylor and A. P. Marshall participated in an American Heritage Group discussion during the year at the Public Library, which was led by Brother James A. Saunders. Brother Marshall is also serving as State President of the NAACP, which is presently pushing legislation beneficial to minorities in the Missouri State Legislature. Brothers Arthur E. Pullam, Jr., Freeman, Charles H. Leake, Dr. T . D. Pawley, and Dr. Walter R. Talbot serve either (Continued on Page 32) PAGE 19

Epsilon Iota Lambda First Scholarship Contestant Completes Pharmacy Course

BROTHER WILLIAM V. GUY

Wins Award Alpha Rho is proud to have as one of its members Brother William V. Guy, an outstanding student at Morehouse who has been awarded a $2500.00 grant to study and travel in Europe during the academic year 1955-56.

The grant was given by a friend of Morehouse College for the purpose of giving some student the opportunity to broaden his education by studying abroad. Bill, a junior, was selected for the award by a faculty committee on the basis of excellence in scholarship, character, personality and general promise.

Bill hails from Little Rock, Arkansas and is quite an active young man at Morehouse. He is vice-president of the student body, a member of the Glee Club, the debating team, the Y.M.C.A., the advisory committee, the Atlanta Intercollegiate Council and he is pulpit assistant at Atlanta's historic Friendship Baptist Church.

Brother Guy plans to use this scholarship at an English University taking courses in English Literature and Civilization and to travel in England, Scotland, France, Italy and such other countries as time and funds will allow.

A prominent real estate developer has patented a circular apartment house. The individual apartments are wedge-shaped and surround a central core for elevators and utilities.

A new lens for home movie cameras and projectors is claimed to give three-dimensional pictures.

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SUFFOLK, Va. - Epsilon Iota Lambda Chapter is more than proud to make it known that its first scholarship contestant in the person of Miss Jacqueline Majette, has made good at Howard University, Washington, D. C: in the school of pharmacy.

Miss Majette resides at Coolspring Street, Franklin, Va. She completed her high school work at the Hayden High School, Franklin, Virginia, as an honor student. She was also an active participant in sports, especially basketball.

Miss Majette will complete her work in pharmacy in June, at Howard University. She is cited as an outstanding student. She will be employed by a group of experienced medical practitioners, who are stockholders of a newly constructed drug store in Suffolk including Dr. Richard Bland, Drs. L. T. and Margaret Reed.

MISS JACQUELINE MAJETTE Franklin, Virginia

Alpha Omicron Lambda and Omicron Cooperate On Sunday morning, March 12, more than seventy-five brothers of Alpha Omicron Lambda and Omicron Chapters attended the Annual Chapter House Day and Breakfast. For nine consecutive years these two chapters have commemorated the purchase of the Pittsburgh House of Alphadom. This celebration is always highlighted by breakfast for all Alpha men, and a service of thanksgiving at a local church pastored by an Alpha brother.

The brothers annually convene on the Sunday closest to the Ides of March for this occasion.

This year, under the leadership of the president, Brother John Cundeiff and social chairman Brother Robert Ruffin, the breakfast program was enthusiastically received. In keeping with the wholesomeness of good ole Alpha spirit, the Mothers Auxiliary, as they have always done in previous years, prepared and served an elegant breakfast. The president of this splendid organization of Alpha Mothers is Mrs. Gertrude Angell.

After breakfast the brothers went en masse to worship at the church of Brother Leroy Patrick, the chapter chaplain. Brother Patrick provided opportunity during his services for remarks about Alpha, and joined in as the brothers sang the Alpha Hymn. Among the many brothers present were three of the founders of Omicron Chapter: Brothers A. D. Stevenson, Harry Fowler and Theodore Primas. Brother McKinley King, Brother Garfield Nickens, Brother Charles Cuthbert, and Brother Forrest Parr, past presidents, during whose administrations the Chapter House was nurtured and made a reality, also entered into the festivities of the day. The Ides of March is always a big day for Alphas in Pittsburgh.

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Beta Kappa Chapter Has National Officers at Founders Day Celebration LANGSTON, Okla. - Beta Kappa Chapter celebrated its twenty-third anniversary on March 12, 1955, in its traditional manner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; state meeting, Vesper and banquet.

With Beta Kappa Chapter as host, the state meeting of the Oklahoma Congress of Alphas, composed of the five graduate chapters, was one of the most representative meetings of its kind. There were such Alpha personalities as Brother Tollie Harris, Tulsa, National Chairman of Awards and Achievements Committee; Brother Wayne Chadler, Boley, Regional Director; Brother Dr. Jesse Chandler, Muskogee, Southwestern Vice-President; Brother L. H. Williams, Sr., Tulsa, ex-Vice-President of Southwest Region, and Brothers Lee Ward, Thomas English, Richard Jones, Vernon Foshee, Oliver Word, Ernest Holloway, "Nat" Watson, Wilbur Northington and others.

Brother Lloyd H. Williams, pharmacist of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was the guest speaker at the Vesper. This was followed by the singing of the National Hymn outside the auditorium around a blazing Alpha insignia.

Another B. K. tradition is its annual Founders' Day banquet. Brother Julius Hughes, director of Public Relations at Langston University, and faculty advisor of the Undergraduate Chapter, was the Master of Witticism.

The entire day's activities were dedicated to the founders, Brothers Tollie Harris, L. H. Williams, Sr., Eugene Brown and to the Oklahoma Congress of Alphas and the Zeta Gamma Lambda Chapter.

Towards the end of the school year of 1954 and 1955, Beta Kappa can look back proudly, and see that she has taken another step forward, in which all Alpha men take delight. In the fall she won a placing for her Homecoming float; she initiated eight members into her chapter; she purchased satin basketball uniforms for

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the Alpha Quintet intramural team; she won a placing in the Delta Jabberwock; and first place at the Zeta Blue Revue. Three new brothers were initiated in the spring, Brothers Curtiss Clay, N. Little Rock, Ark.; Eddie McGary, N. Little Rock, Ark.; and ferry Hornbeak, Ardmore, Oklahoma. Brother Curtiss Clay, one of the most valuable halfbacks on the varsity football team, has been sighted as an Ail-American for the year '55-'56.

There is also the musical comedy, "Kilroy" and the Alpha Black and White Fantasy, a spring ball to be held in Mav, plus the regional meeting at Marshall, Texas, and the observance of the National Education Campaign.

T o all Alpha brothers and especially to the three newly initiated brothers, Beta Kappa leaves with you her personal motto: Be the Best of Whatever You Are.

Gamma Sigma Rededicates DOVER, Del.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;In keeping with the National Program, we have solemnly rededicated ourselves to che task of community enlightenment on education and its importance in building responsible first class citizens.

In light of the recent social developments that have taken place in the state, a challenge has been offered, a challenge that we as future community leaders, and if I might add, as typical of Alphamen, have enthusiastically accepted.

To add new fuel to the fire and new blood to the fold, in the presence of our newly-made Brothers, William Coles, Alfred Mitchell, James Vestal, Carroll Belt, and James Wilkerson, our stand was further strengthened. The lessons thoroughly taught and impressed upon their minds during their Sphinx Club activities and subsequent period of probation, have provided them with vital and necessary working tools for the future.

BETA KAPPA CHAPTER. LANGSTON UNIVERSITY Front row. left to right: Travis McGilbra, senior. Tulsa, Oklahoma, majoring in Industrial Arts. Willie Patman, junior. Crescent, Oklahoma. Industrial Arts. Pan-Hellenic Council.

Clarence Radford, sophomore. Broken Bow. Oklahoma, Mathematics. A Cappella Choir. loseph Whited. senior, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Industrial Arts. Charles Dillahunty. junior, DeQueen, Ark., sociology, parliamentarian, baseball, basketball. Reserved Unit . . . Back row. left to right: Landers Sanders, junior, Idabel, Oklahoma, business administration, chapter secretary. Reserved Unit. Sredaas Dance Group. Charles Hornbeak, senior. Ardmore. Okalhoma, physical education, chapter chaplain, track, football. Jesse Johnson, senior. Cushing, Oklahoma, industrial arts, basketball, baseball. Alan Gordon, senior, Ada, Oklahoma, commercial arts, chapter president. University Gazette. Annual Staff, Dust Bowl Players. Alpha Rho Tau. Pan-Hellenic Council. Leonard Cayton, senior, Frederick, Oklahoma, sociology, chapter vice-president. Junior Counselor. Kappa Delta Pi. Annual Staff, baseball. Cordell Johnson. senior. Muskogee. Oklahoma, chemistry, chapter treasurer, senior class president. Pan-Hellenic Council. Beta Rho Tau. Annual Staff. Walter Burt, sophomore. Little Rock. Ark., physical education. R.O.T.C. platoon guide, football, baseball. Pi Epsilon Gamma tumbling team.

Forrest Artry. senior. Lehigh. Oklahoma, art. Gazette. Annual Staff, president of Alpha Rho Tau art society, exhibited at Mulvane Art Center, and Atlanta Art Shoe for Negro Artists.

Roland Seward, junior. McAlester, Oklahoma, industrial arts, chapter sergeant-at-arms. Vets Club. Masonic Lodge, American Legion.

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SHOW PLACE He was so satisfied with the restaurant that he decided to patronize it again, the next day. But this time, they served him a much smaller steak than the day previous. He complained to the manager. "Why, I was in here yesterday and you gave me a steak twice this size for the same money."

"Ah." beamed the manager, "but yesterday you had a seat right in front of the window."

• A new auk insulation, made of abestos and aluminum foil, is lightweight, fireproof, and rodentproof, and is said to be an efficient heat barrier.

Xi Wins Interfraternal Championship WILBERFORCE, Ohio — We feel the need to express the continuing success of Xi Chapter. Our first activity of the school year was our freshman smoker which was a complete success. Next, we brought four new brothers across the burning sands. They were Brothers Parks, Thompson, Collins and Trouth.

Xi also won the interfraternal basketball championship by defeating the Omegas and the Kappas.

We presented a program entitled a "Night of Stars" which was considered by many of our colleagues as the program of the year.

The Alphas participated in PanHellenic Week, whose theme was "Striving for Unity in Greekdom."

We gave it our wholehearted support.

Xi Chapter wishes to express its future plans also. We are planning a debate, a spring probation, a chapel program, a citizenship campaign entitled "A Voteless People is a Hopeless People."

In conclusion, Xi Chapter wishes to say, with the new brothers, with our future plans, with our love for Alpha and the help of its advisor, Alpha shall shine carrying out our idea!—"Manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind."

The Brothers of Xi for this year 1954-55 are: Brothers Melvin Campbell, our President, Robert L. Pruitt, Floyd Alexander, I. V. Tolbert, Elmo Bean, Donald Ming, Booker T. Thomas, Richard Bean, Charles C. Collins, Walter Parks, Donald Thompson and Cloyd O. Trouth.

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN "Citizenship Ignored Means Citizenship Lost" is our 1955 theme, and the week of special emphasis is Sunday, October 23 - Sunday, October 30.

With the "Miami Manifesto" as a guide let us begin now to plan for the most successful citizenship campaign in our history. Here again we are urging each Chapter to inform this office of your plans for the campaign.

EDUCATIONAL AWARDS (a) Regular Scholarships and Fellowships: Please remember that in order to consider an application for an award, it must be postmarked on or before May 7. Blanks are available simply by writing to the Office of the Director of Education. The time is growing short so in case you are interested in applying or know someone who is interested, please see that application materials are requested immediately. (b) Fiftieth Anniversary Awards: The National Convention provided for seven $1,000.0(3 Fellowships to be awarded to the Buffalo-Ithaca Convention in August, 1956. The Committee on Education appointed by the General President is working on plans for awarding the grants. In the meantime, your suggestions and comments on how the awards should be made and to whom will greatly benefit the committee.

BROTHER WILLIAM H. HALE Director

Rumbling from Delta Iota Lambda COLUMBUS, Ga.—The Brothers of DELTA IOTA LAMBDA Chapter, the home of Fort Benning, salutes all of those who are members of the incorporate body of the MYSTIC SPHINX. We know that you are alarmed over the rumbling noise that you have heard from a southernly direction. Fear not! It's not a destructive atomic blast. It is the invigorated spirit of DELTA IOTA LAMBDA taking this city by storm. To divulge a few of our top secret tactics, we" are in the midst of our big reclamation project. We are providing a home-away-from-home-chapter for the many brothers stationed at Ft. Benning. If you know of any brother that is stationed at Benning, tell him to affiliate bv contacting Brother Bynum at the local USO. Another example of our methods of operating is the way the Brothers moved in to put on a very creditable skit for the local chapter of Delta Sigma Theta's Jnbberwock. Our thanks to Brothers Bailes, Bynum, Grant, Haskins. Mann, McCall and Smith for a job well done. We are going on maneuvers on the night of April 29th—the annual ALPHAS DANCE. At this time the brothers of DELTA IOTA LAMBDA and their guests will engage in a tug of war on the dance floor. If you're in the neighborhood, come in and help us launch the biggest social attack held in this section of the country.

AWARD CORNER — DELTA IOTA LAMBDA'S MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT TO: Brother (Dr.) R. M. HASKINS, president, for becoming the first Negro named to the Presidency of the Board of Directors of Muscogee County United Service Organizations and for his long devoted services as "prexy" for this chapter.

TO: Brother (Lt.) ROBERT P. SMITH, Ft. Benning, for his spirited association with the chapter and for his ability to get married without the Brothers knowing it. Good luck "BeBo"—We'll miss you.

Be sure and train your field glasses on this unit for results of the battle of the Social Affair on the 29th.

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Delta Chapter Moves Forward With Goal of High Standards and Ideals A U S T I N , T e x a s - W i t h the high standards, goals, ideals, a n d aims of Alpha Phi A l p h a Fraternity, Inc. in mind, a n d with a desire to let the light of Alpha shine on the world, Delta C h a p t e r called it's first meeting of the 1954-55 school year to order on September 20, 1954. At this meeting Delta C h a p t e r m a d e plans a n d outlined their activities for the year.

T h e plans for the year included two Breakfast dances sponsored by Delta Chapter, Fall Pledge Week wherein three y o u n g m e n were brought into the Sphinx Club, Probation or H e l p Week, (Brothers James R o b e r t Wilson a n d Allen Rufus Prosser were initiated i n t o the Fraternity at the end of this week), a n d a Founders Day Program in Chapel.

O n December 10, 1954 Delta Chapter of Alpha P h i A l p h a Fraternity, Inc. presented its a n n u a l Founder's Day Program in Chapel with Brother J. Leslie Patton, Jr., Principal of Booker T . Washington H i g h School of Dallas, T e x a s as Guest Speaker.

T h e m o t t o for Founders week was " M o v i n g into an Integrated Society, Alpha P h i A l p h a Looks Ahead."

Brother P a t t o n also used this m o t t o in composing his speech for the occasion, a n d the speech was one t h a t the whole campus a n d the G r a d u a t e Brothers were talking a b o u t for days.

At the e n d of the speech the entire audience gave Brother P a t t o n a standing Ovation.

T h e members of Delta C h a p t e r took u p the task of soliciting items such as games, ash trays, etc. for the new Men's Lounge, formerly Boys Cottage) which was recently redecorated on the campus as their project for the week. All student organizations on the campus were asked to participate a n d they responded perfectly. T h e President of Delta Chapter, Brother Charles Elgin, presented a clock d o n a t e d by Delta C h a p t e r along with the other gifts to the Dean of M e n at the end if the Founders Day program.

Activities for the second semester included a smoker for Freshmen boys, a n d it was very succesful, Pledge week which was climaxed by b r i n g i n g sixteen young m e n into the Sphinx C l u b , a n d the other activities that are to be held are: P r o b a t i o n week, M A Y , 1955

a spring formal a n d a picnic. Also all the members of Delta C h a p t e r are p l a n n i n g on a t t e n d i n g the Southwestern Regional Convention in Marshall, T e x a s a n d Owen D. McFall, Jr. of Dayton, Ohio, represented Delta Chapter at the 40th General Convention in Miami, Florida last December.

T h e report that they brought back lo the chapter was a very interesting one.

Brothers Frank L. Breedlove, /.an W . Holmes, Jr., Green Mackey, Jr., and Leroy McCall were listed on the H o n o r Roll for the Fall semester. All the other brothers made good grades also.

O t h e r Extra-CurricuIar activities that the members of Delta Chapter participate in are: basketball, Brother James R. Wilson; T r a c k , Brother Owen D. McFall, Jr.; Baseball, Brother James R. Wilson; Science Club, Brothers Cutsis McDonald, Lee Havnes, Frank Breedlove, Otis Lee,

Jr., and .Aubrey L. Mackey; Business Club, Brothers Green Mackey, Jr., Alfred Henderson, Owen D. McFall, Jr., and Charles Elgin; Band, Brother Harry L. J o h n s o n ; Choir, Brother Zan W. Holmes. Jr.; Student Council, Brother Charles Elgin.

The members of Delta C h a p t e r would like to pass this little reminder on to all u n d e r g r a d u a t e chapters: Brothers — O u r fraternity is a great Fraternity! Its ideals, aims, a n d precepts are dear and sacred to us. W e promised to h o l d them high when we were a d m i t t e d into the folds of Alpha Phi Alpha.

II Alpha is to continue to be the great fraternity it is and to move forward we must p u t forth o u r greatest efforts as A l p h a Men a n d forever h o l d high the banner of Alpha in order that o u r great fraternit) may move forward.

So let's move forward in Alpha Brothers.

• BACK SEAT D R I V E R A nervous driver was having double trouble. Both his wife and mother-inlaw were advising him from the back seat. " L o o k , " he finally shouted at his wife. " W h o is driving this car—you or your mother?*'

MISS CORA COURSEY CROWNED QUEEN Xi Chapter proudly presents its sweetheart of the school year 1954-55. She is Miss Cora Coursey. 20. ol Bridgeton, New Jersey, a senior majoring in Secondary Education . . . Miss Coursey exemplifies those traits peculiar to Xi sweethearts. Lovely, beautiful, cheerful, and popular, she is presently Dean of Pledgees of Zeta Chapter. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, editor of the yearbook the "Forcean," president of the Control Council. Missionary Society, Spectator Club and a member of the Student Council and the Y. M. C. A. . . . Last year her fellow students elected her "Miss Wilberforce" and the Sphinx Club crowned her their sweetheart . . . Miss Coursey's vivaciousness is genuine and because of her commendable attitude. scholastic attainment, good character and resourcefulness, she demands a host of friend, admirers and acquaintances and well-wishers.

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A. & T. Alphas Keep Rolling As Campus Bigwigs

BETA RHO CHAPTER WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS The Beta Rho Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Inc.. at Shaw University at Raleigh. North Carolina, welcomes to its Sphinx Club twelve of the most progressive and outstanding men in character, scholarship and manhood in the freshman class. These Sphinxmen will join three old members in carrying on the duties of the club. Left to right: (first row) Charles Goodman. Frank Davis. Paul Comegys. John Foster. Paul H Warren. James C Drake. Roman Walton and James Simmons. Second row: Richard S. Cooke. James Hunter.

Harold Martin. William Hall, John F. Walker, and Lewis Garvin.

Alpha Trio Buoys Aggie Track Hopes GREENSBORO, N. C. - A trio of Alphas, Brothers Ocic Boyers, Marvin Wilson, and Don J. Fairley, form the nucleus of the 1955 A and T College track team which, though weakened considerably through the loss of several key performers, is expected to snare its share of honors in coming meets.

Veterans of three years' experience with the Aggie squad, the trio was a consistent point scorer (lining the 1954 campaign. Boyers, quarter-mila from Milwaukee, Wis., is expected to play an "iron man's" role, running, in addition to the quarter, possibly the 880, 100 yd. dash, 220 yd. dash, and legs on the 440 yd., 880 yd., mile, and medley relay teams. Fairley, the Rockford, Illinois flash, is a consistent winner in both the high and low hurdles, finishing second and third, respectively in the 1954 conference championships. Too, Don is practicing the javelin and discus and may be called upon to compete in those events. Wilson, Springfield, Ohio's gift to the Bond, is the gutty little miler who junked that event in favor of the pole vault during the PAGE 24

1954 CIAA Championship Meet and finished second, will again run the mile. â&#x20AC;˘ Announcement has been made of a serum that is effective against the bites of rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, or cottonmouth snakes.

Delta Phi Lambda Conducts Educational Observance at Stillman College The Delta Phi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, sponsored its annual Educational Observance, Sunday, April 17, 1955. The program was conducted on the campus of Stillman College and featured seven (7) high school seniors in a symposium on Citizenship. The subject was, "Citizenship Ignored Means Citizenship Lost."

Over four hundred citizens of West Alabama were on hand for this occasion. According to the very favorable response it was our conclusion that this program did much to awaken many of those present to their many neglected citizenship responsibilities.

GREENSBORO, N. C. - The Brothers of Beta Epsilon Chapter continue to dominate student life at A and T College.

Named to represent A and T at the Annual State Student Legislative Assembly were Brothers Charles D. Bussey, Don J. Fairley, and James Knight, II. Brother Bussey was also delegated to attend the annual associated Collegiate Press Conference, held in Washington, I). C. during the fall.

Further evidence of faculty trust which is placed in the Brothers of Beta Epsilon is reflected by Brother Robert D. Shaw's being sent to the Virginia-Carolinas Regional Conference of the National Student Association.

Too, Brothers Bussey and Knight attended the Annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association Convention held in New York on March 10-12.

Laurels and Honors Beta Epsilon has copped its share of campus honors this school year, winning the Annual Delta Jabberwock for the second successive year.

Brother Ben Holt, instructor of English and graduate adviser to the chapter, wrote and directed the winning effort. The chapter basketball team finished second in the college intramutual league, but gained greater fame by advancing to the semi-formal round of the fast Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. Leading WinstonSalem's Big Five 62-58 with two minutes remaining, the Brothers blew up, finally succumbing to the twin city quint R4-62. The Big Five won the tourney. Even in the losing effort Brother Clarence Peoples distinguished himself, earning a berth on the "All-Tournament" first team. Ocie Boyers made the third "All-Tourney" squad.

Top Debaters The A and T College Debating team, headed by Brothers Leon Dixon and Samuel Tucker, and fortified by two Sphinxmen, Alvin Douhit and Booker T. Martin humbled Bluefield State's debaters but lost to Morehouse College in their first two outings. Tucker is a native of Winston-Salem, N. C. and Dixon's hails from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

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Delta Gamma At a Glance NORMAL, Ala. - Delta Gamma Chapter, A and M College has been striving throughout the entire school year of 1954-55 to make what many brothers have dreamed of become a reality. This dream was that of a stronger and more lasting brotherhood, and a greater spirit of co-operation.

The Chapter has sponsored several projects and have carried out several noteworthy activities during the school year which have been of benefit not only to the chapter financially, but which have also established better rapport among the Graduate Chapter (Delta Theta Lambda) and other people of the community.

Among the projects sponsored were these: (1) Washing cars of the College faculty and staff, members of Delta Theta Lambda, and other people of the community in an effort to help swell our treasurer.

(2) Collecting clothes and distributing them to the needy or deserving families of the community in an effort to bring about closer relationships and to create a stronger philanthropy; and (3) Selling souvenir programs at a Lyceum program in an effort to strengthen our treasure.

Noteworthy activities have been these: (1) The presentation of a program during "Citizenship Week" with Brother John Warrick, instructor of Mechanic Arts at A. and M. College, delivering the main address for this occasion. This program was presented in order to create a desire for a more loyal citizenry and to stimulate qualified voters to register and vote.

(2) The presentation of an assembly program which was centered around integration and means of implementing the Supreme Court's Decision "that segregation in public education is unconstitutional." This program proved quite enlightening to the College Family and also gave Undergraduates a chance to express their views with regards to integration in public education. Many favorable comments were received concerning this program. These comments were made by both Greeks and non-Greeks alike.

Delta Gamma w a s fortunate enough very recently to have Brother Aaron Brown visiting A and M. Brother Brown is former Southern Vice-President and is at present ProMAY. 1955

DELTA XI LAMBDA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ORLANDO. FLORIDA Brother Cecil W. Boston, principal of Jones High School, was recently named Regional Director in the Southern Jurisdiction. This makes him a national officer and his assignment includes supervision of all chapters in Florida . . . Brother Boston was initiated into the Beta Nu Chapter, Florida A. and M. University in IS39. Since then he has been a member and has held offices in the following chapters: Beta Delta Lambda, Daytona Beach. Florida, VicePresident. Alpha Chapter, Cornell University. Ithaca, N. Y., Treasurer, Gamma Zeta Lambda.

Tampa, Fla.. Financial Secretary, and Delta Xi Lambda. Orlando, Fla.. Parliamentarian . . .

Brother Boston was elected to the present position since his coming to serve as the very efficient principal at Jones High. His wealth of experience, his educational background and his even temperament make him an ideal person for his newly gained position . . . Another Brother who has worked unendlessly to be a worthy part of his community. Brother Dr. I. S. Hankins, an Orlando physician, has been notified by the honors and awards committee of Bethune-Cookman College, of his selection to receive a citation for his contribution to medicine and civic enterprise. Brother Dr. Richard V. Moore, President of the College will make the presentation. Brother Hankins has served as treasurer of Delta Xi Lambda for the past two years.

ject Director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund. Brother Brown's visit seemed to have "mended a link" in the relationships of Delta Theta Lambda

and Delta Gamma Chapters when an informal smoker was held in his honor with members of both chapters present.

IMPORTANT! "In accordance with Article XI Section 5 of the 1954 Revised Edition of the Constitution of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., I hereby make the following announcement: Applications for the prospective candidates for the Office of General Secretarv are to be sent to: WALTER H. WILLIAMS, Sr., Chairman Committee on General Secretarv Box 1549 Jackson, Mississippi on or before October 15, 1955.

The requirements are as follows: College degree in Business Administration desired; or College degree plus an acceptable combination of related training and experience.

Work requires at least FIVE years of responsible experience in any one of the following: Supervisory or administrative employment in government, social work, or private enterprise; responsible business or professional experience; or a satisfactory combination of the above. Must be able to write concise reports and talk intelligently and coherently before large groups."

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Midwestern Delegates to Study Alpha's Role In Desegregation T O L E D O , Ohio Alpha Xi L a m b d a a n d Epsilon Alpha Chapters have p l a n n e d a convention program replete with workshop topics a n d a n entertainingly studded calendar of social activities for delegates, visitors and wives to the Midwestern regional convention May 20-21 at T o l e d o . T h e program of workshops a n d public meeting have been carefully p l a n n e d so that all delegates can make conscientious contributions to the development of Alpha P h i Alpha's role in a changing a n d integrating society.

T h i s convention in ' T h e Key T o T h e Sea' city . . . T o l e d o will be u n i q u e in that visitors from other jurisdictions will be in attendance with a large delegation from the Midwestern area.

T h e two host chapters are p r o u d of a n o t h e r successful Career Clinic held March 19, 1955. T h e career clinic is a project started three years ago by Alpha Xi L a m b d a chapter to aid high school students in their vocational a n d guidance problems. T h e 'buzz' sessions, counseling a n d guidance are expertly h a n d l e d by leaders from all professions, business a n d industry.

Virgil Chancy, of Epsilon Alpha chapter was chairman of the clinic. O n e h u n d r e d a n d ten students participated in t h e clinic this season.

Another 'first' for T o l e d o chapters . . . A series of radio programs over Station W T O D . Programs are aired twice monthly o n current topics of national a n d local interest. Brother W a y m a n Palmer, c h a i r m a n of special projects, is working diligently with the car raffle so that the J a k e Chandler Memorial Scholarship F u n d can give scholarships next year to worthy students. Brother Palmer urges all brothers to make their reports as scheduled. T h e raffle drawing will be held May 20 so that delegates will be given an o p p o r t u n i t y to try for a 1955 Plymouth.

Vice-President J u l i u s J u d k i n s , Jr. a n d assistant vice-president Alvin Townsel attended a smoker March 26, 1955 at T o l e d o . Brother Judkins reported that he was well pleased with the convention plans a n d predicts that this will be the G R E A T E S T niidwestern convention ever held.

Brother Townsel expressed his deep concern over the members of the fraternity meeting the challenges facing us willingly a n d resolutely.

Alpha Xi L a m b d a chapter is p r o u d of Epsilon Alpha chapter's acceptance by the Intel -fraternity Council at T o ledo University.

T h e chapter will celebrate its first anniversary during the convention. T o Brothers J o h n M o u t o n , William Anderson, Sam

BILL TIPPER, Coach of Stillman College, extreme left, is shown accepting the second place trophy on behalf of the Alpha-Sphinx team. Miss Shirley Lipscomb, chapter sweetheart, is making the presentation . . . The players are, left io right: Raymond Taylor, Gilbert Lane.

Albert Charleston, Irvin Kennedy . . . Missing: Willie Scott. Gurnie Gunter. Walter Franklin and Richard Bellingslea.

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Strong, Richard Harris, Mickey T h o m a s , Merle Dixon, Sam Dorsey, Richard Allen a n d Virgil Chancy o u r best congratulations a n d may t h e chapter, all of you have so nobly started enjoy a long a n d successful existence.

Brother Felix B. Martin, Convention chairman, is well pleased with the results of the convention committees.

Brothers Larnell Liggens, c h a i r m a n of Publicity a n d Program booklet, W a y m a n Palmer of Special projects, Woodruff Adams of Social activities Lionel H u n t of T r a n s p o r tation, William Bryant of Registration, a n d H a r o l d Strickland of housing are all enthusiastically working with committee members to make this a really G R E A T niidwestern regional convention. â&#x20AC;˘

News of Gamma Mu Lambda Chapter T A L L A H A S S E E . Fla. - G a m m a M u L a m b d a C h a p t e r recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of its chartering on that campus with a meeting h o n o r i n g its charter members.

T h e occasion was held at the home of Dr. L. H . B. Foote. It was here ten years ago that t h e chapter was born. Since that night back in 1945, the chapter has grown to its present membership of 64 strong a n d energetic Alpha m e n i l l u m i n a t i n g t h e true spirit of the fraternity.

I n recounting G a m m a M u Lambda's beginning, M. G. Miles, one of the charter members, told of the difficulties encountered in its establishment, a n d the great feeling of joy a n d accomplishment when it was finally born. O t h e r charter members present at this anniversary meeting w h o echoed Brother Miles' remarks were A. W . Wright, Sr., L. H . B. Foote, G. L. Porter, T . J a n Perry, Sr., W .

H . Baker a n d J . H . T h o m a s .

T h e chapter has taken another great step forward with the formation of the G a m m a Mu L a m b d a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . T h e foundation has purchased property o n which to build a fraternity house in Tallahassee. A program financing the project is presently being p l a n n e d which will be launched before the e n d of the year.

Officers elected for t h e year are E. M. T h o r p e , president; J. W . Riley, vice-president; W . F. Austin, corresponding secretary; R. L. Stockard, financial secretary; L. H . B. Foote, treasurer; T . J a n Perry, parliamentarian; James H u d s o n , chaplain; a n d C. C. Givens, e d i t o r to SPHINX.

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INTEGRATION IN THE ARMED SERVICES EDITOR'S NOTEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brother lames <:. Evans has made many contributions to the jit-Ids of education mill industry, but his work with our government lias been meritorious.

Here we use the i alliums of the SPHINX magazine to give you a recent statement on Integration in the Armed Services.

By J A M E S C. EVANS

U R I N G recent years, the Armed Forces have continuously and vigorously implemented principles of treatment and o p p o r t u n i t y for Negro personnel. T h e r e has been a conscientious endeavor to carry forward the principles laid down by the President of the U n i t e d States a n d the Secretary of Defense for the most effective utilization of all military manpower.

A clear enunciation of the position of the D e p a r t m e n t is found in a radio broadcast on February 17, 1954, when Dr. J o h n A. H a n n a h , then Assistant Secretary of Defense, m a d e the following statement: " T h e obligations to defend our country a n d o u r beliefs are borne equally by all of o u r citizens without regard to race or color or religion . . . we believe in the essential dignity of every h u m a n being, a n d that, within certain limits necessary to m a i n t a i n an orderly society, each individual should have an opportunity to d e t e r m i n e the course a n d patterns of his existence . . . It should be a real gratification to all t h i n k i n g Americans to know that o u r Armed Forces are leading the way in demonstrating b o t h at h o m e a n d a b r o a d that America provides opportunities for all of her people. In spite of all predictions to the contrary, I have yet to find a field c o m m a n d e r in any service that has anything b u t comm e n d a t i o n for complete racial integration . . . W e are demonstrating in action as well as words that we really believe in social justice, economic justice, a n d political justice for all people of all races a n d colors."

It may be m u c h more i m p o r t a n t t h a n would appear at first glance to review, especially in a context of religion and education, some of the current aspects of racial integration in the Armed Forces. As a companion article indicates, the course of events of the past decade may well be studied a n d analyzed by those concerned with action programs of b r o t h e r h o o d a n d

Mr. Evans, a Negro engineer, inventor, educator and author, is civilian assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense.

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national solidarity t h r o u g h the home, school, a n d church.

Parenthetically, for those inclined to hold that the obvious lessons are not applicable because they have a military basis, two points may be noted. First, defense requirements bid fair to continue to have direct impact u p o n all our houses, schools, a n d churches until these and other agencies of our civilization can more effectively resolve misunderstanding a n d conflict between m a n a n d m a n , and between nation a n d nation.

In the second place, o u r Armed Forces have always been made u p of citizen-soldiers. Integrated living and working situations, schooling a n d religious programs on the military post are thus not too remote for contemplation in the home community.

R a t h e r it would appear that the military have had the foresight and good fortune to recognize, coalesce, a n d crystallize character elements inculcated by the home, school a n d church in such a way as to advance national strength through democratic solidarity. T h e integrated programs in homes, schools, chapels, synagogues and churches on military bases have established new norms of personal a n d g r o u p conduct worthy of evaluation and emulation in many quarters.

T h i s theme will be left for witnesses. reluctant a n d otherwise, to develop on the basis of the facts as they stand out in bold relief against a background of racial segregation, exclusion a n d discrimination.

O p t i m u m employment of the individual in uniform on the basis of his or her a p t i t u d e a n d ability, and in terms of the needs of the services, resulted from specific policy changes, and assisted in meeting the needs of the Services. T h e removal of racial quotas opened attendance at all Service schools to those qualified, while all occupational specialties were opened without racial quotas.

Without any formal directive, schools for dependents located on G o v e r n m e n t property in a n u m b e r of states h a d been operating for some time, without incident, o n an integrated basis. As the question of integration in schools began to receive widespread attention, it was determined that all such schools operated by

the military would begin operation on an integrated basis with the beginning of the 1953 fall term, and this policy was carried out on schedule.

T h e r e remained questions concerning schools located on military installations, but operated on a segregated basis by local educational agencies.

Policies o n this problem were finalized on J a n u a r y 12, 1954, when the Secretary of Defense directed " t h a t the operation of all school facilities located on military installations shall be conducted without segregation on the basis of race or color," regardless of other considerations. It was stipulated that this policy would be placed into effect "as soon as practicable, and u n d e r n o circumstances later than September 1, 1955." I n connection with the p r o m u l g a t i o n of this directive, Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson stated, " W e h o p e all interested parties a n d all local communities will cooperate."

It will be noted that the Supreme Court decision against segregation in public education followed four m o n t h s later. W h e n Executive Secretary George K. H u n t o n of the Catholic Interracial Council characterized this decision as a "victory in line with the promises of the Declaration of Independence a n d the Constitution, as well as the best traditions of Christian democracy" he epitomized what o u r Armed Forces are sworn to defend. F u r t h e r , it is u n d e r these that the Negro minority, and all other minorities, may best aspire to equality of t r e a t m e n t a n d o p p o r t u n i t y .

Recent news releases a n d items in the Review cite the stabilizing influences in these various school situations, on a n d off the post, "stemming from the fact that many Catholic institutions in these cities h a d been integrated successfully." O n e of these relates how an Archbishop, after preaching a sermon reciting the Catholic "position with respect to race "gave orders to proceed with integration in Catholic institutions and lay organizations." It concludes that this was substantially accomplished by the time the Supreme Court's anti-segregation decision was h a n d e d down.

Parallel developments such as those outlined assist in providing a favorable c o m m u n i t y environment for the P A G E 27

mil fruition of the integration program of the Armed Services.

For every five Americans in uniform there are two civilians employed by the Department, not to mention others privately engaged on deli use contracts. This represents an important community relationship.

The Secretary of the Navy, on August 20, 1953, directed the complete elimination of all barriers to the free use of previously segregated facilities on Government-owned Shore Stations of the Navy. Despite evidences of objections to thus modifying racial customs of long standing in some sections, effective negotiations and follow-up brought about full implementation of this directive well ahead of the schedule initially outlined.

Concurrently, similar moves were carried out by the Army and the Air Force with a minimum of publicity and no untoward incidents. This action advanced equity of treatment for civilian employees toward a status already attained by personnel in uniform.

With respect to defense contracts, there is provided a program to familiarize contracting officers, contract administrators, and other personnel dealing with procurement with "the spirit, intent, and requirements of the President's policy" of non-discrimination under Government contracts.

Through this program, the Army, Navy, and Air Force, in addition to the immediate procurement objective, conduct educational programs to impress upon their contractors their respective responsibilities regarding non-discrimination.

Thus the consumer, and his family members, are to participate as producers. Such equitable participation in the life of the nation, aside from aiding economic balance, facilitates even greater returns for the nation in terms of good citizenship.

However, in this sphere of the civilian employee, there remains many problems in the implementation of established Department p o l i c i e s against discrimination in employment because of race, sex, color, or religion. This is particularly true of Negro women employees. A continuous evaluation of the impeding factors in this situation is being made, and progress has been noted. However, as compared with other Government employees, or as measured against the Negro in military uniform, much remains to be done to accomplish full equity as regards testing, selection, orientation, training, assignment, guidance, and advancement, not to mention full recogni(Continucd on Page 29) PAGE 28

DR. O. WILSON WINTERS, Editor ELECTRONS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Frat Fun: I am very much disappointed in you. Last year in the Pre-Convention issue of the SPHINX you gave us a glamorous and optimistic account of the benefits of sending our husbands to Miami, Florida. You held up before us the fabulous Fountain of Youth. My husband was there but if he profited by the famous fountain he must have lost it at the Lord Calvert Hotel.

Yours in disillusionment, Betty L. Dear Betty: I know how you feel. I, too, was in Florida. I didn't need even my limited knowledge of English composition to learn that the Fountain of Youth was a figure of speech.

Yours in embarressment, The Editor * * * Dear Frat Fun: Can you tell me why our General Secretary was so popular at Miami?

He was invited to all the secret parties and his name was on most everybody's tongue. It was "Jimmy this" and "Jimmy that." I can't undrstand it.

We've had handsomer secretaries than he is. Why the big excitement over Jimmy Huger?

Yours truly, K. L. Dear K. L.: Probably you have answered your question in your last sentence. Jimmy DR. O. WILSON WINTERS is "Huger".

Fraternally yours, The Editor * * * Dear Brother Frat Fun: In your column you raved about the generosity of Brother Moss Kendrick at Miami, the punctiliousness of Brother Picott^ the loquacity of Brother Maceo Smith, and the sartorial display of Brother Kermit Hall. Here in our chapter we have brothers who can outmatch either of them but we don't create extra bulletins about it.

Supremely yours, R. A. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Southern University, Baton Rouge. La. Dear Brother R. A.: You are correct. Your president is one of the best dressed men in Alpha but he wasn't at Miami. You remind me of the story about the G. I. in Korea who kept writing him to his girl that a little Korean -Miss named Mamie was very kind to him. He said she managed several little favors, explained the customs of the land to him, secured many souvenirs; he mentiond her name in every letter he sent back home. Finally, in desperation, his American girl wrote, "who is this Mamie you're always writing about? What has Mamie got that I don't have?" In his next letter he was very succint in his answer to the question. He wrote "What has Mamie got that I don't have?

Nothing, only Mamie has it here!"

Yours in the bond, The Editor * * * Neutrons He called someone else's wife Sugar and got a lump on his head.

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Three things with which a woman can make something out of nothing — a hat, a salad, a quarrel. * * * She graduated at the foot of the class. Her admirers didn't care if her head was half empty just so her sweater was well tilled. * * * The fellow who keeps on insisting that he has ' an open mind" may be confusing his mind with his mouth. * * * If you want to know a woman's age, ask her sister-in-law. * * * Some girls study elocution for years and still don't know how to say "No". * * * Bennie says there would be many more brunettes in this country if so many had not dyed. * * * "An old timer is one who can remember when he was able to help his child with his homework." * * * Have you tasted the new drink called the Income Tax Cocktail? One drink and you want to take everything off. * * * He flunked in English because he wrote that the plural of "enemy" was "enema" * * * "This is the fifth time you have been brought up before me," said the judge severely.

"Yes, your honor," smiled the offender. "When I likes a fellow I genrally gives him all my business." * * * A Tuskegee University scientist reports that a cow with an inferiority complex will fall down as a milk producer. — Aw, come now, professor, there must be an udder reason. * * * Bow legs are few — and far between. * * * Atoms The minister was sympathizing with the recently bereaved widow. "Your husband," he said, "was a man of excellent qualities." "Yes," sighed the widow, "he was a good man. Everybody says so. I wasn't so much acquainted with him myself. You see he was a deacon in his church, belonged to four lodges, three clubs, two medical societies and two Greek letter fraternities." * * * "You mean to say" said the horrified northerner to the Kentucky Colonel, "that this man vou speak of was shot and killed by the chairman of a meeting just because he made a motion that was out of order?"

"Yes suh," said the colonel, that's the way it was."

"What lawlessness," exclaimed the northerner, what wanton disregard for the sanctity of human life."

"Well," said the colonel, "jest to keep the records straight and the fair name of our community clear, I might state that the motion of the deceased was toward his hip pocket." * * * The teacher gave her class the assignment of writing a composition on what they would do if thev had a million dollars. All went to work except my nephew Horace, who sat doing nothing. When the others handed in their papers he handed in a blank sheet. "What's the meaning of this?" asked the teacher. "Here all the others have handed in at least two sheets and you have done nothing." "Well," said the boy, "if I had a million dollars that's just what I'd do." * * * Millionaires are becoming scarcer every day but this self made millionaire was addressing a graduating class in Iowa. "All my success in life", he said, "I owe to one thing — pluck, pluck, pluck." A bored but realistic graduate in the rear of the room spoiled his effect by saying: "Yes sir, but will you please tell us something about how and whom to pluck." * * * The Boston correspondent wrote to the New York bank in reply to an inquiry asking for information about a young man who had applied for a job MAY, 1955 (Continued on Page 30)

Integration (Continued from Page 28) lion and reward on the basis of service rendered.

For the forty-hour work week, the employees spend only about onelourth of their week on the job. Factors and influence in the home, church, and market place, thus bear heavily upon any program of equity promulgated by the Department.

Here, it seems, is where further resolution must be sought through those having influence and' authority in these domains.

Returning now more directly to the Armed Forces it is to be noted that racial integration seemed taken for granted in forces of the colonial period. Between that time and the decade now ending there were variants of segregation and of exclusion, none providing a satisfactory solution.

Many factors then converged to motivate a try at integration even though accumulated documentation was negative or silent on any favorable prospects.

A new and intensive inquiry was initiated upon the basis of Executive Order 9981 dated July 26, 1948. The resulting committee report, "Freedom to Serve," issued in 1950 reflected the guidance of (now) Judge Charles Fahy, eminent Catholic layman. This development led to new approaches and directives.

Accordingly, there are now no allNegro units in the Services. June 30, 1954 was earlier agreed upon for their termination, and the program proceeded ahead of schedule with no untoward incidents.

Contrary to earlier predictions, removal of racial quotas and other restrictions has not resulted in any imbalance of ratios of Negro personnel in the Services. Moreover, additional opportunities in the Services for training and assignment on the basis of individual merit have resulted in a definite increase in the number of Negro officers and technical specialists.

The following percentages of Negro personnel in the military Services over a recent period give significant evidence: July 1, 1949

Julyl, 1954

Army Officers 1.8% Army Enlisted Men 12.4% Navy Officers 0.0% Navy Enlisted Men 4.7% Air Force Officers 0.6% Air Force Enlisted Men 5.1%

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bv Lee Nichols, the New York Herald Tribune Book Review on February 14, 1954 says: " T h e impact of civilian life is yet to be measured . . . this book, filled with the d r a m a of official fact r a t h e r than exhortation a n d oratory, is a significant contrib u t i o n to the c o n t i n u i n g effort to build a dynamic a n d meaningful democracy in terms of h u m a n relations."

C o m m u n i t y customs a n d mores in regard to race, vary in different parts of the N a t i o n a n d of the world. It is paradoxical that the Negro citizen in uniform has frequently been m a d e to feel more at h o m e overseas t h a n in his h o m e town.

T h e s e matters are largely beyond the direct purview of the D e p a r t m e n t of Defense. Even so, marked progress is being m a d e in clarifying civilianmilitary relationships off duty a n d off post. W h i l e this work is still in its beginning, achievements to date in replacing controversy with cooperative effort reflect great credit upon the American community a n d up-

M a r i n e Corps Officers 0.0% 0.1% Marine Corps Enlisted Men 2.1% 6.5% T h i s information is of further significance in that current policies for e l i m i n a t i n g racial designations will make it increasingly difficult to compile such comparative data in the future.

T h e programs for improving the utilization of Negro personnel in the A r m e d Services have become the subject of n u m e r o u s studies by officials, writers, historians, a n d research students. T h e literature a n d underlying documents tend toward u n a n i m i ty on such points as increased strength t h r o u g h cooperative efforts; teh absence of any u n t o w a r d incidents as earlier predicted; a n d the developing of an o u t s t a n d i n g example of racial coordination of significant i m p o r t at h o m e and abroad.

I n reviewing one of these studies, "Break-through on the Color F r o n t "

FRATERNITY FUN (Continued from Page 29) at the bank. T h e Boston writer confined himself entirely to the family connections of the young m a n . H e was, it seemed, a direct descendant of J o h n Alden on his father's side a n d of the R a n d o l p h s of Virginia o n his mother's side. " W e are greatly i n d e b t e d to you for the genealogical lore," wrote the bank, " b u t we w a n t e d a young m a n for business, not for breeding purposes." * * * A p r o m i n e n t clergyman had his n a m e left out of the telephone book because he received so many calls. A m e r c h a n t of the same n a m e in the n e i g h b o r h o o d began to be pestered with calls asking h i m to officiate at funerals, speak at Ladies Aid Societies, etc. H e went to the rector a n d asked h i m to have his n a m e p u t back in the book. T h e rector refused.

T h e m e r c h a n t d e t e r m i n e d to complain to the p h o n e c o m p a n y a n d was writing the letter one Saturday night w h e n his p h o n e r a n g a n d the timid voice of a y o u n g m a n asked if he woud marry h i m at once.

A h a p p y t h o u g h t came to the merchant.

"Consider yourselves married until I see you." T h a t ' l l tide you over 'till Monday. " I ' m too d a m n e d busy now writing my sermon."

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Mother, said Hazel, I hesitate to marry H e n r y because he's a n atheist a n d doesn't believe in Hell.

You two w o u l d have to live here for a while dear, so marry h i m a n d it won't be long before he believes in Hell. * * * A n d now kiddies: " H a i l to h a p p y Spring W i t h all its vernal joys, W h e n little boys act like m e n A n d old m e n act like boys." * * * D o n ' t forget to vote!

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on the commands immediately concerned.

Racial factors here may be large a n d variable. T h e y may become domin a n t as improvements on the military post b r i n g into sharper contrast racial conditions off the post. Civilian prerogatives having priority, cooperation a n d coordination are everywhere indicated.

Housing, and recreation are examples of community-related areas which impinge directly a n d forcefully u p o n military proficiency.

It is clear then that every improvement in customs and mores in the c o m m u n i t y as regards replacement of racial criteria by merit criteria will provide an improved e n v i r o n m e n t lor the Armed Services programs of equality of treatment a n d o p p o r t u n i t y .

T h i s p r o g r a m of equity of opportunity for all personnel, military and < i\ ilian, is based on the concept of obt a i n i n g m a x i m u m effectiveness in the defense effort t h r o u g h full utilization of the m a x i m u m potential of every individual. A n y t h i n g less is wasteful, especially in view of threats to o u r national security, besides being contrary to the basic tenets of o u r government.

Some of the noteworthy developments u n d e r this p r o g r a m may be summarized as follows: T h e Negro citizen in the A r m e d Forces is now utilized o n the basis of individual merit a n d proficiency in meeting the needs of the Services.

T h r o u g h o u t the Army, Navy, Air Force, and M a r i n e Corps, fully integrated units have replaced the allN e g r o units which, u n t i l recent years, formed the onlv channel of military service for Negro enlistees a n d draftees since colonial times.

T h o r o u g h evaluation of the battletested results to date indicates a marked increase in overall combat effectiveness through integration.

Economies in manpower, material, a n d money have resulted from the elimination of racially duplicated facilities a n d operations.

T h e program has advanced more rapidly than h a d been considered possible in some quarters, a n d there have been n o u n t o w a r d incidents.

T h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of policies providing for o p p o r t u n i t y among civilian employees lags far b e h i n d as compared with A r m e d Forces integration.

T h e R O T C , the N a t i o n a l G u a r d , a n d other civilian components pose complex problems involving some major factors which are beyond military control.

C o m m u n i t y relations as regard race are greatly improved, but much (Continued on Page 31) THE

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Kansas City Brother Wins First Prize In Book Contest Mr. Greene B. Buster, widely known for his outstanding work in education, has been awarded the first prize of $500.00 in the Pageant Press Book Contest for 1954, for his historical biography Brighter Sun. Mr. Buster's book is based on the life of his grandfather, who was born a slave, and recounts his struggles to achieve freedom for himself and his family. Spanning as it does, the gap between pre-Civil War slavery and our mid-twentieth century society, it is a powerful and eloquent plea for understanding and courage in meeting current domestic and international social problems. More than this, it is an inspiring record of human courage and unbreakable faith, and a saga of one of the most significant periods of our history. Brighter Sun seems destined to become a part of the permanent Archives of our country.

The author has spent almost a halfcentury in the Sumner High School in Kansas City, Kansas, as administrator and teacher of social sciences. He holds a teacher's diploma from Wilberforce University in Ohio, where he was born, and B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Kansas.

Since retiring from the classroom in 1948, Mr. Buster has served in the Kansas legislature as secretary of Mr. Myles C. Stevens, representative from the eighth district. "He is a director of the Douglass State Bank in Kansas City, and an officer in the Eighth Street Christian Church. judges in the contest were Nelson Antrim Crawford, editor and publisher of Author and Journalist; Joseph E. Longstreth, managing editor of Critics Associated, lecturer and author of books for young children; and jack Woodford, publisher, novelist, motion picture writer, author of more than 40 novels and 2,000 short stories.

Simultaneously with the announcement of these awards, Pageant Press announces a new Best Book Contest for 1955, with $1600 in cash awards.

First prize will be $500; second prize, $250; and third prize, $150. There also will be seven honorable mention awards of $100 each.

T h e contest is open to all authors of unpublished works of fiction and non- fiction; novels, biography, textbooks, poetry, autobiography, history, science, humor, philosophy, juvenile, business and economics, and "howMAY, 1955

to-do-it" books. No entry fee is required, and full details of the contest can be obtained by writing to Pageant Press, 130 West 42nd Street, New York 36, New York.

Beta Upsilon Chapter Beehive of Activity (Continued from Page 18) Loretta High, the latter being an all-white institution. These programs were acclaimed excellent contributions on the intellectual growth of the student bodies.

Speakers at each school were members of mn local chapter. They are: John liclds, Charles Bowling, Herman C. Morris, John T . Porter and Erskine Lambert, respectively.

Climaxing the year's activities we sponsored our most spectacular Spring Ball with the members of the Beta Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. This affair is long to be remembered by all in attendance.

Plans are made to give our annual scholarship award to a promising and deserving young man of the Freshman Class.

Brothers expecting to graduate this year are: Leroy Bell, jr., Morris Berry, Eugene Hudson, Luther Jordan, Erskine Lambert, Willie Neeley, Lent is Peterman. John Porter, T. Y. Rogers, Jr., Sidney Welch and Milton Williams.

Officers for the outgoing year were: John Fields, president; T . Y. Rogers, vice-president; Frank Williams, secretary; Alphonso Powe, treasurer; Lerov Bell, Jr., chaplain; Harold Caricr, parliamentarian; Eugene Sawyer, sergcant-at-arms; and Leotis Peterman, dean of pledgees. W. E. Alexander and William Gibson are advisors. Herman C. Morris, reporterIO-SPHINX.

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Members of the chapter in addition to the Neophytes graduating brothers and officers are: Grady Anderson, Hezekiah Beasley, Isaac Culver, Thomas Gaston, Julius Hargrove, Leroy Lang, and Freddie Shepard, Jr. Miss Mada Carroll Myers reigned as chapter queen for the year, 19541955. â&#x20AC;˘ A vinyl upholstery material, based on a knitted fabric, is elastic and permits the passage of air through it.

Three at A. and T. Receive "Outstanding" Label GREENSBORO, N. C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Beta Epsilon Chapter was clad in additional laurels recently when it was announced that three of its members, Brothers Charles D. Bussey, Gilbert Caldwell, and Don J. Fairley, had been designated "outstanding seniors" by the college yearbook committee.

The selections were based upon scholastic achievement, extra-curricular participation, and overall contributions to college life.

The selection of both Fairley and Bussey was unanimous while Caldwell received two-thirds approval of the nominating committee.

Integration (Continued from Page 30) remains to be done to harmoniously effect equality of treatment for Negro service personnel.

At the same time the military community as such has added new and valuable dimensions to such concepts as neighborhood and brotherhood.

The Armed Forces, within their own sphere have developed notable examples of racial coordination and integration in housing, religious life, transportation, schooling, recreation. and other aspects of community life lor service personnel and their families.

Segregation has been eliminated in facilities for civilian employees.

All service schools and training programs are open without racial restrictions. Already there are tangible returns in officer pomotions and in an increasing supply of technically trained specialists.

Policies and programs currently in effect give promise of further resolving many of the perplexing problems which center around situations where race is a factor.

The impact, national and international, of the advance under the program of integration in the Armed Service has been distinctly and forcefully in support of the policy of the American Government.

From this accounting, based upon one aspect of our current national scene, readers of the Review and others may draw further conclusions as regards direct and immediate application of tenets based upon the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God. PAGE 31

BETA ZETA LAMBDA CHAPTER MARCHES ON (Continued from Page 19) the boy scouts or cub scouts as committee members. Brother A. T. Busby is the new treasurer of the Lincoln University Federal Credit Union.

Brother Leake and Brother Saunders are both completing their work for the Masters' degrees in psychiatric, social work and journalism respectively. Brother Dr. Maddox is a member and active participant in the Missouri Association for Social Welfare.

At the March meeting, Brother Beverly Foster, principal of the C. C. Hubbard High School at Sedalia, Missouri, was initiated into Alphadom by the chapter. After the "sand crossing" ceremonies, the brothers took the initiate to George's Hideaway, a highway hostelry, where a social meetin" was held. Brother George Wil-

liams, who acted as host, served the brothers inch-thick barbecued steaks with various vegetables and liquors as accessories to the meal.

-After eating, the brothers gathered outside around the host's beautiful 1955 Pontiac for an informal picture.

During the course of the meeting, the brothers voted to sponsor dental treatment for some of the underprivileged children in the local elementary school.

Brother Armistead Pride, Dean of the School of Journalism at Lincoln University, was congratulated upon having served as narrator in a feature length film depicting the work of the Negro press in American society. The film was shown to the brothers at a previous meeting at the home of Brother J. D. Parks.

Chapter Cooperation—Undergrad and Grad (Continued from Page 19) "I've Got Sixpense" directed by Brother Dr. Thomas D. Pawley, March 20-21. The leading role on the second night of the play was done by Bro. Lawrence Cayce and he was supported by Brother Thomas Brooks. Assisting the production were Bros. Carl Smith and Carl Jason and Little Brother William Jeffries.

Prior to that week, Alpha Psi set the pace among fraternity participation by winning second place in the two day Varsity tournament. Instrumental in this achievement were Bros. Willie Scott, Billingslea, Gunter, and Little Brother Kennedy, all of whom set a record by placing more men among the top scorers in the competition. Brother Scott copped the individual scoring crown with 67 points, closely seconded by Little Brother Lornell Wells, a key man on the first place champion Junior Varsity with 66.

In other athletics, Alpha Psi is proud of their volleyball team, currently deadlocked in a three way tie for first place.

An invitation was extended to the Ivy Leaf Club of AKA sorority and to the Spinx club to come and enjoy a four-way reunion March 25. Bro. Warren Swindell introduced a new Alpha pep song for the chapter, which is inclosed for publication.

Brother editor Harold Manson was voted the most qualified journalist in the L. U. School of Journalism by PAGE 32

two local white papers. He has since announced the completion of the 1955 edition of the "Archives" school yearbook. Brother Manson accredits the success of the publication to the expert supervision of Brother sponsor James Saunders, instructor in journalism, and to the untiring efforts of his student staff which is dominated by Alpha's and AKA's.

Feb. 12 began the sorority-fraternity activities for the spring semester spearheaded by a presentation of a one-pound box of candy to each of the AKA's, a dinner hour and a social dance and re-union. T o Miss Shirley Lipscomb, chapter sweetheart, went a two pound box of candy.

At the close of the fall semester late in January, Alpha men and their little brothers walked away with positions on the Dean's honor roll.

Brother Julius Hollis, a mid-year graduate, topped the complete list with a straight A average, a perfect 3.000 average. Following him were Brothers Gunter, Charles Alexander, (chapter president) Warren Swindell, and Odell Dean, who was also a midyear grad.

Displaying high scholastic aims were newly-made Sphinxmen, lead by Little Brother Shelley Bowers. Next to him in academic standings were John Britton, Robert Flowers and jessee Gill. At present, there are 41 brothers and 21 little brothers in Alpha Psi.

CHAPTER ROSTER (Continued from Inside Front Cover) 42. ALPHA PHI—Wallace Hartsfield (S), 240 Chestnut St., Atlanta, Ga. 43. ALPHA CHI—Samuel L. Morris, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.

44. ALPHA PSI—George W. Enslow (S), Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo. 45. BETA ALPHA—Harold Bradby (S), Morgan State College, Baltimore 12, Md. 46. BETA BETA—Maurice L. Russell (S), 1971 S. St., Lincoln, Neb. 47. BETA GAMMA—James L. Hall (S), Box 2105, Va. State College, Petersburg, Va. 48. BETA DELTA—Henry L. Robinson, Box 248, State College, Orangeburg, S. C. 49. BETA EPS1LON—Gilbert Caldwell (P), A. and T. College. Greensboro, N . C. 50. BETA ZETA—Albert A. Greenlee (P). State Teachers College, Elizabeth City, N. C. 51. BETA ETA—Arthur E. Newbern (S), 813 N. Marion, Carbondale, Illinois.

52. BETA THETA—A. L. Roach (P), Bluefield State College, Bluefield, W. Va. 53. BETA IOTA—Lawrence Hauser (P), Teachers College, Winston-Salem, N. C. 54. BETA KAPPA—Allan M. Gordon (S), Langston University, Langston, Okla.

55. BETA MU—William M. Clark, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. 56. BETA NU—Samuel Washington tS), 222 Sampson Hall FAMU, Tallahassee, Fla. 57. BETA XI—Stephen C. Black (S), 1088 Pearce Ave., Memphis, Tenn.

58. BETA OMICRON—Earl Ingram (S), Tenn.

A. and I. State University, Nashville, Tenn.

59. BETA PI—Claude W. Malone, Box 26, Lane College, Jackson, Tenn.

60. BETA RHO—Johnnie E. Burke (S), Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C. 61. BETA SIGMA—Bruce Gill (P), Southern University, Box 9414, Baton Rouge, La. 62. BETA TAU—(Inactive), New Orleans, La. 63. BETA UPSILON—John Thomas Porter (S>, Alabama State College, Montgomery, Ala. 64. BETA PHI—Louis H. Roberts (S), Dillard University, New Orleans, La. 65. BETA CHI—Herbert Thompson (S), Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Ark. 66. BETA PSI—(Inactive) — Portland, Oregon.

67. GAMMA ALPHA—Louis D. Hicks (P), Texas College, Tyler, Texas.

68. GAMMA BETA—John Royster (S), N. C. State College. Durham, N. C. 69. GAMMA GAMMA—Fred Talbot (P), Allen University, Columbia, S. C. 70. GAMMA DELTA—Dan Minor (S), A.M. and N. College, Pine Bluff, Ark. 71. GAMMA EPSILON—(Inactive) — Madison, Wisconsin.

72. GAMMA ZETA—Robert C. Dixon (S), Ft. Valley State College, Ft. Valley, Ga. 73. GAMMA ETA—James P. Comber (P), Box 408 R. C. Ind. University, Bloomington, Ind. 74. GAMMA THETA—John E. Moore (P), 1331 Swisher Ave., Dayton 8, Ohio.

75. GAMMA IOTA—William Moss, P. O. Box 63, Hampton Institute, Va. 76. GAMMA KAPPA—Robert A. Bethune (S), 308 Kappa Ave., Birmingham, Ala. 77. GAMMA MU—Smith Turner, Jr. (S), Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C. 78. GAMMA NU—William Matthews (P), 326 East Col. Ave., State College, Pa. 79. GAMMA XI—Albert W. Jones (P), 1723 Leighlon, Los Angeles, Calif.

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1955 THE SPHINX

SO. GAMMA OMICRON— Charlie Williams (VP). Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn.

81. GAMMA PI—Darwin M. Johnson (S). Benedict College. Columbia. S. C. •S2. GAMMA RHO—Donald D. Masse (CS), 35 North 25th St.. Lafayette, Ind. 83. GAMMA SIGMA—Henry R. Jiles (P), Delaware State College. Dover, Del. 84. GAMMA TAU—William A. Reid (P). 147 E. Shaw Hall. MSC, E. Lansing. Mich.

85. GAMMA UPSILON—Edgar E. Smith (S), Tougaloo Colleg?. Tougaloo, Miss.

86. GAMMA PHI—Cornelius Blount (S). 102 Sage Hall, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. 87. GAMMA CHI—(Inactive)—Pittsburg, Kansas.

88. GAMMA PSI--Wesley Copeland, 815 E. Davie St.. Ralrigh, N. C. 89. DELTA ALPHA—Clifton Hubbard (&'), Claflin University, Orangeburg, S. C. 90 DELTA BETA—Robert B. Ford, RethuneCookman College. Daytona Beach. Fla. 91. PELTA GAMMA—Freddie Maclain (CS), Alabama A. and M. College. Normal. Ala. 92. DELTA DELTA—Joseph Pelham (P). Albany S'a'e College. Albanv, Ga. 93 '">ELTA EPSILON—Surnn-r C. Nunley, 382 Woodlawn Ave., Buffalo 8, N. Y. 94. DELTA ZETA—(Inactive)—Syracuse, N. Y. 95. DELTA ETA—Willie J. Anderson (S). Savannah State College, Savannah, Ga. 96. DELTA THETA—Lloyd H. Williams. Jr. (S).

Box 184, Texas So. Univ., Houston, Texas.

97. DELTA IOTA—William L. Reid (P). 12 Jennings Court, New Brunswick, N. J. 98. DELTA KAPPA—Wright L. Lassiter (S). Alcorn A. and M. College, Alcorn, Miss.

99. DELTA MU—William T. Ridgeway (S), 812 Mathewson. Wichita, Kansas.

100. DELTA NU—William E. Clark IS), Maryland Stat; College, Princess Anne, Md. 300. DELTA XI—Roosevelt Jones (P), Central State College, Wilbcrforce. Ohio.

301. DELTA OMICRON—Holand Hall (S), 1842 McAllister St.. San Francisco. Calif.

302. DELTA PI—Harold C. Whitney (S). State Teachers College, Cheyney, Pa. 303. DELTA RHO—Don W. Burnett (VP). 2816 Wabash Ave.. Kansas City 9, Mo. 304. DELTA SIGMA—Leroy J. Sanford (S), Grambling College, Grambling. La. 305. DELTA TAU—Ca<-sar W. Beckett (S), St. Paul's Polytechnic Institute, Lawrenceville, Va. 306. DELTA UPSILON—Charles Brown (S), Miami University, Oxford. Ohio.

307. DELTA PHI—Ulysses S. Donelson (S), Box 1781, Jackson College, Jackson, Miss.

308. DELTA CHI—Edward L. We-ms (RS). 456 Jefferson Ave.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 309. DELTA PSI—James Day (S). Florida N. and I. M. College, St. Augustine, Fla. 310. EPSILON ALPHA—John J. Mauton, University of Toledo, Toledo. Ohio.

GRADUATE CHAPTERS 101. ALPHA LAMBDA—William Braxton (S), 1456 Beech St., Louisville 11, Ky. 102. BETA LAMBDA—James Jeffress (S), 1824 Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. 103. GAMMA LAMBDA—Barton W. Morris (S).

293 Eliot St., Detroit I, Mich.

104. DELTA LAMBDA—Arthur Spencer (S), 2560 Harlem Ave.. Baltimore 16. Md. 105. EPSILON LAMBDA—Fred T. Simms (P), 4959 Maffitt Place, St. Louis 15. Mo. 106. ZETA LAMBDA—Clarence C. Johnson, 1119 29th St.. Newport News, Va. 107. ETA LAMBDA—William H. Hale, 1351 Sharon St., N. W.. Atlanta, Ga. 108. THETA LAMBDA—Avery Watson, Jr. (S), 1330 Home Ave., Dayton 7, Ohio.

109. IOTA LAMBDA—Theodore S. Randall (P), 3810 Rookwood. Indianapolis. Ind. HO. KAPPA LAMBDA—Charles A. Grant (CS), 504 Beech St., Greensboro, N. C. 111. MU LAMBDA—Dr. William F. Nelson, 721 12th St.. N. E.. Washington 2, D. C. 112. NU LAMBDA—John E. Reinhardt (S), Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. 113. XI LAMBDA—Lewis A. H. Caldwell (S), 6518 Minerva Ave., Chicago, 111.

114. OMICRON LAMBDA—W. Wesley Whetstone (S), 1231 4th St., N., Birmingham, Ala. 115. PI LAMBDA—C. Franklin Brown (S), 1019 Cross St., Little Rock, Ark. 116. RHO LAMBDA—RusseU N. Service, 585 Michigan St., Buffalo, N. Y. 117. SIGMA LAMBDA—Walter E. Morial (S), 1433 Touro St., New Orleans, La. 118. TAU LAMBDA—N. H. Williams, Jr., 1405 South St., Nashville, Tenn.

UPSILON LAMBDA—Ralph B. Stewart (S).

109 E. Union St.. Jacksonville. Fla. 120, PHI LAMBDA—R. H. Toole (S), 1005 S. Person St., Raleigh. N. C. 121 CHI LAM3DA—Thomas E. Kelley (S). Box 132, Wilbcrforce. Ohio.

122. PS! LAMBDA—George W. James, 1527 E. 3rd St.. Chattanooga, Tenn.

ALPH V LAMBDA—GeirgA. 123. A L P H A Younger (CS). 232 Emerson Ave.. Plainfield.

N. J. 124. ALPHA BETA LAMBDA—Carl I. Lynem (S).

407 N. Upp-r St., Lexington, Ky. 125. ALPHA GAMMA LAMBDA—Marvin N. Ri1-y (P). 150 N. Lafayette A., White Plains, N-w York.

126. ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA—A. B. Owens, Jr. (S). 598 Williams Ave., Memphis, Tenn.

127. ALPHA EPSILON LAMBDA—R. W. Harrison (S). 229V2 Main St.. Yazoo City, Miss.

128. ALPHA ZFTA LAMBDA—Joseph I. Turner (S), Bluefi-ld State College, Bluefield. W. Va. 129. ALPHA ETA LAMBDA—W. H. Bell (P), 3115 Cleburn, Houston 4. Texas.

130. ALPHA THETA LAMBDA—Chester C. Sutton (S). 1011 N. Ohio Ave.. Atlantic City, N. J. 131. ALPHA IOTA LAMBDA—E. R. Armstead (S), Institute, W. Va. 132. ALPHA KAPPA LAMBDA—E. D. Downing (S), 36 Center Ave., N. W., Roanoke. Va. 133. ALPHA MU LAMBDA—William Holt (S).

733 Saxon St., Knoxville. Tenn.

134. ALPHA NU LAMBDA—Ira L. Ferguson (S), Box 217. Tuskegee Inst., Ala. 135. ALPHA XI LAMBDA—William C. Bryant (S). 734 Pinewood Ave.. Toledo 2. Ohio.

OMICRON LAMBDA—Wilber C. 136. ALPHA Douglass (S). 412 Bakewell Bldg., Pittsburgh 19. Pa. 137. ALPHA PI LAMBDA—James O. Ellis, 1500 E. 1st St.. Winston-Salem, N. C. 138. AI PHA RHO LAMBDA—Raymond Thomas (S). 64'/2 N. 22nd St., Columbus, Ohio.

139. ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA—William D. Logan, 4108 Penelope St., Dallas, Texas.

140. ALPHA TAU LAMBDA—Tollie W. Harris <P), 326 Greenwood. Tusla 6, Okla.

141. ALPHA UPSILON LAMBDA—W. H. Coston (S). Alabama State Collrge, Montgomery.

Ala. 142. ALPHA PHI LAMBDA—Thomas W. Young.

1660 Corprew Ave., Norfolk 12, Va. 143. ALPHA CHI LAMBDA—John M. Tutt (S), 1108 Phillips St.. Augusta, Ga. 144. ALPHA PSI LAMBDA—Henry W. Webber, 37 Samson Circle, Greenview, Columbia, S. C. 145. BETA ALPHA LAMBDA—William Johnson (S), 117 Atlantic St., Jersey City 4, N. J. 146. BETA BETA LAMBDA—John H. Anderson (S), 1200 N. W. 6th Ave., Miami, Fla. 147. BETA GAMMA LAMBDA—Harvey O. Freeman. 2806 Griffin Ave., Richmond 22, Va. 148. BETA DELTA LAMBDA—Ernest C. Cook (S), Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla. BETA EPSILON LAMBDA—L. G. Ashley 149.

(S), Box 247, Boley, Okla.

150. BETA ZETA LAMBDA—A. P. Marshall (S), 929A E. Dunklin. Jefferson City, Mo. 151. BETA ETA LAMBDA—M. E. Gamble (S), Hennessey. Okla.

152. BETA THETA LAMBDA—J. M. Schooler, 1607 Fayetteville St., Durham, N. C. 153. BETA IOTA LAMBDA—V. B.- Lacour (P), Southern University, Baton Rouge, La. 154. BETA KAPPA LAMBDA—E. B. Burroughs (S), 35 Morris St., Charleston, S. C. 155. BETA MU LAMBDA—L. E. Anderson (S), P. O. Box 862. Salisbury, N. C. 156. BETA NU LAMBDA, H. W. Norris (S), Johnson C. Smith University. Charlotte. N. C. 157. BETA XI LAMBDA—W. T. Bryant, 2731 Franklin. Omaha, Neb. OMICRON LAMBDA—Curtis A. 158. BETA Woodard (S). 1250 Hercules St., Mobile, Ala. 159. BETA PI LAMBDA—Donald W. Johnson (S), 104 First St.. Albany 10, N. Y. 160. BETA RHO LAMBDA—James E. Smith (S), 2953 Karl St., Youngstown 8, Ohio.

161. BETA SIGMA LAMBDA—Jarvis H. Arms (S), 13 Rhode St., Hartford 5, Conn.

162. BETA TAU LAMBDA—Felix C. Thurmond (S), 1005 E. Leuda St.. Fort Worth. Tex. 163. BETA UPSILON LAMBDA—V. J. Gilmore.

400 Laconte St.. Jackson, Tenn.

164. BETA PHI LAMBDA—E. A. Bertrand (S), Savannah State College. Savannah, Ga. 165. BETA CHI LAMBDA—Harry M. Hodges (S), 808 Fondulac, Muskogee, Okla.

166. BETA PSI LAMBDA—Oscar V. Little (S), 1518 E. 22nd St., Los Angeles 11, Calif.

167. GAMMA ALPHA LAMBDA—John Chiles (P), 9 E. Fred-rick St., Staunton, Va. 119

BETA 168. GAMMA Wright. Kentucky

LAMBDA—Arnold W. State College. Frankfort.

Ky.

169. GAMMA GAMMA LAMBDA—R. W. Anderson (S). Box 441, Greenville, S. C. DELTA LAMBDA—Martin K. 170. GAMMA Austin (S), Box 21. E. Beckley, W. Va. 171. GAMMA EPSILON LAMBDA—Thomas A. West (P), 914 E. 2nd St.. Hopkinsville, Ky. 7FTA LAMBDA—Richard F. 172. GAMMA Pride (P), 2907 26(h St., Tampa, Fla. 173. GAMMA ETA LAMBDA—C. P. Johnson (P), 1173 Ha-grave. Austin, Texas.

174. GAMMA THETA LAMBDA—Phillip G. Sadler (S), 314 Rogers Rcl.. Wilmington. Del. 175 GAMMA IOTA LAMBDA—R. Maurice Moss (S), 542 Decatur St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. , 7 ( S GAMMA KAPPA LAMBDA— B. T. Washington (S). 306 N. 6:h St.. Wilmington. N. C. ,77 GAMMA MU LAMBDA—Walter H. Ellis (S). Box 168. F. A. M. Univ., Tallhassee, H a .

178. GAMMA NU LAMBDA—John L. Mitchell (P), 606 Monroe St., Lynchburg, Va. Coleridge T. Hen179 GAMMA XI LAMBDA don (S), 3914 Portland Ave.. S.. Minneapolis 7. Mmn. 180. GAMMA OMICRON LAMBDA—Ben C. Hampton (S). Albany State College. Albany, Ga. 181. GAMMA PI LAMBDA—Fleming Huff (S), 4110 Avenue I, Galveston, Texas.

182. GAMMA RHO LAMBDA—Otha L. Porter.

2320 Mass. St., Gary, Ind. SIGMA LAMBDA—Stanley E. 183. GAMMA Rutland (S), Ft. Valley State College. Ft. Valley, Ga. 184. GAMMA TAU LAMBDA—T. L. Inghram (Si. 106 John St., Orange, Texas.

LAMBDA—T. W. Cole, 185. GAMMA UPSILON Wiley Colleg'1, Marshall. Tex. GAMMA PHI LAMBDA—J. Oscar Williams 186.

(S). 1333 84th Ave., Oakland, Calif.

178. GAMMA CHI LAMBDA—Grandvel Jackson (P), 1959 Hayes St.. San Francisco. Calif.

188. GAMMA PSI LAMBDA—E. L. Fair (S). 32 Grail St., Ashville, N. C. 189. DELTA ALPHA LAMBDA—Henry C. Crawford, 10708 Hampden Ave., Cleveland. Ohio.

190. DELTA BETA LAMBDA—W. Barton Beatty, Jr., Box 352, Phoebus. Va. 191. DELTA GAMMA LAMBDA—Andrew G. White, 6322 Chandler St., Cincinnati 27. Ohio. ^ DELTA DELTA LAMBDA—Si. E I T O A. Greaux (S), 638 6th St., W. Palm Beach. Fla. , 0 , DELTA EPSILON LAMBDA—Billy Jones (P), 342 A. E. Broadway. E. St. Louis. 111. ,94 DELTA ZETA LAMBDA—R. L. Hurst (P), S. C. Slate College. Orangeburg. S. C. , Q 5 DELTA ETA LAMBDA—P. A. Townsend (S). 416 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kansas.

DELTA THETA LAMBDA—Calvin B. )96 Browne. Alabama A. and M. College, Normal, Ala. 197. DELTA IOTA LAMBDA—James A. Hurling (S), 1729 7th Ave., Columbus. Ga. 198. DELTA KAPPA LAMBDA—Clyde L. Reese (P), 305 Sanborn St., Florence. S. C. 199 DELTA MU LAMBDA—Ferdinand D. Williams. 9 N. 7th St., Newark, N. J. 2 0 0 DELTA NU LAMBDA—L. Wilson Work (S), 205 N. Ridge St., Danville, Va. 201. GENERAL ORGANIZATION — (Material mailed individually) XI LAMBDA—Herndon G. Harri2 0 2 DELTA son (S), 808 Wooden Blvd., Orlando, Fla. DELTA OMICRON LAMBDA—Simon J. De03.

2 Vane (S). 6V2 Pine St., Cambridge. Md. PI LAMBDA—Andrew J. Durgan.

2 04. DELTA 1417 Tremont St., Selma, Ala. DELTA RHO LAMBDA—U. J. Andrews (PI, 205.

P. O. Drawer 1598, San Antonio, Tex. DELTA SIGMA LAMBDA—Oliver E. Jack206 son, A. M. and N. College, Pine Bluff. Ark. DELTA TAU LAMBDA—William M. Cor2 07. bin (P). 4505 S. 19th St., Phoenix, Ariz.

DELTA UPSILON LAMBDA—James C. 20g Leary (S), 1956 Weinstock St., Shreveport, La. 209. DELTA PHI LAMBDA—Herman B. Smiih, Jr. (S), 1612 27th Ave., Tuscaloosa, Ala. 210. DELTA CHI LAMBDA— F. D. Bobo (P), 2009 N. 10th St., Milwaukee, Wis. 211. DELTA PSI LAMBDA—Charles B. Minor, 2300 Williams St., Denver, Colo.

212. EPSILON ALPHA LAMBDA—William F. Jones (P), 32.3 Summer Kamp, Tyler, Texas.

213. EPSILON BETA LAMBDA—W. S. Hutchings (S), 536 New St., Macon, Ga. 214. EPSILON GAMMA LAMBDA—Edward O. Gourdin. 35 Hutchins St., Roxbury, Mass.

EPSILON DELTA LAMBDA—James O. Hob215. son, Talladega College, Talladega, Ala. 216. EPSILON EPSILON LAMBDA—J. W. Yancy, II (S), 1116 Elm Ave., Waco, Texas.

ZETA LAMBDA—Charles H. Diez Portsmouth, Portland, Oregon.

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Lawrenceville, Va. EPSILON PI LAMBDA—O. H. Jones (S), 1105 S. E. 6th Ave., Gainesville, Fla. EPSILON RHO LAMBDA—D. A. Williams, 1633 Seabrook Rd.. Fayetteville, N. C. EPSILON SIGMA LAMBDA—Willie T. Ellis (S), 903 Bradley Ave., Tarboro, N. C. EPSILON TAU LAMBDA—John C. Williams (S), Prairie Vi;w A. and M., Prairie View, Texas, EPSILON UPS1LON LAMBDA—Frederick S. Waller <S), 3420 St. John St.. Flint. Mich.

EPSILON PHI LAMBDA—Burton G. West, 908 Dunbar Ave.. Port Arthur, Texas.

EPSILON CHI LAMBDA—Edward N. Smith (S), State Teachers College, Elizabeth City, N. C. EPSILON PSI LAMBDA—Samuel McKay (S).

2731 3rd St., Alexandria, La. ZETA ALPHA LAMBDA—George H. Greene. 401 N. W. 21st Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ZETA BETA LAMBDA—J. M. Morris, 1604 Kth St., Sacramento. Calif.

ZETA GAMMA LAMBDA—Richard D. Jones. Box 297, Langston, Okla.

ZETA DELTA LAMBDA—Lester Embry, 834 W. Perrin Ave.. Springfield, Ohio.

ZETA EPSILON LAMBDA—Forrester A. Lee, 144 W. Bergen Place, R;d Bank, N. J. ZETA ZETA LAMBDA—Thomas N. Coleman, 114-52 180th St., St. Albans, N. Y.

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Suggested Next Steps In the Improvement of Human Relations In America 1. We should ask people in local communities all over the land to reach understandings about their local schools, in terms of and on the basis of the court's decision.

2. Each individual should decide to be independent, courageous, intelligent and resourceful in the presentation of facts, steadfast but courteous without obsequiousness.

3. Being aware that the task before us is one of education, we will decide that we will use every opportunity to educate the people whom we meet on the meaning and purpose of the court's decision and its relation to democracy, religion and the future of America.

4. Encourage qualified Negroes to run for public office.

5. Negroes should be encouraged to make friends with all groups, racial, national and religious and offer cooperation with community bodies seeking compliance with the decision.

6. The Christian Ethic must now be brought to bear upon this situation.

7. The Issues should be kept clear continuously of Communism.

8. We should realize that there is no one South, but that there are many Souths, different in culture, political and social backgrounds and manifestations.

9. Encourage officials, Governors, Mayors, Attorney-generals, judges, leading citizens, school board officers, educators, and police officials to explain to the people that the Supreme Court's decision is final, that there is no appeal and that it should be obeyed.

10. Thoughtful and determined citizens after reasonable negotiations to end segregation should be prepared to go into the courts to secure the enforcement of the decision.

11. No individual should state or permit others to state without challenge that Negroes are not ready for integration.

12. The full implication of the impact of this decision upon the foreign relations of the United States should be repeated.

13. We should dispose as rapidly as possible of the rumor that with integration Negro teachers and principals will lose their jobs, and that, therefore, the community should maintain the present segregated status of the schools.

14. We must realize that the struggle against segregation is unfinished, that it is part of a long time effort and that it is one battle in the campaign to make democracy a practice and a way of life in the United States.

15. The curricula and courses of study ff the schools should so change as to develop basic understandings of good relationships between the population groups of the nation, with emphasis upon the dignity of the individual, the value of attitudes upon living together, the understanding of different cultures by studying how people have had to develop them in their respective environments and the interdependence of all people as an aspect of the common welfare.

16. The school primarily for Negroes can continue its existence if its services are needed in its respective area, and if it will make its program good enough for service to all groups, irrespective of race, creed, color or national origin.

17. Every effort should be made to have the Negro students, their parents and the Negro community abandon any aspect of their previously held inferiority complexes.

There is work to be done in the areas of decorum, dress and behavior.

19. We should be on guard against the resistance of some Negro leaders, who are in position to influence sentiment against integration.

20. Let us oppose all Gradualism.

21. A Variety of Little Things to Do. a. We can plan for interracial fellowship services and programs in schools in which there is the participation of persons of all races and nationalities.

Prominent and central places for these meetings can be secured with reception committees representing all persons. b. Musical and lecture programs, with artists of different racial origins could be presented. Exhibitions of fine arts and books, trips to schools, homes and cultural areas where racial contributions can be exhibited should be planned. c. We can search for facts about Negro life and history in our communities and present the reasons for the apparently subordinate positions occupied by them, so that it can be known that their status is not due to color alone. d. We can suggest to the newspapers that the presentation of the better aspects of Negro life and contributions should be made; that the photographs of Negroes be published, for there are persons who have never seen or even heard of Negloes of cultural attainments.